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The National Resistance Army (NRA), the military wing of the National Resistance Movement
National Resistance Movement

National Resistance Movement was also a political movement in Iran .The 'National Resistance Movement' , commonly referred to as the 'Movement', is a political party in Uganda....
 (NRM), was a rebel army that waged a guerrilla war, commonly referred to as the Luwero War
Ugandan Bush War

The Ugandan Bush War refers to the guerrilla war waged between 1981 and 1986 in Uganda by the National Resistance Army against the government of Milton Obote, and later that of Tito Okello ....
 or "the war in the bush", against the government of Milton Obote
Milton Obote

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76054-0003, Leipzig, Kenia-Tag, Gerald G?tting.jpgApolo Milton Obote , Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the United Kingdom colonialism administration in 1962....
, and later that of Tito Okello
Tito Okello

Tito Lutwa Okello was one of the commanders in the coalition between the Tanzania People's Defence Force and the Uganda National Liberation Army who removed Idi Amin in 1979, the Commander of the UNLA from 1980 to 1985, and the President of Uganda from 1985 to 1986....
.

NRA was formed in 1981 when Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Museveni

Yoweri Kaguta Jargun Museveni has been the President of Uganda since 29 January 1986.Museveni was involved in the war that toppled Idi Amin, ending his rule in 1979, and in the rebellion that subsequently led to the demise of the Milton Obote regime in 1985....
's Popular Resistance Army
Popular Resistance Army

The Popular Resistance Army was a rebel group formed in 1980 by Yoweri Museveni to fight against the regime of Milton Obote....
 (PRA) merged with ex-president Yusuf Lule
Yusuf Lule

Yusuf Kironde Lule was provisional president of Uganda between 13 April and 20 June 1979. His name is sometimes spelled Yusufu.As the leader of the Uganda National Liberation Front , Lule was installed as President by neighbouring Tanzania who had toppled Idi Amin with help from the UNLF after his failed attempt to annex portions of...
's group, the Uganda Freedom Fighters
Uganda Freedom Fighters

The Uganda Freedom Fighters were a Ugandan rebel group led by former president Yusufu Lule. The group merged with Yoweri Museveni's Popular Resistance Army to create the National Resistance Army ....
 (UFF). Museveni, then leader of the Uganda Patriotic Movement
Uganda Patriotic Movement

The Uganda Patriotic Movement is a defunct political party in Uganda. It was founded by Yoweri Museveni and participated in the December 1980 Elections in Uganda, which were won by Milton Obote's Uganda People's Congress....
 party, alleged electoral fraud and declared an armed rebellion, following the victory of Uganda Peoples Congress in the bitterly disputed 1980 general elections.

Museveni, who had guerrilla war experience with the Mozambican Liberation Front
Mozambican Liberation Front

The Liberation Front of Mozambique, better known by the acronym FRELIMO, from the Portuguese language Frente de Liberta??o de Mo?ambique is a political party which was founded in 1962 to fight for Mozambique independence, which was achieved in 1975....
 (FRELIMO) in Mozambique, and his own Front for National Salvation
Front for National Salvation

The Front for National Salvation was a Ugandan rebel group formed by Yoweri Museveni in 1973....
 (FRONASA) formed in Tanzania to fight Idi Amin
Idi Amin

Idi Amin Dada , commonly known as Idi Amin, was a Ugandan Military dictatorship and the President of Uganda of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colony regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and advanced to the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army....
, led the NRA to victory against Ugandan government troops (UNLA) in 1986.






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The National Resistance Army (NRA), the military wing of the National Resistance Movement
National Resistance Movement

National Resistance Movement was also a political movement in Iran .The 'National Resistance Movement' , commonly referred to as the 'Movement', is a political party in Uganda....
 (NRM), was a rebel army that waged a guerrilla war, commonly referred to as the Luwero War
Ugandan Bush War

The Ugandan Bush War refers to the guerrilla war waged between 1981 and 1986 in Uganda by the National Resistance Army against the government of Milton Obote, and later that of Tito Okello ....
 or "the war in the bush", against the government of Milton Obote
Milton Obote

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76054-0003, Leipzig, Kenia-Tag, Gerald G?tting.jpgApolo Milton Obote , Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the United Kingdom colonialism administration in 1962....
, and later that of Tito Okello
Tito Okello

Tito Lutwa Okello was one of the commanders in the coalition between the Tanzania People's Defence Force and the Uganda National Liberation Army who removed Idi Amin in 1979, the Commander of the UNLA from 1980 to 1985, and the President of Uganda from 1985 to 1986....
.

