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    XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

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    XO BBHQ created the group Group logo of Portuguese Colonial WarsPortuguese Colonial Wars

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    XO BBHQ posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

    • 3 years, 1 month ago

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

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    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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    https://africanwars.org/the-hawker-hunter-and-rhodesias-bush-war/

    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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    XO BBHQ posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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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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    XO BBHQ posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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    Wearing Royal #Rhodesian Air Force ‘assegai’ roundels, #Hunter FGA9 R1258 of 1 Squadron cuts a menacing pose over Lake Kariba during the period when the first attacks on insurgents were made. ROYAL RHODESIAN AIR FORCE

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    XO BBHQ posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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    This strange go-cart-looking vehicle was intended to cross over minefields without detonating explosive devices. For this purpose, #Pookie was fitted with four Formula One tires procured by the #Rhodesian government after the South African Grand Prix in 1976.

    The width of the tires was able to exert less ground pressure than a footprint, or a…Read More

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    XO BBHQ posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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    #Spook Mine-Protected Combat Vehicle… 1RAR at Metheun #RAR #Rhodesian

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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

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    Border War. Iconic photograph taken by the late great Herman Potgieter of a South African Air Force #C47 Dakota from 44 Squadron, taking off opposite a defence bunker near the runway threshold at #Eenhana, South West Africa/Namibia.

    Copyright: Herman Potgieter

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