'Green Leader' Raid on Rebel Camps in Zambia

[@richardjansenvanvuuren1035]

2018 and I'm here. Born in Bulawayo 1978. This gives me goosebumps

[@h1017412]

Me too! 1980.

[@username5165]

Hey mukka, how’s is living in Zimbabue nowadays? Being white

[@username5165]

One day the occupied territory of Rhodesia will be green and white again.

[@derekwt100]

Born there 1955

[@freedomvigilant1234]

Absolutely amazing. Rhodesian armed forces (black and white) were an incredibly brave set of folks. My hat goes off to you guys.

[@TheBushmanmike]

Dont ever attack a civilian aircraft if you truly value your life !! Rhodesians do not play !!

[@rodjason2]

Green Leader will always be our " Leader " and no one will ever take his place.

[@harvey-seanmasson3323]

Copy that

[@tobim5574]

What a civil fucking conversation betwen two enemies.

[@tonywalton1052]

Did you copy all that? Roger. Thanks. Cheers!

[@johnlapapanzi]

i was in Rodhesia 1974 \1976 working with Crish Dixen R.L.I fabricating arme cars and reparing than. i was a welder .

[@adrianjackson2696]

Joao correct spelling of Rhodesia and other spelling mistakes here including spelling of Chris Dixon.

[@johnlapapanzi]

Yes wrong speling

[@johnlapapanzi]

yes so wat ???????

[@adrianjackson2696]

@@johnlapapanzi You need to be able to spell to get a real job. That is why..

[@JG-tt4sz]

Thank you for your service.

[@charlesrogers2953]

Hi Folks - And mother England let their own people down once again and look at Rhodesia now.

[@liquidoxygen819]

Hell, look at ENGLAND now. Sad state of affairs.

[@Mills-jw9nc]

Labour Government let them down

[@ludo9234]

@@Mills-jw9nc Just like labour always do .flooding the country with worthless shit .

[@forrieger6713]

@@Mills-jw9nc labour and tories combined destroyed England

[@johnlapapanzi]

Yes same fuckup with India, China, África ,ect.ect.

[@rognvaldrasbjrn3972]

I was ten years old then. I proudly remember the justice delivered swiftly from above by our blue jobs and on the ground by our brown jobs. I remember the deafening silence which prompted retribution. My eternal thanks to our brave who gave their all to keep us safe Health wealth peace and prosperity always be upon each and every one of you who contributed to our beautiful country and magnificent people

[@ScottTheBot07]

My father also.

[@ambianknight6816]

PATU, Light Infantry, Scouts and C Squadron. Bless you Dad and Uncle Neil. You were real men. I still have your stable belts and dress ties. What a time it must have been.......

[@alexanderrahl482]

Rhodesians never die.

[@harleymike4818]

SIT NOMINE DIGNA

[@ii-lt8ow]

Lekker ek se

[@conceretejungle1150]

well they no more

[@Glum1964]

I wish I’d known you Rhodesians. A special bunch of brave people.

[@cker101]

God bless you green leader

[@KB4QAA]

What a tremendous historical document. Thanks.

[@fatclaret1]

I love watching this. I do it often, it inspires me. The only problem I have is that it was'nt targeted on Mugitbe. The bravery shown by the Rhodesian armed forces still leaves me gobsmacked. If only current operations against terrorists were allowed. Mugabe is a murdering teroorist. Fact. RIP all Rhodesian forces who tried to secure a future for the inhabitants for the bread basket of Africe. Shame Mugitbe chose to syphon off the money instead of looking after the people. I pray for the people of Zimbabwe, they have been screwed. PS thanks for Kyle Jarvis xx

[@adrianjackson2696]

Squadron Leader Chris Dixon (Green Leader) died of cancer in Harare on 21 Oct 2011.

[@ccg8658]

I'm giving this a like but it's not really what I mean. RIP a true hero

[@ashr1190]

Stayed in Salisbury even after communist take over. Brave man.

