Operation Griffin (Portugal)

Operation Griffin
Part of Portuguese Colonial War
DateApril 1966
Location
Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Portugal Guinea-Bissau PAIGC
Commanders and leaders
Portugal Cap. Tinoco de Faria  Guinea-Bissau Unknown
Units involved

Portugal Forças Armadas

Unknown
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed 5 killed

Operation Griffin (Portuguese: Operação Grifo) was an ambush organised by a squad of Portuguese paratroopers in southern Guinea to prevent the penetration of guerrillas from Guinea-Conacri into Portuguese controlled areas.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Guerra Colonial :: 1961-1974". Archived from the original on 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-24.