Another video from the Bush War. This one explains something of what it was like to be a civiliian farmer in those days:
The woman mentions "Terrs" a couple of times. That was a very common slang term used for the guerrillas, and was short for "terrorists". Other common terms used were "CT's", which stood for "communist terrorists". and simply "terrorists".
I also remember that a lot of the farms, the ones who could afford it, hired full-time security staff It wasn't uncommon to see white former troopies, black guards, some of whom were also former troopies , (former Selous Scouts or African Rifles troopies) or even foreign mercenaries patrolling farms, guarding the farmers while at work, or accompanying shipments to market.
It was a field day for foreign militant types in Rhodesia - some would come to secure farms, others came to join the Rhodesian forces and sometimes stayed after their hitch to secure farms and such. Quite a number were Americans, either just folks that wanted to kill communists, or especially Vietnam vets who hadn't adjusted well to civilian life.
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The woman mentions "Terrs" a couple of times. That was a very common slang term used for the guerrillas, and was short for "terrorists". Other common terms used were "CT's", which stood for "communist terrorists". and simply "terrorists".
I also remember that a lot of the farms, the ones who could afford it, hired full-time security staff It wasn't uncommon to see white former troopies, black guards, some of whom were also former troopies , (former Selous Scouts or African Rifles troopies) or even foreign mercenaries patrolling farms, guarding the farmers while at work, or accompanying shipments to market.
It was a field day for foreign militant types in Rhodesia - some would come to secure farms, others came to join the Rhodesian forces and sometimes stayed after their hitch to secure farms and such. Quite a number were Americans, either just folks that wanted to kill communists, or especially Vietnam vets who hadn't adjusted well to civilian life.
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake