Alan Vaughan: A Premonition Of Death In The RLI
“Here’s the actual story. On the ground. I believe it should be told for all those that glory war, for those yet to fight in one on the front – the...
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Ambush! Rhodesian Corps of Engineers
“There was no warning…..these gooks were good and had chosen their killing ground well…and we had walked right into it.“ Ambush! By Mark Richard Craig and Fatfox9’s Blog, reposted with permission....
UDI: A Reflection on Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence 11/11/1965
‘And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been...
Australian And New Zealand Sympathiser’s Send Petrol To Rhodesia Via South Africa 1966
It is believed today that when Rhodesia announced her Unliteral Declaration of Independence (UDI) on 11/11/65 that the entire world was against her. That is not true. Here is just one...
Selous Scouts Falsely Accused of Atrocities Communist Terrorists Were Guilty of
“Here journalists understood the terrorists’ dilemma when they were told that by March 1977 conservative estimates were that the Selous Scouts had accounted for 1,205 terrorist kills, losing a mere ten...
Snapshot Overview of the Rhodesian Security Forces
Editor: Note the stunning contrast in army numbers during the war vs “peace-time” Zimbabwe in the 1990’s! Via the Selous Scouts website by T.A.L. Dozer. Note: TAL “Dozer” is a self-declared...
Guard Force: The Last Defence For Rhodesian Farmers
Editor: One of the most dangerous occupations during a war is farming. In Rhodesia isolated farmers and their families were easy targets for cowardly terrorist gangs that were heavily armed by...
The Ambush! The Incredible Determination of a Wounded Man to Save his Unit
Intaf’s Umtali Reaction Unit – The Ambush by Dudley Wall Umtali Reaction Unit Euan Kay was tasked to form a Reaction Unit in Umtali in 1977 near Burma Valley. Burma Valley...
Trouble At The Pungwe! Intaf Corporal George Muzinda Survives Terrorist Gang
Editor: A pungwe is usually an all night Marxist ‘Struggle Session’ in the tradition of Maoist Terror, it remains feared even decades after ‘liberation’: “Villagers, farm employees and even in some...
Damn the Commie Terrs: American Warriors Fighting for Rhodesia
Good morning. This is the Rhodesian Broadcast System: Two American ex-Marine deserters from the Forces who robbed jewelry stores in Salisbury, while carrying stolen Uzis, were involved in a shoot-out with authorities at...
Baptism of Fire & Hilarity: The Rhodesian Women’s Services
Having started out as an experiment, the RWS became an invaluable part of the Rhodesian Army. The progress of women from all walks of life, to professional soldiers, was amazing. The...
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...
The New Adam’s Farm and Olive Tree Farm Massacre of White Missionaries
…the gang was never found or arrested and in fact were given a full pardon in the same year of this tragedy and the leader of this gang elevated to high...
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...
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...
5 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...
Disarmed & Wounded: How to Crash Land a Disabled Helicopter Alongside 27 Terrorists Firing AK47s & Win? Ask a Rhodesian!
“We of the RAR used to laugh at your soldiers. To us they looked like boys. But they have showed us how to fight. They have the faces of boys, but...
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? One of our American Rhodesian soldiers, U.S. Green Beret, Captain Joe Columbus Smith related this unique story as a memory of his...
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....
