“No one in Southern Rhodesia need be afraid that what has happened in the Congo could possibly happen here.” So said Southern Rhodesia’s Prime Minister Sir Edgar Whitehead at the height of the Congo ...

Southern Rhodesia achieved “responsible self-government” more than 40 years ago as a territorial member of the British Commonwealth. But since then, with the emergence of black-ruled independent ...

Ian Smith, who led white Rhodesians throughout the notorious UDI period that marked the country's unhappy transition from being a British colony to achieving full independence as Zimbabwe in 1980, has ...

Ranger, far left, is deported with his wife Shelagh (second left) from Southern Rhodesia; third left is Joshua Nkomo, next to James Chikerema; far right is Ranger’s friend John Reed, next to Robert ...

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by a volunteer from BBC Essex on behalf of Norman Brand and has been added to the site with his permission. Norman fully understands the site’s terms ...

In December 1939 RAF command decided that they would need flying training schools abroad. My father was asked to help set them up. In March 1940 the people involved in setting these up were asked to ...