Rhodesia - The Final Chapter

Rhodesia - from pioneering days in 1890 to the lowering of the colours of the RLI in 1980 - following the political and military history of its people. More details and original DVD available from Msasa Enterprises at www.rhodesianvideos.co.za

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

Rhodesia was very strong even after all the sanctions long live Rhodesia!!!!

[@terrynaude284]

Sanctions made us stronger. By the way the British government bought goods manufactured in Rhodesia during sanctions. Now that’s hypocrisy.

[@flaminiopacheco6303]

Uk stab us in the back.

[@Xamsims]

The liberals at the UN who favored the international isolation and sanctions/embargoes against Rhodesia had absolutely no clue.

[@johngibson2884]

Yes ... marched into the pages of history as an undefeated Army on the battlefield....Pamwe Chete 💪🙏

[@PM-zu9tv]

If they were not defeated, where is Rhodesia today?..... Answer..in the same pages of history as its racist defeated army...I am loving ❤ 💕 it

[@johngibson2884]

@@PM-zu9tv 50% of the fighters were black btw.... What did Mugabe do? After he died they beg whites to come back now the boers are back farming. I'm Native American so don't try to play the race card with me buddy the blacks come over here is Buffalo Soldiers to hunt the Native Americans and by the way the rhodesians are living great they went to Florida in the United States in California and a lot of other countries and their being begged to come back to Mozambique right now the farm because none of y'all could do it

[@johngibson2884]

@@PM-zu9tv Jimmy Carter and Thatcher beat Rhodesia ....ZAMU got racked on the battlefield lol

[@PM-zu9tv]

@@johngibson2884 let me be clear with you. I supported the liberation struggle because I lived and didn't like the life of being a second class citizen under the brutal racial segrigative system led by Ian smith and his accomplices. The system favored whites and they enjoyed the proceeds of our economy while the blacks toiled as servants of and ate the scrambles under the table of the white master. However when Mugabe took over, I didn't support his policies neither. Although they were meant to benefit the blacks in order to bring them at par with their white counter parts, i did not like the methodology of side lining whites who had both the financial base and technical knowledge of running the main economic sectors of the country. This was made worse with rampant corruption. So my friend I don't hate people but the systems they built to benefit them while others are disproportionately disadvantaged.

[@PM-zu9tv]

@@johngibson2884 my friend defeat is defeat regardless of how it comes.

[@mikestone9129]

It was not a racist war. It was survival from the communists. The Rhodesian people are some of the toughest men and women in the world. I would stand and fight with them any time and feel damm lucky.

[@Astromagical]

Tears of memories .............. how sad that the most wonderful country in the world has been destroyed by a tyrant, supported or ignored by the rest of the world, and we can do nothing about it! I LOVE Rhodesia!

[@flaminiopacheco6303]

We can thank to UK for contributing for that destruction can happen, stabbing us in the back

[@bullshitohen1]

A lesson to all those who would give up their country because of international pressure

[@sirrandy7089]

Smith was not that weak he did not give up , he was strangled and tapped out. he did not go without a fight. he made a brave stand but all the odds were against his minority government. Out numbered with nowhere to run for help, he tapped out courtesy of the suicidal guerrillas. both parties deserve respect. it was not target practice for the Rhodesian army .The guerrillas also amazed me . two guerrilla men would make a stand against a superior Rhodesian troop which had air support and machine guns .knowing they would die they would still attack just to register a statement of discontent and stir unrest. The human race fails humanity, many brave souls were wasted , black or white we are one. One people one God

[@sirrandy7089]

IRONIC IN THAT the Zimbabweans SAY ITS their country

[@brandaoz]

Proud of the Rhodesian brothers!!!! Love from Portugal!!

[@sadflandnav]

I have the T-shirt "Be a man amongst Men" very cool gets alot of looks.

[@sjambok1]

Yes, actually, there is a substantial Rhodesian contingent in Las Vegas, which is always fun. Good stories, strong people.

