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Portuguese mercenaries fight for the Front National de Libération de l’Angola ( #FNLA) during the Angolan War for Independence, 1975

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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

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Artur Freitas (right) and two of his comrades of the Companhia de Caçadores nº 312. This photograph was reposted with the permission of this elite ex- Portuguese Caçadore.

The world ” Caçadore ” translates to English as “Hunter”, with Caçadore units in the Portuguese Army dating back to 18th century, and earning a legendary status as elite ligh…Read More

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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

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portuguese flechas angola

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XO BBHQ created the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

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XO BBHQ posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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Two soldiers of the #Rhodesian African Rifles, 1976. #RAR

XO BBHQ posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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#Rhodesian Mounted Infantry

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XO BBHQ posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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XO BBHQ posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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The Hawker Hunter and Rhodesia’s ‘Bush War | combat360

How rapidly times alter. As the so-called ‘Winds of Change’ swept through colonial Africa, the process of decolonisation gathered inexorable pace. Rhodesia was a prominent example. In July 1964, it experienced its first terrorist incident when a white farmer was murdered. Relations with the British government worsened the following year over the issue of majority rule, resulting in Rhodesia’s unilateral declaration of independence on 11 November 1965. To some it was the fulfilment of a long-held dream. To others, in both countries, the view was very different.

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XO BBHQ posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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A #Hunter with a two-seat 3Vampire over the pestilential Zambezi Valley in about 1972 as nationalist incursions increased. AIR MARSHAL N. WALSH #Rhodesian

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#Hunter FGA9 R1198 with an Aermacchi #AL-60 over the Victoria Falls in 1970. The latter type often carried a forward air controller. AVM I. HARVEY #Rhosesian

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