Africa's Vietnam: Rhodesian Bush War | Animated History

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Disappearances and Political Killings: Human Rights Crisis of the 1990s: A Manual for Action (Netherlands: Amnesty International, 1994).
Abbott, Peter., Botham, Philip. Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965-80 (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1986).
Baxter, Peter. Bush War Rhodesia: 1966-1980 (United Kingdom: Helion & Company, 2014).
Baxter, Peter. Rhodesia: A Complete History 1890-1980 (United States: Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US, 2018).
Cross, Glenn. Dirty War: Rhodesia and Chemical Biological Warfare 1975-1980 (United Kingdom: Helion & Company, 2017).
Kapungu, Leonard T. Rhodesia: The Struggle for Freedom (New York: Orbis Books, 1974).
Loney, Martin. Rhodesia: White Racism and Imperial Response (Manchester: Penguin Books, 1975).
Moorcraft, Paul., McLaughlin, Peter. Chimurenga! The War In Rhodesia 1965-1980 (United States: Sygma Books Ltd. & Collins Vaal Ltd.).
Wood, J. R. T. Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (United Kingdom: Helion & Company Limited, 2012).
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[@pyeitme508]

Meh 😑

[@CDZRDragon]

Hi

[@steampunkcollections2613]

I’d love to see more attention put on wars in Africa, the Nigerian civil war, wars in Somalia etc would be really interesting

[@geraintthatcher3076]

I hope you do the War in Angola between South Africa and Cuba next. The Battle of Cuito Cunanavale

[@TheRealNSA]

Hey, good luck on the upcoming game! Looks really promising, I look forward to buying it!

[@clement28300yip]

The Rhodesian Bush War is a definition of "complete tactical victories but hampered by utter strategic failure".

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

Soldiers: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nughh3546]

Actually did the Rhodies even have a strategy?

[@phyrr2]

More like they didn't understand "Hearts and Minds". Once the ZANU & ZAPU forces were able to control and constrict the populace into not giving any help to the Rhodesians, the Rhodesians weren't able to get decent intelligence anymore. Furthermore, they couldn't offer protection from the opposition (as they would often commit serious acts of violence to keep said populace in line) so when they instead became more cold towards the populace they lost even MORE trust. However in the end (as in all wars) it's much more complicated than that. It had a lot to do with England wanting a good PR show for black majority rule and to maintain their mining contracts in some of the surrounding northern countries (which were putting pressure on England to ensure the Rhodesians lost).

[@hydrolifetech7911]

From the moment the white minority made the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in response to decolonisation, its collapse was only a matter of time.

[@matthewrice1676]

​@nughh3546 Yes, but it goes down like vietnam, a determined people, and an unpopular fight

[@Dawn.tless.]

Never ask: A woman her age. A man his salary. The reason Rhodesia had a licensed copy of the UZI under the name “Ruzi”

[@sharkz4151]

"Hello, I like money."

[@Jack-sq6xb]

International arms dealing🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@pemithmithsara7632]

@@sharkz4151hello, I like my diamonds

[@youtubesangryopinionramble1465]

What a time to release this video when theres a colonial war raging in the Holy Land

[@leaveme3559]

Israel ?

[@lordsoupsoup7321]

This reminds me of something I read from the Bush War -Rhodies recover enemy rifles after each engagement -They keep finding rifles with the rear sight dialed in to the highest setting, practically fucking indirect fire -They are extremely confused by this -Eventually they ask a prisoner about it during interrogation -Literally none of them know what the sights are for, they think that choosing the biggest number makes the gun shoot harder Warfare in Africa is truly unbelievable

[@Joeligma69420]

Happened in Liberia and Sierra Leone as well, probably happens everywhere in Africa.

[@Patrician9000]

Classic greentext

[@dudebro91-fn7rz]

True African moment 😅

[@schoggywoggy9986]

Sub 80 average IQ moment tbh

[@F_lippy]

That’s roughly repeated as well in Brandon Herrera’s video over Kyber pass firearms with another arms guy within the ME. Sights were set to the highest setting on Aks for more power and on ARs people would either pump the forward assist for more power or they would hold down the forward assist so that it would work like a bolt action

[@turkkebab43]

I have a suggestion, the Portuguese overseas conflict was the conflict that was most associated with Vietnam, which is why it was called Portuguese Vietnam, it is a conflict little talked about, but it is one of the most emblematic conflicts of the decolonization era

[@Bluehairedgirl89]

I’d love to see a documentary on that as well, I’ve tried to find books on them but there aren’t really that many in English that I’ve been able to find. I’m fascinated by the wars of decolonization.