[@Nightwishfann]

Respect to Rhodesia! One of the few well lead African nations ... loon what it has become as Zimbabwe: a SEWER

[@BUNDUBASHA]

well i was borne a year after indapendance and i,v had to leave my country and for all the hardship in the country i,d go back tommrow if i knew some one some where was going to do some thing about it the same go,s for allot of my friends my best memories are there and always be there and as far as i,m concernd i might be white africa is my home and nothing will ever change that and i,m proud of it

[@tprdfh51]

IF you were there at Independence you would have seen an enourmous amount of goodwill demonstrated by all - Shona, Ndebele and European. The new nation started off on a right foot but it all fell apart and a good deal of the blame falls squarely on Mugabe and ZANU PF's shoulders.

[@dumisanimaseko1417]

What a documentary we need to know more..the struggle will never end only time will tell..

[@Toncor12]

Tears welling up in my eyes!!

[@doorattachment6926]

One of the best fighting units during the Bushwar era. The whole World admired their tacticts and success. Long Life the Rhoadiers. Thank you all for your all services .GOD blessed you all .

[@Hembrix1975]

As a black African, I make bold to say, it would have been better and more prosperous if Rhodesia had remained.

[@laman012]

Herman Hembe you're wrong, uncle tom.

[@Christian.Knight]

laman012 hes absolutely right, commie.

[@pieterwillembotha6719]

I hope you didn't use your real name and pic for your profile. I don't want you expose yourself to any sort of danger.

[@pieterwillembotha6719]

conflating America with Africa is absurd.

[@Joobajuba]

Shame on you. You never struggled like your elders. Sham on you

[@MayOne1967]

I lived in zimbabwe for 3 years, Zimbabweian are very wounderfull people, Educated and very hample. Ilove Zimababw and Zimbabweian

[@Wolfwolveswolf]

They did NOT lose, I think they just got fed up with this world's insanity going nowhere! Left it, and look...

[@ric6383]

Great video!

[@royalordinance]

Read the books, on one page you'll laugh deeply, the next you'll cry. It was the best of days, It was the worst........

[@pierregrove6325]

Rhodesia will always be the best!

[@Squarerig]

Msasauk Thank you for the clip.When I look around GB I observe that the differences between Zimb and GB are disappearing fast!Long live savagery!

[@msasauk]

@jiujitsurulz100 But so long as they (the power wielders and the Chinese) have the wealth from the diamonds, do they really give a damn about the needs of the mass of good folks that still try to exist in the country.

[@R3dp055um]

Thanks for posting the video. Reading the comments made me sad there has to be so much h8 projected by some people whenever controversial events are discussed.

[@K9Intl]

Bless Rhodesia I hope there is a return to remove the terrorists that occupy the nation. If ever it happens I will be there to return the country to the greatness it once was. I'm an American but I would be Rhodesian. And the country will always be called Rhodesia. by me. If I ever get a Rhodesian flag and a poster and T-shirt of Be A man Among men I will display it to my clients Proudly. God bless yous

[@sethaustin851]

Is this Dylann Roof?

[@shawnbrodrick8673]

seth Austin no..a man among men..

[@kithinjikwiriga2666]

It Gina happen.if ua serious get a gun and match to fight.yu will be much welcom .we will be waiting for yu .rodesia .the manufactured name by slbino thieves and criminsls was was dumped in dustbin of history on 1980.zimbsbwe forever

[@terrynaude284]

@@kithinjikwiriga2666 🤔

[@earlwright9715]

And look at Zimbabwe now!

[@paulleckner8235]

Look at Vietnam now. Communism does not work! If South Vietnam had solidified like South Korea, then both free countries would have put their Communist northern neighbors to shame. If Rhodesia had been allowed to continue, business as usual, prosperity in Rhodesia would have continued.

[@sonofrattler]

I'm looking for Chris Breedt. He was a helicopter pilot in the Rhodesian Air Force. He became a refugee in America after Rhodesia fell. He was a great friend of my Dad's. Anyone that served with Breedt please contact me. So sorry Rhodesia fell. Look at it now, Mugabe has fucked the Nation over. All my best to the Rhodesians that are left.

[@msasauk]

It was just some generic music from the library when we did the edit - I do not have the title at hand at present. nrt

[@rodneytrevorcremerbulawayo1708]

Rhodesia 1962 to 1980 Best Place on The Planet😍😍😍vicfallscarnival com Zimbabwe Dec 2020😍😍😍😍😍

[@peter386]

It was the 'Labor Party' in Britain at the time that stabbed Southern Rhodesia in the back, the British granted Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland independence, but procrastinated on giving Ian Smith's 'Rhodesian Front' caucus what they wanted. So, UDI was declared.

[@EurekaWarrior]

by native people do you mean ZANU-PF officials and their family and friends who got nearly all the "redistributed" farm land? I watched a documentary about what has happened in Zimbabwe since the unity government was formed and only 1% of the farm land that was taken from the whites was given to the black farm workers. just one percent. and the sanctions were just travel bans nothing economic.

[@rakefarm]

I know one thing..... I would still be there!

[@suryavajra]

Well said tprdfh51. Good words of wisdom.

[@4exgold]

can anyone tell me what is the MG slung over the shoulder of the young trooper at 5:10?

[@tatey45]

FN MAG; standard issue to the Rhodesian Army and many, many others still to this day.

[@MrBulaway0]

tatey45 Correct , See world.guns.ru/machine/be/fn-mag-e.html

[@shannonpinion5729]

+4exgold the US adopted it as 240G in Marine corps

[@nicck]

I don't really know what racism has got to do with this. Black people fought in the Rhodesian armed forces. Take your racism somewhere else because this conflict doesn't support your sick views. If anything, shut up and take it to the grave.

[@BookerT48]

those that are that "special" kinda soldier will always be wat he was made. Never forgotten, but underappreciated. War becomes almost natural. They disbanded but i bet they didn't stop fighting. BZ Rhodesia's SAS!!

[@nicholaskendrick8967]

A very fine army

[@warnedbigbear]

up the rhodesians. the best nation in the world at the time. the rest of the world especially the brits messed it up big time for the rhodies

[@tonylee1973]

@TheMinsa What did the US do exactly? wasn't the UK behind isolating Rhodesia? and the Soviet Union sold the weapons?

[@Originaldelsig]

@tonylee1973 Lot's of Cuban advisors there also.

[@MarkJSau]

Hey gary11181. Sorry for the very late reply. As a white Aussie who had a lot of (admittedly white) Rhodesian-Zimbabwean friends, I would not feel in any way unsafe in Zimbabwe, once the present ZANU-PF regime is gone. I know from my Rhodie-Zim friends that the people of Zimbabwe are most hospitable to visitors and I'd love to get to Zimbabwe one day

[@msasauk]

Thank you for your contribution - Western European sentiments perhaps?

[@msasauk]

The majority of the land is now in the hands of the new 'native thugs' administration (or their nepotismic mates) or in foreign hands (via deals done 'under the table' for favours) to secure oil, diamonds and so on... It is a new generation of abusive thugs that are daily screwing the decent remaining souls deeper into personal poverty - the same souls who also fought for 'freedom' but have had to remain in Zimbabwe and suffer for their 'freedom' ever since! Go and see for yourself? nrt

[@msasauk]

Guys... you are entitled to your views and to argue them ad infinitum - I simply ask that if you wish to conduct a LENGTHY thread, please use your own services - this channel is really not set up as a chat / blog forum! Thanks for your interest - shala gashle...

[@euromellows8]

I just finished reading Ian Smith's 'Bitter Harvest'. While I understand where he was coming from, I can't help but think if the Internal Settlement with Muzorewa had been put in place earlier, say, 1969 as opposed to 1979 it is possible Zimbabwe-Rhodesia might still exist today. Certainly anyone but Mugabe would have been far more preferable.

[@nitouken]

Whatever you call it, I plan to buy my ticket back there the day ZANU-PF is out of power. I loved the Zimbabwe where I grew up, and am so profoundly angry at Mugabe right now...

[@tank5617]

you know something if you want rohdesia back take it back. same to any country if it was once great make it great again

[@sethaustin851]

They'll need plenty of body bags.

[@BookerT48]

@Reqrezentin Is that it? LOL? WTF? Thanx 4 the interesting comment.

[@paleo99]

Like it or not, "Zimbabwe" was a much better place when it was under the banner of Rhodesia..particularly for blacks. Look at what the movie said..the oldest regimented unit was AFRICAN! Do you think they were FORCED to fight for them? Get a clue people!

[@tprdfh51]

Asking whether someone is racist is like asking if hunman beings have two arms, legs, etc. Racism, by virtue of our shared evoutionary past is an integral part of the human charachter. It can only be overcome by education, training and experience and a genuine desire to co-operate and co-exist with ones fellow man.

[@MondoBeno]

In the Rhodesian rebellion (or Chimurenga if you prefer) few whites were killed. In fact, whites faced the least abuse from Mugabe in the early years of the new Zimbabwe. The Ndebele tribe in Metabeleland fared a lot worse under Mugabe.

[@llamamanism]

So if the Rhodesian army was absorbed into the Zimbabwe army did that mean that 2 previous enemies joined together ?

[@jamesgordonphiri362]

Yes

[@tprdfh51]

I don't know what Rhodesians you have asked but the ones I knew who were 2nd or 3rd generation condidered themselves Africans. There were human rights abuses on both sides and many Rhodesians (including the PF) have acknowledged that fact of the war and the Lancaster House Agreement dealt specifically with that issue. That doesn't excuse or justify it but that is what war becomes us when the stakes are high. Accountability is indeed close, for Mugabe and ZANU PF.

[@Originaldelsig]

@vuyo1 Tell that to the Selous Scouts who were born and raised there.

[@adventure002006]

So sad to see a once proud nation for both black and white Rhodesians reduced to people eating crumbs out of ditches. And yes with great thanks to the left leaning governments and Mugabe.

[@Gary-Leigh]

Another question again.Was Ian Smith really racist.yep,im from Zimbabwe but as a black man,i have heard a few stories about him being racist(from blacks) but bizzarely Zim had the largest black middle class in Africa under Smith plus my grandpa was rich until 1979.Its all so confusing coz i wouldnt put Smith in the same bracket as Botha(racism wise) simply becoz of lack of concrete evidence.Did Smith really have black people's interests at heart?Did he share the same views on blacks as Botha?

[@Gary-Leigh]

Im truly serious.I dont think the general Zim public are racists.Its only Mugabe and his thugs...Maybe Im saying this because im not racist myself and ive never met a racist black Zim.Even if we are racists in Zim,I dont think its as bad as South Africa black against white racism.

[@atyg1967]

White Rhodesians had Sophie's Choice. It made the wrong calculation by declaring independance from Britain. If they had remained British, I think Thatcher & Reagan would have found some way to hang on via Dominion status, temporarily though--just 10 years. Or they could have joined South Africa, be under Afrikaner rule then, although not ideal, Rhodesia would today be part of the new South Africa, which although has much work to do, is in many ways better than the present Mugabe hell.

[@Wolfwolveswolf]

I lost my other E-mail and just figured this one out! I was hoping someone would reply and thought no one had. I am NOT for Apartheid, but I worry that world powers left things, and wrong yet happened now to whites. No matter what happened in the past however wrong it was, it does NOT justify any kind of killing or thievery. I wish black and white people could respect and live together morally. Make things fair without doing wrong to anyone, as wrong is wrong- period! I Thank You for the reply.

[@Wolfwolveswolf]

Also, I think people with power in this World, should be doing more to make things right/better. Things do need to get better for all the people. I do feel bad for those people, Black & White, who are struggling.

[@tprdfh51]

Dude, my compliments re: your ancestry and nobility. No need to apologise for an accident of birth or geography or for an act that occurred so far in the past as to be almost completely irrelavant to the present. You are completely wrong about the Rhodesians lack of understanding and learning of the culture and language of the Shona and Matablele tribesman - ask Lobenguela's descendants. 3rd generation Rhodesians were as African as the indigenous people except for the colour of their skin.

[@Gary-Leigh]

But Zim isnt that racist,Is it?

[@tprdfh51]

I cannot believe you believe I defend racism. Let me spell it out for you - just because I may have gained some insight into the origin of racism doesn't mean that I condone racist belief or actions. I don't, and you are right, racism is a disgusting, abhorrant human behavior that needs to be fought where and when ever it is found - even if it be deep within our own charachter. That is the struggle we all endure.

[@mnnh1]

What I mean is that the founding premise was flawed-that of white minority rule of a black majority in Africa, and was outdated even for that period in history. Also, the Rhodesians were not fighting for one man one vote! That came later, when it was conceded that victory for Ian Smith was unattainable. Now thats not balming Rhodesia entirely for 'the experiment in democracy gone horribly wrong' that is Mugabe and Zanu PF today, but denial of basic democratic rights undoubtedly contributed!

