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decent video. i will donate 100 trillion zimbabwe dollars to your channel.
@JabzyJoe
8 жыл бұрын
+Rr rr Cheers - if a couple more people do the same I can finally buy a new pair of socks.
@Tomenable
8 жыл бұрын
+Jabzy Is this 100 trillion dollars at least worth more than the paper used to produce it?: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Zimbabwe_$100_trillion_2009_Obverse.jpg
@bryanhurd9955
8 жыл бұрын
LOL
@rickyricky5922
8 жыл бұрын
Considering they have long since moved to use the US dollar as the national currency, does this mean you are the richest man on Earth and have 1oo trilion USD spare?
@bendixon8704
7 жыл бұрын
Ricky Ricky actually, by the time you posted your comment, they had began circulating an new Zimbabwean currency... it's also not worth much
@johndean8518
8 жыл бұрын
It's worth noting that Portugal was an ally of Rhodesia until 1974.
@joshleonard6054
8 жыл бұрын
True
@voetsaklapalapa760
8 жыл бұрын
+Hippie Eradicator also france Iceland Shahs Iran Southern states usa. ( quietly )
@lioncelica5170
8 жыл бұрын
I knew of Israel giving them weapons, seen even today in the R4 rifle of South Africa, but what was France, Iceland, and Iran's involvement?
@stevenvictor2587
8 жыл бұрын
Israel did not "give" Rhodesia and South Africa weapons. The R4 is a modified Galil ARM, most notably the Gas Tube, sites, rear stock and handguard - it is manufactured in South Africa, just as the R1 (Which is what Rhodesia and South Africa used), based on the FN-FAL was. Israel, SA and Rhodesia were allies. There were trades between all 3, but never charity.
@pigsinthere
7 жыл бұрын
Also worth noting that 1974 marked the end of the Portuguese Estado Novo dictatorship
@CommunistRaccoonDog
7 жыл бұрын
Mugabe truly ruined perhaps one of the greatest nations in all of Africa. "The Great Breadbasket of Africa" is now one of the poorest countries in the world.
@Midgert89
6 жыл бұрын
GDP is up all over the world, has little to do with race and everything to do with population levels and technological advancement. People like Mugabe and Mobutu, Idi Amin are just wannabe arab nationalists.
@oanonimogreg6487
6 жыл бұрын
Ben false . zimbabwe has one of the weakest economies in the world . Its gdp is lower than somalia and venezuela.
@patricklarionov7119
6 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry? Rhodesia lived much better off. It's interesting to see people defend Mugabe, with Rhodesia-Zimbabwe going from the breadbasket of Africa to having a *famine*.
@greatlordbalder788
6 жыл бұрын
+XZDrake Could you give me your source please?
@DNice-ni2nt
6 жыл бұрын
Rhodesia was never the “breadbasket of Africa.” Europeans did not encounter hungry Africans when they showed up. Please keep your nonsense.
@IfJesusWoreAHat
8 жыл бұрын
"It's wrong to oppress the majority population!" And that makes it okay to oppress the minority? I'm black and I find that reasoning to be a bit backhanded.
@wibhadstrenchvorkel2390
8 жыл бұрын
+Plebeian+ oh for Chrissakes that's a straw man right there; that's obviously not what he meant. The statement "It's wrong to oppress the majority population!" clearly does not necessarily imply its right to oppress the minority
@IfJesusWoreAHat
8 жыл бұрын
Wibhad Strenchvorkel You're telling me that's not what Mugabe meant, but that's clearly not what's going on in Zimbabwe right now is it?
@lioncelica5170
8 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the region will become destabilized when Mugabe dies. It happened in Egypt, Libyia, etc. When a dictator loses power, there is usually war.
@lioncelica5170
8 жыл бұрын
Damir Pryce Huh, I haven't heard much about her.
@gentlegeorge1553
8 жыл бұрын
It was stable before?
@TheSuperDerp
8 жыл бұрын
We're all Rhodesians and we'll fight through thick and thin...
@superleetmegapunx
8 жыл бұрын
Ian Smith did nothing wrong.
@okechukwua.7799
8 жыл бұрын
Make sure to bring your own body bag.
@antivorg1239
7 жыл бұрын
My dad fought as a government conscript and I'm ashamed of nothing (for the most part)
@okechukwua.7799
7 жыл бұрын
jhunscrown And yet they were losing the war and were driven from the battlefield and forced to sue for peace. Make no mistake, it was black military pressure that ended Rhodesia. Those racists weren't going to budge otherwise..
@jhunscrown
7 жыл бұрын
It was pressure from Western countries, the black militants were out classed at every turn.
@mimilion6072
4 жыл бұрын
I was brought up in this Stunningly Beautiful country with it's warm lovely people. Although I'm white and from English blood, when my family felt it safer to return to the uk, i found the uk to be a very strange country to me and the children not as nice and polite as back in Zimbabwe. I still kick my shoes off as soon as I'm home and miss the sound of crickets at night and sadza.
@kettelbe
2 жыл бұрын
@Sam is it ok to go to this country for tourism? Thanks!
@gunjeebus3453
2 жыл бұрын
@@kettelbe no
@everythingchristianity9968
2 жыл бұрын
1¹¹11
@JoburgBoet
Жыл бұрын
@@kettelbe Of course It is safe to travel to Zimbabwe! I just highly recommend getting it organised by a certified travel agent.
@globe0147
Жыл бұрын
You want to return?
@josmo1363
4 жыл бұрын
"Mugabe is still in power in Zimbabwe and although he is still pretty popular" yeah, in the same way Stalin and Hitler were "popular". "land grabs, hyperinflation and disputed elections have made him a controversial figure" I don't think I've ever heard his violent sadistic dictatorial lifestyle described in a more mild way. You make him sound like a cheeky lad
@frimplover698
4 жыл бұрын
Why export food when you can import hyperinflation
@SIGNOR-G
3 жыл бұрын
Hitler and Mussolini were very popular actually. Dont mix them with the likes of Stalin and Kim Jon Un
@11Survivor
2 жыл бұрын
@@SIGNOR-G Eh, Stalin was unpopular before WW2 due to his numerous purges, but his popularity skyrocketed in the immediate aftermath of WW2, though his popularity would plummet again in the ensuing years. Hitler was mildly popular before WW2, but during the war his popularity plummeted as the German economy collapsed and millions of German youths died abroad in an unwinnable war. Mussolini was deeply unpopular from the start of his rule to the bloody end, mainly because he achieved literally nothing and just made life worse and worse from the get-go. Most of the Italian countryside was controlled by communist partisans by the end of his reign, when he was executed by them and left in a ditch.
@SIGNOR-G
2 жыл бұрын
@@11Survivor wasnt Fascism born as a response to the commie terror? (Both in Italy and Spain)
@11Survivor
2 жыл бұрын
@@SIGNOR-G Fascism is born out of mixing socialism and nationalism. That's why it hates communists: because in true extreme-socialist manner, it hates anything that isn't its own brand of socialism. It leans into the Nationalism aspect enough to end up on the far-right of the spectrum, past the center-right because of this as well. Fascism is not born out of communist terror. It's born out of embracing a different interpretation of Marx's manifesto by Mussolini. Mussolini came to power through what was basically a coup. Communists hate Fascists back for the same reason they hate other communists, other socialists, and anyone that isn't their specific brand of communism (e.g.: Stalinism, Maoism, Leninism, Trotskyism, Marxism, etc).
@glendodds4926
7 жыл бұрын
Overall this is a good summary of a conflict that I remember well. For instance, on my way to school in Salisbury during the 1970s I sometimes saw members of the Rhodesian Light Infantry heading off to fight and felt a sense of awe and gratitude. The RLI were all white but many blacks volunteered to serve in the army as well. I also remember the impact the war had on my grandparents and other relatives who likewise lived on farms. They had to carry guns and fortify their homes. They also risked the danger of being killed by landmines when driving along farm roads. Moreover, they were in daily contact with the security forces via the Agric-Alert system and sometimes heard other farmers calling for military support by that means. My father was in the Rhodesian Air Force and was mostly based at New Sarum on the outskirts of Salisbury. He sometimes mentioned aspects of the war and told us that South Africa (the region's economic and military super power) was providing assistance. For instance, South African planes and air crew were often present at New Sarum. Indeed, the SAAF played a role in the war from late 1967 when the initial deployment arrived at Thornhill on the outskirts of Gwelo. In February 1979, for example, three SAAF canberra bombers took part in a joint raid with the Rhodesian Air Force against a ZIPRA base in Angola. Furthermore, in September 1979 a South African puma helicopter was shot down during another joint operation and the three-strong crew and their passengers, members of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, were all killed. South African ground forces also played a role in the war from 1967 onward when para-military police (and some soldiers seconded to the police to make them more combat effective) were sent to Rhodesia to help fight the terrorists. They were withdrawn by President Vorster in 1975, who began putting Ian Smith under great pressure to come to terms with moderate blacks. However, although South Africa was fighting another war in Namibia and Angola, Vorster's successor P.W. Botha was much more eager to provide military assistance and in the late 1970s D squadron of the Rhodesian SAS was in fact the cover name for South African special forces deployed in Rhodesia. In short, although some Rhodesians feel that they were betrayed by South Africa, the economic and military support received from south of the Limpopo was much greater than many Rhodesians realise.
@TwoDerrick
6 жыл бұрын
If you wrote a book about this, I'd read it.
@Shadow_Hawk_Streaming
6 жыл бұрын
Glen Dodds your comment is very enlightening, thankyou
@glendodds3824
6 жыл бұрын
Derrick Times Two, thanks for your comment. My initial reply was terse, but I was pressed for time.
@glendodds3824
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Anthony.
@CosmicBackgroundRadiation01
6 жыл бұрын
Fuck Yo pops!
@BountyFlamor
8 жыл бұрын
"North Korean-trained troops..." Were did they train them? How did North Koreans get to Zimbabwe?
@PETERTSAR98
8 жыл бұрын
Shortly after Mugabe gaining independence from colonialism he was intrigued by the totalitarian nature of North Korea. claiming after his 1980 visit he was a changed man. this led to a new height in relations between the two nations built also on the back of war belligerency. subsequently kim-il sung sent 106 military advisors to train up to 3500 members of the Zimbabwean liberation army into the Fifth Brigade to fight an ethnic cleansing in Matabeleland as Mugabe had feared an Matabele cleaning on his own mashona as well as more importantly an attack on his position. after this genocide he purposely cut all ties to north Korea until recently were north Korea has expanded industrially across all of Africa
@stevenvictor2587
8 жыл бұрын
North Korean trained 5th Brigade...the name of the ethnic cleansing of the Matabele was called Gukuruhundi - the wind that blows the chaff of the wheat away (or something along those lines)
@devinthierault
8 жыл бұрын
Ships man. They can sail ships.
