Splinter

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOREWORD PREFACE THE SETTING THE ZAMBEZI FRONT The BSAP Zambezi Patrols The Engineers Boat Troop Kanyemba River Patrols Operation Crater - Chete Clearance BUILD-UP TO CHANGE The Widening Front The First Lake Contact Limping Along CATALYSTS AND ACTION PLANS Lake Security Comes Under the Spotlight The Anger of Nyami Nyami Ambush on the Zambezi Chizarira National Park Attacks Vengeance is Swift The Sea Lion Ambush OP SPLINTER IS LAUNCHED Splinter's Organisation The New Fleet The 18-foot Strike Boats The 24-foot Strike Boats MV Ubique Ubique's Maiden Voyage A Show of Force Personnel Buildup and Training Economy Class THE TIDE TURNS Land Based Radar Stations The Milibizi Breakthrough Sebungwe Radar Station Ambush at Sebungwe Narrows Chete Gorge Defoliation The Sebungwe Radar Proves Its Worth Night Eyes ZIPRA's Kariba Route is Finally Choked Off ON THE OFFENSIVE Kariba in the Firing Line Probes and Jitter Patrols Binga Camp The SAS Connection Sinazongwe Boat Liberation The SAS's Taxi Service Nyami Nyami Strikes Again THE SITUATION ESCALATES Things That Go Bump in the Night A Raid on Chipepo Death of a DC Personnel Changes Compromised OP TIPPING POINT The Viscount Massacre A Hot Extraction Operation Redress - Closing Potential ZIPRA Loopholes Operation Gatling Kazungula Radar Station Second Viscount Massacre A Change of Government and a New Name Operation Bastille More Zambian Tourism EVERY BATTLE WON, BUT THE WAR IS LOST Accidents and Losses Replenishing the Fleet Elections The Immediate Aftermath The Change EPILOGUE GLOSSARY INDEX