It's heartbreaking what happened to Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe is just another giant African beggars bowl.

My mother in law to this day swears she'll be back in Salisbury before she dies. She refuses to call the country Zimbabwe. She's a true Rhodie through and through and I love her so very much for it.

‘N where is Rodhesia now? ‘N the Rodhesian people!?

@@moisesfuentes2090 .... Zimbabwe.

@@moisesfuentes2090 its freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody

The English caused all this

@@Devourer221 Explain?

No doubt. Look at South Africa now, it’s already failing and it hasn’t been all that long. They have rolling blackout periods just to keep anything running. It’s sad. To think what could have been in Africa, the food abundance and stability Rhodesia and South Africa could have provided would have been immensely beneficial for the continent.

@@JayZee-lo8qy I know this first hand. Spent the last 45 years in South Africa, recently moved back to the UK.

Most of the whites who loved and respected the blacks voted against Ian Smith and his party, the Rhodesian Front, and supported liberal politicians like Garfield Todd, Pat Bashford and Allan Savoury.

Happy the guys you knew were like that. They were in the minority.

@@chrisv.noire.6388 bro, do you have a source for that?

John did an amazing job!

Mr. Mugabe armed with just arches & arrows defeated & destroyed the white Rodhesia for good!

@@moisesfuentes2090 Yes, and so continued the history of this great countries evolution and advancement to what it is today.

@@CrashedSuperman yap equality,respect and getting regarded as a human is fantastic

The great Zimbabweans

Much respect to my infantry brothers from the Royal Green Jackets! Hope you enjoy my channel.

@Dan Didnot 😂😂😅😅

@@tacticalhistorian1249 Thanks and yes mate, great content. A few of my officers had had deep family connections from the RLI and SF. Thanks again.

In Rhodesia, we had family friends by the name of Godfrey. They were English born. Their oldest son joined the Green Jacket’s to fight in Malaya, unfortunately he was killed in action. Blessings from South Africa.

@@terrynaude284 dreadful environment to have to fight a war in

Glad you enjoyed the episode! More to come!

Russel you are a man among men, supporting John like this. Take care. Q

@T800 I meant "the guys IN europe"; not thre Rhodesian whites...

Mozambique gained its independence in 1975. Zimbabwe was 1980. President Samora Machel closed the border and the fuel pipe that line than ran from Beria to Umtali.

You mean the colonials fighting majority rule?

​@@ayodejiolowokere1076 no, the ones fighting for the land they had always known as 'home'. Not everybody believed in some strange ideal.

@@phillydelphia8760 That's false. They were fighting to maintain the dominance of the white electorate. This is so, as they were fighting to stop majority rule. Furthermore, most white adults were not born in Southern Rhodesia.

Hooroo from Mid North Coast NSW mate. Always good to see other Aussies on youtube!

Same here mate. Still had the bed net into the late 70s

The RSF (Rhodesian Security Forces) are arguably the finest counter guerilla fighting force of its era. Between the development of their Fireforce doctrine, the RLI, Selous Scouts, C Squadron 22 (Rhodesian SAS), the Grey's Scouts (horseback mounted commandos), Chopper Tech etc. A fantastic military with incredible flexibility and adapted to its environment.

@@notundermywatch3163 what about Malaya in the 50s by the British? The British had the results in their favour too (despite insurgencies being very difficult to vanquish). Despite that, the Rhodesians were amazing in their alignment of doctrine, training and equipment!

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That is the infantry way. Always prefer to be on foot.

I have a friend who was a farmer in Rhodesia and his father had a light Beechcraft airplane. His Dad had flow Boston medium bombers in WW2 and he had outfitted his Beechcraft with a .303 machine gun in each wing as well as a crude bombing setup involving a tube filled with grenades that had a simple pin at the bottom to let the lot go.

Absolutely

A loss for the British world is a win for humanity. Sorry. I don't make the rules.

@@jrwatkins3872 as an american communist. I am now reassured that we were not hard enough on you after the civil war. You forgot your places again the moment after you were shown them.

​@@formalbug5716Nobody will ever accuse you of being smart!

Whereas ZANU-PF and its military arm was mostly Chinese/North Korean-trained.

@@Waldemarvonanhalt imagine nk in Africa making moves lol

@@KB8Killa They actually did. They helped Mugabe in his genocide of the Matabele and eviction of White farmers.

