Geneva Conference (1976)
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The Geneva Conference took place in Geneva, Switzerland during the Rhodesian Bush War. Held under British mediation, its participants were the unrecognised government of Rhodesia, led by Ian Smith, an
Mugabe in 1979
Smith in 1975
British prime minister Harold Wilson came to loggerheads with Smith over the issue of Rhodesian independence during 1964 and 1965.
Henry Kissinger, pictured in 1976, attempted to thrash out a Rhodesian peace deal during that year.
Rhodesian Bush War
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The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Rhodesian Civil War, the Second Chimurenga or the Zimbabwe War of Independence, was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 in the unrecognised state
Geneva Conference (1976)
…The Geneva Conference (28 October – 14 December 1976) took place in Geneva, Switzerland during the Rhodesian Bush War. Held under British mediation, its participants were the unrecognised government of Rhodesia, led by Ian Smith, and a number of rival Rhodesian black…
Exiled members of the former Royal Albanian Guard in Rhodesia in the 1970s
White civilians; a woman and two young children killed at Elim Mission in eastern Rhodesia by ZANLA guerrillas in the 1978 Vumba massacre.
A Rhodesian soldier questioning villagers near the border with Botswana in 1977
A Leopard APC, mine-protected vehicle, designed and built in Rhodesia during the late 1970s and based on a Volkswagen engine. This example is displayed in the Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, UK