I remember the recruitment ads in Soldier of Fortune magazine. "JOIN THE RHODESIAN ARMY,FIGHT INSURGENT REBELS AND GET PAID!"

@anon2034

9 ай бұрын

Did you know someone who joined?

@jb7483

9 ай бұрын

Yes my neighbor did from Ohio

@anon2034

9 ай бұрын

@@jb7483 Stories?

@egillskallagrimson5879

9 ай бұрын

dang I wasn't even a project in my dad's nuts back in the day and I've seen some of those! and we are spanish! he had this old magazines he bought when he was serving in the paras and long after that and I read it as a teen. I remember reading soldier of fortune because I liked all the military stuff and that's how sparked my interest on military history.

@efreitorsroul9332

8 ай бұрын

good days

A former friend, Paddy Curtis, a member of the Selous Scouts, was murdered in his home in Buluwayo last year. He was a Warrior and a true gentleman. RIP.

@schweinhund7966

8 ай бұрын

May he rest in peace ✝️

@desmondhull5778

8 ай бұрын

Respect from me my friend.

@JohnMoore-xf5wy

8 ай бұрын

@@desmondhull5778 Thank you both.

@desmondhull5778

8 ай бұрын

@@JohnMoore-xf5wy The ones who comitted this murder are scumbags.

@desmondhull5778

8 ай бұрын

@@dewoitine He was a hero not like the cowardly scumbags who murdered him.

Ian Smith was a true leader. A Rhodesian through and through. A man among men. R.I.P. Your memories will last forever. From a proud Rhodesian.

@madmike786

6 ай бұрын

😢❤❤❤

@andrewamarhashitei7761

5 ай бұрын

This whites trying to own a land in Africa but they failed😂

@andrewamarhashitei7761

5 ай бұрын

Thanks to the former USSR

@stellarmella9557

4 ай бұрын

how the traded him for that piece of shit mugabe is beyond comprehension

@squiglemcsquigle8414

3 ай бұрын

Dumbass colonizer

I was there as a volunteer from Texas.

@squiglemcsquigle8414

3 ай бұрын

So you are a war criminal. Got it

I believe that the largest contingent of foreigners in the Rhodesian security forces were South Africans followed by Americans and British, and then probably Australians and NZs. Many of the Americans did not integrate very well. Quite a few Portuguese also joined after the communists took over in Angola and Mocambique. I also remember seeing some Irish, Canadians(one of them was a full-blooded Cree Indian), Germans, Scandinavians, Italians and Israelis. I'd say that the standard of living in Rhodesia was relatively good for Africans, certainly better than it ever has been since it became Zimbabwe. At least they didn't starve as they did under Mugabe. The only people who really profited from what happened were Mugabe and his thugs and the international corporations. I hear that the scum in charge of Zimbabwe are now targeting Asians as there are no Whites left to destroy. Who can say that South Africa is better off at present than it was before 1994? A few days ago the savages there chanted for the death of all Whites at a huge rally. No doubt, when the country has finally completely collapsed and they are starving they will have their hands out to the hated Whites to feed them.

@terencefranks1688

9 ай бұрын

yes - South Africa is now today,a failed state,with blatant state corruption ever present in all shapes & forms ! The African National Congress (ANC),really conned the naive & ignorant whites,throughout Europe & the rest of the western world & even the communist bloc (as it then existed in eastern Europe),when they went into exile,outside of South Africa. While in exile,throughout the rest of the world,they lived,wined & dined in luxury (at least in most cases),while they railed against minority white rule. Meanwhile,behind the scenes,they never ever really had any intention of doing anything for their own "oppressed" people,as they lived it up outside of SA during their exile. post liberation in 1994,saw the ANC take power in SA & form a new post-apartheid black government,from which time,everything started to go downhill,at calamotous speed,leading up to what we see today,as virtual complete disaster ! They've done very little to house/feed/educate their own people,while both national & local government becomes ever more blatantly corrupt,with each passing day - they don't even attempt to hide it ! Essential government run services are now either under funded,or have become practically non-existent - there is even raw sewage floating down some of the rivers,and heading out to sea + rolling power blackouts,which destroy industry (what's left of it) & also personal life too ! tax money is syphoned off & placed into the pockets of officials & their cronies,without any thought for those (within their own population),that do not have anything ! They day when the ANC won the 1994 elections,which put them into power,was the first day of South Africa's conversion,into a form of Titanic - South Africa today is kaput - sorry to say that,but it's now fact ! Ironically enough,those nations at the forefront of ending white rule viz. USA/Britain,seem to have been visited by kharma,in the form of their own (self-induced)apocalypse,of never ending illegal mass migration,aided & abetted by their own (nowadays),globalist governments ! the claim of the introduction of democracy,was (perhaps)the biggest lie ever told ! Democracy never really existed right throughout European history & still does not today in the 21st century - first world white populations lived under feudalism & later on,in non-democratic 2-party political systems,where political systems,via voting,is a mere illusion of choice - nothing ever really changes either ! Even the (former)USSR was never a democracy,where the real power was wielded by a minority,in the politburo/Supreme Soviet & the soviet people were treated as little more than chattels ! Even in ancient Greece (where deocracy)originated,the (then) newly created system,(inclusive of voting),only ever benfitted the minority of the elites,just as it does today in Europe & the US. one can therefore,now see that the African majorities,throughout Africa,were sold a complete lie,by Europeans/Americans,who were (in fact),not ever interested in placing real democracy into Africa & (in particuar)Rhodesia & South Africa - what they were really interested in,is the mineral wealth that exists throughout Africa !

