List of wars involving Zimbabwe

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This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Zimbabwe .

Contents

ConflictZimbabwe
and allies
OpponentsResults
Rhodesian Bush War
(19641979)
Stalemate [5]
  • Lancaster House Agreement
  • End to armed hostilities
  • Free elections with ZANU and ZAPU participation
  • Formation of Zimbabwe
  • Rhodesia disestablished; Zimbabwe gains internationally recognised independence in its place.
Entumbane I
(1980)
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.svg ZIPRA elements

Flag of ZANU-PF.svg ZANLA elements

Government victory
  • Uprising put down.
Entumbane II
(1981)
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.svg ZIPRA elements

Flag of ZANU-PF.svg ZANLA elements

Government victory
  • Uprising put down
Mozambican Civil War
(19771992)
Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg Mozambique (People's Republic until 1990)

Flag of ZANU-PF.svg ZANU (until 1979)
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe (from 1980)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi (from 1987) [7]

Flag of RENAMO.svg RENAMO
PRM (merged with RENAMO in 1982)
UNAMO (1987–1988) [6]
Flag of COREMO.svg COREMO [8]
UNIPOMO [9]
FUMO [9]
Flag of Rhodesia (1968-1979).svg  Rhodesia (until 1979) [10]

Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa (from 1978) [11]

Stalemate
Gukurahundi
(19841987)
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.svg ZAPU Government victory
Second Congo War
(19982003)

Note: Rwanda and Uganda fought a short war in June 2000 over Congolese territory.
Stalemate
Kivu Conflict
(20042009)
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003-2006).svg  DR Congo
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003-2006).svg Mai-Mai
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of CNDP.svg CNDP Victory

Notes

  1. Portuguese forces assisted the Rhodesians in cross-border operations into Portuguese Mozambique. See Operation Flotilla and Operation Birch.

    References

    1. Norman 2003, p. 65.
    2. 1 2 Thomas 1995, pp. 16–17.
    3. "'Da mu nisam 'sredio' susret s Titom, Mugabe nikad ne bi priznao Hrvatsku': prekaljeni diplomat Frane Krnić za 'Slobodnu' otkrio svoje veze s nedavno preminulim liderom Zimbabvea". Slobodna Dalmacija . 17 September 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
    4. Houser, George M. Rhodesia To Zimbabwe: A Chronology. New York: The Africa Fund, 1977, p. 7: ZAPU and the African National Congress of South Africa jointly began an armed struggle in northwestern Rhodesia centered in Wankie. This campaign lasted into 1968, with several hundred ZAPU and South African ANC guerrillas involved. South African troops entered Rhodesia to support the government. Prime Minister Vorster said: "We are good friends (with Rhodesia) and good friends know what their duty is when the neighbour's house is on fire."
    5. M Evans, Making an African army: the case of Zimbabwe, 1980-87, Peace, Politics and Violence in the New South Africa, 1992 - afsaap.org.au. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
    6. 1 2 Emerson (2014), p. 163.
    7. Arnold, Guy (2016). Wars in the Third World Since 1945. Oxford: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. pp. 211–213. ISBN   978-14742-9102-6.
    8. Banks & Muller (1998), p. 635.
    9. 1 2 3 Seegers (2018), Section: Independent Mozambique and the Role of the Armed Forces.
    10. Schwartz, Stephanie (2010). Youth and Post-conflict Reconstruction: Agents of Change. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press. pp. 34–38. ISBN   978-1601270498.
    11. War and Society: The Militarisation of South Africa, edited by Jacklyn Cock and Laurie Nathan, pp.104-115

    Sources