[@alexandrecordeiro4957]

The Portuguese guinea war was called Portugal Vietnam.

[@MysteriouslyMoon]

Guinea-Bissau War of Independence is what it’s called

[@SOULAANI_]

Based guinea-bissau, Angola and mozambique

[@spongymyBoy]

Yes

[@fortis3686]

It’s a long way to Mukumbura

[@arcihungbycraneonfire]

It's a long way to jawl!!!!

[@highpigeon2534]

It's a long way from your hometown

[@Spottycloth]

Such a great war song

[@renaandou]

​@@highpigeon2534But you can have yourselves a ball

[@Stanzer07]

​@@renaandou With your Mukkas.

[@TheIrishvolunteer]

This war was a fantastic example of why tactics and strategy are very different things.

[@Phansikhongolza]

And there was nothing wrong with either! The Rhodesians did damn well considering the resources at their disposal. There is no other military force on this planet which could have done it better under the circumstances. Prove me wrong.

[@fleurdetristesse5218]

​@@Phansikhongolza The British during the Malayan Emergency. Same schtick, but the Malaysian Tories won. The Rhodesians, meanwhile, are just the Confederacy for people who LARP tacticool bullshit. Prove me wrong.

[@sluggak1363]

​@@Phansikhongolza the ones who killed them take away air support they be gone in days

[@alexanderlongfield]

Soldiers win battles, politicians lose wars.

[@Phansikhongolza]

@@sluggak1363 your statement makes no sense at all. Please rewrite. In English

[@Peter-ek9ub]

There are so many complicated and compelling episodes of history like this from Africa. We need a video on the Angolan Border War, the Portuguese Colonial wars in Angola and Mozambique (that lead to final collapse of the Portuguese Empire), Biafra and the Ugandan invasion of Tanzania as a few.

[@robertjarman3703]

And the Algerian war of independence too.

[@MegaTang1234]

Honestly I want a video on the Oegedan war.

[@mrhonkhonk6116]

An african 20th centuries series

[@Oakeshott-ko8ig]

It's a shame all the violent african intolerance of European immigration had to lead to war.

[@Googledeservestodie]

Second this. I keep waiting for them to post a Mogadishu video tbh

[@fan_srpelo]

You should make a video about the Portuguese colonial war, a conflict that also took place around the same time the Rhodesian bush war took place

[@vaqueroman9406]

Portugals vietnam

[@morisco56]

Yeah there is almost no content on the portugal colonial war

[@kiuk_kiks]

The Portuguese covered the infrastructure such as water treatment and sewerage in concrete to destroy it as they left Mozambique.

[@shzarmai]

Yeah, I would like to see a video on the Overseas Portugese colonial war tbh

[@2hotflavored666]

@@kiuk_kiks Good. It's only fitting we Europeans take our technology we graciously given to Africa with us. Africa wants to return to the Stone Age before we enlightened Africa? Let them.

[@bigfloppa3388]

My father lived right on the border near Murehwa (Rhodesia). Lived through hell, fought like hell. His whole family had to defend their farm and animals from night raids and full scale raids. Amazing man, but the war has left its scars on the family, forced off their farm right after the war.

[@nerrler5574]

Is he white? Shame if so

[@Brwigames]

If he was rhodesian, glad he was kicked off, he robbed the natives of their land.

[@Brwigames]

My comment keeps getting removed lol Anyway, Rest in Piss if he was white

[@stoda01]

My friend's family is from Zimbabwe. We went to visit his family there a few years back and stayed at his property, a few hours north of Harare. His grandfather fought the guerillas in the bush wars and it was brutal. In his cigar room he has all sorts of cool stuff like African lion spear, his old FN FAL, Elephant tusk and a bunch of other cool stuff. He always tells my friend that they wouldn't have held out so long if it wasn't for western support. They had support from prominent American and Israeli businesses. Zimbabwe is a beautiful country, will definitely be visiting again.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

​@@stoda01How to be Berber and say “bbbb” in one sentence

[@elongated_musket6353]

Can you please cover the civil war in Myanmar? It is way too overlooked.

[@alexiel4406]

This would be a great video

[@John-jy3qf]

Well….this brings back debate community memories from 2004

[@impulse_xs]

This is a good one considering it’s a complicated conflict that is little known in the west.

[@TheHumanSpider42069]

​@impulse_xs it's even, in technicality, the longest running civil war that is still ongoing. It started as ethnic conflict in 1948, I believe, escalated in 2021 to full-blown civil war.

