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    The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) are the military forces responsible for the defence of Zimbabwe against external threats from other countries, and also...
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    Headquarters. Zimbabwe Defence Forces Zimbabwe National Army Air Force of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Republic Police Ministry of Home Affairs (Zimbabwe) "Mnangagwa...
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    The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) is the primary branch of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces responsible for land-oriented military operations. It is the largest...
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  • The Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces is Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and the national defence organisations. During May 1977, a Combined...
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  • second-hand equipment from the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. Prior to Rhodesia's internationally recognised independence as Zimbabwe in 1980, an arms embargo imposed...
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  • of Zimbabwe (AFZ) is the air force of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. It was known as the Rhodesian Air Force until 1980. The Air Force of Zimbabwe saw...
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  • Tobago Defence Force Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force Uganda People's Defence Force Zambian Defence Force Zimbabwe Defence Forces Air defence forces (Anti-Aircraft...
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    national cabinet and is the chief commanding authority of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. The incumbent president is Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was installed...
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  • Special Forces of Zimbabwe are the units of the Zimbabwe National Army that operate as special forces. These forces have been deployed in several African...
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  • (born 24 December 1954) is a decorated Zimbabwe general who has served as commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces since December 2017. He was promoted...
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    Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army were integrated to form the new Zimbabwe Defence Forces. Around 5,000 Rhodesian military and intelligence personnel were...
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    standing personnel. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police) is part of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and numbers 25,000...
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    (later the temporary British colony of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and now independent Zimbabwe). The conflict pitted three forces against one another: the Rhodesian...
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  • The Military ranks of Zimbabwe are the military insignia used by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. Zimbabwe is a landlocked country, and does therefore not...
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    elements of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) gathered around Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, and seized control of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation...
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    Constantino Chiwenga (category Defence ministers of Zimbabwe)
    formation of Zimbabwe Defence forces (ZDF) in 1994 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and was appointed commander of the Zimbabwe National...
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  • Vitalis Zvinavashe (category Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army personnel)
    1943 – 10 March 2009) was a Zimbabwean general officer, politician and the first commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces "ZDF". Zvinavashe had modest...
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    of Zimbabwe Coat of Arms of Zimbabwe (1981–) Zimbabwe Passport Cover (1st version) (1980) Flag of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces Flag of the Zimbabwe National...
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  • The following is a list of holidays in Zimbabwe: Public holidays in Rhodesia, for historical holidays Public holidays are as detailed in the Public Holidays...
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  • Solomon Mujuru (category Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army personnel)
    forces. [citation needed] Promoted to general in the new Zimbabwe National Army, Mujuru oversaw ZANLA's integration into the Zimbabwe Defence Forces....
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    Emmerson Mnangagwa (category Defence ministers of Zimbabwe)
    after, General Constantino Chiwenga, backed by elements of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and members of Mnangagwa's Lacoste political faction, launched...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Zimbabwe. This is a list of flags used in Zimbabwe (Africa) from 1980 to the present date. For flags before...
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  • similar move in the Zimbabwe Defence Forces in 1993 and consequently in the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service in 2014. The Zimbabwe Republic Police...
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  • Mujuru (1945–2011), former second gentleman of Zimbabwe and commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces Elphas Mukonoweshuro (1953–2011), former MDC-T MP...
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  • This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Zimbabwe. Portuguese forces assisted the Rhodesians in cross-border operations into Portuguese Mozambique...
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    commissioned and became the navy's flagship. On 6 November 2016, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces deployed a training contingent to the Equatorial Guinea to train...
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  • Anselem Nhamo Sanyatwe (category Zimbabwean military personnel)
    during which he ordered his forces to open fire on protesters in 2018, killing eight people. He was appointed to the Zimbabwean cabinet as Minister of Sport...
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    Muzenda, former vice president of Zimbabwe as well as Vitalis Zvinavashe, a Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and politician. Dr Costa Maonei, former...
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  • Mozambique. The JOC retained its role in the post-independence Zimbabwe Defence Forces, and has since been accused of manipulating elections and orchestrating...
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  • had served in the Rhodesian Security Forces and then the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. He fought as part of the Zimbabwean intervention force that assisted the...
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