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Operation Griffin (Portugal)

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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]

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