@MrDeutschGerman
8 жыл бұрын
Wurde nicht irgendwie letztes Jahr ein Nordkoreanischer Hubschrauber in Syrien abgeschossen? War genauso überrascht dass die DVR im Ausland operiert....
@BountyFlamor
8 жыл бұрын
Dea Cheyzah That's new to me. Probably a false report. Just like the claim that North Korean units are fighting on the ground in Syria.
@yellowyellow7476
7 жыл бұрын
Imagine being a white Rhodesian soldier, fighting in this war for years, only to have your country be torn apart, and your family deported.
@xman69100
6 жыл бұрын
Imagine African guy live in this country for years and white do his own boats come along with guns and tell him he has to move to the desert ain't that sad
@swissyodeler6970
6 жыл бұрын
it's not his country, africa is for the blacks. your folk so vehemently argue for an all white europe, why can't blacks have the same? i'm not even black btw.
@thebarbershop6693
6 жыл бұрын
Imagine being a black soldier overthrowing White rule and deporting white farmers to now have your people starving
@CEOofSleep
6 жыл бұрын
leder hosen then tell the blacks in europe to go to africa
@anthonywest4173
6 жыл бұрын
Belarus-chan WHITE PEOPLE GO HOME!!!
@titussnyder113
8 жыл бұрын
down with that tyrant Robert Mugabe and his ruin of a country of Zimbabwe. Long live Ian Smith and the prosperity and greatness that was Rhodesia.
@fightingtypegymleadermicha1539
6 жыл бұрын
Ben if europe stole it's wealth from other nations, how did it gain the power to do it in the first place?
@droidy347
6 жыл бұрын
Titus Snyder this comment aged very well
@mikem4162
6 жыл бұрын
Charles Charlemagne-Martel there's a place called Liberia, American colony. 1800s govt shipped freed slaves there. once they got there, the African Americans oppressed the native Africans all but officially enslaving them. not many freed slaves went because they weren't born in Africa, their parents and grandparents were born in the American colonies, plus Liberia wasn't where the slaves originated from anyways. 80% came through port Angola, they were also sold by their own people, they weren't captured or taken by whites.
@CosmicBackgroundRadiation01
6 жыл бұрын
Fighting Type Gym Leader Michael Vick apathy, trickery, and immorality. Being in legion with the devil.
@Engifarting456
5 жыл бұрын
Cumniggas have nothing to search in aftica lol
@clanksshekels
8 жыл бұрын
Rhodesia never forget
@sarttee
6 жыл бұрын
WE WUZ RHO..... who?
@echocharlie00
6 жыл бұрын
*spoon clank* That's about all, peace out
@xman69100
6 жыл бұрын
Actually everybody forgot about it unless you keep up with current events and Pass events nobody asked the common man they don't know what the f*** is a Rhodesian
@xman69100
6 жыл бұрын
robotrip M make America great again
@danielcucumber2027
6 жыл бұрын
sarttee white supremacists~ we wuz Kings n shiz
@RUdigitized
4 жыл бұрын
I had an employee who was a Rhodesian refugee he was the only one I ever met and I swear to God that man had a supernatural gift. Every thing he touched turned to gold he was like an angel.
@jacquesfrancois4151
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jabzy for taking the time to make videos on African history, it's a subject few people cover and it's really fustrating as an African history lover to see so many interesting stories ignored
@saintejeannedarc9460
6 жыл бұрын
Here's another one that seems to be fair and accurate: kzitem.info/news/bejne/pJCgrI6gk3R1am0 I really liked this one. From comments it's a rare snapshot of truths we are almost never told anymore: kzitem.info/news/bejne/kYlotH-iholhqZg Blacks could be rich and were in govt. in small numbers. Communists hate meritocracy though, which it seems Rhodesia was.
@longschlongsilver7628
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you mugabe for making every Zimbabwean a millionaire. #BringBackRhodesia
@RasputiaInYourMom
2 жыл бұрын
no
@rn5896
2 жыл бұрын
Average failed state fan 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
@jakegrube9477
2 жыл бұрын
make zimbabwe rhodesia again #deathtocommunists
@whateverbro6818
2 жыл бұрын
@@rn5896 the use of the "🤓" emoji suggests that the person it's targeted towards is nerdy and therefore intelligent. Whilst people that support what's currently known as Zimbabwe or what it should be appropriately called Occupied Rhodesia and Post-1994 South Africa have the IQ that's on par with the average room temperature if measured in Celsius.
@SirDrakeFrancis
Жыл бұрын
@@whateverbro6818 its known that the zanu and south africans now have huge IQ, duh
@theanonymousmrgrape5911
8 жыл бұрын
Rhodesia was alright.
@patbutete1722
7 жыл бұрын
Shuwa Rhodesia was alright. In fact it was paradise ...if your skin colour was white chete!
@kukudotatana8328
7 жыл бұрын
Thats very correct.
@victoneter
7 жыл бұрын
It was all right if you were white. Now it's shit whether you're black or white
@patbutete1722
7 жыл бұрын
Interesting line of argument I must say!
@stoutyyyy
7 жыл бұрын
Even for blacks, it was better than it is now. Political freedom isn't everything.
@Teutius
8 жыл бұрын
Rhodesia never dies! A proud culture and people, never forgotten.
@aymanhasan-2991
Жыл бұрын
White supremacy cope
@Anarcho-Stupidity
Жыл бұрын
Rhodeboo
@B5afw
Жыл бұрын
Blacks took there land back
@AsAWhiteManMarriedToALatina
Жыл бұрын
Proud but murderous
@jeudieleslavavelasquez8410
Жыл бұрын
@@AsAWhiteManMarriedToALatinaKilling kneegers is not murder, it's cleansing and a moral duty. They worth less than fecal matter.
@reds7vn644
4 жыл бұрын
What everyone fails to understand or remember is that Rhodesia was the crown jewel of Africa. Most of Zmbabweans today wish they could go back to the prosperous times under Rhodesian rule. All of those that took control eventually we're Communists and communist trained by the Soviet Union and China. Zimbabwe floundered under its new and current leadership. Current inflation rate in Zimbabwe is 319%. Compare that to Botswana's 2.4% and you can see just how horrible conditions are in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is another classic example of how idealism AKA socialism AKA communism AKA M never succeeds.
@grenadierhaast
5 жыл бұрын
Press F to keep them north of the Zambezi
@solisgod
5 жыл бұрын
RIP Rhodesia, gone, but not forgotten.
@waterbears9874
5 жыл бұрын
so Rhodesia was the good guy of this war the way I see it edit: i dont know how i feel about this 2 year old comment lol
@killgaet6253
3 жыл бұрын
indeed they were.
@fgvhhhbh241
3 жыл бұрын
i think there is no such thing as good guy or bad guy
@JohnWalterGates
3 жыл бұрын
It's complicated. It's black nationalist commies vs white nationalists. I'm with Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, black led govt but not communist
@walker-macfitness2130
3 жыл бұрын
@@JohnWalterGates But Rhodesia was open to comprimise, they wanted to get more people educated and capable before handimg the goverment over because all the previous colonies that did so without doing this ended up in civil wat amd genocides of whites and whatever the minority tribes of the area were. See the congo, Rhodesia was on par with America in the aspect of Civil rights at the time.
@istandwithisrael5110
3 жыл бұрын
@@JohnWalterGates no it was blacks and whites vs communists from Mozambique
@normalplayer7377
3 жыл бұрын
What A Time it was When all we did seemed Wrong We'd broken all our bonds And the Battle Lines We're Drawn What A Time, What A Time It was
@curseditem8354
4 жыл бұрын
Rhodesians never die *BUT MUGABE SURE DID*
@TheMegaEggers
8 жыл бұрын
>along with sanctions bit of a brushover that
@melittlearmalight
6 жыл бұрын
Mugabe's controversial reputation might also have to do with his imprisonment of vast groups of people without trial or his extensive use of torture... but I'm sure disputed elections has more to do with his bad reputation. Come on, if your going to cover the bush war, don't downplay what followed.
@captainjjc3390
Жыл бұрын
Their crime was invading a black country as rapist and thieves. If you fail to finish your enemies off, they will bite back. Doesn'y matter if you are good or evil. European invaders are, in fact, evil
@clarencecarr3
6 жыл бұрын
NEEDS MORE SHORT SHORTS!
@areyouserious4713
6 жыл бұрын
Rhodesia - Lest we forget
@WeeewLad
8 жыл бұрын
Your audio mixing is absolutely terrible. Please fix.
@JabzyJoe
8 жыл бұрын
Wish I could
@intergalactichumanempire9759
7 жыл бұрын
Jabzy You make alright videos.
@cowboycurtis4944
6 жыл бұрын
"We're all Rhodesians and we'll fight through thick and thin. We’ll keep our land a free land, stop the enemy coming in. We’ll keep them north of the Zambezi till that river’s running dry. This mighty land will prosper for Rhodesians never die." RIP Rhodesia, a prosperous nation wrongfully condemned by the world and stolen by communists who ran it into the ground.
@AlexS-oj8qf
7 жыл бұрын
I have Rhodesian coin 😂
@Brown-streak_studios
6 жыл бұрын
I have a sanitized pistol
@majormassenspektrometer
6 жыл бұрын
I have german dick.
@MegaNiQ
6 жыл бұрын
I make 11,580 ZW an hour
@pooindaloo6049
6 жыл бұрын
@Bender What's the exchange rate on that? 30 cents?
@johnbard585
6 жыл бұрын
I've got this kink in my left shoulder
@biologicalcake
5 жыл бұрын
I love how he used something like MS Paint, and it doesn't look crappy.
@pizzatime3367
6 жыл бұрын
Well, this is quite relevant now isn’t it?
@chickenman1801
6 жыл бұрын
how?
@adonissherlock
6 жыл бұрын
+Silmarillion isnt it what always happens?
@blackassasin175
5 жыл бұрын
Multiracialism will always fail, it’s failing in South Africa as we speak and the media is denying and obfuscating as hard as they can. They don’t want to admit their golden boy Mandela who they made movie after movie about fuckked South Africa: AIDs, crime, rape, farm murders all rampant. And they want to turn every European-majority nation from America to Russia into the same thing, at the same time they hold up a black nationalist like Mandela or an Indian nationalist like Gandhi (who’s slogan was literally “India is for the Indians”), they call all white nationalists “racist” and censor them. So yeah, it’s pretty relevant, it is the past that we’re doomed to repeat.
@Sparksmydog
4 жыл бұрын
@@blackassasin175 LMFAO you've had white ethno states it's just they failed miserably *cough *cough Nazi party 1941-1945 4 years was all a WHITE ethno state could do to survive pretty pathetic mate
@ethananderson2327
4 жыл бұрын
Nick Farrell Rhodesia wasn’t an Ethnostate
@alexreid-wh9gq
4 жыл бұрын
Mugabe &Co took the Bread Basket of Southern Africa & turned it into a Basket Case! Always happens .
@leakycheese
8 жыл бұрын
Good history as always, another tactful overview of events which still invoke very stong opinion.
@bradcampbell7253
6 жыл бұрын
how is that communism working out?
@dapenguin4637
5 жыл бұрын
That's an odd way to spell racist
@Ttegegg
2 жыл бұрын
@@dapenguin4637 unfortunately there’s more racist in the comments. Rhodesians are like confederates. They just refuse to move on. And instead just insist that there government good
@210Caveman26
6 жыл бұрын
Heres the Story of Rhodesia A Nation Fair and Great. On the 11th of November, An Independent State!
@DxvinderSingh1699
4 жыл бұрын
this was much against the wishes of certain governments..
@stefanosiclari
4 жыл бұрын
Whose leaders tried to break us down And make us all repent
@firstname105
3 жыл бұрын
but we're all Rhodesians and we'll fight through thick and thin
@johnfkennedy5158
5 жыл бұрын
When your bodyguards start to sing Sweet Banana...
@bashkillszombies
4 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention what happened in the Congo that the Rhodesians were fearful of happening there. I suggest people research that themselves. You also forgot to emphasise that the white man although not native to the area was the first indigenous man there, with the Bantu and Zulu tribes only arriving after white settlement. Or the fact that the communist insurgents were backed by the USSR and a modern standing army where as the Rhodesian indigenous whites were literally just farmers with some imported rifles. (Inb4 this comment gets yeeted too.)
@paerek
Жыл бұрын
bantu is not a tribe
@koulematon7359
Жыл бұрын
@@paerek it is a group of ethnically close tribes that in fact arrived there after the white colonists.
@paerek
Жыл бұрын
@@koulematon7359 just as ethnically similar as the dutch and British settlers of the cape
@koulematon7359
Жыл бұрын
@@paerek it is good you get it.
@AsAWhiteManMarriedToALatina
Жыл бұрын
Yes they would cut white women's legs off, and then r@pe the leg holes. They would staple torn off dog ears onto the farm houses of White settlers, truly horrible stuff
@comradecthulhu6052
6 жыл бұрын
“Here’s the Story of Rhodesia...”
@DaL33T5
6 жыл бұрын
With the recent coup, I think an updated version, or at least additional annotations, are in order.
@davetheman2615
3 жыл бұрын
Another great video, i'll have to look for some your older video's, enjoying
@goldbrosproduction2394
4 жыл бұрын
It’s hard to stay in power. When country don’t have a economic structure, and when 90% of world determine that your money is no good.
@Ewevo
Жыл бұрын
Under the leadership of exiled king Leka Zogu (King of Albanians) were many Albanian volunteers. On their way to Rhodesia, Zogu’s plane landed in Gabon where armed fighters hired by the Communist Albanian regime surrounded his plane. Zogu was visibly unhappy at this inconvenience. Bad tempered like a hooked knitting craft, he came to the door of the plane wearing his iconic birth control glasses and a loaded rocket-propelled grenade launcher. The troops backed down and Leka Zogu, his wife, and his entourage of hundreds of anti-Communist Albanians made up of former Royal Guard members, landed safely in Rhodesia. When the Rhodesian Bush War broke out, Leka Zogu was not going to miss his chance to kill Communists. He pulled out all the stops and provided a small detachment of highly trained, Communist-hating former Royal Guard members to assist the Rhodesian Security Forces in their fight against Communist guerilla groups like ZAPU. Following the end of the Rhodesian Bush War and Robert Mugabe coming to power, Leka Zogu was once again in exile and moved to a large farm near Johannesburg in neighboring South Africa where the government there issued him and his family diplomatic status leading them to remain there for many years.
@rex8286
5 жыл бұрын
0:06 - Southern Rhodesia became a British Colony in 1923, Before this it was owned by the British South Africa Company, who were British, but their land was not an official Crown Colony. 0:30 - Another reason for the unification of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was to help strengthen the White foothold in Africa, as they felt that their dispersed numbers across multiple Colonies made them weak to the threat of African Nationalists. 1:36 - Rhodesia had 3 "Allies" in South Africa, Portugal, and Israel, Though none of these alliances were official. 1:57 - Also trained largely by North Koreans, The 5th Brigade, which you later mention for the Gukurahuni Massacre were NK Trained. 2:24 - It is worth mentioning that these 3 nations would only support one of the Terrorist groups, and would, for the large part, actively attempt to engineer the downfall of the other group. 2:35 - Not a correction, but Fireforce was an evolution of the experiences of the Rhodesians in the Malaysia crisis, combined with the predominantly American developed Air Cavalry doctrine, 2:35 - The Selous scouts were a relatively minor Special forces branch of the Rhodesian Security forces, Regiments like the Rhodesian African Rifles, R Light Infantry, and R Regiment were much more common in these Fireforce operations. 2:57 - The UN had denounced Rhodesia years before Eland and Dingo, though they would be the reason South Africa withdrew support for the RF Government, as Zanla propaganda convinced the world that the attacks had been launched on Refugee camps, though Zanla stated this was a blatant lie after the war. 3:03 - It's worth mentioning that many hundreds of more men were conscripted by Zanla and Zanu, and even more School children were kidnapped from their schools, forced to adopt the Communist viewpoints, or were shot. 3:15 - The Viscount tragedy would cause the end of internal talks with Nkomo, as it reinforced the view that even when at the negotiating table, Zanla were nothing more than Terrorists. 3:23 - Rhodesia's economy was hardly effected by these Terrorist attacks, Rhodesia was a predominantly Agricultural and Clothing Material based Nation, 3:41 - The Terrorists didn't accept the election and carried on fighting because Zanla and Zanu were banned from running for election due to their terrorist actions, causing the UN Sanctions to carry on. 4:29 - The Gukurhundi started in 1983, and the deaths were in the tens of thousands, not just the thousands, 20k, to be specific.
@evee9020
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Rex, Thanks for clarifying. You seem very knowledgeable about the Rhodesian Bush War and history of Zimbabwe. Please can you spare some time to tell me more? I would like to get in touch with you for an in depth discussion as I am not nearly as knowledgeable. Spread knowledge, prevent ignorance, world becomes a better place. Can you message me with your email/preferred contact on KZitem? Or please email on etherevening@gmail.com. Much Appreciated.
@frogfinance4605
Жыл бұрын
Official deaths are 20kish. Go there and talk to people, and you realize the number is an order of magnitude higher.
@agent_soshi
4 жыл бұрын
I came looking for men with FALs in short shorts but I actually learned a lot.
@mememachine6022
5 жыл бұрын
The zanu and sapu where terrorists that failed to take over a farm with 30 men against a familiy of farmers
@philippdase3626
3 жыл бұрын
Rhodesia was full of racial issues but comparing them to what Mugabe did is like comparing a matchstick to the nukes dropped on Japan. Think of how other British colonies and Britain itself turned out from a racist past. If we still had Rhodesia I'm sure it would be very comparable to modern western countries. However, with everything that happened, we can only speculate...
@goldenrepublic6848
6 жыл бұрын
#Rhodesiansneverdie
@conradvonhotzendorf5134
6 жыл бұрын
You gotta admit Rhodesia had good tactics
@gesman5000
6 жыл бұрын
What a time it was.
@birb9422
4 жыл бұрын
With so few friends to turn to...
@deonzahenderson2719
8 жыл бұрын
I like how they keep coming
@ya-boi-cblyth7448
6 жыл бұрын
Here's the story of Rhodesia a land both fair and great on the 11th of November an independent state this was much against the wishes of certain governments who's leaders tried to break us down and make us all repent but we're all Rhodesians and we'll fight through thick and thin we'll keep our land a free land stop the coming in we'll keep them north of the Zambezi till the rivers running dry and this mighty land shall prosper for Rhodesians never die
@barryoconnor721
4 жыл бұрын
The land-gibbons have never nor will ever be capable of building and maintaining modern civilization.
@cowboyanimal6700
4 жыл бұрын
Ian Douglas Smith was a saint and fought for all creeds and colors under a united Rhodesia.
@nicholaswoel-nogueira4074
2 жыл бұрын
Ian was a giant racist I have no idea what ur talking about
@cowboyanimal6700
2 жыл бұрын
@@nicholaswoel-nogueira4074 You lack basic education. Poor babby brainwashed by your great mugabe that fucked your country.
@nicholaswoel-nogueira4074
2 жыл бұрын
@@cowboyanimal6700 I am from Baltimore Maryland?
@cowboyanimal6700
2 жыл бұрын
@@nicholaswoel-nogueira4074 So you have no idea what you're talking about then. Waysis this, waysis that. Everything is waysis. Why not get off the computer since it was invented by a colonialist? gtfo.
@nicholaswoel-nogueira4074
2 жыл бұрын
@@cowboyanimal6700 Are you saying you should call racist things racist or colonial things colonialist because there are a lot of racist and colonialist things in the world
@DirkJacobsz
3 жыл бұрын
Jabzy first mistake 1:13 in Nkomo's armed wing was ZIPRA not ZIRPA
@fraseredkins2509
3 жыл бұрын
An authentic new book on the war is A Brutal State of Affairs by Henrik Ellery and Dennis Anderson PS it was Winston Field not Fields.
@forrestspradlin8015
4 жыл бұрын
Camo short-shorts and a FAL battle rifle... Tell me Rhodesia did not have the best military uniform of all time.
@mugarurajosephkatuufu1538
5 жыл бұрын
There is nothing better than freedom, dignity and self esteem. I would rather be a Mayor in a poor country than a slave in the White house. Africans under Rhodesia had food without respect.
@italktoomuch6442
6 жыл бұрын
For a moment there, I thought you said it was led by "Iain Duncan Smith".
@MrBassmann15
5 жыл бұрын
This comment section is pure cancer.
@isaacreed5814
8 жыл бұрын
This is surprisingly unbiased. Good job. You videos are great, by the way.
@prussianswedish5041
8 жыл бұрын
do the Second Sino-Japanese war, invasion of Panama, Ecuadorian-Peruvian war of 1941, Boshin wars.
@davidmurphy8364
6 жыл бұрын
What's the music mate it's fantastic
@Bansheerider3271
6 жыл бұрын
^This.
@Treeman1221
6 жыл бұрын
"It's a long way to Mukumbura"
@collan5274
6 жыл бұрын
liar
@Nathan-jh1ho
6 жыл бұрын
Minecraft
@MrGamer-xd1pf
5 жыл бұрын
Darude sandstorm
@TexasTimeLord
Жыл бұрын
Rhodesia is one example of a country that was better off under British rule than it is now
@warwolf3005
11 ай бұрын
That's how it went with most ex - colonies. Collapse of national structures as the concept of nation hadn't appeared yet in the minds of most wakandans - same way it hadn't really existed in europe before the XVII - XVIIIth century.
@mardasman428
6 жыл бұрын
Came here to get a grip about Mungagwas role in the Bush war, the war, that created the modern Zimbabwean state, both politically and ideologically. Mugabe being out, the new leader will possibly be even worse...
@CraftOfSparta
6 жыл бұрын
Rhodesians never die
@cinnamon_art4016
4 жыл бұрын
RHODESIANS NEVER DIE
@nee__8132
4 жыл бұрын
It's a long long way to Mukumbura...
@Spoon3rYT
4 жыл бұрын
We don't use the "Z" word around here, We say "Occupied Rhodesia".
@megaliidea1919
3 жыл бұрын
Portugal was also a ally of rhodesia until the Portuguese decolonised
@gilbertplays
8 жыл бұрын
Can you do The Philippine-American War?
@bigiron4387
8 жыл бұрын
do it pls
@LoserBroProductions
6 жыл бұрын
Gilbert Plays ☆ #1 Gaming Channel Decir que?
@glendodds3824
7 жыл бұрын
Many blacks volunteered to serve in the Rhodesian Army. On the other hand, they received a lower rate of pay than white soldiers and for most of the war all their officers were of European descent. Furthermore, none of the black soldiers could become members of the Rhodesian Front (the political party which ran Rhodesia from 1962 until 1979) because membership of the party was not open to blacks. I suspect that some of the Ndebele who joined the army concluded that it was better to be a second class citizen in a white run country than a second class citizen in a land where the most numerous tribe, the Shona, had the upperhand.
@glendodds3824
7 жыл бұрын
Further to my previous comment, bad blood existed between the Ndebele (also known as the Matabele) and the Shona.
@gamohterebuli
5 жыл бұрын
you can see why they did not let black people into politician membership. just look new government what they do.
@hinducroat9838
5 жыл бұрын
Merab Beridze its not because blacks are in power its because communists are in power and blacks were equal to the whites if they were educated/employed and owned land and that went for every person there is only one successful black nation that was never colonized and its Ethiopia blacks can be good
@AG-pm3tc
7 жыл бұрын
bring rhodesia back!
@Engifarting456
5 жыл бұрын
Rhodesia is shit as fuck We need wakanda
@manoliepapadakis4574
5 жыл бұрын
@@Engifarting456 so is Zimbabwe
@manoliepapadakis4574
4 жыл бұрын
@Kj_mast_er a big yes and you know that
@manoliepapadakis4574
4 жыл бұрын
@Kj_mast_er the only pink thing is your fat lips
@SerTempleton
4 жыл бұрын
Come and try to Bring it back boy. Bring your shroud as well.
@mann8557
6 жыл бұрын
Rhodesians never die!!!!
@zoltancsikos5604
4 жыл бұрын
It’s a shame that the good guys, the Rhodesians, were finally overcome.
@evermercykusure2435
6 жыл бұрын
The problem with the Rhodesian bush war is that you only hear one side of the story. You never hear from the black civilians who lived among the guerrillas and Rhodesian soldiers fighting. I was 9years old in 1976 when war was intense in rural Chivi. I can tell this reporters don't post the bad which the Rhodesian soldiers didn't. They beat ,shot civilians. They were so aggressive in their approach. We had so many bombings surrounding our home. My father was beaten by the back of the gun in from of his 5year son.Rhodesia was a bread basket of course but only for the white minority. I grew up walking 3.2 miles to school without shoes sometimes. We would grow our own crops, sell them and pay school fees. We would walk 5 miles to the nearest clinics .For me Rhodesia was a bread basket for 1millions whites and a few blacks.I am not saying Mugabe was right but am only saying some of these videos Don't really say the truth about this war.Villagers alive today can tell you where some guerrillas are buried because Rhodesian force would round them up and abuse the dead bodies in from of them.That's a fact. The guerrillas were no exception, they would beat you in front of an audience if you report their presence .Have you ever heard anyone from both side talking about what the did to civilians?No. All were here is I killed a guerrilla or the other way round. Who killed all those civilians whatever number you may want because the really number is disputed but the villager know how many and by who.
@k0749
3 жыл бұрын
MUGABE IS DEAAAAAAD
@watermelontreeofknowledge8682
6 жыл бұрын
“I have walked a thousand miles, and slept, with a thousand women. AAAAAaaaaaAAAAAaaaahhh”
@mukomalothbrok2641
8 жыл бұрын
I've been hooked onto your videos for hours now and I have been waiting for Zimbabwe's Independence war! Just a question though. at 1:11 are you sure it's not ZIPRA (Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army)
@JabzyJoe
8 жыл бұрын
+Tinotenda Chemvura My bad, I'll add an annotation
@voetsaklapalapa760
8 жыл бұрын
Zipra. For sure shamwari
@tonydraht
4 жыл бұрын
Good things Rhodesians never die.
