>>29519068
>Thread is empty.
Think this sums up Rhodesia feels
Everyone is too busy mourning to post anything.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35942598
Zimbabwe is currently forcing white business owners to hand over majority control to blacks. Because reasons.
>>29519068
>Country that was BLACKED to death
>>29519068
South Africa still exists, that's basically the same thing.
Stop whining.
>>29519218
I guess you know how African Americans felt in the 50s
>>29521063
Except not. They had they're own slums in which they could do whatever they wanted, they just decided to do jack shit and act like niggers.
>>29521063
>niggers had businesses ever
Barbershops barely count.
>>29521063
just because they worked on farms doesnt mean they're farmers.
>>29521063
No actually. Not american. And neither are the Zimbabwean whites you dumbshit
>>29519068
>Nation like Rhodesia will never exist again
>>29519105
first post best post tbqh...
sorry guys, i was depressed and felt empty, I should of kept it going
>>29521063
>Rhodesia
>America
What the fuck are you even on about?
>>29522769
no, I'm not talking about the thread either
i'll explain when we're dead
>>29519437
>South Africa
Haha
No.
>>29522804
oh wow I missed that post
don't worry, he's just a bitch
This may sound like a stupid question, but what is the big deal with Rhodesia ? I'm not familiar with it...
>>29523496
Here ya go
>>29523496
>euro colony in africa
>minority white rule
>ideally still "fair" society
>black uprising instigated by usual bad actors like commies
>government forces competent
>muh short-shorts
>muh FAL
>nation holds its own
>international opinion turns against them
>nation has to go it alone
>eventually has to make peace with rebels
>decent settlement
>blacks fuck up decent settlement
>creeping economic/political/intimidation pressure against minority whites still there
>meanwhile black rule turns country into international joke of a shithole
I think that's a fairly non-/pol/ assessment.
>>29523679
It's so factual it doesn't even need the typical /pol/ histrionics.
>muh FAL doe
Whats hilarious is that Mugabe is now begging white farmers to come back and is offering free land and a lot of support if they do.
http://www.europeanguardian.com/79-uncategorised/world/552-mugabe-begs-whites-to-return-to-zimbabwe
>>29523701
It's an international tragedy, one of many, and in the end the culprit is human nature. It is sad enough without the hagiography and other nonsense surrounding the subject.
>>29523496
Basically it started out as a colony, and after WWII lots of Europeans started migrating there. Europeans were happy to farm and produce food, but they're was still active racism (the black people were treated like savages, since most of the blacks there were still in a tribal state.
Rhodesia declared it's independence from England, England went berserk because they hate it when their colonies rebel.
England cut off trade with Rhodesia and tried to starve them out, Rhodesia in turn traded even more with the neighboring countries (at this point the white farmers were bringing in about 95% of the GDP).
England put pressure on the neighboring countries to stop supporting Rhodesia, and they complied. Most of Europe then started pressuring Rhodesia top allow blacks the right to vote. Eventually they said yes, and the black people (who outnumbered whites 24-1) elected Robert Mugabe president.
Mugabe then began killing off the white farmers and stealing their farms. After that he renamed the country Zimbabwe. Most Rhodesians either died or fled, with very few whites remaining there today
TL:DR - like America, an English colony declared independence, but they lost the fight to Political Correctness and Communism
This song also gives a good overview of some major events leading up to the Rhodesian Bush War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbM_0hRTSiA
>>29522691
We can rebuild! We'll call it... Outer Heaven.
>>29523986
Let's start up the New Rhodesian Republic
>>29519218
>let's fuck this place up more!
>>29519068
http://www.thenewrbc.com/lightbox/warriors.html
this site has a few bits of rhodie footage and radio broadcasts
and for those that want to see a movie partly set in Rhodesia Game of vultures is currently on the tube make of it what you will.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8awaV9BkdR0&nohtml5=False
enjoy lads
>>29519068
I'm the anon who made a reading list, because most of these threads devolve into shit. Who wants it?
>>29525337
yes please
>>29519068
>>29525350
Dump inbound
Rhodesian Links
http://www.readperiodicals.com/201111/2532870851.html
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1057610X.2013.784611#.Vu8x0RorK9Y
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0959231042000322567?journalCode=fswi20
Cilliers, J.K. Counter-Insurgency in Rhodesia
This is an academic study written by a SADF officer studying the Rhodesian Bush War. Keep in mind the South Africans were very nervous about loosing their northern neighbor to communism. They assisted and closely studied the Rhodesians up to the end of the conflict in the 1980s. If you are looking for a brief overview of the conflict this is probably one of the better books out there. The best part is that Cilliers efficiently breaks down the structure of the Rhodesian army and is not a afraid to critique it as he sees fit.
>>29525361
cheers mate
Daly, Ronald Reid. Selous Scouts: Top Secret War
The man, the myth, the legend, Daly. He formed the unit as an experimental force to fight ZANU insurgents in Mozambique. The book is his unit history for the fabled Selous Scouts, which is arguably one of the most misunderstood units of the war. The book covers everything from the formation of the scouts to it’s disbandment in 1979. Its full of colorful pictures, and sheds an interesting light on integrated units fighting in the war. The Selous Scouts also serve as a great case study of how effective intelligence can make or break an operation.
Wood, J. R. T. Counter Strike from the sky; The Rhodesian all-arms fireforce in the war in the bush, 1974-1980.
Wood does an excellent job of condensing the history and evolution of fire force operations while keeping the book readable. First hand accounts are woven into many of the chapters, giving a better sense of how a fireforce operation worked. One of the mainstays of the book is Chapter 15 which outlines Operation Dingo. Operation Dingo brought Fireforce to an operational level, and may have inspired the South African assault on Cassinga during Operation Reindeer. There are many books that focus solely on first hand accounts that you can find on Amazon.
The rest of it covers South Africa during the Border war. If anybody is interested in that I'll dump that too.
Stapleton, Timothy J. Warfare and Tracking in Africa, 1952-1990. (no. 11).
Stapleton covers most bush conflicts in most of Sub Saharan Africa in the latter half of the 20th century. The chapters are divided up by country, covering a large variety of how tracking was utilized during the conflicts. Much of the tracking schools used by the Rhodesians and South Africans evolved from guides and game wardens. Both militaries also relied heavily on indigenous trackers to find insurgents and build rapport with villages.
I had just finished 'The Rhodesian war: 50 years on' by Paul Moorcraft and Peter McLaughlin good book would recommend.
>>29525361
Thanks dude
>>29525337
OP here, I also have something you might be interested in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuUHixVSyLk&list=PLh-DWnajWRG2IWXE3OZzguzlfwiZI2pLU
A collection of Rhodesian songs I found on YouTube
>>29519068
Why would I have feels about an unrecognized state that ended almost a decade before I was born?
>>29519068
"badguys" who did nothing wrong
>>29525381
FUCKING BEAUTIFUL
>>29525381
FUCKING BEAUTIFUL
