Operation Oyster

Operation Oyster
Part of the Rhodesian Bush War (or Second Chimurenga)
Date 19th March-14th April 1969 Location Chirundu, Rhodesia 22.848084°S 31.960901°E / -22.848084; 31.960901 Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Rhodesia	ZANLA (ZANU)
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Unknown
Units involved
Rhodesia: British South Africa Police Rhodesian Army Rhodesian Light Infantry	Unknown
Strength
: Unknown	ZANLA: Unknown
Casualties and losses
: None 1 Civilian lightly wounded	ZANLA: None

Operation Oyster was an operation involving the Rhodesian Light Infantry and the British South Africa Police in response to the shooting of a white Rhodesian couple in their car near the Nyadiri Bridge. The aim of the terrorists was poor: they hit the husband in the leg and the foot, and the wife was uninjured. The operation was shut down on 14 April, with no cadres captured, though around a dozen ZAPU sympathisers had been arrested.