For years, Rhodesia appeared unstoppable. Despite international sanctions, diplomatic isolation, and a growing guerrilla ...

Jews played an integral role from the country’s beginnings, but the Rhodesian Jews broke with the consensus of the white population. Mervyn Trappler is a Jew from a country that changed its name four ...

“AND how did you like it in Rho-desia?” people asked me when, in 1963, my husband and I returned from living there for three years. Usually they were just being polite and had almost no interest in ...

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Whereas in the course of human affairs, history has shown that it may become necessary for a people to resolve the political affiliations which have connected them with another people and to assume ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe, July 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The estate once known as 31 John Plagis Place, Salisbury, Rhodesia—named for its former owner, a decorated World War II flying ace—has once again earned ...

12 November 1965: The Tories will not lend their support to the imposition of tough economic sanctions on Rhodesia by the Labour government Salisbury, November 11 With dramatic suddenness after Mr ...

27 January 1966: Following its declaration of independence, Rhodesia says it will take drastic action to resist UK attempts to retake the southern African state Salisbury, January 26 Rhodesia would ...

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