Sep 14, 2025 · Lasting from July 1964 to December 1979, this grueling, fifteen-year conflict was more than a war of liberation; it was a brutal civilwar, a counter-insurgency campaign, and a bloody proxy struggle all rolled into one. The full list of, and circumstances under which, Rhodesian commercial farmers and their families were casualties during the RhodesianBushWar, by dissidents after Independence, and during Farm Invasions from 2000 can be viewed by going to this link. Sep 21, 2023 · What was the RhodesianBushWar? The RhodesianBushWar raged in the mostly unrecognised African nation of Rhodesia, modern-day Zimbabwe, a nation that had been unilaterally declared independent by the Prime Minister Ian Smith in 1965. Oct 27, 2024 · The RhodesianBushWar is considered to have begun on July 4, 1964, when ZANU forces raided a white farm and killed a farmer, Pieter Oberholzer. The killing resulted in the government arresting and detaining several key leaders of ZANU and ZAPU. This, in turn, generated a military response. Between 1964 and 1979, Rhodesia waged a brutal guerrilla conflict that reshaped Southern Africa forever. This full documentary uncovers the rise of Ian Smith, the birth of ZANU and ZAPU, the... Sep 14, 2025 · Lasting from July 1964 to December 1979, this grueling, fifteen-year conflict was more than a war of liberation; it was a brutal civilwar, a counter-insurgency campaign, and a bloody proxy struggle all rolled into one. The full list of, and circumstances under which, Rhodesian commercial farmers and their families were casualties during the RhodesianBushWar, by dissidents after Independence, and during Farm Invasions from 2000 can be viewed by going to this link. Sep 21, 2023 · What was the RhodesianBushWar? The RhodesianBushWar raged in the mostly unrecognised African nation of Rhodesia, modern-day Zimbabwe, a nation that had been unilaterally declared independent by the Prime Minister Ian Smith in 1965. Oct 27, 2024 · The RhodesianBushWar is considered to have begun on July 4, 1964, when ZANU forces raided a white farm and killed a farmer, Pieter Oberholzer. The killing resulted in the government arresting and detaining several key leaders of ZANU and ZAPU.