Part 1: The REALITY of the Rhodesian Bush War
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- This documentary film provides an insight to the Rhodesian Bush War. It is the first part in a series of films covering different aspects of the war. In this first part, the film covers the experiences from a farmer's perspective.
Many of the photos were photographed by my mother (featured prominently in this film) during the 1970's. The little boy is me between 4 to 8 years old.
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As a twelve year old, I found with my good friend Chris, three dead terrs on the outer boundary of Tishawasha , the further reaches of the Chickuribi Prison Farm. We removed grenades and ammo and AK’s from the bodies, including one SKS. The one terr had died from his wounds leaning against a pine tree. When I kicked the body over , it had been entirely hollowed out by ants. It was quite surreal. The outer appearance seemed normal, the time from death had been long enough that the normal stench of decaying flesh had passed. The corpses were basically dried out from the African sun. It turns out that these same terrs were responsible for the attack on Donnybrook country club and the club members had returned fire with a vengeance. Credit to these terrs, they had managed to get fifteen kilometers away from there target with mortal wounds. Myself and Chris went fishing with the grenades, first attempt was useless, but we improved our baiting traps and success was ours. The last grenade we fished with, we nearly sunk my canoe because the load was so gepreat that water was lapping over the gunwales. Ahh the good times of war.
Wow!! Thank you for sharing your incredible story!!! I remember as a child (about 5 or 6 years old) hearing the Agri-Alert spring into life as a neighbouring farmer killed two terrorists. They went to inspect and they inventoried what they were carrying! I can remember thinking that it was hard to believe they could carry so much!
That story's insane haha
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The ANTS hollowed out the bodys??? gross!!
Very funny the way you spell the names of places
Our agrialert callsign down in hippo valley was yankee 42. We pretty much grew up with guns, sandbags & bunkers.
Unreal times.... the next video will be about how my parents tried to keep diary farmers running with there diaries and supplying milk to the country under sanctions.
Been a long time hearing Hippo Valley I grew up on Renco Mine
@@CapturingMemories Sorry for being a grammer nazi, but it`s "Dairy". My uncle had a dairy farm in Rhodesia and most of his workers were well paid/looked after happy indigenous folk who loved the boss and his family. Until Nelson Mandela and his cohorts caused all sorts of conflict. That`s another story.
Brave Sierra 83
Remember the agrialert, we had one when my father ran gorge grange prison outside Fort Victoria!!
I'm from Nyanga, Zimbabwe. I know that farm, pass by it everytime I'm going home. Great to see Nyanga in the 70s. Thank you
Wow!!! That is amazing!!!! Thank you for sharing!!! I always loved my holiday trips to Nyanga during my childhood.
Farmers would often build compounds around their houses and would buy geese. Geese make excellent guard dogs
I love this little known fact 😊
so do Guinea fowl.
Peacocks were the best and gave us the prewarning we needed just prior to a night attack in 78.
@@Thepuppy7 Guineas are good watch birds too.they will attack. lol
@@Thepuppy7 wow a real Rhodesian. Be safe
Zimbabwe’s now enjoying a serious dose of reality.
There no such thing as Zimbabwe its rhodesia
@Michael Lane It had nothing to do with Woke.... jesus read a book
@Michael Lane Ok, while i'm fully aware of the role Communism played in Rhodesia having been born near Johannesburg in the 80's and hearing all about it from my parents, thats not what woke means.
There is no such thing as woke ideology either, its literal definition is "alert to injustice in society, especially racism." Thats it, what you'll find under that umbrella is the left in general which will include but not exclusively, Communists. Its like Antifa, its portrayed as an amorphous blob when in reality its an extremely loose and decentralized movement involving most of the the hard left. Its just another boogey man.
@Michael Lane You say semantics, i say the english dictionary definition. You say naive, i say educated and very well read on politics and history. Yes i am on the left, but i find the authoritarian left to be as abhorrent as the authoritarian right, not that i suspect thats going to cut much mustard judging by your choice of words.
As for Joe public, no, no they wouldn't. Maybe in America? but woke in Europe is just regarding social movements. However considering Joe public constantly confuses anything remotely left wing as "Communism", i'll take that anecdotal proof with a pinch of salt.
As for Antifa, i am going to have to trump what ever you've seen on Fox News, or one of Mudochs rags with people i knew who were members back in my student days in the naughties. I've not seen anything to convince me Antifa is any more organised or unified than it was then. On the contrary the only thing they could agree on back then was their violent tendencies towards fascists.
I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest your American. Putting aside how staggeringly broken your media is on both sides of the isles. You don't have a left wing, not by european standards. Your Democratic party is centre right in europe, your republicans are borderline hard right. If anything both parties are bought and paid for, servants to the same masters ensuring a constant cycle of corporate control of your legislature. Their opposition of Trump was justified by the actions of his supported at the capital. As for anti vaxxers and lock down protests, that in of itself wouldn't be grounds for Antifa to come out. Until you see the groups doing it are groups like the Proud Boys.
I'm going to point you back to my original statement, and request you read some political theory, on both sides of the isles. You may learn something :)
That a funny way of spelling Occupied Rhodesia.
This is such a great piece . It's so important to document things of this nature, no matter how much certain people would like them to be forgotten .
Thank you 🙏 I interviewed my mother for 3 months in 2015. Although some of it is very family specific, we’ll be releasing as much of it as possible. Going right back to what life was like in the 1930’s. Thank you so much for your support!
Great content!
My aunt and uncle settled in Rhodesia in 1970 after my uncle had done 15 years in the British Army, he then went on to fight in the war all the way to the end, they left in 1980 and moved to Johannesburg.
I remember my aunt going back to see some friends in Harare, while she was there she popped past their old house, it broke her heart, people using the pool to wash their clothes, the house was wrecked...she never quite recovered from that and never spoke of it again right up until she passed away in 2012...
Subscribed and eagerly waiting for part 2...
So many hearts broken :-( Part 2 is uploaded and covers the challenges that my parents faced in serving the farming community during the war.
@@CapturingMemories poor white folks 😢
Most people don't understand Africa or the White Tribe and what they did. Your story of your Aunt was very sad but very common.
Rhodesia would have been another Australia had Smithy gotten his way. Such a shame.
Hi china, what are their names?. We left in 81, probable knew them if they are from Salisbury.
@@MOOSEDOWNUNDER Dave and Maureen Banner, both sadly now passed on.
Great work guys. Thank you for the amazing stories of the Rhodesians. Most of the world doesn't have a clue.
Thank You 🙏
The world does have a clue how you all ended up owning 99% of the land. Your parents and grandparents committed atrocious acts in the name of RACICM. How many Blacks died during the process of your parents' planned genocide?
The stories of S.A and Rhodesia break my heart :(
@@esahm373 That wasn't happening. The majority of the Black population was in better shape than now. Who do you think was the majority in the Army?
@@esahm373 leaving aside the significant moral issue the standard of living for blacks in rhodesia was the highest in sub saharan Africa. 70% of the Bush war soldiers from rhodesia were black
@@Bigbaz86 that significant moral issue that lasted centuries is what brought things to where they are today. Why didn't it occur to the British and the Dutch to do the right things
@@politicalsheepdog well keep telling yourself it wasn't happening... It was happening to their souls as humans how can a stranger come into your household take over and run it and make you and your family under their rules.... Then you should be happy and grateful because their way of running things is superior than yours. Africans were living their own way of life that suited them. What good did colonisation do for them?
@@politicalsheepdog those Africans in that army wanted money to make a living
I'm from US, but I'm drawn to Rhodesian history, I think it holds many useful lessons for today. From all I've studied, not just Rhodesia, but global history, what I've come to believe is Rhodesia was punished, essentially by the British Empire(The City Of London) for daring to seek independence. From a logical stand point, in my view, the USA and the West would've been wiser to fight with Rhodesia instead of fooling around in Vietnam. Rhodesia was a modern country with established infrastructure, sure some social reforms were needed, but that could've been handled peacefully over time instead of what was done. Sadly though at that time America was under the yoke of the City of London and they would not allow that to happen. I wasn't born until 1970 and it was all over and done before I even had ever heard of Rhodesia, but from what I've seen and heard, especially on this channel it must've been an amazing place. What might have been... Shame.
The Rhodesia Front attempted reform in 1964. They proposed 10 years of modernization in the Tribal Trust lands, the equivalent of high schools and vocational schools, in order for the blacks to be able to run their parts of the country and the country as a whole without having to rely on the whites for everything, followed by independence. What would become ZAPU agreed to this. Britain said "no, blacks in power now" and Mugabe told ZAPU "if you do this, we will treat you as if you are the whites" so they backed out. And thus, the Bush War began.
Lived in Tanzania from 74 to 77. I was just a teenager and I remember that visiting Rhodesia was considered a sin. At the time I wanted to go and see an African country that was not dependent on aid from Europe and/or US, a country that had fully stacked shelves in the stores, low crime rate, and the functioning infrastructure (and everything else) .. A country that was considered a piranha state with a political system that many people knew existed on borrowed time. Unfortunately I never made it there at the time. After the lunatic Mugabe took over and gradually destroyed the country, I never wanted to visit
Mugabe the LUNATIC took over from a RACIST BASTARD REGIME. Two wrongs didn't make a right. First of all, Black people, the rightful owners of the land, should have been treated equally. If the white government had done the right thing from the beginning there wouldn't have been a Mugabe. You call Black terrorists when your fathers terrorized and butchered them to take what belonged to them? You should've given back some.
So you’re upset that a racist state that wanted to essentially enslave and disenfranchise the entire blskc population ; no longer exists
And you don’t want to visit a part of Africa where it’s not white people contolling it ? I mean at least you’re honest.
In my experience most racists are massive cowards who are so fearful of admitting there beliefs it’s apparent/ there literally afraid that minorities will beat and rob them on the street cause we’ll; they’re weak in mind body and soul and the racist white man knows he’s a punk. So he fears everyone. I assume you just learned it from your daddy
Haaa nonsense you refused to share country but like always you "me too" movement clowns demonize everyone you dont agree with
Malawi isn’t functioning amazingly but you may enjoy the lake. Just make sure to always have a buddy with you when swimming and NEVER to swim later that 4pm.
Yet we still love him in Zimbabwe, he took our stolen land back from the YT thieves
We let our own people down. This was not just about cultures but about East v West. One of those few occasions when I was ashamed to be British. RIP Derek McLaurin and Bob "shoulders" Smith.
Rhodesia declared independence.
An excellent presentation! Brave people! I personally buried all my memories for 39 of the 40 years since the end of the war but in the last year the floodgates have been opened and I have shed many a tear over our loss.
Thank you 🙏 I’m saddened to hear of your suffering all these years later. So many people have carried their burdens from those times. I’m sure for many their memories are still buried. I discovered about 18 months ago that something was not right. Through my journey of self-discovery I learnt how the war and the death of my brother caused a disorganised attachment in childhood. This later developed in fearful avoidance which has had a severe effect on my life. I’m now 50 years old... I hope you find peace along your journey.
@@CapturingMemories I pray you come right too my friend. I always shrugged off people with PTSD, which you may suffer from without knowing it, but you know, anything can cause it, not just military encounters.
I was born in 1975 and hadnt heard a pip about Rhodesia or its history until a couple of years ago in some telegram groups, maybe its me but I do get the impression that with each day that passes, a little bit more of truth resurfaces and more awareness is spread and some sort of underlying mood (for the lack of a better term) keeps gaining traction. I salute you sir.
@@CapturingMemories thanks boet you too
@@guachingman thank you. Do study our history and get to know our people both black and white. In many ways we were like a big family that got severely kicked in the teeth. Our military exploits are well worth studying.
This is a fantastic documentary. I look forward to watching more.
So sad what happened to Rhodesia. Betrayed by everyone.
Thank you 🙏
One of my first bosses was a Rhodesian. I’m a Londoner - he probably arrived in the UK in 79/80. Sometimes I meet R’s in my current job. I have HUGE RESPECT for such people. 🙏🏼
The very brave Rhodesians.
Ahahah Mugabe won
@@kaikelly03 ... and promptly proceeded to destroy his own country! Some victory!
@@stewartw.9151 L
@@kaikelly03 The Western World stabbed Rhodesia in the back.
@@politicalsheepdog Destroyed by communism. Thank you Harold Wilson and the British Labour party.
I'm sorry you went thru that and I'm very sorry you lost your Country in the end.
Thank you 🙏 Our whole family had to rebuild their lives. I also think we found acceptance and we moved on, but the memories are still there.
We’re all sorry. Rhodesia was a truly prosperous country.
@@brianmuvuti2102 Here We go. Back to the stone age again.
I'm sorry that my government..british.. helped to destroy your country I really am .
Rhodesia belonged to indigenous Africans first. It is what it is. 🤷🏾♂️
These are the same pressures on South African white farmers to this day from blacks
they want their shit back. And with time they will take it, it is not your land to farm and prosper off of you took it by force just as they will from you.
@@thesouthernstabber4183 low IQ reasoning.
@@thesouthernstabber4183 You must do more research on the subject. The Whites in South Africa have been there for 370 years. They are African as many of them haven't been to Europe ever and don't want to go there.
@@thesouthernstabber4183 want their shit back? Look at the fucking state of the place.
@@kylemoore801
Indeed. And improper grammar. That "off of" thing is nerve-grating.
its crazy storie and from what i understand farmers today in south africa is dealing with similar threat thats even crazier
Quite a lovely lady who lived through terrible times.
God Bless
What about the years of genocide the Indigenous (Black) people had to endure while whites were building their wealth? Not condoning any violence, but what happened wouldn't have happened if humans learned to treat other humans of different skin color with LOVE and DIGNITY!
Thank you for your story l used to love to read stories about Rhodesia, Kenya South Africa and dream about moving there when l was a child before the wars all started
Very professionally made, love hearing from primary sources such as her rather than secondary narratives
Thank you 🙏 There’s more coming 😊
I'm not sure if you can call it professionally made - well, mabey in technicall terms but historically it is one side narration so definitely, not professional in historical terms.
@@takitam2521 most history that's taught is one sided
@@RelaxingGaming yeah - in russia
@@takitam2521 all of history is like that, not just with the Russians. Not to get cliché but it is written by the victors. It's good to see different perspectives of events in history. This documentary seems like a different perspective.
I've been a pretty big activist to raising awareness about what happened to Rhodesia and What Happened in Rhodesia if Rhodesia ever came back me and my wife would haul ass over there and help in the farming and fighting
Rhodesians never die
Long Live Rhodesia
There definitely seems to be quite an interest in Rhodesian history in recent times. On this channel, I’ve been surprised in the number of comments from Americans who see similar themes in America!
@@CapturingMemories we respect their fight for freedom and independence and wanting to be a sovereign state
@@CapturingMemories I am Canadian and have seen similarities to us for a few years but things are not as acute or as intense as Rhodesia was. Mostly its rhetoric calling whites "settlers" or using terms like "occupied land". Over 50 Churches have been vandalized this summer and about 30 of those burned to the ground. Our Natives (native North American Indians) are usually very laid back and I feel despite the best efforts of the gov't, academia and media they are not able to get them riled up and we mostly get on well. We have also had an insane immigration policy the last 20 years but again most of the immigrants although I don't like our immigration policy I have to say are really here to make a living not to fight us and get on well with us.
There are some differences obviously with Southern Africa and North America especially demographics but I think many of us can see some themes and patterns. I'm from England originally and I'm really into Rhodesia and Boer history and am not positive about what the British Crown has done and their policies towards us here.
Thank you for the video post, it breaks my heart to see what happened there and I've never been there. I feel a connection to you all.
It`s Zimbabwe now and forever, it is what it is.
Never say forever. Better hope they don't have oil. Or poppy. 😉
Fantastic documentary and it's so good to hear first hand accounts of the events. My heart is with all Rhodesians. What they went through since the times of Rhodes up to the very end is simply incredible.
Pamwe chete.
And may all the people of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe soon be freed of the evil that occupies their land.
Amen
Very hard times , from what I have read and seen from people such as yourselves, who lived through it. I spent a lot of time in Northern Ireland and mistrust of the people around you is a hard thing to Bare. I am glad that you now live in peace and security. Best wishes 🙏💞
Thank you 🙏
At one stage in the bush war I had an "anti ambush" landrover that I drove around in. Three AK's with the butts removed were mounted in the engine compartment of the landrover, two face outwards on either side of the vehicle and the other forwards. They were all on automatic mode and in case of an ambush there was a solenoid switch in the cabin, which when pressed released around 90 rounds in a couple of seconds. You had to be careful to disarm it when entering bullt up areas!
Was it AK proof or unaroured?
@@ScottTheBot07 The vehicle itself was a standard landrover series 11 (Ute/pickup) with the doors removed for quick access. The vehicle was not armoured other than "mine proofed" i.e ~20mm thick plates under the wheel arches to absorb the blast. Most of the vehicles in the bush war were mine proofed, even though the landmines did considerable damage to the vehicles the occupants were afforded some protection i.e. maybe two broken legs as opposed to broken everything!
@@garydurandt5737 so you're Rhodesian? Was the war just about white vs. black like the other videos online say? It seems like there was allot more to it but I can't find anything.
@@jayaneyon9316 The vast majority of the Rhodesian security forces were black, fighting alongside the whites. Our government said that we were fighting against communism but most realised that we (whites) who were in the very small majority, i.e. 250 000 with ~6 million blacks, were fighting for our survival and way of life. Were we right in doing that, probably not, but that was the only life we knew, knowing that once the black majority took over the whole country would become a basket case. Take a look at zimbabwe now and tell me if they have made a better job of it. Many others might disagree with me, this is my opinion.
@@garydurandt5737 that makes sense. It's a shame that both groups couldn't find a way to both have their way of lives without fighting
Landmines were an issue too. Terrs would lay a landmine, rev (attack) the farmhouse and whoever responded or if the farmer and family left, anyone could hit a mine.
So very true! My brother experienced two landmines incidents in the army. I’ll be doing more about this topic with my sister. If you haven’t already listened to her, checkout the women on the front line video.
