Battle of Sinoia

The Battle of Sinoia was a military engagement near Sinoia (today Chinhoyi) between nationalist ZAPU and ZANU guerrillas and the Rhodesian government on 28 April 1966, during the Rhodesian Bush War (also called the Second Chimurenga). A team of seven ZANLA cadres engaged with British South Africa Police forces near the northern town of Sinoia. The guerrilla group was wiped out, the police killing all seven without taking casualties.

Legacy
The battle is celebrated in modern Zimbabwe as the first battle of the Second Chimurenga; its anniversary is marked as Chimurenga Day. The battle site was later developed into the Mashonaland West Provincial Heroes Acre and a site museum built by the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe.