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Posted: 11/27/2013 4:50:01 PM EDT
I particularly find the Rhodesian Bush war fascinating the more I read about it. There are so many interesting factors and interesting characters in this war yet I find myself reading and just not quite understanding what actually was going from either side.
 Are there any good books on the subject from reputable writers or those that were there. IMO most of the books I see look like they are written by some secret squirrel "mercenary" type poser. I also wonder why there are not more photos or video I mean I haven't found a single documentary on the subject but I have seen a few mentioned. That being said I understand there was quite a bit of censorship with the war and a lot maybe just didn't get out. I would love to see a good documentary on the people who played key roles and the men who stood up and how they were able to scrape a formidable army by anyone's standards with scraps from wherever  School me GD and please throw out a GOOD documentary or Book!
Oh and FBHO. 
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Posted: 11/27/2013 4:57:51 PM EDT
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Start here I reckon.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rhodesian+bushwar&sm=3 |
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Posted: 11/27/2013 4:58:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/27/2013 4:58:23 PM EDT
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I always thought it is less documented because it is considered a "politically incorrect" war.
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Posted: 11/27/2013 5:00:44 PM EDT
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I always thought it is less documented because it is considered a "politically incorrect" war. I can see that for sure. Still though you would imagine there would be more out there considering so many people from so many countries were involved. |
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Posted: 11/27/2013 5:00:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/27/2013 5:03:18 PM EDT
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I can see that for sure. Still though you would imagine there would be more out there considering so many people from so many countries were involved. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I always thought it is less documented because it is considered a "politically incorrect" war. I can see that for sure. Still though you would imagine there would be more out there considering so many people from so many countries were involved. The only people I have met who have given praise to the Rhodesian forces are some South African immigrants I encountered at a bar. 
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Posted: 11/27/2013 5:08:59 PM EDT
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They seem to have a nice dag.
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Posted: 11/27/2013 5:12:22 PM EDT
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There's great read called The Bush War in Rhodisia, by Dennis Croukamp. It's his story of fighting with the Rhodisian Selous Scouts, I highly recommend it.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Bush-Rhodesia-Extraordinary-Reconnaissance/dp/1581606141 Edit to add: It also has a ton of pictures he took. |
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Posted: 11/27/2013 5:16:38 PM EDT
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Research the Nyadzonya raid when you get a chance. Fascinating stuff.
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Posted: 11/27/2013 5:18:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/27/2013 5:21:37 PM EDT
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Mugabe sucks...lets slot floppies!
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Posted: 11/27/2013 5:22:46 PM EDT
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Who wears short shorts?
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Posted: 11/27/2013 5:27:30 PM EDT
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Shorts and a FAL. Lets go kill terrorists.
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Posted: 11/27/2013 5:29:15 PM EDT
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Go here and register: www.newrhodesian.net/?
forum with a lot of real-deal members. I got interested when I ordered some surplus parts for an L1A1. I got a trigger guard with some of the Rhody baby poop camo paint still on it. |
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Posted: 11/27/2013 6:27:01 PM EDT
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Growing up in Miami public schools in 80's and 90's, I never even heard a mention of Rhodesia. I've read a little here and there, but the Rhodesia Unafriad videos shed some serious light.
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Posted: 11/27/2013 6:31:36 PM EDT
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The Elite by Barbra Cole. If you can find it...
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Posted: 11/27/2013 6:33:12 PM EDT
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They seem to have a nice dag. I concur! My two (new) girls: 
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Posted: 11/27/2013 6:35:12 PM EDT
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I remember the ads at the time.
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Posted: 11/27/2013 6:36:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/27/2013 6:38:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/27/2013 6:38:42 PM EDT
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Communists won after they played the race card. Then they started the same shit in SA. As a result communist terrorists ran both countries and ran them into the ground. As late as the 2000s the fucking president of South Africa did not believe that AIDS was caused by HIV and thought it was the result of poverty. Acting on his backwards tribalism he actively denied the distribution of AIDS drugs and instead pushed toxic quack bullshit in a country with over 6 million AIDS cases. Fuck be upon all of them.
ETA: Fuck Nelson Mandela Fuck Thabo Mbeki Fuck Robert Mugabe |
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Posted: 11/27/2013 6:44:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Communists won after they played the race card. Then they started the same shit in SA. As a result communist terrorists ran both countries and ran them into the ground. As late as the 2000s the fucking president of South Africa did not believe that AIDS was caused by HIV and thought it was the result of poverty. Acting on his backwards tribalism he actively denied the distribution of AIDS drugs and instead pushed toxic quack bullshit in a country with over 6 million AIDS cases. Fuck be upon all of them. ETA: Fuck Nelson Mandela Fuck Thabo Mbeki Fuck Robert Mugabe It was outsider politics that destroyed Rhodesia....Do I think the Rhodesians could have carried on if they didn't have sanctions & outside interference? Yes.
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Posted: 11/27/2013 6:44:18 PM EDT
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I concur! My two (new) girls: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc101/kallnojoy/20131117_115707-1_zps12a855d7.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They seem to have a nice dag. I concur! My two (new) girls: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc101/kallnojoy/20131117_115707-1_zps12a855d7.jpg Beauties! |
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Posted: 11/27/2013 7:05:36 PM EDT
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A small country besieged by fucktard wannabe Communists under the guise of "equality". Rhodesia had white rule but was preparing to phase it out in favor of majority rule/voting rights for everyone and then ZANLA and ZANU-PF happened. (At least, that's my understanding of it- I've read FireForce and Out of Action so far, with Selous Scouts on the way and I plan on reading some others.