@sestorm2159

9 ай бұрын

Hunting Asians and whites was “normal” during the 50-70 because blacks was told that the Asian and white man are the only problem. Just like today in the US, a lot of Asians are beaten and robbed by blacks because white girls in their 20s tell blacks that they have nothing because of Asians that “stole” success from blacks. There is a reason why most of Africa looks like it does today, they are being lied to today so they can stay poor. Lying to someone that didn’t go to school is easy and family tribes make sure that no one can escape dumbness or the country

@marcoslaureano5562

9 ай бұрын

Agreed. But these young woke clowns don't wanna hear that - even though it's the truth.

@complexblackness

9 ай бұрын

Starve? No the UK, US, ETC put sanctions on Zimbabwe, That's why they had problems. Tell the truth, instead of lying. Try that for once.

@matthewclaridge8063

9 ай бұрын

When you talk about the Rhodesian bush war. You have to talk about the Selous Scouts. When it came to military tracking, the Selous Scouts (1 SAS Regiment) was one of the most successful units ever. They were engaged in a wide range of operations, from what was known as ‘fire-force’ actions on open battlefields to clandestine missions, deep within enemy territory. The ragged-looking force actually consisted of highly professional soldiers who showed exceptional courage against a bitter and unforgiving enemy. At the height of the War in 1976, the Selous Scouts numbered some 700 men. They worked in small units of four to six men who would parachute or heli-hop into the bush in hot pursuit of ZIPRA and ZANLA guerrillas. The Selous Scouts were lightly equipped, carrying mostly ammunition and water this enabled them to quickly track and close in on the fleeing guerrillas. Once spotted, the Scouts would call for soldiers of C Squadron SAS (Rhodesian) to parachute forward towards the guerrillas, in order to cut them off. The Selous Scouts methods were so effective that they accounted for killing more guerrillas than the rest of the Rhodesian Army put together. Along with the Rhodesian SAS, the Selous Scouts were disbanded in 1980 when Prime Minister Ian Smith handed over to Robert Mugabe’s government and Rhodesia became Zimbabwe. Most of the Selous Scouts made their way into the South African Army.

Won the battles, lost the war. The dark forces of evil were overwhelming.

@41corsair

9 ай бұрын

I blame the UK and US media for a mass misinformation campaign.

@daveweiss5647

9 ай бұрын

Truely, and sadly betrayed by people whobshoukd have been their brothers.

@kasikwagoma6740

6 ай бұрын

​@@daveweiss5647well your lot should have never left Britain to go and seize black African territory. The brazen cheek and nerve that you have, you think Africa was yours to have. Did we give you our continent, what a bunch of fools that you all turned out to be. You really thought you could overwhelm a continent that is majority black. It was never ever going to work, NEVER. Zimbabwe is black and is ours, you have Britain and that is yours. If you want to resurrect rhodesia, go and do so in Salisbury in England. After all the criminal thug and racist Cecil Rhodes is English and his name is the one that is in rhodesia. So go and petition the local council in Salisbury to resurrect your beloved rhodesia there. Was you cannot ever do is resurrect it in black Africa.... It will never happen.

@user-de5zt7pg8v

17 күн бұрын

Other countries politicians bulshit and backstabbing ways coursed the wars end, Rhodesia forces did not lose the war

I was in a boarding school in Northern Transvaal in the late 1970s up to 1980. I had some Rhodesian friends who were sent to South Africa for their safety. I wanted to go and fight for Rhodesia when I was old enough, but by the time I finished high school, Rhodesia no longer existed.

And everything that they Rhodesians said would happen with majority rule has happened. A country in ruins.

@urbanguru1642

9 ай бұрын

It's happening to all Western civilization.

@DerSchleier

9 ай бұрын

Race matters.

Great video. The side story about the Albanian King is wild. I did not know about him at all.

The funniest part of this is the idea that the US diwant to "interfere with foreign affairs "

@michaelwills1926

8 ай бұрын

Exactly

@tireoghainabu7355

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, anytime the US says something like that I always do a little chuckle followed by a "off course yous dont" 😂

Will never ever forget the struggle of the Rhodesians in their conflict. My friend served with the 'Scouts' during it.....many dead heroes.