[@kaiserwilhelmii5489]

*Salisbury* I do not care that I'm wrong I'll never call it Harare

[@adrianjackson2696]

I visited Zimbabwe in 1987 before sailing on one stage of the First Fleet Reenactment Voyage from Cape Town to Port Louis. The voyage was the 200th anniversary of colonization of New South Wales (NSW) by Capt Arthur Phillip RN and 12 ships of convicts from Britain in 1788. I went to Harare and Victoria Falls staying at Victoria Falls Hotel after flying from South Africa on an compact old Boeing 727. We walked to the Zambia border from the hotel on day crossing via the railway bridge and got a taxi to Stanleyville (I think that was the towns name) about 10 km from the border to have lunch.before seeing that side of Victoria Fall. At Customs people from our British Commonwealth paid no entry fee but the American with us had to pay. The US colonies left the British Empire in 1776. I flew on Air Zimbabwe and South African Airlines between Cape Town Airport, Harare and the Falls in Zimbabwe. The Aerodrome at Victoria Falls was just an airstrip and no terminal but the Falls bus was there to transport us the beautiful colonial era hotel.

[@ii-lt8ow]

Вечного неба братишка

[@snorthsnorth6480]

I arrived in Zambia, Sept 1980, and remember being told by a Zambia University history graduate how a guerrilla training camp passing out parade had been slaughtered by a Rhodesian air raid. Also saw Nkomo's house in Lusaka that had been totally trashed by Rhodesian special forces, who had not found him at home at the time.

[@6killer426]

@@AnnE-mn8ny In 2011 the BBC Radio 4 programme Documents featured testimony from Lord Owen that Flower had been an MI6 mole for Britain during his tenure as head of Rhodesian CIO and that his disclosure of Rhodesian plans had enabled Mugabe to survive assassination and become the first prime minister of Zimbabwe, following independence.

[@MOOSEDOWNUNDER]

For those of you that are ignorant of subject matter. Zambia was formerly Northern Rhodesia. These are our brothers and sisters. Green Leader is targeting the terrorists camps in the bush, not the Zambians.

[@sidiquegeloo1816]

Screw you....green leader were the terrorists

[@efntokolosh]

Pity Mugabe and Nkomo weren't under that. Would have loved to see them screaming like fairies

[@dakalodk]

Amazing how white people hated Nkomo. Nkomo is a hero .

[@agoodchristianpilot159]

​​ @dakalo mboyi he literally ordered the shootdown of 2 civilian airliners and then had all aboard executed . Nkomo also commanded a terrorist organization that murdered children in their homes, killed their families. Nkomo is no hero. Nobody can be a hero if you kill children with no remorse.

[@ianjohngonzales4066]

The thieving and mass murdering mugabe went on to ruin a nation.

[@conceretejungle1150]

@@dakalodk so you think they loved him ndebeles are funny

[@JenniferUpton_2]

''An unexpected consequence of "Gatling" was that ZIPRA got extremely trigger-happy, and by the beginning of Nov. 1978 Rhodesian Intelligence reported that ZIPRA managed to accidentally shoot down two Zambian plane and fire at civilian aircraft in Zambia (missing them). The Source, if anyone needs it, is Rhodesian Army Association Archive, File 2001/086/033 or 2001/086/347, Zambia Intusm 30Oct-5Nov 1978.

[@agoodchristianpilot159]

it was no accident. Their excuse was that it was in use by the military. Something that immedietly proves that wrong is that they executed all civilians that survived save for a few that managed to run away. not just executed, they were beheaded.

[@tigershoot]

@@agoodchristianpilot159 You are misunderstanding Jennifer Upton. She is not referring to the Viscount shootdowns - she is talking of ZIPRA shooting down Zambian planes.

[@kneeslider47]

@MrZingy I can see where you are coming from (in a way) but I work with a black Zimbabwean who is old enough to remember the Bush War. He and his family worked for a white landowner who they all thought the world of. he told me he'd give anything to see Zimbabwe returned to being part of the British Empire again. That'll never happen of course but he genuinely believes that Mugabe & his gov't have utterly wrecked a great country.

