List of wars involving Zimbabwe

Wars involving Zimbabwe

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

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White settlement pre-1923

Rozvi Empire	c. 1660–1866
Mthwakazi	1840–1893
Rudd Concession	1888
BSA Company rule	1890–1923
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
Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI)	1965
Rhodesia	1965–1979
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia	June–December 1979
Lancaster House Agreement	December 1979
British Dependency	1979–1980
Zimbabwe	1980–present
Gukurahundi	1982–1987
Second Congo War	1998–2003
Coup d'état	2017

Conflict	Zimbabwe and allies	Opponents	Results
Rhodesian Bush War (1965–1979)	ZANU FRELIMO ZAPU ANC	Rhodesia South Africa	Stalemate Lancaster House Agreement, internationally recognised independence for the Zimbabwe
Entumbane I (1980)	Zimbabwe	ZAPU ZANU	Government victory Government intervention stops clashes
Entumbane II (1981)	Zimbabwe	ZAPU ZANU	Government victory Uprising put down
Mozambican Civil War (1982–1992)	FRELIMO Zimbabwe Tanzania	RENAMO	Stalemate Rome General Peace Accords, multiparty elections
Gukurahundi (1984–1987)	Zimbabwe	ZAPU	Government victory Unity agreement, formation of ZANU–PF
Second Congo War (1998–2003)	DR Congo Angola Chad Namibia Zimbabwe FDLR RDR ALiR Interahamwe Mai-Mai LRA UNRF II ADF FNI FROLINA CNDD-FDD	RCD RCD-Goma Banyamulenge MLC FFR UPC Uganda Rwanda Burundi UNITA	Stalemate Creation of a unified, multi-party government. Continuation of the Ituri conflict until 2007 Start of the Kivu conflict
Kivu Conflict (2004–2009)	DR Congo Mai-Mai Zimbabwe Angola	CNDP	Victory CNDP integrated into the FARDC

References

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.

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States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)