It's called self-defence.

@terencefranks1688

9 ай бұрын

it is indeed ! - unfortunately,that no longer exists !

@desmondhull5778

9 ай бұрын

@@terencefranks1688 The worlds dropped it guard and unfortunately will suffer the consequences in the end.

@terencefranks1688

9 ай бұрын

@@desmondhull5778 it would definitely seem so !

@cannotfindmyshoes3

9 ай бұрын

Only wearing flip-flops? No it's not.

@desmondhull5778

9 ай бұрын

@@cannotfindmyshoes3 Cant work your comment out and what you mean about the flip flops,I'm lost.

The very first Merc pic shown contains Robert K. Brown and Craig Nunn!! Not supporting white Rhodesia was one of the worst foreign policy mistakes ever, right after South Africa.

@ostrich67

8 ай бұрын

If Rhodesia would have given black people equal rights then none of this would have happened. Clearly black people were willing to fight for Rhodesia and against Communist forces despite being second-class citizens. No Communist regime ever took over a prosperous democracy where everyone was equal. The whites saw a black face and saw a communist and a traitor, and of course a savage. Their racism made them blind, and it cost them their country.

Yoooo broooo this is insane 🔥🔥🔥 A whole documentary fr 🙌 You went really in depth damn! 😌

A former collegue of mine, fought with the french foreign legion in Vietnam and later in the Rhodesian army in that war.

@robertmaybeth3434

8 ай бұрын

That's amazing. Seriously he must have been some kind of fantastic soldier to survive all that! There are so many questions I'd like to ask that guy if I only could.

@captainbackflash

8 ай бұрын

@@robertmaybeth3434 I am not even sure, he is still alive. He was almost 70, when I worked with him in 1995 and a heavy alcoholic. He told us horrible things about the war in Vietnam.

@robertmaybeth3434

8 ай бұрын

@@captainbackflash Oh my - guys like this are priceless treasures of information that nobody else has, a shame nobody ever thought to write down his thoughts!

@squiglemcsquigle8414

3 ай бұрын

So a war criminal

@captainbackflash

3 ай бұрын

What makes you think thar?@@squiglemcsquigle8414

Thanks for making this video. I only became aware of the Rhodesian Bush War when I studied about UDI for my undergraduate history degree back in 2011. Modern lecturers are very cynical about Rhodesia, and they focus on what they perceive to be the injustices and inequalities that existed within the country, but the more I read the more I couldn’t help sympathise with the Rhodesians. Rhodesia had its problems, but it was a decent country for the majority, and far better than Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was worth fighting for, and the Rhodesian Security Forces distinguished themselves as impressive fighters.

@allanelder2711

8 ай бұрын

There was no conscription of black personnel for the Rhodesian forces as there were always plenty of volunteers. It seems that Rhodesia's black population feared Mugabe & Co more than they disliked the white Rhodesians running the country.

@phyrr2

8 ай бұрын

Rhodesians had every right to exist as they envisioned and frankly, the entire world lost when they lost. Africa went further into shambles, and not just "Zimbabwe" but the entirety of Africa . The South Africans thought that politically they couldn't back up Rhodesia to a certain point, thinking they would somehow survive where Rhodesia would not. I wonder with present hindsight if perhaps they might have any regret as they'd still have a bordering ally to this day had they found a way to keep Rhodesia alive. Instead, they have been slowly getting tossed into the sea and now China will own most of Africa after its first incursions before and during the Bush War in Rhodesia. The Rhodesians were right and only a blind fool would be willing to see it otherwise. If people thought the original colonizers were bad for Africa, they need to research on the irreparable damage the Chinese have and continue to do to the entire continent. They aren't even sharing in rulership, they are simply taking it all away. This is where the West failed its kin entirely thinking they were all somehow to be untouched by the effect of losing Rhodesia. Oops.

@shauncharlesporter2589

8 ай бұрын

Sadly Rhodesia was betrayed by South Africa and will forever be a blot on our name.

@malpreece5008

8 ай бұрын

@@phyrr2 Sadly, that’s all true. The Chinese are asset striping Zim, and like you pointed out, they dug their claws in back in the 70s when they provided weapons and training to ZANLA. I think the South Africans believed that if they threw Rhodesia to black Africa it would make their situation easier, but it didn’t. They should have just stuck to their guns and held the line with the Rhodesians. Although, to be fair to the South Africans, their support to Rhodesia, after the fall of Portuguese Mozambique, was essential. The SADF often fought shoulder to shoulder with the Rhodesians against the terrorists, and none of the large scale cross border operations would have been possible without South African support. I think one of the biggest factors in the decline of Rhodesia was the British commitment to the Atlantic Charter and the UN, which undermined their role as a colonial power, and required them to move all of their colonies towards self-determination. The British governments insistence on majority rule before independence sounded ‘progressive’, but it lacked any understanding of the situation in Rhodesia. To hand over a prosperous modernised nation such as Rhodesia, to an African majority, who only 70 years before were still an Iron Age society with no written language, was bound to fail. The British government should have supported the Rhodesian government and provided funding so that over time more Africans could acquire the franchise, and a strong African middle class could have been established. As more Africans acquired education and property they would have been more invested in Rhodesia, and unlikely to be persuaded by the hollow promises of midwit African nationalists like Mugabe and Nkomo. Then war could have been avoided and Rhodesia would be a prosperous nation today.

