Watching this again, having a few beers and would like to say Trp Josh McGrath (passed) Trp Simon Clarke (KIA 1979) and Trp Joseph Byrne (KIA 1979) all 3CDO RLI, never forgotten always remembered.
I can see you like yesterday, god I miss you all.
Jim Eagle 3CDO
All of us were Training Troop 162 (Brad Nesbitt where are you)
There were (as far as we could find out) 3 or 4 films made from the PF side - some training in Tanzania or Mozambique - possibly also Russia - hard to recall now. We tried to get access permission to include this content in our movies, but the support was never forthcoming at the time - a pity, as there are two sides to any conflict.
whatever one thinks about self destruction or what ever philosophy you can use to describe it.what i am simply saying is we stay here and you stay there and I don't think there is any way we can meet or agree in any terms.we are here enjoying the life we like.many thanks I hope you are enjoying yours too. that is very fair 100%.halas finish.
@Bvunzawabaya ...aye, and it seems that you do not stay in the country that you so prize so dearly and fought so hard for (at the age of 10) - I wonder why this is?? Perhaps my madness is a better place to live in than what the poor souls left in Zimbabwe can perhaps see when they cower at the shiny boots of their cherished leader!! My turn to laugh - thanks for the visit...
Leaving it all a bit late for global domination aren't you? (I thought that France was part of the Western world...)
You are correct - no man has the right to be superior to another until such time as he has proved himself to be so... history has shown today's 'superior' leadership to be VERY far from this! nrt
Very similar to the Portuguese in Mozambique...the uniforms,helicopters etc...Portugues and Rhodesian forces acted together against Frelimo in the Tete region.
@1jilu you can view other videos and CD at the Msasa Enterprises website - other stuff you will need to search through the rhodie lists and links yourself.
I can remember K-Car's hunters and canberra aircraft regularly flying over our house... I played golf at age 15 with a FN automatic rifle and two full mag's in my golf bag :) just in case !!!
The most liberals know about "African History" is from watching Blood Diamond. They are so uninformed it is scary. Anyone who knows anything knows Mugabe destroyed that country, and the reason Rhodesia fell is Britain didn't have the guts to defend its former dependents from the USSR - the true force behind Mugabe's rise to power.
@msasauk You didn't! Haha, The Royal New Zealand Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force both had one each based in SA flying in supplies for the Rhodesian forces and humanitarian aid, often under fire. I think he was there for about a year, must have been about 78 or 79
@msasauk I think he may be referring to the Commonwealth Ceasefire Monitoring Force aircraft - Canada and Australia both contributed C-130's during the ceasefire and election period in 1980.
Boys, you are heros. You should have won the war, but remember that UK and South Africa deserted you. One can not fight USSR and black african racists alone. One day SA & UK will see who was right, when SA ends up like Rhodesia, and UK drowns in immigrant violence. It will be too late when darkness comes to Pretoria and London. Your tears and tears of killed and raped rhodesian white kids will fall like rocks on those who betrayed you.
God Bless all who fought to save Rhodesia from the monsters who rule it now. Best friends the natives ever had, the Europeans - they learned that the hard way. Of course not all Europeans were so Enlightened. I think Portuguese did the best as they are genetically similiar to Blacks. Belgiums were rapacious plunderers, a disgrace to the White race. Brits werent so bad, but not perfect either.
History has proven Rhodesians right. Currently Zimbabwe not only have destitued the white minority but also the black common man that every day struggles and work hard for his family. If things were bad under Smith, Mugabe made them worst. country leaders regardless of color should work for the welfare of its citizens
I guess you would have had to live in those times to appreciate what you did. God bless you for your courage and sacrifices. Never made it to your AO but was engaged elsewhere. Would have been proud to to have served with you.
Why do any of you guys give Black Stud a forum, ignore this ignorant prick!!! he probably was not born at that time and has no knowledge of the events surrounding this period of history!!!!
Hello, how are you. Im a black guy from the UK. Most people here unfortunate;y see you as a group of race mad neo-nazis i on the otherhand believe that although minority-rule is wrong respect the courage and conviction with which by many of you fought with. so you fought in the RLI?
I was not in the RLI, but worked with them at times. Minority rule is global - the UK is run by a priveleged few with little regard for the needs and wishes of the majority? I believe the 'minority' that ruled Rhodesia was better than the one that rules Zimbabwe today...
Whatever you did, whether it was right or not in your opinion, its all bull.
You are just a bunch of pathetic morons who are languishing in the passages of history. Time has made you irrelevant and you are living on memories. where ever you are thats your home, forget about Zimbabwe it never was your home. The fact that you are scattered around the world should tell you something if you have any brains in your heads.
There is some truth in your words... However, one thing we 'pathetic morons' do have to reflect upon is what we achieved - I wonder what the remaining rocket scientists in Zimbabwe will have look back on in years to come?
Something that you might be interested in knowing, is that around 80% of the Rhodesian military was black. Only 20% was white. With that in mind, only whites were conscripted. So the majority of the Rhodesian military was black volunteers. Rhodesia wasn't a racist nation, it was free nation that was taken over by communists. Rhodesia was a victim of the Cold War. Anyone who can't see that Rhodesia wasn't racist is either a Mugabe lover or a Neo-Nazi distorting the past for their own use.
Probably still trying to survive in what remains of the country that you are so proud to have been born in - AND no longer live in! (And you have the cheek to laugh about it...)
@msasauk the reason why um proud to be Zimbabwean is that i got a taste of freedom and um sorry for my fellow countryman who ddn't. get a chance to do so...My country may be poor but atleast we are free...i don't see the reason why one would prefer to be in a rich country where he or she is oppressed.. all the africans ever wanted was equality, but no the whiteman had to deny them that. All things come to an end, um sure the Rhodesians know that now.....Mugabe will realize that also.
@Dziki202 ...and as a young person (born into a 'free country') you are right to feel that way. I just question that freedom - all you have these days is a black ruled nation of mostly decent (but now MUCH poorer people) suffering under an even worse oppressor - but so long as they are the same colour, this is ok! Sorry mate... I do not follow your reasoning - especially as the country was already growing and developing towards a new order in 1961- to be derailed by the greed of the nationalists
@MrZingy You are not fit to shine the boots of a Rhodesian soldier. The Rhodesian army's military prowess is documented far and wide. Lefties like you, should stick to what you do best.
@RhodesianBok ...if liberating the world from segregationist and dictators makes me a "leftie" then so be it. Rhodesia was derived out of a constitution that deprived human beings of their fundamental rights to self determination. The Rhodesian's may have been brave, they may have been good soldiers, but their cause was not just.
@MrZingy ... all people have the fundamental right to self destruction - any man would rather govern himself badly than be governed by someone else. Does this make for a 'just life' for the people whose liberation was so bravely fought for by the heroes you praise - and who are now depriving them of basic human rights and dignity?
@msasauk I have no heroes in Zimbabwe. Condemning the ideologies promoted by the Rhodesian Front does not make me a supporter of Zanu PF or MDC or anyone else. You only appreciate the ills of tyranny when you are on the receiving end. My position is born out of my respect for basic human rights and dignities. I, unlike most of your audience, do not play the colour game.
@MrZingy Rhodesia's cause was just. It was about bringing unsophisticated people into the modern era...all the lefties in the western world are now wringing their hands because they simply do not know how to progress Africa...luckily for them the Chinese are about to take control and direct ops........apparently the Zambians don't like them, because they make them work long hours, with few tea breaks.....
Does anyone who served in the RLI remember an Aussie by the name of Doyle? I served with him in Aust Army late 80tys early 90tys. Don't know when he served in RLI.
Thanks msasauk rings a bell, I am sure he was an Aussie. He may well be in UK now. By the way your comment on the bigger picture of why it all happened is spot on. best wishes to all Rhodesians.
I stumbled upon this pathetic vedeo while trying to educate my children on how our country was forcifully taken from us. If you used your heads to think you would know that if my people were treated with respect and dignity, there would have been no need for my people to take up arms and fight you guys. Just as Smith couldn't keep us asslaves in our on country, Africans were never meant to be ppressed by you or any one. Some of you people even call yourselves Christians.
Your point is noted and you are entitled to your opinion. I believe 'your people' were subject to one form of slavery or another since the dawn of time? The period in question did bring about a better life for the majority of the peoples in the country - and the system was actively working towards change from the early 60s - that is until 'your people' chose the armed struggle path - assisted by foreign nations with no connection to the region at all - just their eyes on wealth - not people...
It's a point missed by many. And u can't blame them for it, because even the most respected news channels skirt around it.
Google: "Economic Hitman"; watch the videos in order.
One job I had was to research Colonial societies for the making of a realistic sci-fi movie about space colonization. Rhodesia was 1 society I researched. Here's what I found..
The key thing that brought Rhodesia down was a lack of proper information that the Rhodesians could navigate by. Censorship. Nothing else.
@therohanicelf So your ignoring racial genetics? genetics prove that some races are better than others at some things. Europeans for example are better at staying warm, where as africans disperse heat better.
...and if you do not exhibit any sign of intelligent, constructive comment (apart from downright racist dogma), you are outtahere bvunzwa... I hope you are enjoying your life in CT while the comrades you supposedly took up arms for (under the age of 10) are still reaping the rewards of your liberational efforts. You are an embarassment to moderate blacks anywhere...
I'm looking for anyone who may have known Chris Breedt. He was a helicopter pilot in the Rhodesian Air Force who came to the US after Rhodesia was lost. Thanks for posting the video, this history must never be forgotten. Look at the shit-hole Rhodesia has become under Mugabe. What a waste... All my best to all you Rhodesians. Sorry the US pulled the plug on you.
@sonofrattler hahaha its funny. how can Rhodesia be lost when the land did not belong to them. so funny so funny guys.make sure it was stolen property it was returned to its rightful owners. sure that is why without helicopters,vehicles we won that so called bush war. The bones will arise again.
@Bvunzawabaya This entire planet belongs to no single being - you have no more claim to a region than any other culture that has roamed this planet since the dawn of time. There have always been, and will yet be cultures and peoples that are stronger than others - get that issue straight and you may have basis for your thoughts and argument? Right now, many Zimbabwean bones can never rise from the depths to which they were thrown in the name of 'freedom'...
..brings back a-hell-la-va lot of memories! both good and bad! Still dream of them as if it was yesterday then realise how many years have passed since the last contact. Loved these days and will never regret them seeing what has happened to this wonderful country we all tried to protect and save from this evil that has such a grip on this once treasured country. I also remember the fallen family members and buddies & my heart weeps, making me understand what we stood for both black and white.
Okay, let me play devil's advocate here. If you stood for black and white alike, then why all of the faces are white in the video?
I'm not saying that Mugabe regime is all and good - it's not. And albeit I'm mulatto, I admit that he's probably the worst thing that happened to Zimbabwe, but still.
The RLI were originally formed as an all white unit to do specific duties at the time of the Congo crisis in the early 60s. By the end of the bush war there were far more 'black' faces in the SF than white - go do your homework!
Okay, there's no need to be rude about it. I have no personal grudge against Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, I simply asked a question.
I wish I could read more about it, but there are hardly any books concerning Bush War in Poland, and as a university student I don't hold internet in very high regard.
Besides, it's all history now - no need to get worked up about it.
crusemate, you're right that the RLI was an all white unit. But they worked very closely with the RAR (Rhodesian African Rifles) which was a majority Black unit and the men of both units developed very close bonds with one another. RLI and RAR would more often than not operate on the same missions as well!!
Also the very elite Selous Scouts had both Blacks and Whites serving together.
thanks for clarifying mate - appreciated! There is not always the time to get around to this myself - and there are just so many who genuinely cannot be expected to know the details of the history! nrt
msasuk, you're very welcome!! Thank you for the vids! Hope you'll post more!!
In all fairness to everyone else, It's kinda hard in a way to learn about Rhodesian history, as a lot of source material is just not widely available for those who would be interested...
I hope that things change in this regard as time goes on.
Just as an aside...I served in 12 Troop 3Cdo, 77-80 these so-called "modern military" types could learn a lesson from our accomplishments....a number of senior officers in US Marines referred to us at the time as the "Killing Machine" Given American and Canadian casualities in Afghanistan and Iraq, who was right? We slew everybody in the zone...let the angels sort them out. I think perhaps a few of you people should actually go to war before you comment.
History has shown and continues to show that the black's in all of Africa are unable to rule or at the very least care for themselves. To be as polite as possible the blacks are still jungle bunnies still fighting their ancient tribal wars.
Whether we like it or not, European colonialism works.
Selective history may show exactly what your sentiments would want them to show. Chronological history, however, shows that the most wars have been waged not by Africans, but by Europe, Middle East, Americas et al. In the great cauldron of blood spilled in war, Africa is but a drop compared to the Mongols, Alexander, Napoleon, Hitler, Pol Pot, Rome, the royals in England ... I could go on ad infinitum - but you don't want facts, you want sanctimonious 'cling ons' to make yourself feel good
Apart from the religious wars of the 17th century Europe's wars were small affairs. The 18th century the historian Gibbon described them as moderate and indecisive contests. No European "royal" could afford a large army nor did they need them. They fought for local advantage not to put each other out of a job and had to pay for everything at market rates.
It was the French Revolutionaries who realized you could pay men in the one thing they had in plenty - ideas.
l lived in RHODESIA has a child very fond memeris , going fishing in mazoe standing next cecil rhodes grave standing on karbie dam ,just a beautful county
The best childhood - AND adult life we could have wished for in this world - and one that has enabled most of us to contribute as remain decent human beings where ever we find ourselves today.
Sadly, history and the world's leaders did not see fit to hold the same sentiment! They were the best - and the worst of times... that's just life I guess?
You would not of been oppressed if you were black. Rhodesia was not like south africa! That was communist propaganda put forward by Mugabe's ZANLA, ZIPRA, ZANU and alike. Blacks and whites lived happily together in wealth. Rhodesia was the wealthiest nation in africa. The communists wanted it, so they told the ignorent black masses from surrounding coun tries these lies of inequality. And you still believe what Mugabe told you. Look at what the blacks have done to the place.
@sloppychops69 you stop talking like that that black and white lived happily together.hahahah that is a joke. i grew up in Rhodesia...and that is why I had to go and joined the liberation war to get a gun and come to kill the white racist.where you are remember you may never come back to Zimbabwe. you ran away because you could not live in country ruled by a black man.enjoy where ever You are.you remember of the good things you were doing but we rem the bad u did to us.rot there where ever u a..
...your memories are pretty good bvunza - food, education, health care, good water / electricity and the mechanics in place in 1961 to grow responsible local blacks into the system. The sudden rush brought on by your 10 year old arm carrying a gun has resulted in a different kind of happiness and freedom - where there will ALWAYS be those driven by greed who ignore the needs of the people - they will ALWAYS be MORE EQUAL than others - despite the common colour if their skins...
@msasauk who was not greedy boy.the white racist was. This spirit will never die within the people and never think that it will change. the more you alienate thyself from the mainstream society & mainstream activity trying to revive your old rotten glorious memories the more persecution you will face. I am sure you will face the music and wrath of the majority .please don't rekindle apartheid memories in SA and Zimbabwe, you will regret soon u gooks & damn spooks. stop playing with fire
@Bvunzawabaya This channel does not glorify or rekindle 'old bones' - it simply serves to document a period that history (especially British) has forgotten... all people have the fundamental right to self destruction - any man would rather govern himself badly than be governed by someone else. Does this make for a 'just life' for the people whose liberation was so bravely fought for by the heroes you praise - and who are now depriving them of basic human rights and dignity? One more strike...
And now the bleeding hearts in the West are getting theirs back, with Muslims burning down their neighbourhoods, raping their scantily-dressed women, and setting off big bombs. All I can say to Westerners is (1) remember what you c**ts did to Rhodesia, and (2) karma's a bitch!
I'm proud to be born in Zim and not rhodesia. I'd rather be born with freedom to make my own mistakes than to be shackled by oppression and inferiority.
It is also said that a people would rather govern themselves badly, than be governed by someone else... grim satisfaction for the people of Zimabwe! nrt
much respect for these brave men and all those who fought for rhodesia. its a shame that my country (USA) and all the west basically condemned rhodesia with the sanctions and all that. now we have mugabe and zimbabwe and look at the mess it is.
that was my univesity, rli support comando , major pat A was the profesor. we were a deadly outfit, i am so proud to have worked with these ounes, cheers chinas.
i am so proud to have served with these ounes. major pat Arm was such a great leader. we all had a definate purpose in doing our job. support commando was a deadly outfit. best years of my life.
being a young zimbabwean i'm glad i was born in 86. although Bob is a DICKFACE, i'm still grateful that i never had to be oppressed because i'm black. at least i can blame my failures on myself and not on racism.
peckereye - you watch too much MTV. Both the SA army and the RLI helped defeat the nazi's. Given the situation under Mugabe and the politically correct genocide of whites in SA, it proves that the fighting was about survival. To undestand the "high fives" - they beat back everything the commies et al threw at them. My guess is you are a pommy and you will get yours when Sharia Law is imposed in Britain because unlike the guys in the video you have no balls.
PART 2. After all, the so called founder of Rhodesia, Cecil Rhodes, was an obese,unscrupulous, greedy, ruthless and inhumane carpet bagger, who was determined to amass tremendous wealth at any cost, even if it meant the brutalization of the native African people. Any questions?
Question: A little like Mugabe has been doing to the self-same indigenous African people for the last couple of decades? That is, after being handed a thriving and vibrant economy that fed and supported much of the sub-continent around it? (And this at the cost of the very same 'old glory' soldiers OF ALL RACES who fought to protect and defend the land they built...) Thinker, think again?
There is no doubt that Robert Mugabe is an egomaniac and a dictator, and even though I understand why he led the struggle in the 60's and 70's, he has allowed himself to become dangerously skewed. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Robert Mugabe is a another kettle of fish. Now back to the "old glory" videos. Look closely, I do not see BLACK soldiers mythologized in these videos, only WHITE soldiers. So there goes your theory "OF ALL RACES". Correct me if I am wrong.
Sorry - they might not have showed up in these "old glory" videos (especially ones about the RLI - you bunch of young puss glory hogs!) but 95% of the regular Rhodesian Army were African or coloured (mixed race). If you look at other Rhodesian Forces videos you will see lots of African RAR soldiers manning Fire Force choppers and DC3's. I shared Apr/May 79 election period with a stick of RAR soldiers and they were fucking jacked and thats no myth! I would soldier with them anytime. Cheers RAR!
The videos on the channel are short samples only - even so, your powers of observation do not justify your comment. There were actually more black soldiers fighting for their country in the end than we whites - do your homework... better still, buy the videos and learn a little more about them perhaps? nrt
PART 1. Why do all these "old glory" videos solicit the same response in people of limited IQ and intelligence? Have you no morality? You "high five" these videos with the same enthusiasm as a Nazi sympathizer would, watching videos of Hitler and his murderous/insane Third Reich. In the 60's and 70's the governments of Angola, Mozambique, South Africa and RHODESIA were unhappy and ignoble regimes that held the ORIGINAL indigenous BLACK Africans in sub-human bondage in their righful Motherland.
A bit like the settlers set out to achieve after mooring the Mayflower a while back?
Or another bunch of more modern day yahoos are busy doing in the Middle East - and this in the name of (oily) freedom?
Just a couple thoughts... this is not a forum for continued (lengthy) debate / discussion... really only space for short comments. Please use your own comms if you wish to get more involved in any aspect of the history - thank you.
PART 1. I absolutely agree with you. Injustice is injustice, regardless of when and where it lives.I hold the early settlers in the US in contempt for what they did to the Native Americans. The founding fathers including giants like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, were slave owners, despite their hypocritical noble words in the 1776Declaration Of Independence.."All men are created equal".....
no worries. You are not alone. there are many self hating so called Americans who love to feel guilt and hate for the greatness of our country. try looking at the total history of man. Everyone including the American Indian has enslaved and tortured others. Africans hunted and sold Africans to slave traders! Its what we learn and how we progress that defines us. get out of the past, jack ass!
PART 2. Till date, this same US system of oppression exists disguised as the fight for peace and democracy for people the world over. The only "P" the US honours, is "Profit", NEVER "People".
And what have YOU done to effect any change? I am certain that you have never served your country. U sit on a couch and hate and yet offer nothing. I am sorry man, but I hate slugs like you. name a country that has not wronged others at one time. How many people are sneaking out of America? Oh yea, its so bad that people are giving up thier lives to sneak in. USA has many problems and bad points but I despise pathetic liberals who feel guilty about what a gift the USA is to those who live here.
So, like dude if you live anywhere in North or South America I guess you will be handing the Motherland back to the indigenous people who have been held in sub-human bondage since the arrival of our European ancestors? I guess that is different eh cause like, they are so much better off now. If you think Rhodesia was like the 3rd Reich your view is not only distorted but reprehensible not only to those who survived Nazi tyranny but to those who fought against it. Take another look.
Such a shame that so much effort and loss of life went into trying to keep the country only to lose it to irrational politics,my dad served with 3 commando and I got to see first hand what effects the war had on the soldiers.
The US should hang their heads in shame for letting Andrew Young and Jimmy Carter sell your beautiful country down the river to the Marxist pig Mugabe.
They were a part of the process at the time, but were not alone... the 'bigger picture' becomes a lot more sinister when one starts to dig a little deeper and wider on the global stage!
Now that 28 years have passed and the world is starting to come to grips with the fact the Bush War was not about race, how do you think the conflict will be remembered? I am at a loss as to why Mugabe is getting all this negative press now, as he has been an obvious despot for quite some time.
Thanks for the comment - the present 'destroyer' of what Rhodesia once was is presently trying desperately to retain control of 'his' Zimbabwe. Sadly, the Rhodesia that once was not only the 'jewel of Africa', but also a major jewel in the Commonwealth crown is not likely to exist in any more than selected history books!
FYI - the last few moements of this tape are from Op Miracle Sep/Oct/79. 5:17 shows RhArty firing from Madison Square; 5:31 shows RLI Spt Trp mortar trucks firing on Monte Cassino from the admin posi inside the terr camp; 5:35 - 6:02 showing Hunter jets pounding Monte Cassino with cannon and bombs (probably during the time Maj Winkler and Spt Trp RhACR were ambushed and pinned down while attacking Cassino from the bottom up. Oh what a time it was! (from one who was there)
Further to the last segment 5:57 - 6:02 shows Selous Scout 2.5 armoured Unimog during Op Miracle mounted with twin .50 aircraft Browning machine guns each firing approx 1000rpm. When the gunner stopped firing all u could hear was the mt brass cartridge cases hitting the metal floor of the vehicle like a brass waterfall!
I remember watching t.v. news, and other news reports about the insurgency in Rhodesia. The happenings in my favorite African country were like watching a dramatic movie. I was enthralled. I was only 12 in 1979, and didn't understand anything about UDI or Ian Smith... but I knew, almost instinctively... the good guys lost.
Well justice will soon be done. You limey bastards are buggered. Just try to write a book critical of Mohammed in your own damned country. Ha Ha Ha, screw you, now you lot can run to North America as well, and talk about how good your country used to be as well. Poes.
le forze armate Rhodesiane hanno combattuto con onore ed efficacia una guerra di soppravivenza soli contro tutti, abbandonati dall'occidente, che ha permesso a terroristi di impadronirsi di questa terra.
onore per tutti i militari e cittadini rhodesiani che hanno combattuto per una nobile causa e anche per tutto l'occidente soli contro tutti. Era meglio prima come rhodesia o ora come zimbabwe? grazie sig. Smith.
How long ago was this?
MrSqueegie 3 months ago
@MrSqueegie The dates referring to the video clip and the period covered are in the description above?
msasauk 3 months ago
Zimbabwe??? Seriously?
MrSqueegie 3 months ago
There are a lot of RLI photos on their various facebook pages.
excommando1 6 months ago
Watching this again, having a few beers and would like to say Trp Josh McGrath (passed) Trp Simon Clarke (KIA 1979) and Trp Joseph Byrne (KIA 1979) all 3CDO RLI, never forgotten always remembered.
I can see you like yesterday, god I miss you all.
Jim Eagle 3CDO
All of us were Training Troop 162 (Brad Nesbitt where are you)
j1meagle 6 months ago
msasauk-
Thanks for responding, China.
excommando1 7 months ago
Byunzawabaya-
I'd be very interested to see any videos posted which are from the ZIPRA and ZANLA side of the war. Are there any that you know of?
excommando1 7 months ago
@excommando1
There were (as far as we could find out) 3 or 4 films made from the PF side - some training in Tanzania or Mozambique - possibly also Russia - hard to recall now. We tried to get access permission to include this content in our movies, but the support was never forthcoming at the time - a pity, as there are two sides to any conflict.
msasauk 7 months ago
whatever one thinks about self destruction or what ever philosophy you can use to describe it.what i am simply saying is we stay here and you stay there and I don't think there is any way we can meet or agree in any terms.we are here enjoying the life we like.many thanks I hope you are enjoying yours too. that is very fair 100%.halas finish.
Bvunzawabaya 8 months ago
@Bvunzawabaya ...aye, and it seems that you do not stay in the country that you so prize so dearly and fought so hard for (at the age of 10) - I wonder why this is?? Perhaps my madness is a better place to live in than what the poor souls left in Zimbabwe can perhaps see when they cower at the shiny boots of their cherished leader!! My turn to laugh - thanks for the visit...
msasauk 8 months ago
@logprome2
Not so... it was money that won in the end, not men and arms. nrt
msasauk 8 months ago
@logprome2
Leaving it all a bit late for global domination aren't you? (I thought that France was part of the Western world...)
You are correct - no man has the right to be superior to another until such time as he has proved himself to be so... history has shown today's 'superior' leadership to be VERY far from this! nrt
msasauk 8 months ago
Thank you for this. Beloved land so many people died for.
Jeweldee 11 months ago
Thank you for this.
Jeweldee 11 months ago
He's drunk.
packmaster900 11 months ago
Very similar to the Portuguese in Mozambique...the uniforms,helicopters etc...Portugues and Rhodesian forces acted together against Frelimo in the Tete region.
brandaoz 1 year ago
may the spirits of the fallen rise and never be forgotten as long as those traitors in "zimbabwe" walk the earth.
superduperdug 1 year ago
my grandfather fought alongside these fine, brave men
wogmait 1 year ago
i want everything on rhodesia
camo vids and other stuff
where can i find them
of course i want authentic merchandise
1jilu 1 year ago
@1jilu you can view other videos and CD at the Msasa Enterprises website - other stuff you will need to search through the rhodie lists and links yourself.
msasauk 1 year ago
I can remember K-Car's hunters and canberra aircraft regularly flying over our house... I played golf at age 15 with a FN automatic rifle and two full mag's in my golf bag :) just in case !!!
fgenglish 1 year ago 4
The most liberals know about "African History" is from watching Blood Diamond. They are so uninformed it is scary. Anyone who knows anything knows Mugabe destroyed that country, and the reason Rhodesia fell is Britain didn't have the guts to defend its former dependents from the USSR - the true force behind Mugabe's rise to power.
mountaingrubs 1 year ago
My dad flew a RAAF C-130 in the Bush War. Reckons they should have never left, looking at the place I can see why.
gnarkillkicksass 1 year ago
@gnarkillkicksass
I didn't know we had C-130s!
msasauk 1 year ago
@msasauk You didn't! Haha, The Royal New Zealand Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force both had one each based in SA flying in supplies for the Rhodesian forces and humanitarian aid, often under fire. I think he was there for about a year, must have been about 78 or 79
gnarkillkicksass 1 year ago
I dont believe they did, the south africans, but the RAAF primarily had Dakotas and C-47S
georgebushrocks23 1 year ago
@msasauk I think he may be referring to the Commonwealth Ceasefire Monitoring Force aircraft - Canada and Australia both contributed C-130's during the ceasefire and election period in 1980.
tprdfh51 1 year ago
Hello, my Friend was rhodesian volunteer....
KoschiMK 1 year ago
Boys, you are heros. You should have won the war, but remember that UK and South Africa deserted you. One can not fight USSR and black african racists alone. One day SA & UK will see who was right, when SA ends up like Rhodesia, and UK drowns in immigrant violence. It will be too late when darkness comes to Pretoria and London. Your tears and tears of killed and raped rhodesian white kids will fall like rocks on those who betrayed you.
sarajevo06 1 year ago
@sarajevo06 Exactly right!
RhodesianBok 1 year ago
God Bless all who fought to save Rhodesia from the monsters who rule it now. Best friends the natives ever had, the Europeans - they learned that the hard way. Of course not all Europeans were so Enlightened. I think Portuguese did the best as they are genetically similiar to Blacks. Belgiums were rapacious plunderers, a disgrace to the White race. Brits werent so bad, but not perfect either.
tradercris 1 year ago
History has proven Rhodesians right. Currently Zimbabwe not only have destitued the white minority but also the black common man that every day struggles and work hard for his family. If things were bad under Smith, Mugabe made them worst. country leaders regardless of color should work for the welfare of its citizens
boric48 2 years ago 3
I guess you would have had to live in those times to appreciate what you did. God bless you for your courage and sacrifices. Never made it to your AO but was engaged elsewhere. Would have been proud to to have served with you.
lou4t4 2 years ago
Why do any of you guys give Black Stud a forum, ignore this ignorant prick!!! he probably was not born at that time and has no knowledge of the events surrounding this period of history!!!!
ultramac01 2 years ago
Hello, how are you. Im a black guy from the UK. Most people here unfortunate;y see you as a group of race mad neo-nazis i on the otherhand believe that although minority-rule is wrong respect the courage and conviction with which by many of you fought with. so you fought in the RLI?
gameking50P 2 years ago
I was not in the RLI, but worked with them at times. Minority rule is global - the UK is run by a priveleged few with little regard for the needs and wishes of the majority? I believe the 'minority' that ruled Rhodesia was better than the one that rules Zimbabwe today...
msasauk 2 years ago 2
I definitely agree with you that Smith was FAR better than Mugabe. Did you fight in the Bush war?
gameking50P 2 years ago 2
I did my time in the north east, yes - all history now.
msasauk 2 years ago
What was it like?
gameking50P 2 years ago
@msasauk ....whatever. Probably did you time in the girl guides!
MrZingy 1 year ago
@msasauk i think what you are saying is madness at its best.
Bvunzawabaya 8 months ago
Lol you dont need to have a brain to see haw great its going in Zim with a rocket scientists in charge ROFL
evildov 2 years ago
Whatever you did, whether it was right or not in your opinion, its all bull.
You are just a bunch of pathetic morons who are languishing in the passages of history. Time has made you irrelevant and you are living on memories. where ever you are thats your home, forget about Zimbabwe it never was your home. The fact that you are scattered around the world should tell you something if you have any brains in your heads.
Dream on!
blacstud 2 years ago
There is some truth in your words... However, one thing we 'pathetic morons' do have to reflect upon is what we achieved - I wonder what the remaining rocket scientists in Zimbabwe will have look back on in years to come?
msasauk 2 years ago
Something that you might be interested in knowing, is that around 80% of the Rhodesian military was black. Only 20% was white. With that in mind, only whites were conscripted. So the majority of the Rhodesian military was black volunteers. Rhodesia wasn't a racist nation, it was free nation that was taken over by communists. Rhodesia was a victim of the Cold War. Anyone who can't see that Rhodesia wasn't racist is either a Mugabe lover or a Neo-Nazi distorting the past for their own use.
KFTXBU 2 years ago 9
@KFTXBU hahaha i wonder what the 80% was fighting for...and where are they now?
Dziki202 6 months ago
@Dziki202
Probably still trying to survive in what remains of the country that you are so proud to have been born in - AND no longer live in! (And you have the cheek to laugh about it...)
msasauk 6 months ago 2
@msasauk the reason why um proud to be Zimbabwean is that i got a taste of freedom and um sorry for my fellow countryman who ddn't. get a chance to do so...My country may be poor but atleast we are free...i don't see the reason why one would prefer to be in a rich country where he or she is oppressed.. all the africans ever wanted was equality, but no the whiteman had to deny them that. All things come to an end, um sure the Rhodesians know that now.....Mugabe will realize that also.
Dziki202 6 months ago
@Dziki202 ...and as a young person (born into a 'free country') you are right to feel that way. I just question that freedom - all you have these days is a black ruled nation of mostly decent (but now MUCH poorer people) suffering under an even worse oppressor - but so long as they are the same colour, this is ok! Sorry mate... I do not follow your reasoning - especially as the country was already growing and developing towards a new order in 1961- to be derailed by the greed of the nationalists
msasauk 5 months ago
@blacstud Rhodesia was our home..we built it..same as we built large parts of this world..Are you really a stud?..self appointed..
RhodesianBok 1 year ago
@RhodesianBok
Not really the forum / platform to discus studs bok?
msasauk 1 year ago
@msasauk Sorry Boet. Was just wanting to know if he's a self-appointed stud or if we could have independent verification as to his grandiose claims.
RhodesianBok 1 year ago
@RhodesianBok RLI??????....more like Rhodesian Laughable Idiots. Just goes to show cowardice is no virtue when it comes to war!!!!
MrZingy 1 year ago
@MrZingy You are not fit to shine the boots of a Rhodesian soldier. The Rhodesian army's military prowess is documented far and wide. Lefties like you, should stick to what you do best.
RhodesianBok 1 year ago
@RhodesianBok ...if liberating the world from segregationist and dictators makes me a "leftie" then so be it. Rhodesia was derived out of a constitution that deprived human beings of their fundamental rights to self determination. The Rhodesian's may have been brave, they may have been good soldiers, but their cause was not just.
MrZingy 1 year ago
@MrZingy ... all people have the fundamental right to self destruction - any man would rather govern himself badly than be governed by someone else. Does this make for a 'just life' for the people whose liberation was so bravely fought for by the heroes you praise - and who are now depriving them of basic human rights and dignity?
msasauk 1 year ago
@msasauk I have no heroes in Zimbabwe. Condemning the ideologies promoted by the Rhodesian Front does not make me a supporter of Zanu PF or MDC or anyone else. You only appreciate the ills of tyranny when you are on the receiving end. My position is born out of my respect for basic human rights and dignities. I, unlike most of your audience, do not play the colour game.
MrZingy 1 year ago
@MrZingy Rhodesia's cause was just. It was about bringing unsophisticated people into the modern era...all the lefties in the western world are now wringing their hands because they simply do not know how to progress Africa...luckily for them the Chinese are about to take control and direct ops........apparently the Zambians don't like them, because they make them work long hours, with few tea breaks.....
RhodesianBok 1 year ago
@MrZingy
You are a Communist.
Andrewsky89 1 year ago
Does anyone who served in the RLI remember an Aussie by the name of Doyle? I served with him in Aust Army late 80tys early 90tys. Don't know when he served in RLI.
acoyrazorback 2 years ago
There is a Gerry Doyle - not sure if he is an Aussie - believe somewhere in the UK?
nrt
msasauk 2 years ago
Thanks msasauk rings a bell, I am sure he was an Aussie. He may well be in UK now. By the way your comment on the bigger picture of why it all happened is spot on. best wishes to all Rhodesians.
acoyrazorback 2 years ago
Hero's. Every last one of them. Semper FI you saints.
jfunnyguy 2 years ago
I stumbled upon this pathetic vedeo while trying to educate my children on how our country was forcifully taken from us. If you used your heads to think you would know that if my people were treated with respect and dignity, there would have been no need for my people to take up arms and fight you guys. Just as Smith couldn't keep us asslaves in our on country, Africans were never meant to be ppressed by you or any one. Some of you people even call yourselves Christians.
nfubn54581 2 years ago
Your point is noted and you are entitled to your opinion. I believe 'your people' were subject to one form of slavery or another since the dawn of time? The period in question did bring about a better life for the majority of the peoples in the country - and the system was actively working towards change from the early 60s - that is until 'your people' chose the armed struggle path - assisted by foreign nations with no connection to the region at all - just their eyes on wealth - not people...
msasauk 2 years ago
It's a point missed by many. And u can't blame them for it, because even the most respected news channels skirt around it.
Google: "Economic Hitman"; watch the videos in order.
One job I had was to research Colonial societies for the making of a realistic sci-fi movie about space colonization. Rhodesia was 1 society I researched. Here's what I found..
The key thing that brought Rhodesia down was a lack of proper information that the Rhodesians could navigate by. Censorship. Nothing else.
YGRoundNo2 2 years ago
yea, well your a black man... you gotta live with that, tinkerbell
dynamicDAVE519 2 years ago
The people running the show now have an army infected with up to 50% aid and 40% in South Africa. How sad.
SCHRUBBE1966 2 years ago
God Bless Rhodesia ! Such a shame the monkeys took it over and destroyed it. It'll always be Rhodesia..........................
enemy1000 2 years ago 18
@enemy1000
You apparently do not know what science is...
Science has shown that there is no race but the human race...
therohanicelf 1 year ago
@therohanicelf
you better watch my videos then and look on my page, there are different races.
Perseiden2 1 year ago
@therohanicelf So your ignoring racial genetics? genetics prove that some races are better than others at some things. Europeans for example are better at staying warm, where as africans disperse heat better.
NSALP121 1 year ago
@enemy1000 you are the white monkey..u a full of shit
Bvunzawabaya 8 months ago
@Bvunzawabaya
...and if you do not exhibit any sign of intelligent, constructive comment (apart from downright racist dogma), you are outtahere bvunzwa... I hope you are enjoying your life in CT while the comrades you supposedly took up arms for (under the age of 10) are still reaping the rewards of your liberational efforts. You are an embarassment to moderate blacks anywhere...
msasauk 8 months ago
I'm looking for anyone who may have known Chris Breedt. He was a helicopter pilot in the Rhodesian Air Force who came to the US after Rhodesia was lost. Thanks for posting the video, this history must never be forgotten. Look at the shit-hole Rhodesia has become under Mugabe. What a waste... All my best to all you Rhodesians. Sorry the US pulled the plug on you.
sonofrattler 2 years ago
@sonofrattler hahaha its funny. how can Rhodesia be lost when the land did not belong to them. so funny so funny guys.make sure it was stolen property it was returned to its rightful owners. sure that is why without helicopters,vehicles we won that so called bush war. The bones will arise again.
Bvunzawabaya 8 months ago
@Bvunzawabaya This entire planet belongs to no single being - you have no more claim to a region than any other culture that has roamed this planet since the dawn of time. There have always been, and will yet be cultures and peoples that are stronger than others - get that issue straight and you may have basis for your thoughts and argument? Right now, many Zimbabwean bones can never rise from the depths to which they were thrown in the name of 'freedom'...
msasauk 8 months ago
Wow, the Rhodesian army dress uniform is identical to the current Canadian army dress uniform.
thunderflash82 2 years ago
..brings back a-hell-la-va lot of memories! both good and bad! Still dream of them as if it was yesterday then realise how many years have passed since the last contact. Loved these days and will never regret them seeing what has happened to this wonderful country we all tried to protect and save from this evil that has such a grip on this once treasured country. I also remember the fallen family members and buddies & my heart weeps, making me understand what we stood for both black and white.
mukewa0zw 2 years ago
Okay, let me play devil's advocate here. If you stood for black and white alike, then why all of the faces are white in the video?
I'm not saying that Mugabe regime is all and good - it's not. And albeit I'm mulatto, I admit that he's probably the worst thing that happened to Zimbabwe, but still.
RosoMC 2 years ago
The RLI were originally formed as an all white unit to do specific duties at the time of the Congo crisis in the early 60s. By the end of the bush war there were far more 'black' faces in the SF than white - go do your homework!
nrt
msasauk 2 years ago
Okay, there's no need to be rude about it. I have no personal grudge against Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, I simply asked a question.
I wish I could read more about it, but there are hardly any books concerning Bush War in Poland, and as a university student I don't hold internet in very high regard.
Besides, it's all history now - no need to get worked up about it.
RosoMC 2 years ago
@RosoMC i wonder why they called it the bush war.
Bvunzawabaya 8 months ago
Was not RLI always all white unit ?
On the parade 1980 when they was dissbanned I could not see one singel black face.
Other unites had blacks some units only blacks but was there realy blacks in RLI ?
cruisemate 2 years ago
crusemate, you're right that the RLI was an all white unit. But they worked very closely with the RAR (Rhodesian African Rifles) which was a majority Black unit and the men of both units developed very close bonds with one another. RLI and RAR would more often than not operate on the same missions as well!!
Also the very elite Selous Scouts had both Blacks and Whites serving together.
suryavajra 2 years ago
thanks for clarifying mate - appreciated! There is not always the time to get around to this myself - and there are just so many who genuinely cannot be expected to know the details of the history! nrt
msasauk 2 years ago
msasuk, you're very welcome!! Thank you for the vids! Hope you'll post more!!
In all fairness to everyone else, It's kinda hard in a way to learn about Rhodesian history, as a lot of source material is just not widely available for those who would be interested...
I hope that things change in this regard as time goes on.
suryavajra 2 years ago
no problems masasuk!!
suryavajra 2 years ago
What did you expect? There were only 270000 whites in Rhodesia' The odds were 1-22 for blacks!
Belokki 2 years ago
tcsabu 2 years ago 3
You are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!! Keep the zone enemy free and do let the angels sort them out. God Bless Rhodesia and Ian Smith.
Badrabbit70 2 years ago 4
@RosoMC sorry mulatto. if want to know our history ask us. don't listen to hear say. Mugabe is not a boot licker.
Bvunzawabaya 8 months ago
Brings back some memories of support Commando ;)
gdb777 2 years ago
I wish this unit and Rhodesia still existed. It would be better then having to join the French Foreign Legion.
techlogi7 3 years ago 5
Interesting comment... at least if you were with the FFL you would still have a job!
nrt
msasauk 3 years ago
What i meant was the RLI accepted alot of foreigners. I can imagine it being a better career than the FFL
techlogi7 3 years ago
I now some who would sincerely argue that, having served in both units!
msasauk 2 years ago
History has shown and continues to show that the black's in all of Africa are unable to rule or at the very least care for themselves. To be as polite as possible the blacks are still jungle bunnies still fighting their ancient tribal wars.
Whether we like it or not, European colonialism works.
DBCAIN 3 years ago
Selective history may show exactly what your sentiments would want them to show. Chronological history, however, shows that the most wars have been waged not by Africans, but by Europe, Middle East, Americas et al. In the great cauldron of blood spilled in war, Africa is but a drop compared to the Mongols, Alexander, Napoleon, Hitler, Pol Pot, Rome, the royals in England ... I could go on ad infinitum - but you don't want facts, you want sanctimonious 'cling ons' to make yourself feel good
methuselus 2 years ago
wow, well said.
shortsleeve44 2 years ago
Hi meth, Awesome Comment.
B1N4RYGH0ST 2 years ago
Apart from the religious wars of the 17th century Europe's wars were small affairs. The 18th century the historian Gibbon described them as moderate and indecisive contests. No European "royal" could afford a large army nor did they need them. They fought for local advantage not to put each other out of a job and had to pay for everything at market rates.
It was the French Revolutionaries who realized you could pay men in the one thing they had in plenty - ideas.
Then it got really nasty.
freebeerfordworkers 2 years ago 2
RHODESIA FOR EVER
duxberry1958 3 years ago
l lived in RHODESIA has a child very fond memeris , going fishing in mazoe standing next cecil rhodes grave standing on karbie dam ,just a beautful county
duxberry1958 3 years ago
The best childhood - AND adult life we could have wished for in this world - and one that has enabled most of us to contribute as remain decent human beings where ever we find ourselves today.
nrt
msasauk 3 years ago
rhodesia for ever
duxberry1958 3 years ago
Sadly, history and the world's leaders did not see fit to hold the same sentiment! They were the best - and the worst of times... that's just life I guess?
nrt
msasauk 3 years ago
"I am for majority rule so long as blacks don't take over"
mikael346 3 years ago
You would not of been oppressed if you were black. Rhodesia was not like south africa! That was communist propaganda put forward by Mugabe's ZANLA, ZIPRA, ZANU and alike. Blacks and whites lived happily together in wealth. Rhodesia was the wealthiest nation in africa. The communists wanted it, so they told the ignorent black masses from surrounding coun tries these lies of inequality. And you still believe what Mugabe told you. Look at what the blacks have done to the place.
sloppychops69 3 years ago 7
@sloppychops69 you stop talking like that that black and white lived happily together.hahahah that is a joke. i grew up in Rhodesia...and that is why I had to go and joined the liberation war to get a gun and come to kill the white racist.where you are remember you may never come back to Zimbabwe. you ran away because you could not live in country ruled by a black man.enjoy where ever You are.you remember of the good things you were doing but we rem the bad u did to us.rot there where ever u a..
