Dingo Firestorm The Greatest Battle of the Rhodesian Bush War

Name: Dingo Firestorm The Greatest Battle of the Rhodesian Bush War
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ISBN: 9781909384125

ISBN-10: 1909384127

ISBN-13: 9781909384125

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ian Pringle

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On 23 November 1977, an armada of helicopters and airplanes took off from Rhodesian airbases and crossed the border into Mozambique. Their objective: to attack the headquarters of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, where thousands of enemy forces were concentrated. Codenamed Operation Dingo, the raid was planned to coincide with a meeting of Robert Mugabe and his war council at the targeted HQ. It would be the biggest conflict of the Rhodesian Bush War. In this fascinating account, Ian Pringle describes the political and military backdrop leading up to the operation, and he tells the story of the battle through the eyes of key personalities who planned, led and participated in…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Helion & Company, Limited
Publication date: 3/21/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



Author's note


Acknowledgements


Maps


South-east Africa, 1977


Helicopter routes to Chimoio and Tembue


The attack on New Farm, Chimoio


The attack on Tembue


Prologue



The gathering storm



Stirrings at home



The birth of ZANU and UDI



The Silver Queen sows a seed



ZANU starts the Second Chimurenga



New strategy for ZANLA



Lessons from Sinoia



Tete Province



Tongogara's Phase 1



Phase 2: The hit-and-run war begins



Hurricane and Tete



Dï¿½tente and the Carnation Revolution



ZANU falls apart



Mugabe heads east



Mosi-oa-Tunya



Meat-axe diplomacy



Geneva



Finding Chimoio



Planning Dingo



The Year of the Fire Snake: 1977



ComOps is formed



Autumn in spring



Walls between the SAS and RLI



Secret is secret



There's a kind of hush



The Dingo commanders



The Dingo briefing



Zulu 1: Chimoio



Short Handle



D-day



Brand - the marksman



Lake Alexander



New Sarum



The magnificent seven



The mass paradrop



Cover Point chaos



Long Stop



Rubbernecking and the sweep



Pit-stop bingo



Centre Wicket



Sleepless in Chimoio



Zulu 2: Tembue



Lightning over the Saudi desert



Tembue by train



Mount Darwin, P minus 1



P-day



Square Ring



The battle



The mystery of the empty parade square


Epilogue


Glossary and abbreviations


Select bibliography


Index