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ZANLA was formed in 1965 in Tanzania , although until the early 1970s ZANLA was based in camps around Lusaka , Zambia . Until 1972 ZANLA was led by the nationalist leader Herbert Chitepo , followed by Josiah Tongogara from 1973 until his death in 1979 . Until about 1971 , ZANLA's strategy was based on direct confrontation with Rhodesian armed forces. From 1972 onwards, ZANLA adopted the Maoist Guerrilla tactics that had been used with success by FRELIMO in Mozambique: infiltrating combatants into the country, politicising the peasantry and participating in 'hit-and-run' and ambush operations. ZANLA's close association with FRELIMO helped it after Mozambican independence in 1975 . From about 1972 ZANLA had operated from Tete Province in northern Mozambique, which was FRELIMO-controlled, and after independence ZANLA was permitted to open additional training and supply camps along the Rhodesian-Mozambican border. This greatly assisted the recruitment and training of cadres. Beside their overall political ideologies, the main differences between ZIPRA and ZANLA were that
REFERENCES Rasmussen, R. K., & Rubert, S. C., 1990. ''A Historical Dictionary of Zimbabwe '', Scarecrow Press, Inc., Metuchen, NJ, United States of America. |
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