[@nyashasamuriwo-bp2mv]

As a Zimbabwean🇿🇼 this is by far the best documentation of the war I've seen covered, with less focus on the propaganda and biases, but highlighting the vast complexities that often blurs the lines during wars! Thanx mate!

[@E-stylz-1967]

As a African American who is a history buff and could never get a good account of the war your approval speaks volumes.✊🏾

[@nyashasamuriwo-bp2mv]

@@E-stylz-1967 aye, unfortunately most international medias mainly focus on the Rhodesian perspective of the war, hence, why they call it the "Rhodesian Bush War" when we call our Liberation War. Often trying to justify them and never seeing why so many ordinary folks flocked to fight the Rhodesians despite the abuses and dangers

[@noahjohnson935]

American here, I find y'all's history fascinating and only wish the best for Zimbabwe going forward.

[@nyashasamuriwo-bp2mv]

@@noahjohnson935 thanks mate, means a lot really

[@Ebola419]

It’s pronounced Rhodesia

[@simeonsmit6623]

Ian Smith once challenged Mugabe to walk with him through a densely-populated township (historically black-owned land near towns and cities) without any security and see who made it out alive. Smith was convinced of his position and favour amongst the black population right to the end. Mugabe refused.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Ian Smith = CHAD 💯

[@ngari117]

smith was a white supremacist

[@eeeertoo2597]

And yet he still lost. These white supremacists have a pretty bad track of winning wars

[@DiploRaptor]

@@aleksandarvil5718 More like smith knew he could kill Mugabe if he did that and so did Mugabe well claiming proof of his superiority. I.e. it was bait no matter the response he got something out of it.

[@tanatswamaenda6724]

​@@aleksandarvil5718smith was a racist

[@MayumiC-chan9377]

My husband served in the SANDF from 2005-15 and he is very interested in his culture (his family members still live in Eswatini) and he loves this channel

[@pipipupu5104]

Your white husband is still in Zimbabwe

[@JamesA.V.]

Eswatini also can be known as Swaziland and is called such by many South Africans

[@MayumiC-chan9377]

@@pipipupu5104 My husband is NOT white he is Zulu/Japanese why would you think my husband is white when most of his extended family lives in Eswatini 🇸🇿

[@damiengorgoroth5918]

@@MayumiC-chan9377so you’re going to be a single mother in the future? #Mudshark

[@fbi3526]

@@pipipupu5104 bro...

[@ReverendMeat51]

One thing that should have been mentioned is that Smith's government had begun talks with Nkomo looking to unite against Mugabe, and after Mugabe was no longer a threat allowing black majority rule and Nkomo's leadership. This was as close as possible to an equitable solution but was permanently dashed when Nkomo's ZANLA shot down two civilian passenger planes flying tourists to Victoria Falls, murdering the crash survivors.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

Bush: Damn whoever did it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@maximipe]

An equitable solution would have been for Smith to allow black majority rule from the start and save the country the whole mess

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

@@maximipe Britain: Brother, how do you trust the criminals you brought to this land? Do you trust the thief and criminal in your home?

[@iratepirate3896]

@@maximipe Like Congo?

[@moratiwawaka]

@@iratepirate3896 the trajectories of Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo are utterly different. Feels like u are trying to make a racially charged comment here but lack the background knowledge to make a coherent point…

[@reecejones1023]

I'm so glad he's finally covering this war. As a South African I can really appreciate this conflict being explained more because they don't teach this at school here in South Africa

[@Castrate-]

they don't want you to know what really happened because they are doing the same thing to your once great country

[@Lankyblankman]

they dont even teach us about our own bush war dawg

[@CodyseusRex]

White people = prosperity. Case in point Rhodesia vs Zimbabwe. One had mass starvation and the other was stable in spite of communist attacks

[@Blackout_Koti]

@@Castrate- once great my ass, only if you think racism and tyranny are cool

[@aromata1]

@@Castrate- It's not the White's land or the Bantu's land, it's the Khoisan's land.

[@finlaybond]

9:35, That pronunciation of Salisbury took a chunk of my soul with it.

[@stars1010]

He said Eland wrong too 😂 “E”-Land Not “eL-land”

[@AlexLead]

Did you hear how he said Chimoio?

[@Sceptonic]

​@@AlexLeadis it Chimoyo?

[@stefanosiclari]

If you think that's bad, pay attention to how he pronounced all of the African names...

[@asordidlobster5167]

Also, viscount with the s pronounced...

[@HistoryHustle]

Was waiting this one. I find this a very interesting and overlooked conflict.

[@DanishDragoon]

I didn’t think I’d find you here.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Very true!

[@bdub587]

Next you should talk about what happened after- like what Mugabe did with his power, and the disagreements between Zanu and Zapu!