[@fjordking]

so polite with zambian air field control "thank you Cheers" almost seems un-real

[@ScottTheBot07]

Their radio discipline is very laxed

[@gerogegerog5926]

Casually says we are orbiting you But we will not shoot you just enjoy the show

[@mookergee]

green leader, his speech to the lusaka tower is the most famous battle cry in modern warfare,god what a time it was for the tiny country of rhodesia, god bless ian smith,god bless the selous scouts.

[@alantaylor3329]

Ian Smith and Chris Dixon are heroes. God Bless!

[@jabulaniryanmhlenga4808]

Babylon fall, timid Zambia never again should you allow intimidation from anyone Militarily why did you not bring them down CCCP

[@adrianjackson2696]

40th anniversary of this raid tomorrow 19 Oct 2018. I wrote a letter to the editor to some Australian newspapers about this raid and the shooting down of the civil airliner earlier. It will be interesting to see if it is published.

[@adrianjackson2696]

My letter on the raid was published in the Canberra Times newspaper today (22 Oct 18) which can be read online.

[@adrianjackson2696]

@@AnnE-mn8ny- A bit overstated Ann. I love the ABC but newspapers are declining however the online trolls are far worse than any newspaper. This is why I don't have facebook, twitter etc.

[@raglanheuser1162]

Back when africa was great again

[@septiccalling8341]

raglanheuser like I always say sometimes....

[@Brecconable]

This should be a movie

[@lorindabritton356]

Hebewood is too busy making Zionist tripe like "American Sniper" for that.

[@MandenTV]

Lorinda Britton American sniper was good. Chris Kyle was a great man. Fuck zionists.

[@Wilthomer66]

Great footage, props to the RAF for accomplishing what they did with so little!

[@mazambane286]

RhAF 👍

[@dannycrockett9878]

How in the love of Christ we ever gave that beautiful God fearing nation over to those hyenas I'll never understand

[@paulbalogh7064]

Harold Wilson...

[@daveybernard1056]

Blame Jimmy Carter.

[@ImInDaSkies]

"Roger thanks, Cheers!" I love that.

[@MirageF1CZ]

fucken beautiful those bombs where beautiful

[@ivantovu-kalott8460]

sweet revenge! Well done RhAF!

[@sbh1311]

Incredible piece of history....nail biting I would give my eye teeth to have participated in some of this shit....Mugabe and Zuma could have been prevented?

[@HwitDraca]

+Sandy Herman I agree

[@digbywhitehead1230]

Sandy Herman in did participate

[@MajesticSkywhale]

What really irks me is that Britain went to the ends of the earth for the fucking Falklands, but wouldn't lift a finger for Rhodesia

[@tigershoot]

They worked against Rhodesia as they wanted the country to become Zimbabwe. Then in the 1980s the British military had army guys there training them - despite it being a quasi--communist country, and all of this at the height of the Cold War!

[@BushcraftingBogan]

Salute to Green and White and Green Leader. Slot em all!

[@rognvaldrasbjrn3972]

Heheheh.... slot... sling your slayer to slay and slay

[@KalahariSurf]

i love it that Zambian air traffic control ask for permission for an aircraft to take off :)))

[@tteedghihh]

Was this the start of the retaliation for the ZAMLA shooting down the civilian airliner and attacking farms?

[@JamesLPlummer]

I believe so, yes.

[@chica476]

**Zipra, actually. ZANLA (as it is were called) actually operated out of Mozambique.

[@dakalodk]

The viscounts were shot after these incidents

[@tigershoot]

@@dakalodk Wrong. This was a retaliatory raid against ZIPRA for the downing of the first Viscount airliner and the subsequent massacre of 10 of the 18 who survived the crash. The next year another Viscount was shot down with no survivors

[@Asiseeit13]

Superb sang-froid Green Leader RIP sir. Your cause was a just one. Betrayed by Britain and the West.

[@tprdfh51]

"K1 stoppage" at 4:13 is Alouette Mk3 Callsign K4 reporting a stoppage on his guns to the squadron leader K1. K Cars used 20mm Hispano Souza cannon mounted in the side door. G Cars used twin .303 browning mg's. Can't tell whether K1,2,3,4 were all using 20mm or if some were G Cars assigned a "K" Callsign for the raid. At 6:56 u can hear K3 firing what sounds like twin .303's & K4 reports he still has a stoppage. The 20mm sounded like 'poom-poom-poom' when heard from the ground- very accurate!

