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UN-imposed trade sanctions on Rhodesia led to backdoor deals and the development of some interesting mine-protected vehicles
A captured Soviet-made BTR in service in the Rhodesian Army.
JOHN WYNNE-HOPKINS
In the 1950s, British colonial Africa witnessed a profound upsurge in nationalism as new-born political parties demanded independence based on the expressed fundamental right of universal adult suffrage leading to majority rule.
In the following decade, the right-wing minority government of Southern Rhodesia refused to acquiesce to calls for majority rule, electing instead to unilaterally declare itself independent of Britain on November 11, 1965.
Almost immediately, nationalist insurgents started to cross into Rhodesia from Zambia to use military means to force the government into submission.
