Rhodesia’s 911: Viscount Hunyani Is Shot Down!
…one noise from the child would have given their position away and meant death. The four-year old held still within meters of the killers as they came close in, shouting to...
Category: Bush War
Omay Lion Attack: The Tragic Loss Of Al Tourle, A ‘Soldier’s Soldier’
By Kevin Thomas Another deadly lion attack took place on 09 April 1972, a mere five days after National Parks warden Len Harvey’s death, and as the crow flies, probably about...
How Rhodesia Bush War Hero Mike Borlace Encountered Saintly American Missionary Surgeon Dave Drake
“There is a mission hospital at Karanda run by an American doctor, Drake, who is the nearest to a saint I have ever met.” Silver Cross recipient and helicopter pilot Mike...
Feared & Respected: The Greys Scouts in Rhodesia’s Counter-Insurgency
“The Greys Scouts obtained a fearsome reputation among their adversaries as they were capable of enormous speed through the bush. When combined with their superb tracking skills, this often gave them...
A Watershed Moment: the Rhodesian Bush War Battle of Victoria Falls
“We were told something that made our hair stand up on end. There was going to be a conventional warfare attack by 20,000 ZIPRA.” From verbal accounts by Rhodesians Grey Scout...
Another Episode of the Battle for Victoria Falls: A Fight to the Death
“Cocky and Bruce kept circling above and ZIPRA began doing the Matabele pincer movement (a lethal Zulu tactic) to surround our 16 guys on the ground…. and were going to take...
Rhodesia 1973: As Southern Africa Collapses & Terrorist Atrocities Escalate, Illegal Sanctions Still Fail!
Rhodesian Viewpoint, November 13, 1973 Published in The United States Of America by The Rhodesian Information Office, view original preserved here by Rhodesians World Wide. Images and captions added. Failure of...
A Brief Operational History of the Campaign in Rhodesia 1964 – 1978
Events are dealt with chronologically to indicate the build up of the terrorist threat. by Lt. Col. R. E. H. Lockley MLM, via the Rhodesian Forces website This was originally compiled...
4 Rhodesian Roses: Women Farming On The Front Line Where No Prisoners Were Taken & No Mercy Given
An insight into the experience of the courageous black and white rural women of Rhodesia. They found themselves farming in a terrible battle-zone. That most bore it with wonderful humour and...
A Little Boy Born Into A Communist War Zone, Portrayed As A Racial Battlefield
“…we heard via the Agri-Alert system that terrorists were most likely to be passing through our farm. My father and brother headed out with their weapons into the darkness of night....
Rhodesian Forces: The Best of The Best Betrayed By The British Monarchy They Had Fearlessly Served
“Here is a breed of men the like of which has not been seen for many a long age…” Editor: The greatest betrayal was Britain to the thousands of black and...
A Kiwi Observes The Sexual Slavery Of Black Women To The ‘Freedom Fighters’ & The Death Of Rhodesia in 1979
“…the Communists had decreed that all women were to give comfort to the comrades. Any Communist could have sex with any woman, at any time, and there wasn’t a damned thing...
Meet the Impossibles: Rhodesia’s Bush War Flight Engineers in CHOPPERTECH
“Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media, for they will steal your Honour.” by Gordon (Beaver)...
Beautiful Voices:♬It’s Christmas in Rhodesia♬ & 5RR Recalls Bush War ‘Home For Christmas’
A trip down the memory lane of Christmas in Rhodesia. Join us as we sing It’s Christmas In Rhodesia with the children, and listen to 5 Romeo Romeo, the consummate story...
The Weird World of the Bush War for the Part Time Rhodesian Soldier
“Realizing that I had not seen another vehicle for some time and twilight was a very dangerous time to be driving, I cocked my rifle and laid it across the passenger...
Amazing Grace in 1RAR, the Rhodesian African Rifles
Are graves always silent or can they ‘speak’ out? Written by Sally-Ann Lowe (source: Chibaya Moyo 2: The Rhodesian African Rifles: An anthology of Anecdotes, 2019, Capt. Andrew Telfer SCR &...
The Accidental Rhodesian: Bush War Helicopter Combat Pilot Ace Mike Borlace
The secret night mission across the border into hostile Marxist Mozambique was completed. The CT [communist terrorist] camp was all but destroyed and all Hell had broken loose. The 31-man SAS...
Rhodesia Unafraid: What Terrorism Was Really Like For Villagers & Farmers
The savagery unleashed on innocent families, black and white, by cowardly Communist terrorists was brutal. An ungodly alliance between Churches and atheistic Communists was exposed and opposed by Rev Arthur Lewis....
