| Operation Griffin | |||||||
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| Part of Portuguese Colonial War | |||||||
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 Portugal |
 PAIGC | ||||||
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Cap. Tinoco de Faria † |
Unknown | ||||||
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| unknown | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| unknown | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 killed | 5 killed | ||||||
Operation Griffin (Portuguese: Operação Grifo) was an ambush organised by a squad of Portuguese paratroopers in southern Guinea to prevent the penetration of guerrillas from Guinea-Conacri into Portuguese controlled areas.[1]
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