@@esahm373 Are you aware you don't know what you are talking about and clearly were not there. Stupid doesn't even begin to describe laying landmines for 'patriots' who may or may not trundle down a road...ok forget it. Anthrax in villages should just stay on the Internet...
@@brianmuvuti2102 Welcome to your fantastical fantasies.
@@trilithon108 no point in arguing with these commies. They are born into propaganda and caused the death of their own people.
Born in Salisbury in 71. Moved around a lot but lived out in Christen Bank, on way to Mazoe, for 2 years around 78/79. Remember the community getting hit by mortar and ambush couple of times. But as kids we still played in the Bush, went exploring in the hills etc. Even remember, couple weeks after an ambush on main road there was a bush fire, and after the fire we went looking for the terr AK47 bullet shells. Found loads.
Amazing work !!!!
Very well made and informative. Good job. 👍
The lessons of Rhodesia must never be forgotten. We in Ukraine have really similar situation now- we fight, and if we loose, we'll dissapear as well.
Thank you for things you are doing, ser. It's really important to make sure, that world remember the bravery of Rhodesians, the real face of communism and the great betreyal, that west commited.
Ukraine is a different matter . Don’t confuse ideological struggle with racial strife.
I often think about Ukraine. My mother (in this video) does Zimbabwe reports everyday and sends them to international organisations including the International Court of Justice. We often talk about the situation and I bring up Ukraine in our discussions.
No very different situation.
I think the situation in Ukraine is a bit different, it's being fought in a tiny corner of the country with a minorly backed pro-Russian militia in their LPR & DPR satellite states. It's a phony conflict as both parties are under the control of globalists, a further explanation can be found on Odysee: 'Apollonian Germ on Keith Woods, the Rothschilds, the Scamdemic & More'.
@@Hagendaz97 If you think the bush war was a matter of race and not ideology you have been successfully lied to.
The BSAP PATU teams did a great job tracking and slotting a lot of these terrs, SB also. Our index system and registry was one of the best in the World at the time in regards to humint. What a time it was!.
My nearest neighbour (Appox. 4m south down the Main Wedza road) built a fence around his house, grenade screens on his window and motar nets above his roof. The day it was completed, he was hit with a mortar, a 77mm recoilless rifle and several AK's and grenades. The attack began at midnight with cough a mortar launch and ended 20min later with the final defiant shots of a FAL. My Neighbor lived, two of his attackers did not, His house was a smoking ruin. I heard it all, counted every shot from the warmth of my bed, relieved that the first mortar was not headed towards us and terrified that the next one might, telling myself over and over that if you can hear it in flight, it is not headed in your direction, while listening to the flight and detonation of shell after shell, then the 77, two probing shots then three rapid fire, pause, rapid fire, and again and again and again, a continuous sound of multiple automatic rifles firing in short and long burst. And one sole deeper single but repeating reply from the sole defender. Then silence! not even the sound of a bird or beetle, I feared that they might pass through our land and take us out. We had no fence, no screens, not even burglar bars! Yet the house was built like a fortress, into a Granite Kopje, with 9 inch interior walls and tunnels leading from the second floor out into the Water tanks on top of the highest rock. There were guns in the tunnel. they were not needed that night. I was 12 years old when this took place, it was not the first and would not be the last time that war intruded upon my childhood.
Amazing 👏
I had a Brit friend years back who had been in Rhodesia.....he told me of the "Spider" a multi barreled shotgun with a crank handle that was mounted on the roof, if you were ambushed you rotated the crank and it sent a hail of buckshot out 360 degrees and at different angles.
Thank you for the truth And bless you for your & all Rhoďesians fantastic resolve. I was there too.
That agrialert sound like high tech (even for modern standards)!
Very very interesting! I heard first on a coverage about the Rhodesian FAL.
So many terrible wars a lot of us don't know nothing about!
I am glad, that the family survived that war (especially, because they lived in a gaza strip like area = line of fire)!
Thank you 🙏
This really shows the importance of being prepared. Regular people having to support them selves and their neighbors.
I am fascinated by how Rhodesians always had a plan very resourceful people,even under sanctions .
I was viseting a farmer close to zambia in 92. His home was still a fortress, with brick walls and a watch/shooting tower. All the windows were fitted with steel net to bounce hand grenades.
Just looking for tips on how to survive the future
Sounds like South Africa present day
That makes me sad to hear 🙁
Jip. Except its even worse. Government targets the farmers as well, takes our guns away and we get zero protection. All the protection we have to provide for ourselves.
@@murrayannandale took the Self-defence option away
Gee whiz thats intense... thank you for sharing your story
Nice to hear you mention Brad. In the short time we had training in the proud BSAP we formed a good friendship and l often think of him. Regards to Steve too.
Hi Derrick, so amazing to hear from you!! I’m Bradley’s brother, Gwyn. I was 8 years old at the time of Bradley’s death. It hit the whole family very hard for many years afterwards and the shockwaves still exist now. Sadly, Steve passed away in June 2013. He had been ill for over 10 years suffering from a very rare syndrome called POEMS. He was in extremely good health considering when he caught MRSA from a gym and spent 3 months in the Intensive Care Unit. Steve and I often used to drive around Hertfordshire and he randomly talked about Bradley a lot! Just like all of us, Bradley is very much in our thoughts. I see in the obituaries from the newspapers that there are two Derrick’s…. If you placed a obituary, then one of them is likely you. I can send it to you if you like. Email me at: gwyn@familyhistoryfilms.co.uk.
Sadly, my father passed away in 2011 and my mom is in good health. Cliff now lives in Australia and Eileen lives in the Dominican Republic. I would love to chat more about your time with Bradley. Once again, Thank You for getting in touch 🙏
Gwyn, your email is not registering.
@@Thepuppy7 Oh dear :-( Hmm... I've just tested it and it worked... Here's the address spelled out in long form (with spaces) so that CZcams doesn't try to make it a link "gwyn @ familyhistoryfilms . co . uk". Remove all the spaces... alternatively, you can use the email address in the "Contact Us" section at the bottom of the homepage: www.familyhistoryfilms.co.uk
2008 - 2010 I lived on small holding in South Africa we had a similar roll call system each home had a radio and would radio in morning ad evening. Loads of violent crime. Police took too long to get to you so if you radioed for help the neighbors would come to help. Not the same as in the bush war we certainly were not at war but interesting to see where the idea of the system we used came from
Whatever you think of its policies regarding race, and how those problems should have been sorted out, it's a shame that such a great name and flag have been lost from the world map
It is indeed a shame 🙁 I still miss the country!
It's amazing how seemly educated people think a people could merely come, set up camp, claim a certain land as theirs and get away with it forever. It was doomed to be a NO COUNTRY from the word go. Spare no pity
Wow, I'm an American born 20 years after this story and it makes me want keep an FAL (which I don't even have) by my side at all times. It's stressful just listening to this.
Frank: let me be frank with you, about the FAL; because, frankly, once you've had an FAL, especially a nice one, you will realize that, "having an FAL" is in, and of itself, the only reason you'll ever need to own an FAL. They are the “Eleanor's” (1967 Mustang Shelby Fastback GT500's) of the 7.62 rifle universe! I would get one just to admire it like a Playmate of the year. Use them all you want of course; but, when not in use, you can just look at them with the slavish infatuation they deserve, and smile knowing that you have just entered into a marriage of eternal bliss with (whatever name you want to give her) a girl so beautiful, you'll never look upon another ever!
Such a shame for many of the locals that relied on the farm work for a better quality life. Things went downhill sharpish in 80.
Really! They hard from father to son and they still in the same condition.
Watching several of the documentaries. On had a photo of sandbag wall inside the home. Trying to locate such a photo. Thank You.
I think I know which one you mean... Here is the link to the photo:
www.familyhistoryfilms.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/OLDPHOTO_0276.jpg
@@CapturingMemories great photo and will be useful, the one i remember was inside the house, bedroom maybe. History and contingency plans for a posable future project. Thanks again for the photo.
Thanks very much for this video ! I can now learn the truth about the BUSH WARS . please send more .
thank you !!!
There was s silver smith who had a small shop in the city orange, ca mall across UCI medical center. He came from a farming family in Rhodesia. He grew up in the 80s in South Africs after fleeing Rhodesia and his two older brothers died in the bush war.
He was a nice man and my father and he did business with Mexican silver. The point is, he always said to dad he missed Rhodesia and refuse to call the country Zimbabwe. His parents immigrated to Australia with his two sisters and he came to the US in the early 90s.
Very brave and loyal people I have read a few books from a civilians perspective, you all fought for what you believed and sadly Rhodesia was let down, true it will be different now with the Chinese having their fingers in Zim now, however will it be better. look at all the years of conflict in the Congo are they any better off. I take my hat off to you all
Thank you for your wonderful comment 🙏
This was extremely interesting. Please keep these videos coming. It's important that more people learn about what happened and what is still happening over there. The media won't touch this as they are afraid, but hard truth's need to be told whether people get offended or not as there is so much more at stake. The worst part is, the betrayal never ended. Just look at South Africa now and how the world turns the other way. Here in the UK, it's practically never mentioned even though many have already fled here. It's just too hard to talk about without people assuming you're racist. Of course there would be an absolute shit storm if it were the other way around, if you know what i mean. People here and all of the West are unfortunately just too sheltered and disconnected from the realities of the world. Anyway, best of luck to you and your family (and to all those affected) and i hope you live the rest of your lives in peace and comfort.
Hard truth my foot. Everyone knows what the Rhodies did to themselves and how they paved the way for Mugabe.
@@ayodejiolowokere1076 I blame the British most.
@@ScottTheBot07 actually, I do to. If the Rhodies weren't of British extraction they would have dealt with them more harshly. This would have prevented both the war and the rise of a Mugabe type actor.
We lived in Mount Hampden, 1974 to 1980 one toddler, twin babies and my 12 year old son. Hairy and scary, especially hearing gunshots at night.
This is wonderful story telling by a beautiful, brave lady. She certainly looks like she's having fun in each photo; a horrid time brings the best out in great people.
Thank you 🙏. You pointed out one of the paradoxical elements of the war! On one hand there was this life style, but on the other hand there was a raging Bush war. We did have happy times and we did make the best of what we had. I’m the little boy in blue in the photos. I’m now 50 years old, but two years ago, I realised I had developed Complex Trauma during childhood. A few years ago I did write up my childhood memories in the link below:
gwyncole.medium.com/perspectives-of-war-from-my-childhood-a60a68881e1a
My late father fought for nearly three years in the north of Angola for the total union of the country we call then Portugal. Lest we forget.
These are some important stories to tell.
What was the food mentioned at 6:35?
Thank you 🙏 The food mentioned is a popular African meal which is made from Maize Meal (search on Google) and it forms like a sticky porridge which you can grab with your hands. You then dip it into a thick gravy stew and is often accompanied with cooked diced beef or chicken.
@@CapturingMemories sounds like you'd have to have some tough hands if it's hot. I found sadza but what was the 2nd item mentioned?
Americans have no idea of what the whites went through. They are some tough people. I love Rhodesia and it will always hold a very special place in my heart.
@@g6686not How did Mugabe and the Chinese work out for you? Take that BS somewhere else, we see right through it
@@g6686not You should be grateful to the Whites. Without the Whites you would still be running around in grass skirts, never seen a wheel, no alcohol or mielies and no KFC.
@@tonynz9954 You can’t seriously believe all this. First of all, KFC sucks-Popeye’s is far better, ha.
With that out of the way, there were dozens of prosperous kingdoms dating back to antiquity in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly on the Indian Coast: the region’s resource wealth and proximity to Middle East and other Asian markets allowed for lucrative trade. Given that they were in frequent contact with the Middle East, of course these people knew of the wheel-there simply was no practical usage for it given these kingdom’s tendency to be relatively compact in size and isolated, owing to the inhospitality of the inland geography, extreme weather conditions, and the sheer size of the continent.
