Operation Griffin (portugal)

Operation Griffin
	Part of Portuguese Colonial War
Date	April 1966
Location	Portuguese Guinea
Result	Indecisive
Belligerents
Portugal	PAIGC
Commanders and leaders
Cap. Tinoco de Faria †	Unknown
Units involved
Forças Armadas Portuguese Army;	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

^ http://www.guerracolonial.org/index.php?content=395

External links

Colonial War 1961-1974

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