@JohnMoore-xf5wy

8 ай бұрын

Indeed they did.

"80% US Volunteers Deserted?" That is bulsht my friend. 12% is the correct number. 7% of these were lost in the bush only to be found and buried back home. Some got lost in the bush, to wonder back into base camp 3 weeks, or a month later. Good video otherwise.

@johnherbold8233

Ай бұрын

Do you have a source? I doubt the 80% figure myself considering so many were acclimated to jungle guerrilla warfare

My home, my love, Umtali and lived in the vumba right next to mountain lodge hotel and leopard rock. Beloved memories of my early life, left school Nov 1972 and into the height of the war, god love and bless all Rhodesians ❤❤

Rhodesia lives in our hearts.

@LeedsUnitedJohn

9 ай бұрын

It's a worse place now just like South Africa.

@markjones6564

9 ай бұрын

@@LeedsUnitedJohnabsolutely!!! So so true.

@E-stylz-1967

9 ай бұрын

​@@LeedsUnitedJohnsays the colonizer

@peterclark6290

9 ай бұрын

@@E-stylz-1967 Says the man who has never felt loyalty. Rhodesia was similar to every other part of the British Commonwealth, a huge advantage waiting for the locals to adopt the more advanced culture (a wearying slow process anywhere). Zimbabweans will now have to wait many more generations, centuries perhaps, to realise their potential. One species with cosmetic differences bud.

@daveweiss5647

9 ай бұрын

​@@E-stylz-1967the vast majority of the world would even today be pooping in bushes in a ditch and wiling with their hand while shooing flies from their eyes, living in abject ignorance and poverty (if they even had the luxury of surviving past childhood) if not for the colonizers you hate so much....and you know it, but go ahead and type your grievances into the magic electric machine the colonizers invented for you, in the language they tought you on the internet they allow you to use. Maybe one day when you are mature enough to admit the truth you will thank the colonizers for imparting you a fraction of their civilization.

Largely OT but what the hell: my favourite (in an ironic, lamentable sense) post-Rhodesia anecdote is the many high ranking ZANU officials that perished in a spate of inexplicable vehicular accidents. Naturally many suspected Mugabe of ordering the assassinations of party opponents/rivals but the truth, when it was eventually established, was far more surreal and, sadly, _very_ African… Turns out the drivers/chauffeurs of these expensive, typically European saloons (I.e. Mercedes) used to ferry officials around often clandestinely stole valuable parts from the cars’ engines to sell on the black market. Naturally lacking such vital components the vehicles became unsafe to drive resulting in numerous deaths, thieves often included! As I say, very African. 😔

@anon2034

9 ай бұрын

lol

@slappy8941

8 ай бұрын

They will cut off their own hands just to blame the white man.

@RobCraig-wf3yi

8 ай бұрын

Yes,it a cut your nose off, despite your face sort of thing.

@G58

3 ай бұрын

What happened to Tongogara then…?

@G58

3 ай бұрын

What happened to Tongogara then…?

Thank you so much for this. So much new information i hadn't heard before along with many pictures of true heroes. Not forgotten by many in England.

When I served in British army had a coupe of guys in my regiment who were Rhodesian and had fought there,and after joined British army.One of my platoon commanders had fought as an officer in Rhodesian army,by birth he was Rhodesian.He was one of my few platoon commanders I liked.After British army I joined legion ,in my basic instruction trained alongside a Geordie he'd been in RTR,British army went absent served in rhodesia went back to UK locked up for absence,escaped guardroom joined legion during training deserted,while feigning sickness from the hospital then from a reliable source joined Spanish legion then deserted,I think the only place he did his time was rhodesia.We had a platoon sergeant who went absent from my regiment fought in rhodesia when he came back he just got a massive fine,he was to good a soldier to be thrown out

I was in the RLi and had a bumper sticker,Youre behind me,Im behind Ian Smith so lets go forward together.

Rhodesia will never be forgotten, I love my old country, my family was executed by rebels in 1977 my mom & aunt got lucky & escaped the night before, they hiked over 1500kms in 10 days with barely any food or water, my mom never talks about it, and after a few glasses of wine my aunt will talk about it, some stories are horrific though,

@phyrr2

8 ай бұрын

I hope that you and your family can tell the tales to anyone who is listening for all time to come. The world needs to learn what happened, how we failed Rhodesia, and how us failing Rhodesia ultimately is now failing the West with anything having to do with Africa.