[@oooshafiqooo4722]

yes

[@johnnysim1985]

Yes - epilogue about Mugabe's reign

[@sevenshadesofsmooth]

Ssssh, they all lived in peace and harmony and Zimbabwe continued to be a peaceful and prosperous nation...

[@jacobedward2401]

Thing about violence is that it empowers the most violent people.

[@GAMER123GAMING]

@@fionn2220 Remember people. This is how marxists unironically think. Although only for non whites so even if you like this well tough.

[@pradesianmc]

Thank you guys for doing a video on this, you have no idea how few people actually know this part of history

[@danielnaude8316]

So glad you guys finally did a video on this. Cheers from all the South Africans

[@Crimsonshiv277]

Armchair historian got that high taper fade lmao. But genuinely love the work keep it up bro!

[@tristan-rx5cu]

This is awesome! I remember requesting a video on this topic a few months back. Very happy with the work!

[@nikalapirmisashvili]

It has been a long day. This video is a gift at the end of the day. Thank you.

[@alpha4979]

Finally a Rhodesia episode

[@gokugotRacks]

Ah yes the white supremacist enclave

[@sakurakou2009]

Ww call it zimbabwe now, land of million billionaires. 🇿🇼💰

[@silverranger302]

​@@sakurakou2009 Rhodesia

[@Epic_2.0]

@@sakurakou2009look at how zimbabwe looks compared to Rhodesia have a TND

[@pablo_giustiniani]

​@@Epic_2.0 It is possible to have a functional country without having to be an apartheid state

[@nicholasmessina6406]

There is no Zimbabwe, only occupied Rhodesia.

[@scottie1858]

Sounds like it. A case of "nice stuff you built, now i want it!" There's a lot of that going on these days. Mostly in white people's homes...interesting.

[@Cuboidian]

Can you make a video on Portuguese colonial war?

[@VaguerCaesar790]

Yes! That war is criminally ignored! Can’t believe Portugal had a dictatorship that long as well!

[@mlg8605]

I am SO happy you covered this! Im a big nerd for African war conflicts in the cold war, and the bush war really peaked it. Amazing video and well documented especially without the biases and all that.

[@nathandixon2066]

You should come over to South Africa for a visit lots of veterans and stories my grandpa was part of the Rhodesian police but he got killed in the conflict

[@augusthoglund6053]

Living in the U.S., I have had the interesting experience of getting secondhand accounts on both sides of the racial/political divide in the conflict. My father's colleague from work was a White Zimbabwean (Rhodesian citizen) while my roomate's father and mother were Black Zimbabweans who lived through the later stages of the War and the Gukurahundi that followed. While their experience were very different, neither have been well-understood in their entirety to the outside world. I think a lot of this is because this war contemporary with the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and the Boycott South Africa Movement, with many Civil Rights leaders drawing parallels between decolonization and desegregation. Conversely, many detractors of the Civil Rights movement saw the Rhodesian Bush War/Second Chimurenga as a harbinger of what could happen if Whites "gave too much ground", and saw it as evidence that Civil Rights and decolonization were mere shams for the subterfuge of Communist oppression. Neither is totally correct. While the Rhodesian government was a colonial government in nature that implicitly limited Black franchise, there were divisions within racial groups over who to support, why and under what conditions, that made for rather imperfect parallels to overseas civil rights movement; there were idiosyncrasies that made this a war one in which race relations mattered but did not constitute the entire conflict. Practical considerations and personal gain mattered as much as lofty ideology, and local concerns mattered more than most casual international observers appreciated. Foreign influence was not the ultimate reason for the conflict; foreign powers can't plant ideas in anyone's head like magic and brainwash and entire populace into fighting a war. The dysfunction of the Mugabe regime that followed also was not an inevitable outcome of Black-majority rule, as Botswana , Namibia, and Mauritius had done quite well after independence. The Kleptocracy and dysfunction of Mugabe's rule were also real and serious, not figments made up by minority-rule apologists. The failure of the farm-seizure campaign was also more about incompetence, favoritism, and broken promises than vengeful racial animus. While every Black Zimbabwean I've met has seen majority rule as inevitable and ultimately a good thing, I've never felt like they've shown any animus towards White people like myself or White Zimbabweans/Rhodesians. I certainly don't see Zimbabwe as being any kind of harbinger.

[@user-ms5dy6no4l]

@@nathandixon2066My great grandfather was a ZANU freedom fighter.. 🇿🇼💪🏾

[@BOKCGrizzlyWarlord]

Strangely enough, this conflict was loosely intertwined with the Angolan Wars and the South African Bush War

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

Not loosely. We cooperated with them until we abandoned them Same enemy

[@JamesA.V.]

