| Operation Yodel | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Rhodesian Bush War (or Second Chimurenga) | |||||||
  Chirundu Operation Yodel (Zimbabwe) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Rhodesia |
 ZANLA (ZANU) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Cap. Richard E.H. "Dick" Lockley Lt. Garth Barrett Lt. Trevor Desfountain |
Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 BSAP | unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| unknown | 15 cadres | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 wounded |
14 killed 1 captured | ||||||
Operation Yodel was an operation launched by the Rhodesian Security Forces on 13 September 1966 in response to an attack on civilians executed by communist insurgents who crossed over the border from Zambia into Rhodesia.[1]