@@Waldemarvonanhalt very fitting. I guess NK used to actually have some global power once upon a time? cuz today I don't think they are involved too much in global politicking and war funding

@@KB8Killa They still do today - their guns show up everywhere even nowadays. It’s just very covert. I’ve been to conflict zones in the past to try to find rare weapons (when I have the money I’ll be heading off to Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan to try find some STG-44s and the like to import to the US where people who’ll appreciate them can get their hands on them), and North Korean (or associated) gun traders are everywhere. One guy’s stall literally had only korean stamped AKMs, AK74s, and some weird handmade guns from I think vietnam… K picked up an M1 Carbine that looked like it had been carved by hand… fully functional in semi automatic fire in 7.62x39 which was bizarre! Anyway good times. Soon as I have a bit of cash I’ll head out to the wild again. There’s the mythical crate of Yugo Para STGs I want to find, but the govt there likely isn’t corrupt enough to let me try lol (I’ll still do my best, don’t worry). The price of sturmgewehrs is about to go down significantly… (I hope, I’m the last guy you’d expect to TfL this and everything I do is haphazard - but I try my best for the collectors :))

‘N did ya win the war? He he hehehe he

@@moisesfuentes2090 how many pigeons can a hawk eat it's the same with budgies in Africa, hawks can't expect to win. But which is a more noble bird? Ha ha you must be a Budgie

@@moisesfuentes2090 They won the day "zimbabwe" asked all the whites to come back because they were starving and the economy collapsed and the new "leaders" didn't know fuckall about running a country. Look at em now. That country, to quote a great man, is a shit hole.

@@davidkershaw5379 cope

@@davidkershaw5379 Nice subtle racism, but I get what you mean.

Thank you. Subscribing right back!

Hey good job man

@@jeremyromero2000 thank you

Glad you enjoyed! More to come!

I’ll have other videos where I’ll ramble haha. But during interviews I believe the guest should have center stage. 👍 thank you for the kind words.

@@tacticalhistorian1249 you should bring this guy back. there is not enough content about rhodesia

Thanks for the kind words. Seeing as you are interested in the Vietnam War, please check out my interview on the Son Tay Raid. Would love to hear your thoughts in regards.

@@tacticalhistorian1249 Thanks ,will do.

I appreciate the support. More to come!

English political procedure: Promise, Renege, Lie.

@@KernowekTim You mean British. England hasnt existed as a seperate entity since 1707.

Sounds also a lot like the yanks

@@seanperrings8460 Yanks yup. Them damn Northern industrialists lmao. The SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN!!

Merchants

Thanks for the support! Just subscribed to your channel! Like what I see. Hopefully we can collab in the future.

Rhodesians Never Die 💚🤍🐘

Thanks James, my first Platoon Sergeant in the American Ranger Regiment was a veteran of the RLI. I think the RLI was finest Light Infantry of the 20th Century. Thanks for standing the line. Sua Sponte.

Long dead Rhodes

We had blacks in our schools way back in the 1970's. Besides, what schools did the Bantu have before the Europeans arrived? What did your tribal chiefs do for you? What infrastructure did they create?

Yea.Recall on a call out there was an AD from one of the ouens running to the chopper.Certainly a bad time to have an AD,if ever there was a good one,but the young man was going to a contact with the likelihood of DB on his return.Not good.Felt for him.

Got a few “personal ramble videos” planned. Although most of these folks are far more interesting haha

Loved working with the Aussies when I was over there for training. Some of the hardest charging soldiers I’ve ever met!

I saw that once they still tore his ass up. But it was damn good try lol.

Try fighting a real army next time

@@effewe2 You should say the same to the USA army in Vietnam..... These are tough wars........

@@arotogtech Dude, the NVA were tough Mofos, fighting for centuries and were ready to go. These poor African kids and farmers were no match for Nazis (RLI/SAS and SADF)...and they held their own against them, including the Chemical and Biological weapons employed by Ian Smith, who by the way is in hell!

@@effewe2 Name one.

​@@effewe2What in your opinion is a "real army"???

Mugabe. Hero!!!!

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂​@@effewe2

THERE ARE a no. of very good books out there !! GALAGO PUBLICATIONS are the ones to track down it really depends on WHERE (COUNTRY OR NATION ) YOU ARE BASED !! GD LUCK with the searching for books ! GIVE ME a few days and I'll msg bk with some BOOK TITLES ETC ANY REGIMENTAL INTEREST OR are you after BUSH WAR generalised !??? in subject??

Any good books on the Rhodesian bush war would be appreciated. Thanks

@@laughingdog6010 Fireforce by Chris Cocks (a former member of the Rhodesian Light Infantry) is one of the best books.

Thanks

Ok LD IF YOU are interested ??!! get bk to me with a reply and I'll send the RHODESIAN BUSH WAR BOOKS titles that I mentioned ! UNFORTUNATELY I AM unable to get my hands on the GALAGO PUBLICATIONS that I have BUT working from memory etc I have a list of books and related info CHEERS !

