Aikin Birch

Operation Birch wani aiki ne da Sojojin Tsaro na Rhodesia suka kaddamar don mayar da martani ga ƙungiyar masu tayar da kayar baya 22-25 na ZIPRA da ke tsallaka Kogin Zambezi, wanda ya nuna iyakar tsakanin Rhodesia da Zambia, a watan Janairun shekarar 1970.

 Tarihi 
Mataimakin shugaban ZAPU, James Chikerema, ya shirya wani shirin shiga daga Zambia a cikin karshen watannin shekarar 1969, yana da niyyar aika mutane 25 daga cikin mayakan ZIPRA  daga Zambezi sannan zuwa wurare huɗu daban-daban, ya raba su zuwa "ƙungiyoyi" huɗu: Gang 1 zai tafi Melsetter a kudu maso gabashin ƙasar, Gang 2 zai tafi Umtali a kan iyakar Rhodesia-Mozambique, kuma Gangs 3 da 4 za su je garuruwan arewa maso gabashin Mtoko da Dutsen Darwin bi da bi. Uku daga cikin 25 sun ki yin aiki a Mashonaland, suna cewa za su yi yaƙi ne kawai don ZIPRA a Matabeleland. Ma'aikata biyar sun bincika gaban babban rukuni daga 11th zuwa 14 Disamba 1969, suna gano wani wuri mai aminci da kuma bincika hanyar da babban tawagar shiga za ta dauka. Sauran 'yan tawaye 22 sun haye a cikin dare na 30 da 31 ga Disamba. ZIPRA CTs (Communist Terrorists) sannan suka tafi kudu kuma a ranar 17 ga watan Janairun 1970 suka rabu a Zambezi escarpment, kimanin kilomita 8 (5  yammacin Kogin Hunyani. Kashegari an gano wasu daga cikin ma'aikata biyar daga Gang 1 suka bayyana kansu ga wani mai gadi da ke kula da ƙofar tashi a Tondongwe a yankin Doma Safari. Bayan sun sayar da abinci ga 'yan tawaye, mai gadi ya bayar da rahoton lamarin kuma daga nan aka soma Operation Birch.

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