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    The Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR) was a regiment of the Rhodesian Army. The ranks of the RAR were recruited from the black African population, although...
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    British South Africa Police Rhodesian Light Infantry Selous Scouts Grey's Scouts Rhodesian African Rifles Rhodesian Armoured Corps Rhodesian Air Force Fireforce...
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  • African Mounted Rifles, a volunteer unit of white Africans during the First World War, created in 1914 The Rhodesian African Rifles or (RAR), the oldest...
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    The King's African Rifles (KAR) was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces regiment raised from Britain's East African colonies in 1902. It primarily carried...
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    1967 to 1980 in close cooperation with the Rhodesian Special Air Service (SAS). The South African African National Congress (ANC) party (1912 – present)...
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    March 1951, white Southern Rhodesian volunteers made up "C" Squadron of the Special Air Service (SAS). The Rhodesian African Rifles, in which black rank-and-filers...
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  • opposition to the white Rhodesian regime. These were the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), whose military wing was the Zimbabwe African National Liberation...
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  • Sweet Banana (category Rhodesian music)
    Banana" is a Rhodesian song and military march. It was created in 1942 and was used as the regimental march of the Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR). It later...
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    Southern Rhodesia in World War II (category African theatres of World War II)
    including Rhodesian officers and NCOs in the King's African Rifles and the Nigeria and Gold Coast Regiments, as well as the South African 1st South African Infantry...
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  • Andrew Rawlins (category Rhodesian African Rifles personnel)
    Major-General G. A. D. "Andrew" Rawlins was a Rhodesian Army officer. He served in the Rhodesian African Rifles during the pre-independence years when Rhodesia...
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  • Fireforce (category Rhodesian Bush War)
    Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War. Regiments involved included the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), the Rhodesian African Rifles...
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  • included the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), the Rhodesian Special Air Service (SAS) and the Armoured Car Regiment. The Rhodesian African Rifles and Selous...
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    another: the Rhodesian white minority-led government of Ian Smith (later the Zimbabwe-Rhodesian government of Bishop Abel Muzorewa); Zimbabwe African National...
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    King's African Rifles 36th (Tanganyika) Battalion, King's African Rifles 44th (Uganda) Battalion, King's African Rifles 1st Battalion, Rhodesian African Rifles...
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  • Bill Godwin (category Rhodesian African Rifles personnel)
    Brigadier W. A. "Bill" Godwin was a Rhodesian army officer. He served with the Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR) during the British colonial era and was...
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    like lions", was created by Platoon Warrant Officer Herod of the Rhodesian African Rifles on 18 March 1968, and put forward as a possible motto by Captain...
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    itself for conventional warfare accordingly and joining with the Rhodesian African Rifles in 1980 to create its first combined arms battalion. The regiment...
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    Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia (category Rhodesian patriotic songs)
    sixteen-bar arrangement by Captain Ken MacDonald, the bandmaster of the Rhodesian African Rifles. A national competition was organised by the government to find...
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    Rhodesia (redirect from Rhodesian)
    predominantly black units (in particular within the Selous Scouts or the Rhodesian African Rifles – RAR), some argue that, by the time of the 1980 election, many...
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  • Lionel Dyck (category Rhodesian African Rifles personnel)
    South Africa and gave up drinking. He re-enlisted in the Rhodesian Army during the Rhodesian Bush War. He later became a major in the Rhodesian African Rifles...
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    Zimbabwe (category Use South African English from April 2013)
    entirely of specialists of the former Rhodesian Army, while unintegrated battalions of the Rhodesian African Rifles were assigned to the 1st, 3rd and 4th...
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    of four African battalions: the 1st and 2nd Battalion, King's African Rifles; the Northern Rhodesia Regiment; and the Rhodesian African Rifles.: 668 1961...
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    Rhodesian African Rifles in attendance. Regimental Sergeant Major Robin Tarr began the proceedings at 10:35, after which the Rhodesian African Rifles...
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  • mythology Retinoic acid receptor, a type of protein Rhodesian African Rifles, a unit of the Rhodesian Army Rock Against Racism, a UK movement Rock am Ring...
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    intimidation of black Rhodesians by two rival communist-backed revolutionary parties, the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and Zimbabwe African National Union...
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    Ian Smith (category Rhodesian Air Force personnel)
    the Rhodesian Bush War, which pitted the Rhodesian Security Forces against the Soviet- and Chinese-funded military wings of the Zimbabwe African National...
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    and 1953, white Southern Rhodesian volunteers formed "C" Squadron of the Special Air Service. The Rhodesian African Rifles, comprising black soldiers...
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  • 1981 Entumbane uprising (category Aftermath of the Rhodesian Bush War)
    the end of the Bush War. The Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR) and other white-commanded elements of the former Rhodesian Security Forces, fighting for...
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  • Jairos Jiri (category Rhodesian African Rifles personnel)
    helped in small ways nevertheless. Around the 1940s, he joined the Rhodesian Africa Rifles as a dishwasher. This was during World War II. The facility where...
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    Michael P. (2012). The Rhodesian African Rifles ~ The Growth and Adaptation of a Multicultural Regiment through the Rhodesian Bush War, 1965-1980 (PDF)...
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