As far as events go, what happened there makes my blood boil when I think about it. One of the most productive, if not THE most productive country in Africa as far as agriculture goes, and a place where one could raise a family, but it was destroyed by some fucking mook who thought that he could do better (and the result was crashing Rhodesia/Zimbabwe into the fucking ground nose first.) |
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Posted: 11/27/2013 7:11:17 PM EDT
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That's all I got for now. |
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Posted: 11/27/2013 8:23:15 PM EDT
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BEAUTIFUL FAL!!! I remember in a european history class in HS, we had gotten to the colonial era and the teacher had his colonial map of Africa up on the wall, I saw this little spot in SE Africa labled "southern Rhodesia" and I asked aloud, "What happened to Rhodesia? I haven't heard of that country." The teacher heard me, gave me a look and completely ignored my question and no mention of Rhodesia was made in class at all during that section.
The African Bush Wars have since then become a hobby/passion of mine and I read all the books I can on them. The story of Rhodesia is sad, tragic and apparently inevitable. I find South Africa to be fascinating in its own right, They stared down Cuba, the USSR and their proxies in Namibia and elsewher, fought them to a standstill, outlasted them and only lost because of the international pressure against Apartheid. Fascinating histories that are just not covered. Top notch military hardware and technology as well as training and discipline. Focking Kak! |
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Posted: 11/27/2013 8:43:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/27/2013 9:07:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Growing up in Miami public schools in 80's and 90's, I never even heard a mention of Rhodesia. I've read a little here and there, but the Rhodesia Unafriad videos shed some serious light. Same for me, had all liberal democrat teachers all the way through, no way they would teach us the truth, so they obviously just buried it. Never heard about Rhodesia and what really happened, until I found this website. Thanks to everyone here interested in this topic and posting over the years. |
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Posted: 11/27/2013 9:10:01 PM EDT
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A thorough discussion of their weapon of choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwZyYDikOto
The Rhodesians did not have any left-handed citizens
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Posted: 11/27/2013 10:24:33 PM EDT
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I remember the ads at the time.http://tacticaltshirts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/RA-Olive.jpg They had the Cool Camo before Multicam................ 
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Posted: 12/1/2013 11:11:08 AM EDT
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This may be of interest if you're as fascinated about their history and military as I am. (and a sly way for me to thread bump...
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http://smallwarsjournal.com/documents/rhodesian-cover-or-drake-shooting.pdf |
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Posted: 12/1/2013 11:19:12 AM EDT
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A small country besieged by fucktard wannabe Communists under the guise of "equality". Rhodesia had white rule but was preparing to phase it out in favor of majority rule/voting rights for everyone and then ZANLA and ZANU-PF happened. (At least, that's my understanding of it- I've read FireForce and Out of Action so far, with Selous Scouts on the way and I plan on reading some others. As far as events go, what happened there makes my blood boil when I think about it. One of the most productive, if not THE most productive country in Africa as far as agriculture goes, and a place where one could raise a family, but it was destroyed by some fucking mook who thought that he could do better (and the result was crashing Rhodesia/Zimbabwe into the fucking ground nose first.) THIS. The breadbasket of Africa. Well, used to be. As a previous poster said the US & UK shunned them and let the commies win. 
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Posted: 12/1/2013 11:30:53 AM EDT
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I used to know a woman who's family lost their land during that war. She was a young girl during it and told me stories of her father and brother walking around fully armed and would give arms and ammo to the black farm workers that stayed with them.
I wish I didn't loose contact with her as I would love to off gotten copy's of the pictures she showed me, but she moved back to the U.K. to be by the rest of her family. I will always remember in her bedroom she had a flag hanging in it and a map and pictures of her family's land. I was just a dumb young kid in my late teens and early 20's and she was in her late 30's early 40's and we had fun when she wasn't teaching me history of the region. One thing I will never forget is the story she told me about hearing gunfire and some of their farm workers then bringing the body of their friend and laying it on the kitchen table and that there was nothing they could do. |
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Posted: 12/3/2013 5:57:48 PM EDT
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A thorough discussion of their weapon of choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwZyYDikOto The Rhodesians did not have any left-handed citizens That had a bad ass bipod! 
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Posted: 12/3/2013 6:05:32 PM EDT
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TAG to learn more myself.
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Posted: 12/3/2013 6:16:58 PM EDT
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Look for "Top Secret War" by Ron Reid Daley. Bought my copy at the airport bookstore in Johannesburg on the way back from a hunt in Zimbabwe in '99. |
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Posted: 12/3/2013 6:55:49 PM EDT
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I remember the ads at the time.http://tacticaltshirts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/RA-Olive.jpg Well shit. That picture just cost me $42. One of those shirts for me, and a B-52 shirt for a buddy. |
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Posted: 12/4/2013 5:29:38 AM EDT
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They really made that place better didn't they
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Posted: 12/4/2013 5:39:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/4/2013 5:39:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There's great read called The Bush War in Rhodisia, by Dennis Croukamp. It's his story of fighting with the Rhodisian Selous Scouts, I highly recommend it. http://www.amazon.com/The-Bush-Rhodesia-Extraordinary-Reconnaissance/dp/1581606141 Edit to add: It also has a ton of pictures he took. |
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Posted: 12/4/2013 5:40:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thank you! Quote History |
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