Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Cabinet of Rhodesia on 11 November 1965, announcing that Rhodesia, a British crown colony in southern Africa that had g
A scan of the proclamation document
Ian Smith replaced Winston Field as Southern Rhodesian Prime Minister in April 1964, and pledged to challenge Britain on independence.
UK Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home met Smith in London in September 1964.
Harold Wilson replaced Douglas-Home in October 1964, and proved a formidable opponent of Smith.
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Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zam
Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence
…in December 1979. Following a brief period of direct British rule, the country was granted internationally recognised independence under the name Zimbabwe in 1980. The southern African territory of Rhodesia, officially Southern Rhodesia, was a unique case in the British Empire and Commonwealth: although…
Towers of Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attending the Independence Day celebrations in South Sudan in July 2011.
The Zambezi River in the Mana Pools National Park
An elephant at a water hole in Hwange National Park