Operation Dingo was a major raid conducted by the Rhodesian Security Forces against the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) headquarters at Chimoio and a smaller camp at Tembue in Mozambique from 23 to 25 November 1977. Background Chimoio was a large ZANLA encampment and training facility, and a launchpad for insurgents infiltrating into Rhodesia. It was located at New Farm, known locally as Adriano's Farm. The old farmhouse, and a number of related monuments and graves, are located some 18 kilometres north-northeast of Chimoio Municipality.() The positions of the fallen are marked by at least twelve mass graves which are clustered around the main New Farm complex. The Target New Farm was a farm acquired by the Frelimo Government in 1975 from its Portuguese owner, known as 'Adriano'. It was leased to the ZANU/ZANLA organisation of Zimbabwe which made it their (then) forward, or main, operating headquarters for war against Rhodesia. New Farm was a political and military hub rolled into one and would have included some family members of the camp's military and political occupants. Writing in the Zimbabwe government-owned Sunday Mail Garikai Mazara mentioned the existence of 20 mass graves related to the battles of 2325 November 1977 and detailed the constituent parts of this camp. Namely: Adriano's farm house, or the 'White House'–Zanu Party HQ (residence of Josiah Tongogara and others of the general staff); Parirenyatwa camp hospital; Takawira Camp 1 for general military training; Takawira Camp 2 for engineering and anti-aircraft training (home to hard-core cadres trained in China, Yugoslavia and Tanzania); Chitepo College of Ideology, for political indoctrination, propaganda, etc.; Chindunduma camp–a general school; Mbuya Nehanda A–a female military training camp; Mbuya Nehanda B–a gynaecology and obstetrics clinic for female cadres; Pecy Ntini camp–a rehabilitation unit for disabled and wounded cadres; Chaminuka Camp–an internal security and intelligence unit doubling up as a prison; Zvede Zvevanhu camp–the military stores: ordnance, supply and vehicle pool, inclusive of Mudzingadzi piggery; Pasichigare Camp–a camp for the accommodation of 'in-house' ngangas, mediums, predictors of the future and traditional healers; Sekuru Kaguvi Camp–a care-home for pensioned cadres or their older relatives. The Operation At 0745 in the morning, directly after a strike by the Rhodesian Air Force's aging Canberra and Hunter strike aircraft, the camps were attacked. 96 Rhodesian SAS, 48 Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) paratroopers, and an additional 40 helicopter-borne RLI troops took part. The intent was to exploit