Chinhoyi Battle of 1966
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The Chinhoyi Battle of 1966 was an early armed confrontation in the Rhodesian Bush War, marking one of the first significant guerrilla attacks by Zimbabwean nationalists against the white-minority regime.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chinhoyi Battle of 1966 canonical | 1 |
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed confrontation
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battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Chinhoyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedAs | early milestone in Zimbabwe’s armed liberation struggle ⓘ |
| conflictIn | Rhodesian Bush War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 1966 ⓘ |
| hasCause | resistance to white-minority rule in Rhodesia ⓘ |
| hasContext | decolonisation of Southern Africa ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chinhoyi
NERFINISHED
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Mashonaland West NERFINISHED ⓘ Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| natureOfConflict | guerrilla attack ⓘ |
| partOf | Zimbabwean liberation struggle ⓘ |
| result | Rhodesian security forces victory ⓘ |
| side1 | Zimbabwean nationalists ⓘ |
| side2 |
Rhodesian security forces
NERFINISHED
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white-minority Rhodesian regime ⓘ |
| significance |
early armed confrontation in the Rhodesian Bush War
ⓘ
one of the first significant guerrilla attacks by Zimbabwean nationalists ⓘ |
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