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  RHODESIAN FRONT Articles This article is part of the series
The Rhodesian Front (RF) was a political party in Southern Rhodesia when the country was under white minority rule.
Led first by Winston Field, and, from 1964, by Ian Smith, the Rhodesian Front was the successor to the Dominion Party, which was the main opposition party in Southern Rhodesia during the Federation period.
The RF was formed in March 1962 by whites opposed to any immediate moves to fl majority rule.
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  Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for rhodesian
He served in the Southern Rhodesia legislative assembly from 1948 until 1953, when he was elected to the federal parliament of the Central African Federation, where he served until 1961.
He founded the White supremacist Rhodesian Front (renamed the Republican Front in 1981) in 1962, becoming Prime Minister and head of the White minority government two years later.
Rhodesian field force graves in Zimbabwe from the South African War: with particular reference to Marondera/Marandellas.
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  Rhodesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This policy was opposed by the European minority Rhodesian Front (RF) government, led by Ian Smith.
The Rhodesian government faced a serious economic struggle during the 1970s as a result of sanctions, emigration, and the strain imposed on the economic system by conscription of all white men.
The morale of Rhodesians and their overseas supporters was stiffened by the work of journalists such as Lord Richard Cecil, son of the Marquess of Salisbury.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhodesia   (4543 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Rhodesia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This policy was opposed by the white minority Rhodesian Front (RF) government, led by Ian Smith.
The Rhodesian government faced a serious economic struggle during the 1970s as a result of sanctions, emigration, and the strain imposed on the economic system by conscription of all white men (and, in the late 1970s, Asian and Coloured (mixed race) men as well).
The RF government drafted a new constitution, which further entrenched white minority rule, and made the country a republic, following a whites-only referendum result in favour in 1968.
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The Rhodesian government struggled and failed to control the ZANU and ZAPU armed campaign, which had developed into a full-scale war covering the whole country.
While these elections were described by the Rhodesian government as non-racial and democratic, they did not include the two prominent political parties within the African nationalist liberation movement, ZANU and ZAPU.
As a result of the exclusion of the major Afican nationalist parties, i.e., ZANU and ZAPU, "terrorism" from the perspective of the Rhodesian government and "war of liberation" from the perspective of ZANU and ZAPU, continued unabated.
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The Southern Rhodesians, recognising an inevitable dissolution of the Federation, were quick to use Federal funds in building up their infrastructure ahead of the others.
Some Rhodesians claimed that one possible reason why South Africa started to withdraw aid from Rhodesia was the still embittered history between the British Rhodesia and the Afrikaner dominated South Africa.
Rhodesian special forces carried out a raid on Joshua Nkomo's residence in Lusaka (Zambia) with the stated intention of assassinating him.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/rh/rhodesia.html   (3500 words)

  
 Zimbabwean political flags
The Rhodesian Front was founded in 1962 and was the governing party in what was then Rhodesia between 1964 and May 1979.
The Rhodesian Front advocated that the government of the country should remain in "responsible hands" and was opposed to communism and the compulsory integration of Africans and Europeans in Rhodesia.
Muzorewa initially led resistance to the Rhodesian Front regime in his pastoral capacity and formed the UANC to represent African political opinion in opposing the constitutional proposals negotiated by Ian Smith (for the Rhodesian Government) and Sir Alec Douglas Hume (for the British Government) in 1971.
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 Zimbabwe
1969) DP;1962 RF 13 Apr 1964 - 11 Nov 1965 Ian Douglas Smith (b.
Party abbreviations: DP = Dominion Party; FP = Federal Party (1953-1957 pro-federation, from merges with URP as UFP 1957); RF = Rhodesian Front (white nationalist); RP = Rhodesian Reform Party; UFP = United Federal Party (pro-federation 1957-63); URP = United Rhodesian Party (merges with FP as UFP 1957)
Party abbreviations: RF = Rhodesian Front (conservative, White nationalist); RP = Rhodesian Reform Party; UNAC = United African Congress
www.worldstatesmen.org /Zimbabwe.html   (1277 words)

