|
|
Article: Cap badges of the Rhodesian Security Forces.
- Article from:
- Sabretache
- Article date:
- June 1, 2000
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2000 Military Historical Society of Australia. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
In 1965, for reasons largely beyond the scope of this article, the then British colony of Southern Rhodesia issued a `unilateral declaration of independence' (UDI) and, as the self declared Republic of Rhodesia, set about going its own way. UDI was designed to ensure the continuing political and economic dominance of the white minority but resulted instead in a bitter and protracted war which lasted until 1980 as various African nationalist movements battled for control of the country.
The `Bush War' was fought between the Rhodesian Security Forces (RSF) on the one hand and the military arms of the two dominant African nationalist movements on the other hand - ...