[@teopolinanangombe522]

Uuuu

[@miszar1]

taki piekny kraj a czrnuchy z niego ruinę zrobili...

[@tprdfh51]

No, us whites are not all alike. Try saying that to a Scotsman or an Irishman. No, we whites don't all hate blacks. The black Zimbabweans I served with and knew in the army and many I knew in civy life all had informed points of view and shared them with me when I socialized with them in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Mugabe may be a hero in the AU but he is considered a villan,thug and criminal by the rest of the civilized world. If he lives long enough he will get his 'come-up-ence' in the Hague.

[@sirrandy7089]

I can sense the pain from the broken Rhodesian dream and to an extent i m compelled feel pity for those yet i also sense the bravery of the guerrillas who fought against racial oppression instituted by the Rhodesian government's policies which made rebellion inherent. It was natural for the minority settler government to resist the popular majority rule since they were a fifth of the population which they took and controlled by the barrel of a gun. Remember Rhodesia was a British project and its colony since 1890 If the efficient minority administrators and war men had only eliminated racist policies and embraced equality maybe Rhodesia would have survived.

[@tprdfh51]

Dude, you really need to bone up on your historical facts and polish the fine points of making an argument.

[@kundaigotore992]

We are the Israelites of the Bible and you are Esau our older brother who lost the blessing. You where prophesied to rule in the end but Africa was going to be a safe haven during WW3 so now your Jewish Central bankers aren't going to save you when Christ returns.

[@PeterNgola]

+Kundai Gotore You sound like an Illigitmate Child of Ian Smith

[@tank5617]

wtf you talkn bout?

[@adventure002006]

If Mugabe had left well enough alone Zimbabwe would be one of the richest Countries in the World. Zimbabwe were world leaders in the export of Grains, Tabacco, Beef and Coffee. What the hell happened. From a massive exporting power to one big pile of dirt. Perfect example of the devastation caused by Communism.

[@jmkpns]

Things would be better than now and the racial tensions would be better because the government had blacks in parliament. This is why people say "GET US OUT OF THE UNITED NATIONS".

[@tprdfh51]

Dude, this 'Moorish' thing really has you by the short and curlys doesn't it? Maybe you should take those 'Moor' glasses off and take another look at the world. By the way, I am not Rhodesian and my first born grandson is mixed race (African father) which quite frankly is irrelevant to me. Msasauk, I'm hoping teyshawn1985 is shilling for the Zimbabwe CIO - think we got a live one here!

[@msasauk]

folkhard84 = foul mouth, uncouth and unwelcome - and outtahere. Thanks4da5centsworth... nrt

[@macnos]

Why do you keep calling it Rhodesia, why not Zimbabwe? Don't you think it's in appropriate to name an African country after a European. Even though Zimbabwe is in a bad state today it' not because of all blacks, it's because of MUGABE who refuses to let democracy take its course.

[@WaryaaMoxamad]

Very true, Africa now has the world fastest growing economy.....as an avid reader of history, I would have predicted 300 -500 year long civil wars before things settle out...this in consideration with the violence it took to shape modern peaceful Europe. Then if you look at a slit of history...U will be wrong. African civil wars are coming to a grinding end....and this even with less than hundred years before those multitude of tribes with different languages were brought together... Progress

[@chrisedward7575]

Looks like you were wrong.

[@fromtheflightdeck252]

What drugs are you on? It's a disaster

[@Markyellowcake]

So sad to see civilization turned to shit and squalor.

[@gafek67]

Such a waste

[@kunashealbert9882]

I hate Rhodesian forces killing innocent people and children disturbing a peaceful country from its vast land of nature and peace . but the idiot Mugabe killed that peace.I salute to my father's who died for independence may their souls rest in peace

[@cplcabs]

Do you hate Mugabe's and Nkomo's for killing hoards of innocent civilians (black and white) as well? Somehow I doubt that you hypocritical piece of slime.

[@WaryaaMoxamad]

ANOTHER COLLECTION OF LOSERS NOSTALGIA...LOL..