NRA was formed in 1981 when Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Museveni

Yoweri Kaguta Jargun Museveni has been the President of Uganda since 29 January 1986.Museveni was involved in the war that toppled Idi Amin, ending his rule in 1979, and in the rebellion that subsequently led to the demise of the Milton Obote regime in 1985....
's Popular Resistance Army
Popular Resistance Army

The Popular Resistance Army was a rebel group formed in 1980 by Yoweri Museveni to fight against the regime of Milton Obote....
 (PRA) merged with ex-president Yusuf Lule
Yusuf Lule

Yusuf Kironde Lule was provisional president of Uganda between 13 April and 20 June 1979. His name is sometimes spelled Yusufu.As the leader of the Uganda National Liberation Front , Lule was installed as President by neighbouring Tanzania who had toppled Idi Amin with help from the UNLF after his failed attempt to annex portions of...
's group, the Uganda Freedom Fighters
Uganda Freedom Fighters

The Uganda Freedom Fighters were a Ugandan rebel group led by former president Yusufu Lule. The group merged with Yoweri Museveni's Popular Resistance Army to create the National Resistance Army ....
 (UFF). Museveni, then leader of the Uganda Patriotic Movement
Uganda Patriotic Movement

The Uganda Patriotic Movement is a defunct political party in Uganda. It was founded by Yoweri Museveni and participated in the December 1980 Elections in Uganda, which were won by Milton Obote's Uganda People's Congress....
 party, alleged electoral fraud and declared an armed rebellion, following the victory of Uganda Peoples Congress in the bitterly disputed 1980 general elections.

Museveni, who had guerrilla war experience with the Mozambican Liberation Front
Mozambican Liberation Front

The Liberation Front of Mozambique, better known by the acronym FRELIMO, from the Portuguese language Frente de Liberta??o de Mo?ambique is a political party which was founded in 1962 to fight for Mozambique independence, which was achieved in 1975....
 (FRELIMO) in Mozambique, and his own Front for National Salvation
Front for National Salvation

The Front for National Salvation was a Ugandan rebel group formed by Yoweri Museveni in 1973....
 (FRONASA) formed in Tanzania to fight Idi Amin
Idi Amin

Idi Amin Dada , commonly known as Idi Amin, was a Ugandan Military dictatorship and the President of Uganda of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colony regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and advanced to the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army....
, led the NRA to victory against Ugandan government troops (UNLA) in 1986. By the time that the victorious NRA entered Kampala
Kampala

Kampala is the capital city of Uganda. With a population of 1,208,544 it is the largest city in Uganda. It is coterminous with the Kampala . The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Central, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa and Rubaga....
 in 1986, about a quarter of its 16,000 combatants were Banyarwanda, while Fred Rwigema
Fred Rwigema

Fred Gisa Rwigema , born Emmanuel Gisa , was a founding member of and leader of the Rwandese Patriotic Front, an anti-Hutu Power guerrilla warfare that fought in the Rwandan Civil War....
 was its deputy commander. The NRA then became the national army.

From 1986 to 1990, the Museveni regime tried to end various insurgencies and to establish control over the army. Despite repeated government claims that the NRA had defeated the UNLA and other rebel groups, insurgent activity continued, especially in the northern, eastern, and western regions. In April 1988, 3,000 former Uganda People's Army
Uganda People's Army

The Uganda People's Army was a rebel group recruited primarily from the Iteso people of Uganda that was active between 1987 and 1992. The UPA was composed mostly of former soldiers in the special forces of the Uganda National Liberation Front and opposed the National Resistance Army government of Yoweri Museveni, who took power in January...
 (UPA) fighters and members of several other small rebel groups accepted a government amnesty by surrendering and declaring their support for Museveni's regime. In June 1988, the president concluded a peace agreement with Uganda People's Democratic Army
Uganda People's Democratic Army

The Uganda People's Democratic Army was a rebel group operating in northern Uganda from March 1986 to June 1988.In January, 1986, the government of Uganda President Tito Okello was overthrown by the rebel National Resistance Army under the command of Yoweri Museveni, which took the capital city of Kampala....
 (UPDA) commander Lieutenant Colonel John Angelo Okello. Although the NRA subsequently integrated many UPA and UPDA personnel into its ranks, thousands of others rejected the peace accord and continued to fight against the NRA.

After the 1995 Ugandan constitution was enacted, the NRA was renamed the Uganda People's Defence Force
Uganda People's Defence Force

The Uganda Peoples Defence Force , previously the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda.The International Institute for Strategic Studies estimates the UPDF has a total strength of 40?45,000, and consists of land forces and an Air Wing....
.