As a result, there was no need for wheeled transportation. To claim Europeans “introduced” the wheel to them would be like if I lived in the middle of uninhabited Siberia, you showed up with a smartphone, and then claimed to introduce it to me-of course I know what a smartphone is, but why would I have or be using one in the absence of any cellphone towers?
“Whites” didn’t introduce technology to them-hell, until the Industrial Revolution Europe got much of their underlying tech from other regions and simply adapted it. Everything from the wheel (cribbed from the Middle East) to gunpowder and proto-firearms (cribbed from China) came from regions beyond the boundaries of Europe.
It was the geography of Europe and its small size that influenced the Great Divergence: resource and land scarcity resulted in frequent conflicts between nations, which fostered conditions that elevated the demands for rapid innovation and efficiency in order for European nations to retain a competitive and military edge over their surrounding neighbors. Resource scarcity due to high population densities drove exploration and colonization, and Columbus stumbling on America coupled with the development of the Atlantic slave trade provided an economic engine that further accelerated technological innovation, which further increased resource deficits and exacerbated input scarcity, which precipitated further colonization in a centuries-long cycle.
If European nations weren’t constantly at war with one another in a condensed area (unlike much of the rest of the world at the time), they wouldn’t have had an impetus to innovate, just like how if the US didn’t resolve to land on the moon we wouldn’t have things like cordless devices and polymer fabric: innovation isn’t born of race or ethnicity, but of resources and necessity. As such, Europe brought to Africa things that the residents of the region didn’t have use for as they imposed their systems on the continent and its population to their own ends. The end results of this (as we see in the 21st century) are rampant corruption, sectarian conflicts, looming dangers from climate change, resource depletion, and economic slavery via predatory institutions such as the IMF and the Chinese Communist Party: if you think this is a positive legacy, you are crazy, ha.
I further say this as someone who is relatively moderate, and I don’t buy into historical revisionism by any group. I should also note that there are atrocities and ongoing human trafficking and slavery on the continent that have nothing to do with colonization, but by and large the imposition of European systems on Africa was a net negative for the populace.
@@agentanaranjado I certainly agree with your last statement " The imposition of European systems ( colonisation ) on Africa was a negative for the popoulace ". The Europeans introduced medicines which prevented many deaths. Europeans intervened between tribes and brought an end to tribal wars.Europeans produced food for the locals , thereby helping to curb starvation and disease. As a result the African population explosion resulted. If the Europeans had not settled in Africa, the number of Africans today would not be so large. Nature would have taken its course.
@@tonynz9954 Yeah, that’s a good point as well: I guess the real question is what we believe to be the “ideal” for humanity. We tend to do a lot of things simply because we can-not because we need to or should-with each development further removing us from our base evolutionary state.
With increasing global development comes increasing global complexity, introducing a host of new problems and potential fail points (e.g. the Industrial Revolution laid the groundwork for climate change, computing begat automation that could render broad swaths of the workforce jobless and without purpose, etc.). As a result, while much of humanity in the developed world is living longer, in greater comfort, and we seem to have largely removed ourselves from evolutionary pressures, we are seeing significant paradoxical rises in mental illness worldwide. Further, we are facing a massive existential crisis in the form of looming climate change, which will precipitate resource wars, massive climate migration, mass extinctions, and God-knows-what-else down the road. This will only worsen our situation and likely lead to the destabilization of governments and societies around the world.
The funny thing is that I am pretty sure the CCP are the only ones that fully realize this, and they seem to have used “1984” as their blueprint to create an increasingly-fictitious, static society in which humans are treated as automatons and placated with middle class comforts, and where technology and a manufactured reality will ensure stability even as the world around them goes haywire. That said, this is a hellish reality, a prison for all practical purposes.
I’m getting way too philosophical for a CZcams comment, lol. I guess the real question is what is better: a highly-complex society characterized by longer lifespans but also species-threatening considerations induced by this complexity, or a simpler, shorter life lived closer to nature as early humanity did? I don’t have the answer (and anyone who says they do is lying, haha), but there is a real chance we are innovating ourselves not only into unhappiness, but also oblivion.
Anyway, good point on your end even if you don’t agree with the rest of my previous comment. I like people that are capable of having a civil discussion online, ha. All the best to ya.
Agricalert really did work and made terrs actions on farmers difficult. Grand Reef air base was on average less then half a hour away by chopper fire force. Farmers were basically well armed and ready to repulse any terrorist menace. This gave fire force time to encircle and wipe out the terrs.
Grand Reef is west of Umtali and would be far too far away from this lady whose farm was north east of Salisbury.
Rhodesia had a GDP equal to New Zealand in the 1970’s now Zimbabwe competes with Haiti as the poorest. Don’t cast pearls before swine.
Rhodesia was certainly prosperous but South Africa was the continent's economic and military superpower.
@@glendodds3824 still is
Both statistics are made up. You copied this from another CZcams user and didn't bother to fact check it.
@@ayodejiolowokere1076 You are a liar posting lies on all YT videos concerning Rhodesia and South Africa. Who employs you?
You lie, come to Zimbabwe, I am an ordinary working black woman building a double story on a 1500 square metre piece of land, sho...being Rhodesian (hence old) shouldn't you know better than trust social media? I could never hope to do this under Smith or anyone of similar skin tone!!
Many of the children of ex-pats living in Zambia went to school in Rhodesia - we were mockingly known as Zamboons (not real Rhodies). I remember crossing the bridge at Chirundu and getting handed over mid-way to the troopies; bizarrely, it always felt like coming home. We loved it at school but never really got close to the Eastern Highland borders - when we did, we always noticed troopie guards e.g. on the outward bound courses in Chimanimani. Happy memories of a great country and a shame what subsequently happened to Zim.
Good interview and documentary. What did you mean by presenting the title the way you did?
Memories of Rhodesia ❤️😢
Found this from a bot that linked this video, I am actually surprised a bot link sent to me an actually good video, but I would like to say, don't use bots to advert your videos as bots get removed quit quickly and most people avoid them, I'm just one of the few who actually decided to press on it to see what it would bring me too. Use real advertisements, it will get a lot more attention and won't be dismissed as easily as bots posting links. Sure using bots is far cheaper but it won't bring in anywhere near as many views.
