British South Africa Police
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The British South Africa Police was, for most of its existence, the police force of Southern Rhodesia and Rhodesia. It was formed as a paramilitary force of mounted infantrymen in 1889 by Cecil Rhodes
Officer's cap badge of the BSAP, c. 1965, showing the "wounded lion" device.
Marmon-Herrington armoured cars of the BSAP Reserve.
Rhodesia
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Rhodesia, officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970 onwards, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979. Rhodesia was the de facto successor to the self-governing
British South Africa Police
…The British South Africa Police (BSAP) was, for most of its existence, the police force of Southern Rhodesia and Rhodesia (now modern day Zimbabwe, since 1980). It was formed as a paramilitary force of mounted infantrymen in 1889 by Cecil Rhodes' British South Africa…
Rhodesian soldier interrogating villagers in late 1977 at gunpoint. This photograph would become one of the most enduring images of the Bush War.
Signing of the Rhodesian Internal Settlement (from left: Bishop Abel Muzorewa, Ian Smith, Jeremiah Chirau and Ndabaningi Sithole)
Troops of the Rhodesian Armoured Corps in 1979