Thank you for doing some Southern African History, it means a lot to me as my Grandmother is from Southern Rhodesia, my dd is from Namibia and I am from South Africa. Please can you do more southern African History like the Frontier Wars of South Africa or the Bush war in Angola or even the Mozambique Civil War. That would just make may and and other Southern Africans very happy! Thank you and please if possible to do more Southern African history. :)

[@nathandixon2066]

Yea its amazing to see it covered Im also South African and my grandfather which I never got to know served in Rhodesia and died in the conflict

[@Fatherosama]

I don't know how you knew that for the last month. I have been researching and reading books on the subject. But I cannot say how happy I was to see one of your videos about the rhoadesian bush war pop up on my feed

[@XtoDoubt25]

Recommendations?

[@user-zo9hg4fw3t]

Finally some african cold war stuff!

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Really awesome of you covering such an underrated topic and doing it very well!

[@troydodson9641]

Haven't actually looked into the war before, thanks for the coverage

[@ElHombreGato]

Beautifully Done Video!!! I'm very thankful you're still making content!!!

[@user-em7zw9tm2e]

I've been waiting for this vid good job to you and your team👍

[@paleoph6168]

Nice, you finally make a video on this overlooked conflict! Can't wait to see what's in store... 6:11 Love the Metal Gear Solid homage here! I guess you did this as one of the main characters of the game - Gray Fox - was involved in this conflict.

[@DarkPuppy9]

i mean its only overlooked if you don't have to deal with white supremacists

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

​@@DarkPuppy9Britain: You mean criminals, brother

[@tabergineman7241]

Remind me of phantom pain development

[@ShotsMerkzAll]

@@DarkPuppy9Many Zimbabweans miss Rhodesia because it was the breadbasket of Africa

[@DarkPuppy9]

@@ShotsMerkzAll except Zimbabwea still is? So less weird bullshit in defense of a dead fascist state

[@taongamasenyama6316]

It's funny how just yesterday I got an intense interest on the topic of the Rhodesian war and then one of my favorite youtubers releases a video on it. Thank you for your work man❤

[@gyderian9435]

I learned about Selous Scouts in the Finnish military, had a trainer who was kinda obsessed with them 😅 nice to learn about the whole war now

[@faded777]

YO MY DAWG THANK YOU I BEEN WAITING 🎉 FOR THE THIS LETS GOOOOO

[@tronabee3462]

as someone whose parent grew up in zim during the war thank you for the accurate well presented vid

[@s.wvazim6517]

The was was over by the time it was zimbabwe 😊 unless of course you are a matabele and who's family were put of the 20000 killed by mugabe if so I'm sorry for your loss the white rhodesians tried to tell the word that that would happen

[@tronabee3462]

@@s.wvazim6517 they lived there before during and after the war

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

We say Rhodesia don’t we?

[@STM1066]

I’m sure the comments will be civilized, thoughtful, and full of nuance…

[@theguy8729]

Rhodeboos incoming

[@Raptorsified]

Ive seen more of these "civil comments inc" comments than anything actually crazy.

[@kingofcards9516]

*Black, genocidal, supremacists incoming*

[@MausWulf]

@@theguy8729me

[@jukebox_heroperson3994]

Rhodesians never die, that's what they say.

[@ZucchiniAss]

Another amazing video! Can't wait for the next one!

[@HladgerdKissinger]

Incredible work. Incredible art, and stunning editing and animations. I instantly subscribed. So many history channels use AI now that I've been totally disenchanted by them. I'm so glad to find one that doesn't use AI art and actually hires real artists to create their videos!

[@rimlandrealist7679]

"...Zimbabwe emerged from the ashes of Rhodesia carrying with it the scars of decade long war but also the sense of a new found sovereignty". And they lived happily ever after.................................................

[@neonwhitea.1548]

In extreme poverty

[@smeekle2000]

​@@neonwhitea.1548There's extreme poverty globally.

[@eeeertoo2597]

​@neonwhitea.1548 I think thats much better than living under poverty, considered an inferior human being, while all your producitivity goes into enriching the white elites.

[@briant5685]

you know its funny how the west sanctions a country to hell then later on accuse the same country of failing because of leadership,this nonsense is what ails Zimbabwe to date

[@rulerofkripsy9143]

@@neonwhitea.1548significantly better then white rule

[@matejbilic248]

OMG! I liker the story about Rhodesia and seeing u made a video on this topic just made my day! Continue with good work cuz u are on fire 🔥🔥

[@dwightisaacs8932]

Zimbabwean.

