I don’t know to be honest

@@generalsandnapoleon I believe so too, as much as I like to mock him.

Thank you, that means a lot!

It does not no

@@General-History101 should I refer to the army video

@jimmothypakistan5223 I hadn’t made a video discussing the naval infantry branch of the IJN. I’d probably stick to this video but replace the ranks with the army ones.

@@General-History101 I noticed that, I would really appreciate it if you made that video but I appreciate the heads up and I will do that.

Thanks for the support!

Thank you for your kind words!

It’s a Union song from the American Civil War. It’s about a soldier returning home. However, the tune dates far before the American civil war so I thought I’d use it. Thanks for the feedback!!

@@General-History101 Thank you for the quick answer. Your clues led me to the title: "When Johnny comes marching home". Cheers!

@Traene67 glad I could help :)

My pleasure good sir!

I’ll admit I was incorrect on that case but for the vast majority of its campaigns it performed effectively

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you! 👍

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The scars of this conflict are still very prevalent, I don’t think this will disappear anytime soon.

NCOs and soldiers had the same ranks and insignias but officers didn’t use insignias commonly.

PATU was mainly made up by Farmers in the Countryside. Before ,they got called up and served all over Rhodesia. The idea was to keep them on the Farms and call them up in PATU Sticks who operated (patrols, ambushes) in the local area. Basicly they worked in the day time on the Farm and , mainly, at night on Patrols and ambushes. They were quite successful...they knew the area, were in touch with the local Povos (a Tobacoo Farm had up to 1500 Black Farmhands and Familymembers), had Bushcraftskills.....

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Thanks for the feedback!

Christopher Clark’s Iron Kingdom Iron in blood (Wilson) Rise and fall of Prussia (haffner) These are some good books

Thanks you 😁

There were certainly Rhodesian operations in Mozambique (operation dingo) I know of. I’ll research further!

Yes, they had joint ops in Tete Province in Mozambique that borders Rhodesia,

There are plenty of guys in the net who served in Rhodesia. So why ask someone who has to "research further"if there were any Rhodie Ops in Moz. Of course there were..basicly RhSAS spend half of their time in the Bush in Moz

@jurgen7579 because human memory has its limits and it’s not like they are everywhere.

@@General-History101 No problem I give you some advise ......SELOUS Scout not Sealous Scouts, 1.54 doesnt show an RLI Troopie but an Finnish Reenactment Guy.

WHY? Rhodesia was a magnificent country under Smith - only to be “fucked up” by communist thugs.

It wasn’t betrayed. Rhodesian declared illegal independence after refusing to return the nation to black majority government.

I mean the rebels had more foreign support and the advantage of larger numbers. The Rhodesian army was highly effective with examples being Operation Dingo. In which Rhodesia lost a handful of men and the rebels lost 1.2 - 3 thousand men.

Rhodesia had very little equipment, it was frugal. Compared to USA in Afghanistan for 20 years loseing against men in skirts and sandals.

@johnsmith-ht3sy it had little equipment because its force was small. It was indeed however effective because they were fighting on their own land against rebels that had been badly trained by inexperienced leaders. In my opinion, it was the lack of economic stability due to it being an outcast nation and the overwhelming casualties by the rebels that caused the loss of the war.

The conclusion of the war was a political solution, brought about by Carter the farter and his handler, Kissinger. Even Mugabe knew he could not equal that army in the field. Equipment was not in short supply in regards to what was needed. But economic considerations were always important. So while the airforce was mainly used in the air landing roles, use of the fighters and bombers was restricted to external raid support. Casualties compared to our opponents were rather light, due to an emphasis on training

​@@General-History101yeah, no international support because colonial genocide became unacceptable. No world power wanted to support Nazi wannabes

Agreed

Ofc!

They lost what else is their to know

@lance8080 the fallout, factors, individuals involved, etc etc. history is never simple

@@General-History101 yes that’s exactly what I want. That would be great if you could go more in depth with it. I love your videos and the way you organize it.

@@jrambo7429I’d be more than happy to!

I mean it was either keep fighting and losing innocent lives with a destroyed economy. Or surrender to the enemy force. Not to mention South Africa was losing in Angola.

John Vorster, South African traitor withdrew that support 4 years before 1980.

@@General-History101 they were white colonists

Yes im aware, I wasn’t defending them

What do you know

Selous Scouts

Better leaders but id say the conflict was really two evils clashing.

Say goodbye, it never coming back

tanks and Jets against native indigenous tribes 😂🤣😅

Bud. It’s already dead

No pulse. That’s it, I am afraid.

😂😂😂 Since lost the stolen land too

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