Rhodesia Declares Independence
This act by the white minority government in 1965, led to a decade of war
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
November 11, 20149m 1s
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Show Notes
This act by the white minority government in 1965, led to a decade of war with black nationalists. Ian Findlay, a District Commissioner at the time, explains why Rhodesia tried to hold back the 'winds of change' sweeping across Africa.
(Photo: Armed Rhodesian police on the streets of Bulawayo, Nov 1965. Credit: Terry Fincher/Getty Images/Hulton Archive)