@cashmininger2503
8 жыл бұрын
Can you do the Mongol conquests?
@zomzcheezy8958
8 жыл бұрын
+against the wind well genghis gave power to the Lower class and they had some decent rules. However, it's stupid to ignore the chaos and destruction the Mongols brought to China, Central Asia, Russia, and Muslims
@tximino_baztanga
4 жыл бұрын
Story should have ended in 3:38
@milothehunk4688
7 жыл бұрын
"3 MIN" HE SAID
@samuelleal6149
4 жыл бұрын
Suddenly I want some shorts and a FAL
@Beffudled
6 жыл бұрын
A little one sided and light on facts about the evils of Mugabe.
@b1dover
3 жыл бұрын
Algorithm is suddenly flooding my feed with Rhodesia vids
@vincespeedmk223
6 жыл бұрын
Surely at 0:43 you mean just “Ian Smith”. I only mention it out of appreciation of the irony. You see, Ian “Duncan” Smith is a modern day British politician who only uses his middle name to avoid any association with Rhodesia’s former prime minister..
@DMKA94
4 жыл бұрын
Tbf most brits would rather associate with Ian Smith than Ian Duncan smith! 😂
@hongxiuquan69
2 жыл бұрын
His full name was Ian _Douglas_ Smith. You know, what he said.
@vincespeedmk223
2 жыл бұрын
@@hongxiuquan69 100% said Ian Duncan Smith. And whilst we are on it 1:08 it's ZiPRA not ZiRPA. It doesn't seem like much but to people who care it is a big deal.
@hongxiuquan69
2 жыл бұрын
@@vincespeedmk223 Sounds like "Douglas" to me, but I can somewhat hear a "Duncan". And I wasn't aware of the "ZIPRA" thing earlier.
@Marshall1147
4 жыл бұрын
Ah, what a time it was...
@WarDogMadness
4 жыл бұрын
so its britain's fault for dropping the ball.
@DesertFernweh
3 жыл бұрын
Zimbabwe, how's that work out for ya.
@rethguals
5 жыл бұрын
A few issues and neglected points: - It's "ZIPRA", not "ZIRPA" - Video doesn't really go into the politics or government of Rhodesia, other than to say it's a white minority government. It was pretty exploitative - most Africans were deliberately disenfranchised by a constitution that set education, income and ownership requirements to vote. 90% of the education budget went to white Rhodesians, the country was largely segregrated (49 million acres of the most fertile land was set aside for a quarter of a million whites, while the several million blacks were largely limited to 36 million acres of less-desirable "Tribal Trust" and "Native Purchase" land), and very little infrastructure was extended towards the rural African communities. - Fireforce tactics actually only composed a small portion of the Rhodesian Security Force's strategy - few units were used in this role (largely a few battalions of prestigious troops - the RLI and RhAR), while the vast majority of the forces were simple footsloggers tasked to patrol and guard areas of operation far too large for them. Around half of the troops engaged in the war were from the policy or internal affairs, while the Army were largely reservists and national servicemen from the Rhodesia Regiment (perpetually being called-up). - Abel Muzorewa was a relatively unpopular figure groomed by Smith to be the first black leader of Rhodesia-Zimbabwe, leading most blacks to see him as a lackey. It was no surprise that ZANLA and ZIPRA knew they had too much popularity at this point to accept the Internal Settlement - 4:12 is a bit misleading - Smith was on a separate roll (white roll) and couldn't run against Tongogara or Mugabe, and no mention is made of Muzorewa, who stood in that election on the common roll (winning only 8.3% of votes). Otherwise, a pretty concise summary, not bad
@glendodds3824
5 жыл бұрын
All the comments you have posted about Rhodesia are well-written and informative. I suspect that you lived north of Beitbridge!
@thejonathan130
4 жыл бұрын
And now the US is turning into Zimbabwe 2.0
@tedstyle3798
6 жыл бұрын
You left out how Henry Kissinger was the orchestrator of the UN backstab
@kwigoldskull3418
6 жыл бұрын
my grand parents met each other in Rhodesia they both come from England in 1960 aged 17 they lived there happy entill around 1979 when they left for south Africa i wish with all my heart that i could have been born in that era so could have experienced it and fought in the war . ps i was born in England as well
@Jolietisbased
Жыл бұрын
Mugabe got that austrian drip mustache 🥶
@daveharrison84
8 жыл бұрын
1:38 I think South Africa at that time included all of Namibia
@ForgotteMemories101
7 жыл бұрын
Rhodesia, we shall never forget you.
@Ryan-qp4me
4 жыл бұрын
Smith is one of the greatest lands that ever lived !!!
@Hobbyblasphemist
4 жыл бұрын
at 0:47 it sounds like your saying Iain Duncan Smith instead of Ian Douglas Smith.
@harmless1106
8 жыл бұрын
You need a pop filter, good content but so many pops in the audio.
@JabzyJoe
8 жыл бұрын
+Brent “Harmless” Kasel Yeah, I know. But it's hard to find one out here in China.
@JabzyJoe
8 жыл бұрын
I use a VPN. And I've ordered in microphones before, but they've been even worse than the one I have. I wouldn't know what to look for in a good microphone normally, let alone when most the ones I've bought tend to be knock-offs.
@MrZane777
5 жыл бұрын
Dude this is weird, I didn't think that many people cared about Rhodesia. I am related to cecil, and read a ton of the history behind it and how all of it went down. However I didn't expect to see this many people care.
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