[@rednectoastandbeans138]

Yeah baby was waiting for this video for a long time

[@Violetvisions86]

Fun fact: the weapon selection scene reminds me of Metal Gear Solid and Dr Naomi Hunter was found in Rhodesia

[@stefanosiclari]

That weapon selection scene IS from Metal Gear Solid!

[@Bigstarrocker9]

Foooox!

[@dwightisaacs8932]

Zimbabwe.

[@ElHombreGato]

I LOVED the MGS item display! You should do more of this

[@Kero_WTM]

6:11 oh my god, that is definitely an MGS PW reference because i can't think of anything else like this

[@bosshoodrat]

LEKKER! Waited a long time for this.

[@williamlanyon5402]

Ja boetie

[@historyability3689]

Tysm i was waiting for this!

[@poisonousbadge126]

These animations are becoming godlike and entertaining!

[@DroneJames]

The animation is awesome, I like to learn history, and this is very cool!

[@simonh6371]

As well as the content and depth of research, I'm particularly impressed by the animated bits. The detail is very good, especially the FN FAL rifles which I'm more than familiar with, the British semi-auto variant (L1A1 SLR) having been my personal weapon for 5 years.

[@ChristineCAlb1]

So Rhodesia was a real place! I always learn something new from your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@tatendaemmanuelmadzime]

I remember asking you to cover the Zimbabwean history and you have done it bro! Thank you so much for a balanced exposé! Keep up the good work! Much love from a free Zimbabwe 💪🏾🇿🇼✊🏾🇿🇼💪🏾✊🏾🇿🇼💪🏾🇿🇼✊🏾

[@sneeky6869]

You live in poverty

[@tatendaemmanuelmadzime]

@@sneeky6869 not really at least that's what mainstream media says. I don't blame them. Our country has problems yes like any other country. The key thing is to realize that blacks and whites are all equal before God and thus there should be no discrimination. We should be able to work side by side with no prejudice or bias. There must be a collective effort to make not only Zimbabwe but the world a better place. This division must fall.

[@Rildar]

@@tatendaemmanuelmadzime tell that to the EFF in south africa

[@adamcheklat7387]

6:18: Let me guess, Metal Gear?

[@Atreid3s]

METAL GEAR!?!?

[@adamcheklat7387]

@@Atreid3s Yeah, the whole scene looks like the gear selection UI from the game.

[@charlesmorgantelkom]

You forgot to mention that after independence there was tribal warfare and genocide en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gukurahundi

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

What does that have to do with the video though?

[@thankusa9795]

The consequences of the guerillas winning ​@@ayodejiolowokere1076

[@thepandaken5475]

Been wanting this one for awhile!

[@neur0lgic34]

I never even knew this conflict happened thank you for teaching me something new that I never knew I'm always about studying and learning about history but I never knew that this happened during the time of Vietnam. 🌟

[@looopamith9456]

Im excited for these comments. Also great video keep it up man

[@brianfischer9942]

Rhodesians never die

[@doodi1222]

@@brianfischer9942 Looks pretty dead to me

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

​@brianfischer9942 I don't know a thing about this war, but I'm pretty sure some Rhodesians died. That tends to happen in wars, even super lopsided ones like Desert Storm have some deaths on the side of the militarily superior force.

[@urmum3773]

@@doodi122250:1 KD lol

[@doodi1222]

@@urmum3773 this ain’t cod kid

[@looinrims]

I’m sure nothing bad will happen now that a nice agreement for governance was made

[@jonwalk7920]

Hey a cool follow up to see would be the Angolan Civil War + the South African Borer War. Its a contemporary conflict and really underappreciated; it had some of the biggest land battles in Africa since the WW2. It had artillery, tanks, air combat and special forces operations.

[@alexanderkidonakis9185]

FINALLY. Danke/gracias/shookran/thank you/ ευχαριστώ!! My favorite part was when you showed the weapons they acquired from the Soviets

[@poisonousbadge126]

FINALLY I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS IN THE MAKING! THANK YOU! Greetings from an English Zimbabwean.

[@YourSocialistAutomaton]

"English Zimbabwean" Replace it with White Colonizer and its correct

[@jonatanlj747]

@@YourSocialistAutomaton Are all children doomed to be remembered only by the sins of their forefathers? Or do you mean that he himself took land at the end of a rifle?

[@YourSocialistAutomaton]

@@jonatanlj747 yes

[@Anhanglich]

​@@YourSocialistAutomaton so with this knowledge does that mean i should js refer to young german children as nazis? makes no sense

[@user-fu2gb3wb9e]

​@@YourSocialistAutomatonexactly... Someone probably employing a minimum of 25 " Zimbabweans" or are you already looting SA?