Bvunzawabaya 8 months ago
@Bvunzawabaya
...your memories are pretty good bvunza - food, education, health care, good water / electricity and the mechanics in place in 1961 to grow responsible local blacks into the system. The sudden rush brought on by your 10 year old arm carrying a gun has resulted in a different kind of happiness and freedom - where there will ALWAYS be those driven by greed who ignore the needs of the people - they will ALWAYS be MORE EQUAL than others - despite the common colour if their skins...
msasauk 8 months ago
@msasauk who was not greedy boy.the white racist was. This spirit will never die within the people and never think that it will change. the more you alienate thyself from the mainstream society & mainstream activity trying to revive your old rotten glorious memories the more persecution you will face. I am sure you will face the music and wrath of the majority .please don't rekindle apartheid memories in SA and Zimbabwe, you will regret soon u gooks & damn spooks. stop playing with fire
Bvunzawabaya 8 months ago
@Bvunzawabaya This channel does not glorify or rekindle 'old bones' - it simply serves to document a period that history (especially British) has forgotten... all people have the fundamental right to self destruction - any man would rather govern himself badly than be governed by someone else. Does this make for a 'just life' for the people whose liberation was so bravely fought for by the heroes you praise - and who are now depriving them of basic human rights and dignity? One more strike...
msasauk 8 months ago
@Bvunzawabaya It's hard to believe you were among Mugabe's fighters. Bob has reduced the life expectancy in Zimbabwe to, what, 40 years.
excommando1 6 months ago
And now the bleeding hearts in the West are getting theirs back, with Muslims burning down their neighbourhoods, raping their scantily-dressed women, and setting off big bombs. All I can say to Westerners is (1) remember what you c**ts did to Rhodesia, and (2) karma's a bitch!
bcfsl 3 years ago 2
LMAO!!! yeah well whos getting fucked over big time in afghan....MUSLIMS LMAO.....brass em up boys brass those rag heads up LMAO
daveyRIR 3 years ago
brutal, but man you are right
zrdm3 3 years ago
I'm proud to be born in Zim and not rhodesia. I'd rather be born with freedom to make my own mistakes than to be shackled by oppression and inferiority.
ZIMBO4LIFE
lesta09 3 years ago
This only proves how little you know about Rhodesia.
Znaika1 3 years ago 3
It is also said that a people would rather govern themselves badly, than be governed by someone else... grim satisfaction for the people of Zimabwe! nrt
enartee 3 years ago
this was my dads unit he was a commando fireforce duties up to seven contacts a day i am glad he is still alive
chigudo 3 years ago 2
much respect for these brave men and all those who fought for rhodesia. its a shame that my country (USA) and all the west basically condemned rhodesia with the sanctions and all that. now we have mugabe and zimbabwe and look at the mess it is.
xekul 3 years ago 11
that was my univesity, rli support comando , major pat A was the profesor. we were a deadly outfit, i am so proud to have worked with these ounes, cheers chinas.
bigh560 3 years ago 3
i am so proud to have served with these ounes. major pat Arm was such a great leader. we all had a definate purpose in doing our job. support commando was a deadly outfit. best years of my life.
bigh560 3 years ago 3
Iwas born in matabeleland.Ian Smith forever.
stephaniebrugel 3 years ago
being a young zimbabwean i'm glad i was born in 86. although Bob is a DICKFACE, i'm still grateful that i never had to be oppressed because i'm black. at least i can blame my failures on myself and not on racism.
lesta09 3 years ago
peckereye - you watch too much MTV. Both the SA army and the RLI helped defeat the nazi's. Given the situation under Mugabe and the politically correct genocide of whites in SA, it proves that the fighting was about survival. To undestand the "high fives" - they beat back everything the commies et al threw at them. My guess is you are a pommy and you will get yours when Sharia Law is imposed in Britain because unlike the guys in the video you have no balls.
owatadikiam 3 years ago 4
@owatadikiam RLI couldn't have fought Nazis; the unit wasn't formed until 1961.
excommando1 6 months ago
PART 2. After all, the so called founder of Rhodesia, Cecil Rhodes, was an obese,unscrupulous, greedy, ruthless and inhumane carpet bagger, who was determined to amass tremendous wealth at any cost, even if it meant the brutalization of the native African people. Any questions?
kpekpeye 3 years ago
Question: A little like Mugabe has been doing to the self-same indigenous African people for the last couple of decades? That is, after being handed a thriving and vibrant economy that fed and supported much of the sub-continent around it? (And this at the cost of the very same 'old glory' soldiers OF ALL RACES who fought to protect and defend the land they built...) Thinker, think again?
msasauk 3 years ago
There is no doubt that Robert Mugabe is an egomaniac and a dictator, and even though I understand why he led the struggle in the 60's and 70's, he has allowed himself to become dangerously skewed. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Robert Mugabe is a another kettle of fish. Now back to the "old glory" videos. Look closely, I do not see BLACK soldiers mythologized in these videos, only WHITE soldiers. So there goes your theory "OF ALL RACES". Correct me if I am wrong.
kpekpeye 3 years ago
Sorry - they might not have showed up in these "old glory" videos (especially ones about the RLI - you bunch of young puss glory hogs!) but 95% of the regular Rhodesian Army were African or coloured (mixed race). If you look at other Rhodesian Forces videos you will see lots of African RAR soldiers manning Fire Force choppers and DC3's. I shared Apr/May 79 election period with a stick of RAR soldiers and they were fucking jacked and thats no myth! I would soldier with them anytime. Cheers RAR!
tprdfh51 3 years ago
The videos on the channel are short samples only - even so, your powers of observation do not justify your comment. There were actually more black soldiers fighting for their country in the end than we whites - do your homework... better still, buy the videos and learn a little more about them perhaps? nrt
msasauk 2 years ago
Please name one explorer/conquerer who has not been motivated by the most basest of human behaviors/charachter?
tprdfh51 3 years ago
PART 1. Why do all these "old glory" videos solicit the same response in people of limited IQ and intelligence? Have you no morality? You "high five" these videos with the same enthusiasm as a Nazi sympathizer would, watching videos of Hitler and his murderous/insane Third Reich. In the 60's and 70's the governments of Angola, Mozambique, South Africa and RHODESIA were unhappy and ignoble regimes that held the ORIGINAL indigenous BLACK Africans in sub-human bondage in their righful Motherland.
kpekpeye 3 years ago
A bit like the settlers set out to achieve after mooring the Mayflower a while back?
Or another bunch of more modern day yahoos are busy doing in the Middle East - and this in the name of (oily) freedom?
