People's Liberation Army of Namibia

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The People's Liberation Army of Namibia was the armed wing of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) that led the guerrilla struggle for Namibian independence from South African rule.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf guerrilla movement ⓘ
liberation army ⓘ
military wing ⓘ
alignedWith Namibian independence movement ⓘ
armedWingOf SWAPO ⓘ
South West Africa People's Organization ⓘ
associatedPoliticalOrganization SWAPO ⓘ
South West Africa People's Organization ⓘ
conflict Namibian War of Independence ⓘ
South African Border War ⓘ
country Namibia ⓘ
countryFoughtFor Namibia ⓘ
goal end of South African rule in Namibia ⓘ
independence of Namibia ⓘ
historicalSignificance major force in struggle for Namibian independence ⓘ
ideology African nationalism ⓘ
anti-apartheid ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ
militaryBranchOf SWAPO ⓘ
notableTypeOfConflict war of national liberation ⓘ
operationalRole guerrilla warfare ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
operationalTheater Namibia ⓘ
South West Africa ⓘ
border regions with Angola ⓘ
opponentCountry South Africa ⓘ
opposedBy South African Defence Force ⓘ
South African security forces ⓘ
opposedSystem South African occupation of Namibia ⓘ
apartheid ⓘ
partOf anti-apartheid struggle in Southern Africa ⓘ
politicalObjective self-determination for Namibians ⓘ
primaryOpponent South African Defence Force ⓘ
South African government ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
shortName PLAN ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Namibian Defence Force ⓘ
supportedBy SWAPO external wing ⓘ
usedTactics cross-border raids ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South African Border War → mainBelligerent → People's Liberation Army of Namibia ⓘ
South African Border War → primaryBelligerent → People's Liberation Army of Namibia ⓘ
subject linked to: Border War
South West Africa People's Organization → armedWing → People's Liberation Army of Namibia ⓘ
South African occupation of South West Africa → resistedBy → People’s Liberation Army of Namibia ⓘ
linked to: People's Liberation Army of Namibia
Operation Protea → belligerent → People's Liberation Army of Namibia ⓘ
Cassinga raid → opponent → People’s Liberation Army of Namibia ⓘ
linked to: People's Liberation Army of Namibia
Namibian Defence Force → formedFrom → People’s Liberation Army of Namibia ⓘ
linked to: People's Liberation Army of Namibia