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Second Chimurenga

Rhodesian Bush War
Second Chimurenga
Zimbabwe War of Liberation
Part of the Decolonisation of Africa and the Cold War
RhodesiaAllies1975.png
The geopolitical situation after the independence of Angola and Mozambique in 1975.      Rhodesia      Rhodesian government's allies, apartheid-era South Africa and its dependency South-West Africa      States giving governmental support to the nationalist guerrillas
Date 4 July 1964 – 12 December 1979
(15 years, 5 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Location Rhodesia, Zambia, Mozambique
Result

Stalemate
Belligerents
Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia
(until 11 November 1965)
Rhodesia Rhodesia
(11 November 1965–1 June 1979)
Zimbabwe Rhodesia Zimbabwe Rhodesia
(from 1 June 1979)
South Africa South Africa
Commanders and leaders

Rhodesia Ian Smith
Rhodesia P. K. van der Byl
Rhodesia Peter Walls
Zimbabwe Rhodesia Bishop Abel Muzorewa

Zimbabwe Rhodesia Ndabaningi Sithole
(from March 1978)
Zimbabwe Rhodesia James Chikerema
(from March 1978)
South Africa Hendrik Verwoerd
South Africa B.J. Vorster
South Africa P.W. Botha

Flag of ZANU-PF.svg Herbert Chitepo
(until 1975)
Flag of ZANU-PF.svg Josiah Tongogara
Flag of ZANU-PF.svg Robert Mugabe
Flag of ZANU-PF.svg Ndabaningi Sithole
(until 1975)
Flag of ZANU-PF.svg Edgar Tekere
Flag of ZANU-PF.svg Solomon Mujuru
Mozambique Samora Machel

Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.png Joshua Nkomo
Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.png James Chikerema
(until October 1971)
Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.png Jason Moyo
Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.png Lookout Masuku
Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.png Dumiso Dabengwa
African National Congress Flag.svg Oliver Tambo

African National Congress Flag.svg Joe Slovo
Strength
Zimbabwe Rhodesia 1979:
10,800 regulars
15,000 reservists
8,000 police
19,000 police reservists
South Africa 1973:
2,000–5,000 troops

Flag of ZANU-PF.svg 1979:
25,500 guerrillas

Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.png 1979:

20,000 guerrillas
Casualties and losses
1,361 Rhodesian security forces members killed 10,000+ guerrillas killed
8,258 civilians killed

Stalemate

Rhodesia Ian Smith
Rhodesia P. K. van der Byl
Rhodesia Peter Walls
Zimbabwe Rhodesia Bishop Abel Muzorewa

Flag of ZANU-PF.svg Herbert Chitepo
(until 1975)
Flag of ZANU-PF.svg Josiah Tongogara
Flag of ZANU-PF.svg Robert Mugabe
Flag of ZANU-PF.svg Ndabaningi Sithole
(until 1975)
Flag of ZANU-PF.svg Edgar Tekere
Flag of ZANU-PF.svg Solomon Mujuru
Mozambique Samora Machel


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