Southern Rhodesia
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Southern Rhodesia was a landlocked, self-governing colony of the British Empire in what is today the country of Zimbabwe. The colony's territory was initially conquered and administered by the British
White settlers in Southern Rhodesia, 1922
A postage stamp commemorating the royal visit of 1947
Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), Founding chairman of the board of directors of De Beers Mining Company, funded by Nathaniel, 1st Lord Rothschild
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
Southern Rhodesia
…including Southern Rhodesia Act 1965 which declared Southern Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence illegal and without legal effect. In 1965, Rhodesia unilaterally declared itself independent under a white-minority controlled government headed by Ian Smith. Beginning a long civil war between the…
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