[@SifisoMoyo-qw5go]

im from zim its nice to see the countries history

[@severtone263]

Well put together video! Thank you for this

[@AnimatedWarMapper]

Great content! Cheers!

[@Oberst_gunther]

its a great day when armchair historian uploads

[@kennyhagan5781]

Watched the smallest bits of the actual events back in the day. News coverage was not good, so this finally gives me some understanding of what went down back then. Never underestimate Africa, someday soon they're going to surprise the hell out of the rest of the world.

[@BananaTed]

My Dad and my Oupa was part of the Rhodesian army my Dad was 18 at the time he joined he left Zimbabwe in 1979 when he was 20 my Oupa made him leave for his safety saying to my Dad “you have to live the life I wanted for you but you can’t live it here our home is gone” My Oupa was a brave man awarded many medals and saved many lives he built houses on his Farm so that his workers had a home made sure all the kids on the streets near him had food he used to stand by the smaller kids so that the bigger kids wouldn’t steal the food from them he was a good man. my dad settled in Australia and met my mum who’s English they now own a biltong shop

[@augusthoglund6053]

My favorite appraisal of the Rhodesian effort under Smith in The Rhodesian Bush War/Second Chimurenga, was the one by a historian who described it as the pinnacle of "Tactical brilliance and strategic ineptitude". It was a cautionary story of winning the battle and losing the war.

[@pyrobeingpyro]

Hey Armchair Historian! Since you are covering southern african conflicts, can we have something around the South African Border War? Since it feels like the Mozambican Civil War, Angolan Civil War, Rhodesian Bush War and the South African Border War are all part of some "Great Southern African War"

[@peteschweddy4263]

Rhodesia showed the world what Africa could be, and Zimbabwe showed the world what Africa was…

[@syednaiel14]

Most of the world’s problems are because white people decided they didnt want to fight in white lands and instead non white lands

[@Maybenotwilliam]

@@syednaiel14 Spain was conquered and colonised for 8 centuries by the umayyads, Eastern Europe was conquered and colonised by the ottomans for 4 centuries, all the while both the Islamic and Barbary slave trades resulted in MILLIONS of Europeans getting enslaved all the way to Iceland. Heck European colonialism would have never happened had the ottomans not blocked almost all trade routes to Europe FORCING Europeans to go westward for trade and accidentally discovering America.

[@Maybenotwilliam]

@@syednaiel14So by your logic most of the world’s problems were caused by middle easterns not leaving Europeans alone.

[@wwatson8891]

Yeah, oppressed, marginalized, and enslaved black people to gain wealth

[@newnamesameperson397]

Africa was fucked long before British and France carved it up. It never had a chance

[@KP-kg2ky]

OMG, FINALLY. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH BRO.

[@ratave6472]

Great video, but I noticed that the segment at 4:48 to 5:37 seems out of place. Before the advertisement, the two factions were being introduced, but then that segment came in. You could probably make an update on this video to fix it.

[@Ricefieldsneaky]

As a Vietnamese I can say this is relatable.

[@lestergreen2828]

Ian Smith's government was actually based tho. The leaders of South Vietnam were as corrupt as they come, and Ho Chi Minh was controlled opposition (he worked for the OSS, the precursor to the CIA)

[@alfro201]

​@@lestergreen2828if Ian Smith was so good, why did he have to deal with an Insurgency?

[@jacaredosvudu1638]

​@@alfro201 cause e'20th century politics really had a problem with darker shades of skin

[@Castrate-]

​@@jacaredosvudu1638they still do. they can't just shut up about it

[@crowbirdryuell]

​@@alfro201because cringe fake Communism. That's one of the reason why

[@alexiel4406]

In Zim rn, I absolutely love the fact y’all covered this war. One of my favorite conflicts to study

[@Brwigames]

Based UNSC

[@igotfriendsinlowplaces2971]

You misspelled Rhodesia bruh

[@alexiel4406]

@@igotfriendsinlowplaces2971 sadly they lost 😞 so much potential wasted with the current corrupt government. Imagine turning the breadbasket of Africa, the hidden jewel, into a poverty stricken ,hyperinflation suffering, corruption ridden nation.

[@igotfriendsinlowplaces2971]

@@alexiel4406 be safe my man

[@dingus6317]

@@sl_ipper it is impossible to legislate equality among blacks and whites as they are unequal

[@irfanahmed4523]

Loved the video There are not many videos about the Rhodesian Bush war from a neutral point of view and with many details in a small amount of time.

