What the records say
- When
- 8 Feb 1981 – 12 Feb 1981
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 20.13° S, 28.54° E
- Description
- 1981 rebellion
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1981 Entumbane uprising
Battle of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
The 1981 Entumbane uprising, also known as the Battle of Bulawayo or Entumbane II, occurred between 8 and 12 February 1981 in and around Bulawayo, Zimbabwe amid political tensions in the newly independent state. Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) guerrillas, mainly in the city's western suburb of Entumbane, rebelled, creating a situation that threatened to develop into a fresh civil war, barely a year after…
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