 Kupatsanuka uku kwakatumidzwa zita rokuti Mai Vokupatsanuka Kwose nokuti ZANU yakaparadzana nedzimwe nhamburiko dzakakosha dzokuwana chinzwano pakati peZAPU navo; zvikurukuru zvibvumirano zveZIPA 1975 nePF197980. Vamwe vanyori venhau dzakaitika vanoti Ken Flower, aimbova mumiririri weMI6, akabatsira zvikuru pakuumbwa kweZANU kuitira kuti vachengetedze uye varambe vachitonga vachena uye vachironga kuti vaAfrica vave pasi pehurumende. Muna 1963, masangano ose ari maviri akarambidzwa, asi muna Chikunguru 1964, Second Chimurenga aka Zimbabwe War of Liberation kana kuti Rhodesian Bush Warrakatanga, uye masangano ose ari maviri akabudazve nemapapiro ane zvombo, Zimbabwe Peoples Revolutionary Army ZIPRA neZimbabwe African National Liberation Army ZANLA. Mapoka aya akapiwa zvombo kubva kunyika dzechiKomonisiti kusanganisira Soviet Union uye ipapo China, uye akashandisa hondo yechivanhu nehondo yetsika. Hondo iyi yakaramba ichipfuurira kusvikira paitwa Chibvumirano cheLancaster House muna 1979, uye Mugabe akava Mutungamiriri weZimbabwe muna April 1980. 