Background
The Rhodesian Bush War had dragged on for some 14 years from 1965 until 1979, being largely overshadowed by the television driven Vietnam War. The war in Rhodesia was larged ignored internationally, until the guerrillas committed atrocities on various Missionary stations. The war was both bloody and brutal and brought out the very worst in the opposing combatants on all three sides:
- RSF (the Rhodesian Security Forces - Ian Smith's army, made up of the Rhodesian Army and Rhodesian Air Force)
- ZIPRA (Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army - Joshua Nkomo's army)
- ZANLA (Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army - Robert Mugabe's army)
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