Jonas #Savimbi led the #UNITA forces.

#Cuban soldiers pose with Soviet-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola soldiers near Cuito Cuanavale. The struggle between pro-Western and pro-Soviet military factions in Angola was a major front in the Cold War, resulting in the participation of 40,000 Cuban troops.

“Moozers”, circa 1960s #Rhodesian #Alouette

SADF Bush War Shenanigans, circa. late 1980s

Rhodesia Regiment and #Rhodesian Air Force lads at the “Swamp”, circa. 1970s

Chillin’ on Lake Kariba, circa. 1970s.

#Rhodesian

White Portuguese troopie carrying a wounded African comrade in Mozambique, 1970.

1 Platoon, “A” Coy, 1st Battalion, #Rhodesian African Rifles, at the “sharp end” along the Lukosi River, keeping the peace at the end of the Bush War, 1980. #RAR

In those final weeks and months, their world would be turned upside down. Among Robert Mugabe’s many crimes was a “reform” of the military, by first forcing out former Rhodesian…Read More

#Rhodesian #INTAF (Internal Affairs) Paramilitary Operators, circa. 1970s.

#Eland Crew of #Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment, circa. late 1970s.

Paratroopers or “Parabats” from the 3 Parachute Battalion, South African Army, recovering the body of Rifleman Edward “Eddie” James Backhouse, today in 1977. He was 22 years old.

The opposing SWAPO forces he faced, had been funded and trained by the Eastern Bloc. They were well entrenched behind a maze of infantry trenches, anti-aircraft guns,…Read More