[@garyloftus1069]

Thanks for sending that Mike- from South Africa- he used to live in Rhodesia.

[@cowetareserve]

Thank you from South Africa! Any work done to help Africa I admire greatly. Gods greatest creation, Africa, and we're destroying it with pointless civil wars. Imagine an Africa in better union.

[@2349RH]

Sub Saharan Africa is crawling with endemic, chronic, virulent disease, even if one does not include Ebola, and HIV. For gosh sakes, what's so great about that?

[@richardlitwin4046]

@@2349RH Winston Churchill learnt to lead in South Africa, as did Ghandi. Dr Verwoerd was the greatest Prime Minister the Union, and the Republic ever had. Wake up, open your nose, smell the Ricoffy.

[@astrazenica7783]

"said c*nt on the tape recorder", "Doesn't matter" lool

[@BlesamaSoul]

Yes loved that, I was only waiting for the chap in Lusaka Tower to say 'Thank you Boss' which would have rounded up a good day for the forces of good in Africa!

[@fheit451]

fkn beautiful! they're running right into the frags!

[@MirageF1CZ]

excellent video and audio. Just shows that the Rhodesian Airforce had total air supremecy as the did not bother to maintain any radio silence during the raid

[@xoio]

Is this officially sanctioned radio banter?

[@KB4QAA]

+Phased Spaces Cabbage crates over the veldt!

[@ghost-jesus]

Nope, the broadcast had all this banter cut out because civvies can't handle the fact that real soldiers are a bunch of edgybois

[@gregdavids]

6:55 love the sound of the machine guns on the heli!

[@malcolmallerton3946]

Love the accent

[@judgedredd8657]

Roger thanks. Cheers

[@cykasucc6634]

lul

[@mookergee]

GOD BLESS RHODESIA

[@jvarela965]

We have a Vampire here in Florida. I sat in once.

[@koltinn]

6:12, what did the guy say before the other guy replied with a "Yes"?

[@Bearded_Tattooed_Guy]

I read it as "Shall I answer them?"

[@koltinn]

@@Bearded_Tattooed_Guy Ah okay.

[@fredscherf8266]

fantastic those bombs where beautifull

[@llewvirtue861]

South African forces were told not to go into Luanda Christmas 76 because of the CIA we should have gone in

[@jraff67]

what a great day best thing on youtube god bless those guys legends never forget what we the west did to rhodesia and how well its woked out for eveyone

[@tank5617]

Only thing missing here is about 3 A-1 skyradiers and 4 U.S. F4 Phantoms

[@MartinIDavies]

yes consider Northern Rhodesia.. 1930 to 1963.. Britain built a country worlds 4th largest copper producer, hydro-eclectic dams, electrical infrastructure, irrigation, roads, railways, airports, cities, civil governance, armed forces, police, farms, ranches, schools, hospitals, money, cars, trucks, houses, radio-TV, modern medicines and pain killers.. the list is endless. accomplished with just 30,000 to 75,000 Europeans in just 33 years.. African population increased from 1.3 to 3.5 millions

[@cameronmackenzie454]

Hi all this is green leader.........how do you read..over........

[@Phil141250]

Pilot of civil aircraft told to wait in holding pattern by ATC, Zambia 'Who's in charge down there??' ATC Zambia 'At the moment, the Rhodesians are, over!'

[@seanonel]

You the real Green Leader? Pleased to meet you!

[@Phil141250]

Hello there. No, no. I was in the Rhodesian Security Forces but I was ground forces. This was possibly the best known of the external raids on terrorist bases, I'm just proud I was part of the whole picture.

[@kassieduplessis2035]

5.5

[@Phil141250]

Reading you 5's

[@kneeslider47]

@MrZingy Changing the subject, could you suggest a suitable chemical to put on molehills in order to persuade them to bugger off? The littl sods are all over, or rather, UNDER my back garden!!!

