People's Liberation Army (disambiguation)
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Africa
- People's Liberation Army of NamibiaPeople's Liberation Army of NamibiaThe People's Liberation Army of Namibia was the active military wing of the South West Africa People's Organization during the Namibian War of Independence. It sought independence for the territory from South African rule. PLAN launched its first attack on the South African military at...
, the armed forces of SWAPO during the Namibian national liberation struggle - Azanian People's Liberation ArmyAzanian People's Liberation ArmyThe Azanian People's Liberation Army was the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress in South Africa. It was originally called Poqo.-History:...
, the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress during the Apartheid years - Sudan People's Liberation ArmySudan People's Liberation ArmyThe Sudan People's Liberation Movement is a political party in South Sudan. It was initially founded as a rebel political movement with a military wing known as the Sudan People's Liberation Army estimated at 180,000 soldiers. The SPLM fought in the Second Sudanese Civil War against the Sudanese...
, the major armed opposition group in Sudan
Asia
- People's Liberation ArmyPeople's Liberation ArmyThe People's Liberation Army is the unified military organization of all land, sea, strategic missile and air forces of the People's Republic of China. The PLA was established on August 1, 1927 — celebrated annually as "PLA Day" — as the military arm of the Communist Party of China...
, the armed forces of the People's Republic of China - People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan (ARGK), the armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers PartyKurdistan Workers PartyThe Kurdistan Workers' Party , commonly known as PKK, also known as KGK and formerly known as KADEK or KONGRA-GEL , is a Kurdish organization which has since 1984 been fighting an armed struggle against the Turkish state for an autonomous Kurdistan and greater cultural and political rights...
(PKK) - People's Liberation Army (Nepal), the armed wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
- People's Liberation Army of ManipurPeople's Liberation Army of ManipurThe People's Liberation Army was founded by N. Bisheswar Singh on September 25, 1978. It is a separatist armed revolutionary group fighting for a separate independent socialist state of Manipur. It was the first organization from Manipur to have been trained by the China's People Liberation Army...
- People's Liberation Army of TurkeyPeople's Liberation Army of TurkeyPeople's Liberation Army of Turkey was an armed underground far-left movement in Turkey. It was founded at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey in 1970 by Hüseyin İnan, Yusuf Aslan, Sinan Cemgil, Deniz Gezmiş, Taylan Özgur and Cihan Alptekin....
(THKO), a left-wing group founded in 1970. Several splinter-groups have used versions of the name:- People's Liberation Army of Turkey-United Struggle
- People's Liberation Army of Turkey-Revolutionary Path of TurkeyPeople's Liberation Army of Turkey-Revolutionary Path of TurkeyPeople's Liberation Army of Turkey-Revolutionary Path of Turkey was a splinter-group of the People's Liberation Army of Turkey . THKO-TDY appeared in 1975...
Europe
- Irish National Liberation ArmyIrish National Liberation ArmyThe Irish National Liberation Army or INLA is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group that was formed on 8 December 1974. Its goal is to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and create a socialist united Ireland....
, sometimes went under the name of People's Liberation Army - People's Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia (known simply as "the Partisans" or "Yugoslav Partisans") the anti-fascist resistance army in Yugoslavia, led by Josip Broz Tito
South America
- Popular Liberation Army (Colombia)Popular Liberation Army (Colombia)The Popular Liberation Army, EPL , is a Colombian guerrilla group created in 1967. Most of its former members demobilized in 1991, forming the Esperanza, Paz y Libertad party, but a dissident faction continues operating.-Origins:The EPL was founded by the Communist Party of Colombia , PCC, a 1967...
, the armed wing of the Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist-Leninist)