Rhodesian Bush War

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civil conflict decolonization conflict guerrilla war war

The Rhodesian Bush War was a guerrilla conflict from the mid-1960s to 1979 between the white-minority government of Rhodesia and African nationalist insurgent groups, culminating in the creation of modern-day Zimbabwe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rhodesian Bush War canonical	12
Zimbabwe War of Liberation	2
Zimbabwe African National Liberation War	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil conflict ⓘ decolonization conflict ⓘ guerrilla war ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Second Chimurenga ⓘ Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ surface form: Zimbabwe War of Liberation
casualties	tens of thousands killed ⓘ
cause	resistance to white-minority rule ⓘ unilateral declaration of independence by Rhodesia in 1965 ⓘ
ceasefireDate	1979 ⓘ
combatantLeaderSide1	Ian Smith ⓘ
combatantLeaderSide2	Joshua Nkomo ⓘ Robert Mugabe ⓘ
conflictIn	Rhodesia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
culminatedIn	creation of modern Zimbabwe ⓘ
endDate	1979 ⓘ
ideologySide2	African nationalism ⓘ Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
location	Southern Africa ⓘ
majorAgreement	Lancaster House Agreement ⓘ
opponent	ZANU–PF ⓘ surface form: Zimbabwe African National Union ZAPU (Zimbabwe African People’s Union) ⓘ surface form: Zimbabwe African People's Union
partOf	African decolonization ⓘ Cold War ⓘ
predecessorState	Rhodesia ⓘ
primaryBelligerent	Government of Rhodesia ⓘ surface form: Rhodesian government Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army ⓘ Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army ⓘ surface form: Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army
result	Lancaster House Agreement ⓘ end of white-minority rule in Rhodesia ⓘ independence of Zimbabwe ⓘ transition to majority rule ⓘ
side1	Rhodesian Security Forces ⓘ
side2	Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army ⓘ surface form: ZANLA ZIPRA ⓘ
startDate	1964 ⓘ
successorState	Zimbabwe ⓘ
supportedBy	Portugal ⓘ South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom (diplomatic pressure for settlement) ⓘ United States (limited, indirect) ⓘ
supportedBySide2	Mozambique ⓘ China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Soviet Union ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Zambia ⓘ
theater	rural areas of Rhodesia ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	counterinsurgency ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hawker Hunter → usedInConflict → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ

Lancaster House Agreement → endedConflict → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zimbabwe War of Liberation

Lancaster House Agreement → category → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ

Emmerson Mnangagwa → participatedIn → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ

Rhodesia → majorConflict → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ

L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle → conflict → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ

Gweru Military Museum → hasSubject → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zimbabwe African National Liberation War

FAL → usedInConflict → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ

subject surface form: FN FAL

Joice Mujuru → participatedIn → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ

Joshua Nkomo → participantIn → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ

Rhodesian Air Force → conflict → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ

Rhodesian Bush War → alsoKnownAs → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zimbabwe War of Liberation

Westland Scout → usedInConflict → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ

Ballantyne series → depictsHistoricalEvent → Rhodesian Bush War ⓘ