Just a couple thoughts... this is not a forum for continued (lengthy) debate / discussion... really only space for short comments. Please use your own comms if you wish to get more involved in any aspect of the history - thank you.
msasauk 3 years ago
PART 1. I absolutely agree with you. Injustice is injustice, regardless of when and where it lives.I hold the early settlers in the US in contempt for what they did to the Native Americans. The founding fathers including giants like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, were slave owners, despite their hypocritical noble words in the 1776Declaration Of Independence.."All men are created equal".....
kpekpeye 3 years ago
no worries. You are not alone. there are many self hating so called Americans who love to feel guilt and hate for the greatness of our country. try looking at the total history of man. Everyone including the American Indian has enslaved and tortured others. Africans hunted and sold Africans to slave traders! Its what we learn and how we progress that defines us. get out of the past, jack ass!
Airborne80 3 years ago 4
PART 2. Till date, this same US system of oppression exists disguised as the fight for peace and democracy for people the world over. The only "P" the US honours, is "Profit", NEVER "People".
kpekpeye 3 years ago
And what have YOU done to effect any change? I am certain that you have never served your country. U sit on a couch and hate and yet offer nothing. I am sorry man, but I hate slugs like you. name a country that has not wronged others at one time. How many people are sneaking out of America? Oh yea, its so bad that people are giving up thier lives to sneak in. USA has many problems and bad points but I despise pathetic liberals who feel guilty about what a gift the USA is to those who live here.
Airborne80 3 years ago 4
So, like dude if you live anywhere in North or South America I guess you will be handing the Motherland back to the indigenous people who have been held in sub-human bondage since the arrival of our European ancestors? I guess that is different eh cause like, they are so much better off now. If you think Rhodesia was like the 3rd Reich your view is not only distorted but reprehensible not only to those who survived Nazi tyranny but to those who fought against it. Take another look.
tprdfh51 3 years ago 3
Some of the finest soldiers
m16a1rifle 3 years ago 2
Men fighting for a reason and freedom to be safe.
The 'Good War' and the Terrible Peace
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Interesting article above
Nationsnotregimes 3 years ago
You're right,we could use them in Iraq.
stormtiger39 3 years ago
May God bless and keep all those that fought for freedom in Rhodesia
abndave64 3 years ago
Such a shame that so much effort and loss of life went into trying to keep the country only to lose it to irrational politics,my dad served with 3 commando and I got to see first hand what effects the war had on the soldiers.
Mikemcc001 3 years ago
Hey - are you Mike McD's daughter?
tprdfh51 3 years ago
Is that an OV10/'Bronco' aircraft in the first scene? The doubled tailed plane?
kongo034 3 years ago
No, its a Cessna 336/337, commonly called the Skymaster. It had two engines in a push/pull setup.
monsider 3 years ago
And mounted with 7.62 Browning MG's, SNEB rocket pods and a Golf Bomb it was a nasty little piece of kit!
tprdfh51 3 years ago
The US should hang their heads in shame for letting Andrew Young and Jimmy Carter sell your beautiful country down the river to the Marxist pig Mugabe.
herbman1975 3 years ago 3
They were a part of the process at the time, but were not alone... the 'bigger picture' becomes a lot more sinister when one starts to dig a little deeper and wider on the global stage!
msasauk 3 years ago
Now that 28 years have passed and the world is starting to come to grips with the fact the Bush War was not about race, how do you think the conflict will be remembered? I am at a loss as to why Mugabe is getting all this negative press now, as he has been an obvious despot for quite some time.
herbman1975 3 years ago 3
An interesting question - the wheel does eventually turn, and along with it perhaps the hearts and minds of civilised men too!
msasauk 3 years ago
accidently neg rep-ed this post Herbaman.
You post is 1000% on the target per Jimmy Carter and A. Young!
This was a very serious issue of National Security affecting all Western Nations.
Over 95% of Blacks in Rhodesia did NOT want White rule or Ian Smith removed in 1981.
The Chicoms are in there now, and they trained the criminal in charge.
The media is part of the enemy alien among us in the West.
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Nationsnotregimes 3 years ago
Right you are.
In 1981 Western media was a part of the Treason against the West.
The Chicoms trained the criminals, and now are in Rhodesia.
The media is enemy of the West.
Nationsnotregimes 3 years ago 3
Great vid, shame you could not get together and deal with that little Hitler running Rhodesia now. How times have changed.
grae707 3 years ago
Thanks for the comment - the present 'destroyer' of what Rhodesia once was is presently trying desperately to retain control of 'his' Zimbabwe. Sadly, the Rhodesia that once was not only the 'jewel of Africa', but also a major jewel in the Commonwealth crown is not likely to exist in any more than selected history books!
msasauk 3 years ago
Same surname - different soldier! (2nd Lt. John Dixon eventually rose to Captain in the RLI - not the famous GL Dixon you are thinking of.) NT
msasauk 3 years ago
My dad was in 5RR 'C' company, intake D4. These guys look hard as nails!
205gtist170 3 years ago
The best of the best. Amazing feats. A far cry from my nation's current army of illegal mexicans and gang bangers.
joehimmler 4 years ago
FYI - the last few moements of this tape are from Op Miracle Sep/Oct/79. 5:17 shows RhArty firing from Madison Square; 5:31 shows RLI Spt Trp mortar trucks firing on Monte Cassino from the admin posi inside the terr camp; 5:35 - 6:02 showing Hunter jets pounding Monte Cassino with cannon and bombs (probably during the time Maj Winkler and Spt Trp RhACR were ambushed and pinned down while attacking Cassino from the bottom up. Oh what a time it was! (from one who was there)
tprdfh51 4 years ago
Further to the last segment 5:57 - 6:02 shows Selous Scout 2.5 armoured Unimog during Op Miracle mounted with twin .50 aircraft Browning machine guns each firing approx 1000rpm. When the gunner stopped firing all u could hear was the mt brass cartridge cases hitting the metal floor of the vehicle like a brass waterfall!
tprdfh51 4 years ago
a 21/1 kill ratio in the Rhodesians favor they fought tooth and nail
Kudos to ya!
sparkvark1 4 years ago
Watched this, couldn't help thinking of my dad who was RLI....
they were 700 men protecting a 50,000 mile border... impossible..
donehimself 4 years ago
All honour to the 'troopies;' fantastic oues.
sialimil 4 years ago
With my Dad having been in 1 Commando RLI I hold a lot of pride in our heritage, both agriculturaly & military wise.
We all have a lot to be proud of!
squaddieuk 4 years ago
I remember watching t.v. news, and other news reports about the insurgency in Rhodesia. The happenings in my favorite African country were like watching a dramatic movie. I was enthralled. I was only 12 in 1979, and didn't understand anything about UDI or Ian Smith... but I knew, almost instinctively... the good guys lost.
Exmech2 4 years ago
Thanks guys for being there for me, hope I was a bit of a help to ouens aswell. Cheers chinas.
troopieouen 4 years ago
Well justice will soon be done. You limey bastards are buggered. Just try to write a book critical of Mohammed in your own damned country. Ha Ha Ha, screw you, now you lot can run to North America as well, and talk about how good your country used to be as well. Poes.
bcfsl 4 years ago
le forze armate Rhodesiane hanno combattuto con onore ed efficacia una guerra di soppravivenza soli contro tutti, abbandonati dall'occidente, che ha permesso a terroristi di impadronirsi di questa terra.
Forumlivii 4 years ago
onore per tutti i militari e cittadini rhodesiani che hanno combattuto per una nobile causa e anche per tutto l'occidente soli contro tutti. Era meglio prima come rhodesia o ora come zimbabwe? grazie sig. Smith.
Forumlivii 4 years ago
It was very cool
joeytubeface 4 years ago
If Britain's labour government had any balls they'd go back in and fix what they screwed up 30 years ago...
schneeeds 4 years ago 4