Mozambican Civil War

=== FRELIMO strategies and operations ===

FRELIMO reacted by reusing a system similar to the fortified villages ''aldeamentos'' introduced by the Portuguese: the creation of fortified communal villages called ''aldeamentos comunais'' where much of the rural population was relocated as the war intensified. Furthermore, in order to keep a minimum level of infrastructure working, three heavily guarded and mined corridors were established consisting of roads, railways and power lines: the Beira, the Tete (also called the Tete Run which speaks for itself regarding its safety) and the Limpopo Corridor.<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite web |url=http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/archive/defencedigest/defdigest03.html#1 |title=Defence Digest - Working Paper 3 |publisher=Ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za |access-date=4 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205234951/http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/archive/defencedigest/defdigest03.html#1 |archive-date=5 February 2012}}</ref> Despite extensive fortification along these corridors they were frequently subject to attacks, bombings of the railway line and locomotives along the Beira Corridor cost the FRELIMO government millions as it struggled to provide adequate food and services and put strains on its ally [[Zimbabwe]].