ZANLA (Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army)*
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ZANLA was a guerrilla army created by the Zimbabwe National Union (first headed by Ndabaningi Sithole, then Robert Mugabe).  ZANLA was Pro-Chinese Marxist in orientation, and it's tactics were usually in keeping with classical Maoist guerilla operations.  However, ZANLA was not particularly well trained or motivated.*
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ZANLA was united briefly with ZIPRA (Zimbabwe Peoples Revolutionary Army) in an organization called the Patriotic Forces (PF).  But ZANLA and ZIPRA fought amongst themselves almost as much as they did against the Rhodesian & Rhodesian-allied forces.*
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ZANLA recruited mostly from the Shona people although they claimed to be nontribal and nonracial. Tanzania and Mozambique provided training facilities and light weapons, and were conduits for Chinese arms to reach ZANLA.  Frelimo (Frente de LibertaVao de Mozambique (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique)) frequently operated with ZANLA, and sometimes provided T-34/85 & T-54 tanks.*