Operation Ignition

Date18 September 1976

Location

Francistown, Botswana

Result Rhodesian victory

Operation Ignition
Part of Rhodesian Bush War
Francistown Operation Ignition (Botswana)
Date 18 September 1976 Location Francistown, Botswana Result Rhodesian victory
Belligerents
Rhodesia	ZIPRA Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Col Ronald Reid-Daly Sandy Maclean	Joshua Nkomo
Units involved
Rhodesian Army Selous Scouts	Unknown
Strength
9 scouts 2 vehicles	ZIPRA 30 guerilla infantrymen Soviet Union 5 advisors[1]
Casualties and losses
None	ZIPRA 5 wounded Soviet Union 4 out of 5 advisors killed. One advisor wounded.[2]

Operation Ignition was an operation undertaken by the Selous Scouts of the Rhodesian Army on 18 September 1976 against the forces of the guerrilla group ZIPRA Francistown.^[3]