Operation Eagle (Portugal)

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Operation Eagle
Part of Mozambican War of Independence
Date 2 July-6 September 1965 Location Niassa, Mozambique Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portugal	FRELIMO
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Unknown
Units involved
Forças Armadas Portuguese Army Portuguese Air Force	unknown
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
10+ killed 45+ wounded	unknown

Operation Eagle (Portuguese: Operação Águia) was the first organised operation of the Portuguese Armed Forces in response to the attack of the FRELIMO guerrilla group, on 25 September 1964, to the administrative post of Chai [pt], in the district of Cabo Delgado, materialising therefore in the first operation in the one of Portuguese Colonial War in the theatre of operations of Mozambique.^[1]