[@dylanvaughan3645]

I'm after moving from Ireland to Australia. if you could do a video on some history from either country it would be good. love all your content btw

[@neutralyodler]

Can you do the great northern war? Also the video was very well put together!

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

Yes. You a medic🤔⛑️

[@neutralyodler]

@@KonradvonHotzendorf No, It’s a Swiss flag!

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

@@neutralyodler Ich weiß. Der Witz is antik 😅🇩🇪 Just pulling your leg

[@Atreid3s]

6:13 love the Metal Gear Solid item menu!

[@Game_Hero]

12:09 I was full-on expecting a VPN ad to come in at this part.

[@At0zB0mb.]

Hey ArmchairHistory ! I don’t think you’ll ever see this but I’d love it for you to do a video of the battle of Jutland ! I’ve watched you for a few years now but I don’t think you have ever done it, also it would be extremely nice to have some more naval content as I know many people like their boats ! Anyways, thanks to all that have read. Yours truly - Quackz

[@oooshafiqooo4722]

Zimbabwe GDP remained under recession from independence untill 2010, when it finally grows and crashes during late 2010s and never recover from that point onwards

[@aaronslater470]

When an asymmetrical war tactically becomes attritional based it is a nightmare

[@AadiGuy]

I would love to see a video on the Indian Peace-Keeping Force in Sri Lanka. Great work by the way, keep going ❤

[@rocksteadyboxingwilliamsbu9109]

Thank you for covering wars in Africa. I would love to see more.

[@twinnyhill7289]

Superb work!

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

6:48 I don’t like zanla but “we are our own liberators” goes hard

[@igotfriendsinlowplaces2971]

Commies never to hard, little kid

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

@@igotfriendsinlowplaces2971 I said the poster went hard. Also little kid? I’m 26. I bet you’re 15 never had a job yet and watch fox news

[@igotfriendsinlowplaces2971]

@@goldenfiberwheat238 lol I own a ranch in Montana and my property tax is more than you make in a year, little kid

[@peanutbutter551]

Bro proud of paying taxes​@@igotfriendsinlowplaces2971

[@baneofbanes]

@@igotfriendsinlowplaces2971sure thing kid.

[@croonyerzoonyer]

Got a good friend who was in that war. Sounded wild.

[@MarcWithersea]

As a South African, kudos for such rare accuracy and in-depth research, Thank you! A new channel for me to subscribe to :)

[@Hunt-tq7ks]

This is a good video, I never heard about the Bush War until now

[@arstotzka9088]

I met a former white Rhodesian soldier. Hes a permanent nomad, traveling the world. I asked if he planned to settle and he said no, his home is gone is what he said. Recently Zimbabwe offered him money and land if he would return snd do a tour in the Zimbabwean army and a farmer but hes one among hundreds of thousands of white Rhodesians the Zimbabwean government has offered money and land too since ever since the Europeans left, the country fell into despotic poverty and famine.

[@def3ndr887]

Idiots

[@smeekle2000]

That's not true.

[@joshuatony.5353]

Why are you lying dawg 😭 Zimbabwe's government only offered to pay compensation to white land owners after the land reforms, and no they didn't call any Rhodesian nomads, the fact you need to lie to feel better is a mix of funny and pathetic

[@angrydoggo7160]

@@smeekle2000 Said the expert in truth.

[@balecalduin1993]

How old was he? If he was 20 at the end of this conflict he would be in his mid-60s by now. No same country would ask a 60-something dude to serve a tour, and I find it highly unlikely that this guy has been travelling for over 4 decades with no plan to settle anywhere

[@JBRAI22]

Finally someone made a video about this

[@sphtpfhorbrains3592]

There are tons of videos on YT about the Rhodesian Bush War. You just have to look.

[@OmarScott-eo2sv]

this channel is the official goat of history

[@HenriqueSilva-nu3fw]

Hey guys great video as always, but since you are talking about the African wars, what about a video about the Portuguese overseas war in Africa? As a Portuguese myself it would be an honor to see my country in one of your videos, be it in a good or bad way

[@TotalMobilizationOfLifeForce]

One of my favorite stories from the Bush War: Rhodesian forces captured a group of ZANU and they noticed the elevation adjusters on their AK47s were all the way forward, making their rifles sighted for maximum range which made them very inaccurate. The Rhodesians asked why they sighted them that way, and the ZANU explained they thought the slider was the adjustment for bullet speed.

[@dylanwaller2468]

That seems like a fake story to me

[@juslitor]

pretty hilarious though@@dylanwaller2468

[@bibliotecaluimatei3508]

wow incredible