What is Rhodesian Bush War?
[[File:RhodesiaAllies1965.png|thumb|Rhodesia in 1965. Rhodesia (green), Rhodesia's allies (purple) and Rhodesia's opponents (orange).]] [[File:RhodesiaAllies1975.png|thumb|Rhodesia in 1975. Rhodesia (green), Rhodesia's allies (purple) and Rhodesia's opponents (orange).]] The '''Rhodesian Bush War''' was a [[civil war]] in the British colony of [[Southern Rhodesia]] (now [[Zimbabwe]]) from 1964 to 1979. It was a triangular war. It was fought between the white Government of [[Rhodesia]], the [[Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army]] (which was the military wing of [[Robert Mugabe]]'s [[Zimbabwe African National Union]]), and the [[Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army]] of [[Joshua Nkomo]]'s [[Zimbabwe African People's Union]]. Rhodesia was supported by [[Estado Novo (Portugal)]] until 1974 and [[Apartheid|Apartheid South Africa]]. After the war ended in 1979, Southern Rhodesia became independent as Zimbabwe in 1980. [[Category:1964 in Africa]] [[Category:1965]] [[Category:1966]] [[Category:1967]] [[Category:1968]] [[Category:1969]] [[Category:1970]] [[Category:1971]] [[Category:1972]] [[Category:1973]] [[Category:1974]] [[Category:1975 in Africa]] [[Category:1976 in Africa]] [[Category:1977 in Africa]] [[Category:1978 in Africa]] [[Category:1979 in Africa]] [[Category:Rhodesia]] [[Category:1960s in Africa]] [[Category:Civil wars involving Africa]] [[Category:1960s conflicts]] [[Category:1970s conflicts]]