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Who were the main combatants in the Rhodesian Bush War?

The main combatants of the Rhodesian Bush War were the Rhodesian security forces—primarily comprising the army, air force, and police—and the armed Black nationalist insurgent groups, the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA), which was the military wing of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), and the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), which was the armed wing of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU).