Operation Ignition

Operation Ignition
	Part of Rhodesian Bush War
	Operation Ignition is located in Botswana Francistown Francistown Operation Ignition (Botswana)
Date	18 September 1976
Location	Francistown, Botswana
Result	Rhodesian victory
Belligerents
File:Flag of Rhodesia (1968–1979).svg Rhodesia	File:Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.svg ZIPRA; File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Rhodesia Lt. Col Ronald Reid-Daly; Rhodesia Sandy Maclean	File:Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.svg Joshua Nkomo
Units involved
File:Rhodesian Army flag late 1970s.png Rhodesian Army Selous Scouts;	Unknown
Strength
9 scouts; 2 vehicles	File:Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.svg ZIPRA 30 guerilla infantrymen; File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 5 advisors
Casualties and losses
None	File:Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.svg ZIPRA 5 wounded; File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 4 out of 5 advisors killed. One advisor wounded.

Operation Ignition was an operation undertaken by the Selous Scouts of the Rhodesian Army on 18 September 1976 against the forces of the guerrilla group ZIPRA Francistown.^[3]

References

^ Geldenhuys, Preller (2007). Rhodesian Air Force Operations with Air Strike Log. Durban, South Africa: Just Done Productions Publishing (published 13 July 2007). ISBN 978-1-920169-61-9.
^ Geldenhuys, Preller (2007). Rhodesian Air Force Operations with Air Strike Log. Durban, South Africa: Just Done Productions Publishing (published 13 July 2007). ISBN 978-1-920169-61-9.
^ Geldenhuys 2007, pp. 160

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