@bracoop2

8 ай бұрын

1500 kilometers in ten days?

@robertmaybeth3434

8 ай бұрын

@@bracoop2 I'm thinking he means 150 km, we all make typos golly

@markaxworthy2508

8 ай бұрын

This does not seem a plausible story. Why would anyone, anywhere in Rhodesia have to walk 1,500 kms for 10 days to reach safety? At best, this is a badly mangled memory. At worst it is false.

@JohnMoore-xf5wy

6 ай бұрын

@@markaxworthy2508 Were you there?

I am a CANADIAN and I was proud to fight for the RHODESIAN army from 1971 to the end

They are certainly not forgotten, and nor are all other combatants of the Rhodesian forces. We remember and thank them all with humility and eternal gratitude.

Very informative video, thank you! Where did you find all that video of the war?

Very interesting

It will always be Rhodesia to me, same with Burma, they can change the name but they can't change the history and the people that built these nations.

@desertdetroiter428

8 ай бұрын

No one cares what you call it.

@squiglemcsquigle8414

3 ай бұрын

Rhodesia existed for 5 years. Are you gonna deny the real people their history in favour for war criminals and racist dickheads. Telling

Great stuff 😎

Saw several photos of Michigan native Dave McGrady in the vid.

Zimbawe! Another gem of African democracy at its best performance.

Look at the state of Zimbabwe today and indeed South Africa going down the same hole, the West failed here and allowed the Chinese a huge bound to take resources and play the long game.

@Mike-fj2ln

8 ай бұрын

How about we keep RACE out of this discussion.

@BlesamaSoul

8 ай бұрын

@@Mike-fj2ln geopolitics are a separate issue.... that's what caused the problems along with Communism in Africa. Race was just a side issue drummed up by the useful idiots in the West on behalf of their communist paymasters. Same happens today with green policies

Just going down this rabbit hole after listening to the unedited Green Leader recording. Good stuff.

@cannotfindmyshoes3

9 ай бұрын

You shouldnt go down ANY rabbit holes. You'll come a cropper and get stuck, plus think about the poor rabbits home you just destroyed with your fat arse. Best just stay at home, keep away from holes... unless it's just to stick yer knob in.

@daveweiss5647

9 ай бұрын

What's the unedited green leader recording? Link?

@The_ZeroLine

9 ай бұрын

@@daveweiss5647 Hopefully, this channel doesn’t auto delete comments with links: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qqaArdKuY7zeqZs.html

Couple of additional points that aren’t explored in this film: Many in the govts of the the western nations leading the diplomatic efforts were in fact communist sympathizers that downplayed USSR and CCP involvement and undermined settlement efforts that could have ended in something less than a mugabe takeover. Second, there was a lot of animosity within UK govt for Rhodesia after the Unilateral Declaration of Independence. Any settlement short of Rhodesian humiliation was to be undermined and sabotaged. The combination of these two factors pretty much ensured this was going to end with the terrorist Mugabe in power.

@zachwilson1103

9 ай бұрын

Agree and I think it’s fair to point out had Carter grown a spine and helped them out things could have gone differently but he was concerned about Cuban troops in Mozambique

@The_ZeroLine

9 ай бұрын

Actually, the CIA was always working behind the scenes against Mugabe and the commies. But even the CIA isn’t as powerful as sanctions.

@terencefranks1688

9 ай бұрын

spot on - the UK/US were the main perpetrators of Rhodesia's demise !

@dougearnest7590

9 ай бұрын

@@terencefranks1688 - I would stipulate it was the leftists in those countries - leftist politicians, the media, elitist academics, and young clueless "useful idiots" - I was pretty young and uninformed when the did it to Rhodesia, but it was obvious to me what they were doing when they enabled the communist takeover of South Africa.

@dirkrenierswart6947

9 ай бұрын

History proved them right. They were fighting for civilization. Zim is on its knees, and SA is following. The West should be ashamed

It remains “Occupied Rhodesia” to me

Just to point out a very obvious error, at 3:14, the producer clearly doesn't know where Rhodesia is as he/she has placed the Rhodesian Flag over both Rhodesia and Zambia.

@TrevorMoses312

9 ай бұрын

Seems that the producer forgot that the Rhodesian Federation ended with the independence of Malawi and Zambia 🥴🥴

@edwardhawkey5714

4 ай бұрын

Yup, a little off i would say. But then as you all know Africa is a country!!!🤣

Anyone care to name one place that has improved after blacks have taken over?

@desertdetroiter428

8 ай бұрын

Name one place that improves for black people once white people take over.

@muxijim6442

8 ай бұрын

The United States🇺🇸, Obama gave you healthcare and saved your murdered economy🫡

@muxijim6442

8 ай бұрын

Botswana?, Ghana?, South África?

@ericawollmuth5055

8 ай бұрын

@@muxijim6442 Every one of those countries is a dump.