[@akiker]

I found an index from a military weapons manual. The index contained different weapons. Under each weapon was this standard sub-entry: "misfire, hangfire, and stoppage," APK

[@suryavajra]

stobones, what was Milkfloat?? By SAS are you referring to the Rhodesian SAS??

[@hannesolivier1641]

We were soldiers!

[@kneeslider47]

@vaun101 Agreed - the SLR is quite a heavy rifle, especially when compared to M16 / M4 derivatives. That said, the FN FAL (SLR) packs a heavier punch so its horses for courses really. I think the FN is a great old boomer & far superior to the SA80 family.

[@goonerfromjhb]

2:30 "I think it will be better when you've climbed up sir"

[@GALVESTON340]

It's a damn shame what had happened in the country under Mugabe. Pity the poor civlians there. What a waste of the "Breadbasket of Africa" under his misguided handling of the country .....it's a damn crying shame!

[@kneeslider47]

I'd love to have seen the face on the poor Zambian Air traffic Controller after recieving that statement. "Oh I'm sorry can you repeat?" He was probably thinking about getting a spot to eat or something when that TX came through! Hahaha!

[@jp6869]

Does anyone know, are there still Canberras in Zimbabwean air force service? That's what I've heard, although they've never been photographed.

[@tprdfh51]

Read Barbara Coles "The Elite - the story of the Rhodesian SAS'. Pearse was KIA attacking ZIPRA HQ's in Zambia when the bunker bomb he placed in the wall of the building caused the wall to collapse on top of him. By the way, it's 'C' Sqn RhSAS.

[@lsnows]

Impressive audio and dialogue! Where did you come up with this, greenleader01?

[@vaun101]

my regret?...i was too young to fight for my country back then. I'll say no more than that...

[@nilsbachellery6939]

Born way to late too, i'd have gladly became a foreign volunteer

[@gregorykillen4564]

Rhodesia forever !!!!!!!!!!

[@Rhodesian1965]

Can you post Edmond's Green Leader theme? It used to be here.

[@stubones]

Hi, not sure that was the actual name of the op, but i suspect it was. Joint op. with the recces and Rhodesian SAS in Maputo, 1978. They attempted to assasinate Mugabe, but apparently he had been tipped off and left town. (see Killing Zone, by Harry Mccallion)

[@tprdfh51]

@MrZingy the only despotic maniac in Zimbabwe/Rhodesia was/is Mugabe - Nkomo and ZANU-PF. FWIW bud, losing causes are the best ones to fight...something I doubt very much you have much experience with. BTW, I was a Canadian who volunteered to serve as a Reg Force soldier in the Rhodie Army...it was the Rhodies who adopted me while I served in their army. "Pity and empty"...hardly - best time of my life spent serving and fighting with the Rhodesians - too bad you didn't.

[@eternalapparatus2161]

Beautiful.... Chris Dixon is love,he is life.

[@Joe13313]

Lest we forget

[@ScottTheBot07]

Poor atc guy just said copy. Probably pissed himself getting a message from a hawker Hunter.

[@letcommonsenseprevail539]

I am looking for the longer version where they talk about the 'wings falling off' . Anyone know where I can locate that.. cheers.. ;))

[@cecilalfred5314]

0

[@ghost-jesus]

still looking

[@forumlivii60]

rhodesians...great soldiers and great, beutiful people. Ian Smith great man.

[@kneeslider47]

@MrZingy Oh and what on earth does NHD stand for? I've a feeling that it isn't "national history day" though!

[@barbaraguest7662]

Shame we couldn't see them run

[@mookergee]

GOD BLESS THE MEN FROM GREEN LEADER

[@harvey-seanmasson3323]

FUCKING BEUATIFUL STRIKE , yeahh

[@_ZimZam]

Bloody epic

[@brycecocks8687]

My father-late brother & uncles thought in the Bush War in the. 60s/70s , against the Marxist guerilla/terrorists of Mugabe . A sad sad day for Rhodessia betrayed by UK/U.S & the UN ....... R.I.P : L Cpl Bruce.J.Cocks - D Sqn RhACR aka "Black Devils" / Born : March 3 , 1958 - Died : Feburary 26 , 1979 :(

[@mphomkhalipi6537]

That raid killed innocent unarmed women and children and Green Leader lost his life too. The war was lost the moment Zpra commander instructed the downing of the viscount aircraft that the Rhodesian army was using to transport military leaders.

