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First Matabele War: 1893–1894: Second Matabele War: 1896–1897: World War I involvement: 1914–1918: Colony of Southern Rhodesia: 1923–1965: World War II involvement: 1939–1945: Malayan Emergency involvement: 1948–1960: Federation with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland: 1953–1963: Rhodesian Bush War: 1964–1979
Modern Zimbabwe. Africa portal; The military history of Zimbabwe chronicles a vast time period and complex events from the dawn of history until the present time. It covers invasions of native peoples of Africa (Shona and Ndebele), encroachment by Europeans (Portuguese, Boer and British settlers), and civil conflict.
First Matabele War: 1893–1894: Second Matabele War: 1896–1897: World War I involvement: 1914–1918: Colony of Southern Rhodesia: 1923–1965: World War II involvement: 1939–1945: Malayan Emergency involvement: 1948–1960: Federation with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland: 1953–1963: Rhodesian Bush War: 1964–1979
First Matabele War: 1893–1894: Second Matabele War: 1896–1897: World War I involvement: 1914–1918: Colony of Southern Rhodesia: 1923–1965: World War II involvement: 1939–1945: Malayan Emergency involvement: 1948–1960: Federation with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland: 1953–1963: Rhodesian Bush War: 1964–1979
A Southern Rhodesian Sherman tank of the Special Service Battalion during the Italian Campaign. Southern Rhodesia, then a self-governing colony of the United Kingdom that was located in the now-independent Zimbabwe, entered World War II along with Britain shortly after the invasion of Poland in 1939.
Zimbabwe [c], officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare, and the second largest is Bulawayo.
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1945 to 1989 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1945 and 1989.Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
The First Chimurenga is now celebrated in Zimbabwe as the First War of Independence. It is also known in the English speaking world as the Second Matabele War. This conflict refers to the 1896–1897 Ndebele-Shona revolt against the British South Africa Company's administration of the territory. [3]