@ivicapaic6284

8 ай бұрын

​@@muxijim6442Zaboravi si napisati i septicka jama. Prevedi na engleski.

3:15 What is that map supposed to be??

im fortunate to have met a tracker from that war and am training with him.

@karibakid

5 ай бұрын

Where and what army he must be in his late 60s early 70s

My uncle has his emergency seperation papers. My grabdmother had foubd she had cancer so he came back to the states but once she recovered and was stable he tried to come back but it was not to be. Still has some of the, souvenirs, that im sure the atf would be hard pressed to get from him

1:00 First Gun (MG) from the Left...AR MY EYES PLAYING TRICK ON ME OR is that MY OLD FRIEND: Stoner 63 !? GOOD GOD THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE FINE "LEGO-GUN" !

Interesting and balanced vid.

3:18 what happened to Botswana? And to Zambia? True their where incursions especially by Rhodesian military forces into their neighbours, but they did not occupy them

I know the French RAR officer who was sent to recruit for the French Indep. Coy. of the RR. He told me that most were the like of "butcher's boys" without military experience. He told the Rhodesian Government of this, but he was told to send them anyway. They performed as poorly as he expected and were quickly disbanded. Some became free lance Brightlight militia in commercial farming areas. The three we had at Mtoko/Mrewa seemed agreeable enough. They painted a target on either side of their Cougar for reasons best known to themselves but achieved little. Shortly after the war ended, one of these three was the getaway driver for two other Frenchmen who murdered a European store owner in a dorp north of Salisbury.

Well this is refreshing, foreign volunteers defined as _foreign volunteers_ ! That’s a rare thing as such men were/are typically misdefined as ‘mercenaries’ - an inaccuracy with intentionally negative connotations propagated by biased contemporary reportage and modern appraisal. Foreign recruits drawing exactly the same pay and conditions as their Rhodesian counterparts and where previous military experience was _not_ conditional to enlistment affirms _volunteer_ status. Anyone saying differently is talking bs! They try exactly the same disingenuous nonsense on with South Africa’s ‘mercenary’ 32 Battalion too.

@daveweiss5647

9 ай бұрын

True, the west is rife with traitors, especially in the media. It will be our downfall.

Portugal did recognized Rodesia as an independent nation.

I totally miss that Magazine.

@CharlesRushing-ck2qm

8 ай бұрын

I would "raid" the recycling center set up at the local high school about a quarter mile from my home when I was 15. Liberated many SOF, Gun World, Guns and Ammo type magazines. Still have many of them. Good times!

@granthenderson696

3 ай бұрын

When did the magazine stop? What year?

Zimbabwe has suffered since their victory

@desertdetroiter428

8 ай бұрын

So.

@desmondhull5778

8 ай бұрын

Self inflicted.

@jackholman5008

8 ай бұрын

So the coloniser should have kept their stolen lands?

@helenrenee8105

8 ай бұрын

@@jackholman5008 they stole it fair and square

@desmondhull5778

8 ай бұрын

@@jackholman5008 The colonisers built the country up,ie roads ,buildings,infrastructure,economy.Bit better than mud huts.

I have a question did the the Rhodesian forces unit the mounted grey scouts incorporate any skilled foreign horseman like example the Mongolians, I know the war was a terrible time , but the field craft, fire-force tactics, tracking, shooting skills. Is something I heard was used devastatingly. It’s quite interesting that the recruitment went across the oceans looking for warriors who came with without experience. It’s crazy how a nation under sanctions survived. The present day government complains about sanctions which aren’t even a real threat.

Glory and honor to free Zimbabwe!!!

BLESS THE MEMORIES OF THE UNIT KNEW AS THE SAINTS!

I served in the RLI from 1977 until 1980. I never saw a M16 rifle in the field by security forces. Think about it, a M16 is 5.56 calibre and the FAL FN and the MAG-58 are 7.62 calibre, imagine the troubles in supplying ammunition or parts in the field of the different calibres. Private citizen may have had them but I never saw one used in the field by security forces.

I was too young when the fighting stopped, but would have considered it if i had been more than 14 when the country fell. I even considered studying Portuguese, and French as an assistant to getting hired.

....and look what Mugabe did to the country

Yep, Mugabe lived by the dictum of one man, one vote........ONE TIME! Great video by the way. I didn't know about the Albanians or French.

Where was Chuck Norris?

Can you imagine if the Rhodesian govt could've held out a few more years into the Reagan era? Just a thought. Perhaps, this may have kept Mugabe and his communists out of power and spared this beautiful decades of tyranny.

My father was there as BSAP.

How does the British government like their black majority rule now

@user-mt6kt1yn6q

6 ай бұрын

They GIVE A _uck! They are quite delighted actually!