Thanks for alerting me to this! I've never used bots nor do I ever plan to use such systems. I recently saw some bot-like comments on this channel which sort of felt strange! I'll keep an eye out for this type of activity. Thanks for your comments about the video :-)
Every South African can relate. We still have farmers being attacked.
A really interesting video, and a really interesting and lovely lady. I hope the people of Rhodesia understand that even though they were betrayed by the West - by Britian and America - it wasn't the people, but the governments and the liberal elite and the leftist-controlled media. The average person knew little-to-nothing of what was going on.
To see what those people did to your beautiful beautiful country is heartbreaking even for someone who has no connection to Rhodesia, except to be in a country where they're now trying to do the same thing to it. I graduated in 1975 and joined the U.S. Navy to defend my country from the communist threat. If I had it to do over again, knowing what I know now, I would have gone to Rhodesia to do my part where the battle was really going on.
And gotten shot and forgotten as a whimsical idiot.
"Fixed his AK on that"
Picture: Fn Fal
Lol
Rhodesia never dies!
@@brianmuvuti2102 Rhodesia is still in our minds and will come back again against marxism and black racism.
Zimbabwe has no chance. We are coming back again , this is our land
@@brianmuvuti2102 it took Ireland 800 years, I doubt we'll see it bois, but hopefully
LoL last time I checked there's no such country 🤣🤣🤣
@@leopoldoparada76 How old are you? Coming back again, indeed! In ChiShona we say: MUROMO HAUZARIRWI NERWIZI. Dream on. You came when we were innocent and naive 150 years ago, not again!!
The same is happening in South Africa at the moment...
They should have known. If you build up a place and make it rich, those with nothing will wish to rip a piece off and run away with it. They won't use it to make anything more, if they were capable of that, they wouldn't need to rip anything off in the first place.
You Sir, just defined Communism down to it's basic fundamental goal. I always ask these pro Commie pigs to name any nation which used the groundwork of Communism to establish itself and bring it into prosperity. They never reply back.
More like if you take a man's home away, force him to renovate it and claim the whole house and force him to live in the cellar he'll fight you.
In the fall of 1961, he witnessed the terrible remains of the awful massacres perpetrated by UPA terrorists on farmers on the 15th of march 1961 when hundreds of Portuguese were murdered. It was an experience that affected his life forever. Lest we forget.
An Indian learning about what came before me: I see this is a pattern white man limited in number controlling vast swaths of land gained by either violence and trickery employing black/brown on slavery wages; never giving equal representation (Da) getting crushed in revolution; making documentary about how bad they got treated; whising liberated land turn into shit.....
Change theater or movie that's the central story.
@@sunnyrajput1912 Do you know what happened to this country after they left? Lookit up.
Be a man among men > Rhodésian Army - Never forget them !
Is the property still existing?
The current ongoing 5 part series on this channel is “Stolen Lives” and the answer to your question is revealed in part 1 😊
@@CapturingMemories ok
Respect.
An Indian learning about what came before me: I see this is a pattern white man limited in number controlling vast swaths of land gained by either violence and trickery employing black/brown on slavery wages; never giving equal representation (Da) getting crushed in revolution; making documentary about how bad they got treated; whising liberated land turn into shit.....
Change theater or movie that's the central story.
I can't remember exactly when it was maybe in the late 90s but I met a doctor from Zimbabwe in Atlanta. He was of Indian origin. I think he was there for a conference or trying to attend university for higher training, I can't remember. But what I do remember most is that he was dressed in a rather shabby suit and most telling was that he had a hole at the toe of his shoe. I was thinking - "what is going on that a doctor is dressed almost like a hobo with holes in his shoes?" But when he said he was from Zimbabwe I realized what a hell hole it had become where even doctors are poverty-stricken.
You really and truly lie. Zim got bad in the 21st century, a doc could not have been poor in Zim in the 1990s, unless there was something wrong with him on a personal level. Guys, gather facts before making fools of yourselves on social media.
I grew up in Rhodesia between 1970 and 1978 as a young girl. Horrific times.... always in fear.... terrible times...
The truly innocent have nothing to fear
@@tmafungo84 No one is innocent in this world
@@samspade2657 dont worry nobody will harm you
@@tmafungo84 Said the serial killer.
@@samspade2657 said the Selous Scouts
Remember being on the farm in the war years before o went into the army and on r and r
If you want to know how the Rhodesians achieved their famous 35:1 kill ratio then watch 'Rhodesian Fire Force: history's most lethal counter insurgency tactic - Teaching Tactics'
Coming to a suburb near you soon
Singing...maruza, maruza, maruza vapambepfumi!
Wish India had a PM like Ian Smith .. Incorruptible.. wanted growth for all and that too without apartheid. Only if Robert Mugabe had acted sensibly Zimbabwe today would have been the most prosperous nation.
Even when Rhodesia faced sanctions their economy was far better than most countries in the continent and perhaps better than some of the European countries as well.
Ian Smith acknowledged that yes majority population who is the black community was not developed but he wanted to give everyone a fair chance. He was against any government that wanted to form only only basis of one colour. Robert mugabe gave lands to the black people who could not maintain it . When your community is not developed how can you hand them serious responsibilities ?
This could have been a great nation . Robert mugabe could have taken this country to great heights but alas .. pseudo nationalism and black votes exploitation is what he did.
Ian Smith was a remarkable man and Rhodesia was a remarkable country. However, the statement that Rhodesia had no apartheid is incorrect. In some respects it did. For example, there were segregated suburbs and segregated government schools and segregatory laws like the Land Tenure Act of 1969. Consequently, in the following footage from 1974 Ian Smith says that blacks could not own property in the capital city: 'czcams.com/video/t1OzfpPtJoQ/video.html
@@glendodds3824 Agreed it was not perfect but black ( whether someone likes it or not ) politicians lacked the foresight and conviction to make it an all inclusive society. Perhaps by letting Ian Smith lead post Lancashire house agreement , they could have shaped a better Zimbabwe or Rhodesia .
