Beginning of 1981 Entumbane Uprising

Date: February 8, 1981 • Location: Gweru, Zimbabwe

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1981.

Rhodesian Bush War: Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army cadres in Gwelo attacked Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army troops, killing over 60 of them and starting the 1981 Entumbane uprising.

The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Rhodesian Civil War, the Second Chimurenga or the Zimbabwe War of Independence, was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 in the unrecognised state of Rhodesia.