Operation Quartz
Operation Quartz was a planned military operation to be conducted by the Rhodesian armed forces against Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF in the event that party lost the Southern Rhodesian general election, 1980. The operation was organized on the assumption ZANU-PF would attempt to violently seize the government should it lose the election. ZANU-PF ultimately won the election and Operation Quartz was never executed.
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Operation Quartz
Operation Quartz was a planned military operation to be conducted by the Rhodesian armed forces against Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF in the event that party lost the Southern Rhodesian general election, 1980. The operation was organized on the assumption ZANU-PF would attempt to violently seize the government should it lose the election. ZANU-PF ultimately won the election and Operation Quartz was never executed.
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Operation Quartz was a planned ...... ion Quartz was never executed.
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Eland-90 armoured cars of the Rhodesian Armoured Corps
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date
1980-02-14
name
Operation Quartz
objective
Assassination of ZANU-PF leadership, destruction of ZANLA
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partof
the Rhodesian Bush War
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Operation Quartz was a planned ...... ion Quartz was never executed.
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Operation Quartz
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