Operation Trident | |||||||||
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Part of Portuguese Colonial War in Guinea | |||||||||
Two Portuguese Air Force T-6 trainers. | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Portugal | PAIGC | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Louro de Sousa | Amílcar Cabral | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Unknown | |||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
| 300–400 guerrillas | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 40+ killed |
Operation Trident (Portuguese: Operação Tridente) was a combined military operation of the Portuguese Army, Navy and Air Force during the Portuguese Colonial War in Guinea in January 1964.[1]