Hey Lauren, This is my new number. It was good seeing you again. I'm not sure if you know this, but across the road from the forum they just built a new picnic spot that has a missive play ground. If your up for it, we should go there one weekend when the weather's nice and grab some lunch. That way the kids will have something to do while we chat... Matt x

My Great Grandfather was part of the first Pioneer Column that went up into Africa and established Fort Salisbury (today Harare the aids ridden capital of the world). They fought against extreme odds and this dna has passed down through the Rhodesians, for us, the Rhodesians never die.

So, how is Zimbabwe better now? Is it better than Rhodesia was? I would definitely like to know.

@stephenzeilstra6520

3 ай бұрын

And any other country in the African continent.

Americans finding the conditions too tough?! Why, I never! - an American The mixture of soldiers and nationalities is not surprising. There were Arab Nazi SS divisions and Lebanese-based Polish soldiers in WWII. So, there is nothing surprising here.

@daveweiss5647

9 ай бұрын

This video has a lot of falsehoods, as it seems you do.

The End of the Portuguese Empire in 1974/5 i was 6 years old but i remind all this Post-War troubles. My 3 uncles were Colonial soldiers,one of them in Mozambique's borders with Rodhesia in 1970 to 1972. More aunts and cousins in Lourenço Marques,many more family in Angola,too,only my father service was at Metropole not in Overseas Provinces.What have been lost,my loyal Salisbury !🇵🇹

@shi2oon1987

5 ай бұрын

thanks for using the term "Colonial soldiers"

Note the Gazelle choppers. France continued to provide plenty of weapons to Rhodesia, in spite of the sanctions.

@calummackenzie1797

5 ай бұрын

Gazelle choppers were never used by the Rhodesian security forces. They were used by the Monitoring Forces

goes to the comments - sighs. :( -

Pity the Terrorists won

@desertdetroiter428

8 ай бұрын

The natives won.

@sionsoschwalts2762

8 ай бұрын

@@desertdetroiter428 You could say the same for the Taliban. Still Terrorists.

@fionasmith6868

5 ай бұрын

​@@desertdetroiter428 on the battlefield they lost the terrorists .

Fueron los blancos los que hicieron de Rhodesia la nación numero uno de Africa ! Viva el pueblo blanco de Rhodesia !

It was NEVER a “struggle for black majority rule” it was a tribal brawl, 3 tribes brawling and arguing over who got to dominate and grab the resources, they are still doing it

Zanu was led by ndabaningi sithole mugabe took over the leadership towards the end of the war

... has the narrator had a stroke ...?

Never trust an allie . Shite we lost.

Just out of curiosity, how great of a place is it now?

@michaelwills1926

8 ай бұрын

Shithole

@user-pv8wr5us7v

4 ай бұрын

Thriving cesspit

@user-sh3tr8cm1v

2 күн бұрын

Not for Europeans, it's ours now...

"Dont we say Zimbabwe now?" DO WE? (Loads SLR)

@anon2034

9 ай бұрын

"We say Kyiv now?" DO WE?

@drunkukrainian6998

9 ай бұрын

@@anon2034 me at a russian kids birthday party "and for my next magic trick imma make your dad disappear"

@anon2034

9 ай бұрын

@@drunkukrainian6998 Why?

@drunkukrainian6998

9 ай бұрын

​@@anon2034my magician name shall be the great zelensky

@user-wt2rz1qi7z

8 ай бұрын

​@@anon2034именно так мы и говрим. А если кто то хочет изменить это "за три дня"(с) ..Звук заряжаемой FN FAL

The Rhodesian SAS had a squadron largely made up of ex British Australian and New Zealand SAS.

Zimbabwe belongs to Black Zimbabweans, not to White Anglosaxons!!!

Hey that is South Africa today!!!

Who says they are forgotten?

Didn’t expect the mighty magnificent Albanian royal family to enter the chat.

Had I been a bit older at the time I might have considered volunteering, but not if it meant I had to wear those tight short pants. That look doesn't work for me.

@johnsmith-ht3sy

8 ай бұрын

Actually I never wore shorts, only long pants, it was a personnel choice.

@user-mt6kt1yn6q

6 ай бұрын

Yes . Style and fashion are more important than principals and motivation. Freedom has no value if you can't be stylish !!

I lost family on both sides of this war.

to hell with communism.

@user-FUCKYOU18

Ай бұрын

Communism still exists in 21st century

I take my hat off to the men that fought this fight. And mogabe was just another hitler. He lived there in his castle and his people with no food.

Why does everyone who tries to make long form content have such bizzare accents and speaking rythyms

I saw the pic of Flech before 👌.

Another group of foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Army were the Portuguese veterans,who fought in Moçambique,Angola and Guinea-Bissau 1961-74.

The southern Rhodesian government was hopping the UK would take on a role similar to the role the USA plays in Israel, backing the regime with military force, but sorry, no dice...

What could have been if the Western powers had not thrown the Rhodesia under the bus.