[@s.wvazim6517]

You are miss informed nkomo and smith were in talks as early as 1974 but mugabe was not happy the uk with its MI6 AGENTS CAUSED THE DOWINING of the viscount.over zipra liberated areas. That forced smith to retaliate and put almost all of his forces in zipra areas.. this allowed zanla to push up as they were being fed live intelligence from the uk. From its spies in rhodesia... in short smith and rhodesia was happy to work with nkomo and zipra but the uk wanted mugabe to lead the country. So after he killed tongogara it was a free path to power. I belive rhodesia and zipra fought against zalna near hwange... something the government hides to this day.

[@Constant_Of_Morality]

The Viscount shootdown was before this, Operation Gatling was a retaliation to the shootdown by the Communist Guerrillas, It had no women or children there, Just Communist guerrillas, 4,000 of them, Also Green Leader didn't die, there was only the single lost of a helicopter in the operation, Chris Dixion "Green Leader" died in 2011 in Zimbabwe (Formly Rhodesia) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gatling

[@papanzinga]

I meant wage multiple and not wage differential

[@sean8251]

who was green leader? does he have a name? somebody has to know....

[@kneeslider47]

@MrZingy 9 GCSE's, 3 A-levels & and a HND in Aeronautical Engineering to be precise old bean! By the way, consider this. Many of the individuls that you are attacking on this post lost everything they had after the Bush War. Some of them will be ex servicemen who were fighting to protect their homes, livelihoods, families etc. Forget the politics, they were ordinary blokes but exceptional soldiers. I don't know who you are or what you do, but in those circumstances, what would you have done?

[@kneeslider47]

@MrZingy An NCO is a squaddie Zingy - as opposed to a Comissioned Officer (nicknamed "Ruperts" in the Brit Army), you silly sausage!

[@USN1985dos]

Oh Rhodesia, given you my vow And I owe nothing nothing and nothing and nothing and nothing

[@enklaev1933]

WHY DO THE GOOD GUYS ALWAYS LOOSE

[@MartinIDavies]

@nameofthepen yes i have read "The Protocols of Zion" lunacy

[@sass225]

@vaun101 amen but that dont mean that these brave men our fathers age will ever be forgotten

[@iltidsn]

"fucken beatufil..fuckers ran into the frags" .."like ants"

[@GreencampRhodie]

"Hundreds of the CnUTS" - nuff said. Rise O Voices of Rhodesia.

[@ihforsyth]

Pity you didnt (couldnt) use a squadron of Vulcans !!

[@dizzo95]

I live in a US old mansion in a inner city ghetto that was a once very rich area, we have drive by shootings murders...political corruption just like Rhodesia Zimbabwe.I started Rhodesia Zimbabwe after getting a $50 000 Fifty Thousand Dollar Zim bearer cheque in 2006..wow..Rhodesia Zimbabwe is or was a Baby United States of Africa , I pray things get better..with a better Constitution and criminal leaders leave the people's property and liberty and lives alone

[@hfxz]

4:40

[@droneboy2928]

smoke em if ya got em!

[@gafek67]

Outstanding operation

[@dakalodk]

So shooting the Viscounts was justified

[@kneeslider47]

@MrZingy Another thing Zingy, you appear educated - good man. Well done. However, education is only validated when that education is acted upon. Its all very well being loaded down with qualifications, yet its what one DOES with them that counts. I'm not putting you down - really, but I've served my country as best I can with what I have and many of these Rhodesian guys have done just the same. Only a soldier can truly understand what combat is like & why its sadly necessary sometimes.

[@tprdfh51]

Sorry kneeslider47 - I thought Zingy was the Brit NCO but I see it is you who were the one. I have removed my incendiary comments about both Jr & Sr NCO's...my barbs at Zingy notwithstanding.