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Background - the Rhodesian bush war was fought mainly by two armed forces, ZIPRA - ZAPU and ZANLA - ZANU. ZANLA was predominantly Shona whilst ZIPRA had cadres across the linguistic and tribal divide.
2/ During the war, the two armed wings clashed now and again, there was little if any cooperation between these two. Animosity was rife. Both Zanla and Zipra claim to have masterminded the Salisbury fuel depots bombings.
3/ Independence - In 1980, Zanu led by Mugabe gained a sweeping victory on the elections. The armed wings were all integrated into one national army. Dr Nkomo and Mugabe had ideological differences which could not be reconciled even at independence. In 1980, Nkomo was ..