Mugabe was a terrorist and never changed he ordered the murder of thousands of citizens but I guess it doesn’t matter if murder your own people
@@arunavio You my dear, as an Indian, should understand more than whites. What did Indira Gandhi fight for? Blacks did not want to be under the yoke of whites, period! They made themselves rulers over a land they crossed oceans to arrive at, who does that? Blacks TRIED to make it all inclusive before the war and the whities disagreed, they only agreed to be included after they lost the war. Be careful of social media.
I wasnt alive at the time, but Rhodesians, please know we Americans are awakening. We are seeing the error of our ways and we are increasingly looking to Rhodesia to see what the consequences of playing with gloves on is. Things will likely go the way of Rhodesia if more of us do not awake and arise.
@@esahm373 I am sincerely confused how you thought that that was in anyway implying or approving of genocide.
@@esahm373 Rhodesia did not commit genocide. Mugabe sure did... I clearly and frankly referred to tackling the issue of communist identitarianism in our country seriously. Quit reading your murderous intentions into my comments.
@@esahm373 using violence against your enemies, what a concept huh? truly a novelty, defending yourself against those who want your people and culture cancelled, truly a shocking ideal. Call it what you will, I am in.
@@cm2973 we are in america sir, right wing as fuck💀 we ain’t going anywhere near Rhodesia
@@americancommunist7633 we are marching toward Zimbabwe in almost every metric so I'm unsure what planet you're on.
Growing up in SA my science teacher was a Rhodesian. Mr Norman. Walked with a limp and had a glass eye. He'd been a farmer and had been attacked on his farm by the terrs. He like many others was forced off his farm when the terrorist Zanu PF took power. He told us that when he went back after only a few years his farm was destroyed. No crops in the fields it had become a dust bowl. The lake had no fish in it and the water was polluted. When he was there he went into Checkers a supermarket and Ian Smith was also visiting and happened to be in the supermarket at the time. A large number of black people had gathered outside. The manager wanted to take Ian Smith out the back but he refused and went out to talk to the people. Instead of being confronted he was cheered. The people who were there asked him to come back and run the country again. Now if that isn't a sad indictment of the situation nothing is.
An Indian learning about what came before me: I see this is a pattern white man limited in number controlling vast swaths of land gained by either violence and trickery employing black/brown on slavery wages; never giving equal representation (Da) getting crushed in revolution; making documentary about how bad they got treated; whising liberated land turn into shit.....
Change theater or movie that's the central story.
Part 2?
Here it is: czcams.com/video/x4DvJn_y1_E/video.html
Nice video. I feel there's not enough documenting this and other conflicts of those days.
Anyway, no need worry much about maintaining that country's prosperity: it's all gone to shit!
Media won't cover any of this.
The mess the country is in now. It is such a shame.
I know... it’s very sad 🙁
@@CapturingMemories yes zimbabwe is a mess but that doesn't mean Rhodesia was anything fair to the majority population. And also the term terrorists used here can be subjective depending on what side one is on. To the black Zimbabweans, bush wars meant independence and getting what was taken away from them(lands). To the white zimbabweans, there was a feeling of God given rights to land in zimbabwe.
@@westmax8491 Chinese and Russian communists used their own respective puppet armies to infiltrate villages and indoctrinate people with the idea of the perfect utopia (communism) with the final goal being to have yet another puppet government. Many such cases.
Nothing would have happened if it were not for those two, so saying it was Rhodesian blacks specifically that rose up against "tyranny" is really dishonest.
The land you're born in is forever your home, no matter the race or creed.
Plz reconsider the emotional background music. It's unnecessarily cheesy, the lady's testimony is enough to set the mood.
How the bread basket of Southern African started its decline into ruin, now South Africa is not far behind...theses aren't democratic countries they are tribal run country and lawlessness is the going rate now..sad to witness
I've heard blacks fought for Rhodesia too. Is it true? Apparently 70% of RAR were black natives?
The book “Contact” by John Lovett shows many photos of Black Rhodesians fighting during the war. I’ll look at the book and see if there is any further information that addresses your question.
@@CapturingMemories thank you. It's such a coinidence that I've started to learn about the Bush War just a few days back and then stumbled upon this channel. Would love to see more videos about blacks, cuz for the world It's a black vs white conflict, although so far I've reached the conclusion it was a commie vs human conflict. Really shameful how y'all we're betrayed by the West.
It wasn’t whites vs blacks war like it is portrayed in the west, but a Whites and blacks vs communist war.
70% of the Rhodesian army were black not just the RAR.
Black Rhodesian soldiers had a special hate for the Chinese and Russian supported communist invaders. In fact, Rhodesian military officials had a hard time convincing them to take prisoners. They would rather shoot them. After the war, many black soldiers (especially black Selous Scouts) had to flee the country as they were being hunted down by the new Marxist masters.
Is she sure those alarms were installed in .....everyone's.....homes?
My mother wasn’t sure if they were installed in everyone’s homes, but they were installed in all the homes of farms around us. I remember as a young child hearing on the Agri-Alert how terrorists were travelling across farm to farm around us (including our farm).
If you need someone younger to interview, my father was I think 13 when they emigrated to Malawi from Rhodesia. Grandpa was in the Rhodesian Dad’s Army. Reply if you want my email and I can set up some interview.
add a good drone or drones and recruit good hard sas take my word for it
God bless them. Now it is our turn in the U.S.
An Indian learning about what came before me: I see this is a pattern white man limited in number controlling vast swaths of land gained by either violence and trickery employing black/brown on slavery wages; never giving equal representation (Da) getting crushed in revolution; making documentary about how bad they got treated; whising liberated land turn into shit.....
Change theater or movie that's the central story.
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The Communist Chinese & North Korea had already consolidated a well established avenue of funding & political support thru Mozambique to Mugabe's Zanu PF & other communist backed terrorists even back in the early pre- bushwar days.
This sounds beyond any type of happiness, I think I can understand love of the land but maybe not: why stay??
Thank you. WHY STAY?
Sold out by the world
Things have gone wild now in Zimbabwe. We liberated ourselves just to run away from our country and live as illegal immigrants everywhere under the sun. The country now has no currency of its own
Come back and build your country, otherwise you will never catch us...forget what social media is saying.