People's Liberation Army of Namibia

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The People's Liberation Army of Namibia was the armed wing of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) that led the guerrilla struggle for Namibian independence from South African rule.

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People's Liberation Army of Namibia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf guerrilla movement
liberation army
military wing
alignedWith Namibian independence movement NERFINISHED
armedWingOf SWAPO NERFINISHED
South West Africa People's Organization NERFINISHED
associatedPoliticalOrganization SWAPO NERFINISHED
South West Africa People's Organization NERFINISHED
conflict Namibian War of Independence NERFINISHED
South African Border War NERFINISHED
country Namibia
countryFoughtFor Namibia NERFINISHED
goal end of South African rule in Namibia
independence of Namibia
historicalSignificance major force in struggle for Namibian independence
ideology African nationalism
anti-apartheid
anti-colonialism
militaryBranchOf SWAPO NERFINISHED
notableTypeOfConflict war of national liberation GENERATED
operationalRole guerrilla warfare
insurgency
operationalTheater Namibia NERFINISHED
South West Africa NERFINISHED
border regions with Angola
opponentCountry South Africa NERFINISHED
opposedBy South African Defence Force NERFINISHED
South African security forces NERFINISHED
opposedSystem South African occupation of Namibia NERFINISHED
apartheid
partOf anti-apartheid struggle in Southern Africa
politicalObjective self-determination for Namibians
primaryOpponent South African Defence Force NERFINISHED
South African government NERFINISHED
region Southern Africa
shortName PLAN NERFINISHED
status defunct
successor Namibian Defence Force NERFINISHED
supportedBy SWAPO external wing NERFINISHED
usedTactics cross-border raids
hit-and-run attacks
sabotage

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South African Border War mainBelligerent People's Liberation Army of Namibia