@matthewclaridge8063

9 ай бұрын

When you talk about the Rhodesian bush war. You have to talk about the Selous Scouts. When it came to military tracking, the Selous Scouts (1 SAS Regiment) was one of the most successful units ever. They were engaged in a wide range of operations, from what was known as ‘fire-force’ actions on open battlefields to clandestine missions, deep within enemy territory. The ragged-looking force actually consisted of highly professional soldiers who showed exceptional courage against a bitter and unforgiving enemy. At the height of the War in 1976, the Selous Scouts numbered some 700 men. They worked in small units of four to six men who would parachute or heli-hop into the bush in hot pursuit of ZIPRA and ZANLA guerrillas. The Selous Scouts were lightly equipped, carrying mostly ammunition and water this enabled them to quickly track and close in on the fleeing guerrillas. Once spotted, the Scouts would call for soldiers of C Squadron SAS (Rhodesian) to parachute forward towards the guerrillas, in order to cut them off. The Selous Scouts methods were so effective that they accounted for killing more guerrillas than the rest of the Rhodesian Army put together. Along with the Rhodesian SAS, the Selous Scouts were disbanded in 1980 when Prime Minister Ian Smith handed over to Robert Mugabe’s government and Rhodesia became Zimbabwe. Most of the Selous Scouts made their way into the South African Army.

@johnmacpherson9629

9 ай бұрын

Yep

@daveweiss5647

9 ай бұрын

The west is rifw with traitors and will sadly fafe the same fate they cursed the Rhodesian and South Africans to, unless we purge them soon.

@desertdetroiter428

8 ай бұрын

Would’ve still gotten their asses kicked.

@fionasmith6868

5 ай бұрын

​@@desertdetroiter428 think not .

I lived in Zim 30 Years ago..look at now.. same with the rest of the countries on the Continent! It’s not working!

@fredrikr6280

3 ай бұрын

The continent or the tribes that lived there didn't starve before the Europeans came. They had their culture and their cattle...so why do they starve now after the Europeans are gone?

👍👍👍👍👍👍

ws not a black majority resistance movement. Many blacks hostile were not Rhodesians. Many, in fact the majority of Rhodesian troops were black. The way Britain and commonwealth turned their back on Rhodesia was a disgrace

18:45 kind of BS french actually participate in combat and offensive compare to a lot of others foreign volunteers,most of them preferred to leave because Bob Denard was starting to prepare another coup in comores for a well paid salary

Rhodesia the "Switzerland" of Africa a small country with many different races and very wealthy country exporting 90% of crops. Independance 1980 and one party communiste helped by ussr became in 30 years the poorest country of Africa and today have to import 98% of the food but the lands have been stolen from white farmers and black workers to be given to Mugabe friends. Ask the old blacks if their conditions of living are better prior independance ?

@ostrich67

8 ай бұрын

You're assuming that all the black people wanted Mugabe in the first place. Clearly that was not so, as black people fought for Rhodesia despite being second class citizens there.

@desertdetroiter428

8 ай бұрын

Switzerland my ass. It was nothing more than a white man’s playground. If Rhodesia’s society had been fair, whites wouldn’t have gotten ran outta the country.

@fionasmith6868

5 ай бұрын

​@@ostrich67 the black people had it good in Rhodesia

@ADMINISTRATIVE RESULTS "Wanky Brass! It almost put me Eye out!" World Most Famous .308 Brass:I already did that to Your Commander! That's why You saw off Carry Handles!

Ian Smith was a hero

Ian Smith was right!

Rhodesia is a stunning country . Rich in every aspect one can think of . It is supposed to be one of the major food producer to a starving world. But now it's turned into a starving country. Why were Britain and America so obsessed with majority rule ? Let's not forget the United Nations which is actually a puppet of Russia( USSR) .

When I was in the Airborne stationed in Vicenza, my First Sergeant was a total bad ass. He fought in Vietnam, and when that ended he went to fight for Rhodesia. He just wanted to kill more communists. The dude was black.

@karibakid

5 ай бұрын

I think your first sergeant is bull sheeting you no Black Americans were in the army if he was get his regimental number and unit only black Rhodesians who were applying to join by the 100s .what year most true Rhodesian soldiers are in the late 60s70s now more info on his time served if any ?, I served 77-82 728501 s/sgt

@richardschafer7858

5 ай бұрын

@karibakid He was my 1SG from 88-90 in Vicenza. He came to us straight from 1st Ranger Batt. Not sure what years he was supposed to have been in Rhodesia.

Ahhh Rhodesia. The war forever known as the war with uncomfortably short shorts. Can anyone tell me the country is any better off now that it’s "free"?

@DerSchleier

8 ай бұрын

Zimbabwe is utterly and repletely broken rife with government corruption and an anemic economy.

@user-mt6kt1yn6q

6 ай бұрын

Uncomfortable for WHO? The fashion police have an exaggerated sense of self-importance . . .