1890 or 1965.

You’re not wrong.

Rubbish! Show me one tribal leader who was democratically elected. Just one! Please tell me about these elections. The when and where. And who was on the ballot paper? Let's hear it.

The only factual part of your statement is where you agree the west have no idea how things work in Africa and other 3rd world continents. The reason the yanks lost in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. And got their arses handed to them in Mogadishu.

@@PhansiKhongoloza Well, let's take the example of a colleague of mine. He is an educated guy who just happens to be quite high up in the aristocracy of a particular tribe in South Africa. High enough, indeed to be considered as a candidate for the succession to leadership of his people. As such when the tribal elders called what I can only describe as the Tribal AGM he and the other possible contenders were required to attend and present themselves. The tribal council then spent several days discussing the qualities and qualifications of each candidate until they finally agreed that my colleague was to become the heir apparent. The tribal council was made up of the heads of clans who had been chosen in the same way by the assorted elders of the clan. They in turn had been chosen by the village headmen who in their turn had been chosen by the heads of each household in their village. All those leaders have to listen to and be seen to be acting on the mood and desires of their people. Working where I do and in the environment and industry I do I am pretty aware of the local social dynamics. Quite often we will learn that Kgosi So-and-so is no longer Kgosi as he was ousted and replaced by Kgosikana Whatsherface usually because Kgosi So-and-so had not been acting fairly or was seen as being too partisan in his decisions. Rumour has it a chief in our area will soon be replaced because he is very partial in the way he distributes a monthly rent paid by a mining company that is supposed to be for the benefit of the community at large. Democracy doesn't have to follow the western form to work so long as the will of the people ultimately makes itself felt. It may not appear to be "democratic" but then again when one looks at the way Liz Truss was removed and replaced by Sunak or the numerous "spills" that take place in Australian politics, are they?

@@remittanceman4685 It's "Nkosi" not however you spelled it. What you're describing is the more modern way of going about it. As does this only happen in more progressive tribes. Of which there are very few. Plus it's not really democratic at all. Mostly due to the fact the women have no say at all. Plus this is most definitely not the traditional way at all. So which tribe does your colleague belong to? Chances are I'll know them?

@@PhansiKhongoloza Nkosi/Nkosisana in the Nguni family of languages (Zulu and Xhosa), Kgosi/Kgosigadi in the Sotho/Tswana family. Those are the two main language groups in South Africa and can be thought of as being like the Romance/Latin languages (Italian, French, Spanish) and Germanic languages (German, Scandanavian, Dutch) in Europe. As for the age of the tradition, I couldn't speak for the modernity, simply that that is what my friend had to ago through and what happens around us (a different tribal group). I can say that governmental processes do evolve over time, even in Europe. By the way, since Kgosikadi and Nkosisana are the feminine versions of the title "king" or "lord" and are applied to active rulers as opposed to consorts I think we can accept that women do and did have a say in matters. As for your final point my chum was from Venda I believe and the people where I work are a mixture of tribes but mostly Pedi.

Ironically, Ian Smith was very proud of the Britishness of Rhodesia and his own parents were born and bred in the UK.

@@glendodds3824 The History of the internal and formative ructions of Britain is a font of decency (Why: Democracy, Rule of Law, Separation of Powers, Political Responsibility, etc.) but the citizens of an ex-empire still dream of regaining that status, that inviability of thought processes: based simplistically on how well they chose their parents. Hence their arrogance. Try this line on them: 'The only thing we can learn from the English is in the third and fourth last chapters of a good history book'. A guaranteed arrogance check. It became apposite circa the 1910s.

​@@peterclark6290fear not! The tide is turning. Even the "great" anc, who vowed and declared they'd rule till Jesus returned, were defeated at the polls. There is hope on the horizon.

Queen Elizabeth II was right

Yes, because railroading a minority is "morally right" as long as they're white. 🙄

Mugabe’s reign of terror would suggest otherwise.

Majority rule is a terrifying idea. That's why I like the idea of a representative republic. Just imagine....49% having to bend to the will of the 51%. And what if the majority mainly consists of idiots? It seems that my country is going to minority rules. Either way, someone gets screwed. Everyone should have a fair shake in their life.

Depends with what and how you regard stone age is. Africa wasn't in the stone age and the West only messed and is still messing it up today. The West uses the global financial system to ensure Africa stays poor.

​@@Klopp2543 now it's China. It makes you think.

@@Klopp2543 Correct, they were pre-stone age