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The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Rhodesian Civil War, Second Chimurenga as well as the Zimbabwe War of Independence, [11] was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 [n 1] in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe).
Rhodesia (/ r oʊ ˈ d iː ʒ ə /, / r oʊ ˈ d iː ʃ ə /), [1] was a self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa. Until 1964, the territory was known as Southern Rhodesia, and less than a year before the name change the colony formed a part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and hosted its capital city, Salisbury.
The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a large dog breed originally bred in Southern Africa. [1] The original breed standard was drafted by F.R. Barnes, in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in 1922, and approved by the South African Kennel Union in 1927.
White Farmers in Rhodesia, 1890–1965: A History of the Marandellas District (Springer, 1983). Kenrick, David. "Pioneers and progress: white Rhodesian nation-building c. 1964–1979" (PhD. Diss. University of Oxford, 2016) online. Langley, Michael. "The Historical Roots of the Rhodesian Problem." History Today (Jan 1968), Vol. 18 Issue 1, p45 ...
Five served in Rhodesia's most prestigious unit, the Selous Scouts. [7] The United States' Neutrality Act prohibits American citizens from enlisting with foreign militaries or working as mercenaries for other governments. [8] Despite this, the United States government did little to slow the flow of volunteers to Rhodesia.
The designation "Southern Rhodesia" was first used officially in 1898 in the Southern Rhodesia Order in Council of 20 October 1898, which applied to the area south of the Zambezi, [10] and was more common after the BSAC merged the administration of the two northern territories as Northern Rhodesia in 1911. White settlers in Southern Rhodesia, 1922
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The question put to voters was, "Are you in favour of or against Rhodesia obtaining independence on the basis of the 1961 Constitution of Rhodesia?" The result was a landslide for the "yes" vote, which was the choice of over 90% of voters, although less than 15% of the voter roll was black. [ 1 ]