  
 Zimbabwe National History
By the early 1960s, the decolonisation process was gathering momentum and in 1962 the Rhodesian Front (RF) was established by white settlers to oppose any move to fl majority rule in the country.
By the 1970s the Rhodesian security forces had forced the guerrillas to relocate to bases outside of the country, mainly on the Mozambique and Zambia borders.
A settlement that didn't include the Patriotic Front was doomed to failure, and so in 1979 new talks involving all parties were held at Lancaster House in London.
www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/aa-africa/zim/zim-national-history.htm   (1291 words)

  
 FRONTLINE/WORLD . Zimbabwe - Shadows and Lies . Recollections of Robert Mugabe . PBS
He had recently spent 10 years in a Rhodesian prison, now he was commander of a guerrilla army.
Mugabe had formed a coalition "Patriotic Front" government with a rival guerrilla leader, Joshua Nkomo, but it soon fell apart when Mugabe accused Nkomo of plotting a coup against him.
There was one moment in particular during Mugabe's years in jail: His only son died and he was not allowed to attend the funeral.
www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/stories/zimbabwe504/profile.html   (3349 words)

  
 A short history of Zimbabwe
Southern Rhodesia remains of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, but when Northern Rhodesia secedes from the federation the separate status is restored in 1963.
He is succeeded in 1964 by Ian Douglas Smith of the Rhodesian Front (RF), successor of the DP.
The Rhodesian government declares the country a republic in 1970.
www.electionworld.org /history/zimbabwe.htm   (786 words)

  
 Rhodesian UDI: 40 Years On
Overall, the conference shed new light on the international dimensions of the crisis and analysis of the Rhodesia Front's attempts to implement a specific multi-racial model of modernity in the context of the Cold War in Southern Africa.
This panel was expressly designed to highlight new research into regional archives (both in Europe and Southern Africa) on the intersection of the Rhodesian UDI with white supremacist regimes’ particular agenda, and its broader impact upon regional instability.
The conference concluded with a summary discussion of the place of Rhodesian UDI in history, aspects of the issue that require further research, together with the need to maintain a network of scholars working on Rhodesia and other related Southern African studies.
www.lse.ac.uk /collections/CWSC/events/rhodesian_UDI_40_jan_06.htm   (1055 words)

  
 Memorial Details: Csqn Rhodesian SAS, Roll of Honour
The British government adopted a policy known as NIBMAR (No Independence Before Majority African Rule), to the consternation of the white minority Rhodesian Front (RF) government, led by Ian Smith.
The Rhodesian government struggled and failed to control the ZANU and ZAPU armed campaign, which had developed into a full-scale war covering the whole country.
While these elections were described by the Rhodesian government as non-racial and democratic, they did not include the two prominent political parties within the African nationalist liberation movement, ZANU and ZAPU.
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 Ian Douglas Smith
He served in the Southern Rhodesia legislative assembly from 1948 until 1953, when he was elected to the federal parliament of the Central African Federation, where he served until 1961.
In Dec., 1962, shortly before the breakup of the Federation, the RF won in Southern Rhodesia elevating Smith to deputy prime minister and minister of the treasury.
In 1979 the Zimbabwe-Rhodesian government was forced to negotiate with the Patriotic Front and under a new constitution (1980) Robert
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0845615.html   (295 words)

  
 CAAT Publications - UK Arms Exports to Zimbabwe
Though western countries officially did not trade with either side in the conflict, the RF government received a steady supply of essential materials, including the armaments with which to prosecute the war, and found markets for its own exports through clandestine trade with South Africa and with private companies using South Africa as an intermediary.
The ZNA dealt with the uprising in much the same manner that the Rhodesian army had dealt with them when they were guerrillas.
The 5th Brigade of the ZNA engaged in indiscriminate intimidation and killing of civilians in the areas where the dissidents were thought to be active.
www.caat.org.uk /publications/countries/zimbabwe-0900.php   (4532 words)

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