Operation Trident (1963)

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Operation Trident
Part of Portuguese Colonial War in Guinea
Two Portuguese Air Force T-6 trainers.
Date 15 January 1963 – 24 March 1964 Location Portuguese Guinea Result Portuguese victory PAIGC presence mostly removed from the region.
Belligerents
Portugal	PAIGC
Commanders and leaders
Louro de Sousa	Amílcar Cabral
Units involved
Forças Armadas Portuguese Army Portuguese Navy Portuguese Air Force	unknown
Strength
760 soldiers 1 destroyer (NRP Vouga) 1 frigate (NRP Nuno Tristão) 7 patrol boats 8 landing craft 1 Alouette II 2+ F-86 Sabres 5+ T-6 Harvards 3+ Dornier Do 27s 1+ Lockheed P-2 Neptune 1 C-47 skytrain PAIGC claim: 3,000 soldiers	300-400 guerrillas
Casualties and losses
9 killed 47 wounded 193 evacuated (due to illness) 1 T-6 shot-down 4 T-6 damaged 1 C-47 damaged PAIGC claim: 900 killed	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]