campaign, Cold War
Operation Punishment
Operation Punishment was a campaign fought in 1981 at Manica Province, in what is now Mozambique. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Manica Province. It was part of the Mozambican Civil War, which ran from 1977 to 1992. The recorded result: FRELIMO victory; Capture of RENAMO's Chicarre Base; Capture of ‘Garágua Documents’. Recorded strength: 1000+ against 520.
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Record
| Date | 1981 (year precision) to 1981 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Manica Province, Mozambique 19.500S, 33.250E | |
| Kind | Campaign, Cold War | |
| Strength | 1000+ | 520 |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | 6 killed |
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Nearest engagements
- Operation Dingo 1977, 49 km NE
- Operation Eland 1976, 109 km N
- Battle of Sinoia 1966, 394 km NW
- Operation Flotilla 1968, 396 km S
- Operation Uric 1979, 396 km S
Elsewhere in 1981
- Operation Opera Iraq
- Gulf of Sidra incident Libya
- Battle of Dezful Iran
- Attack on H3 Iraq
- Operation Tariq al-Qods Iran
Operation Punishment is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 24 in present-day Mozambique.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q136513867, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Punishment (1981), revision 1375746825, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.