Thursday, May 14, 2015

AFRICA'S COMMANDOS: The Rhodesian Light Infantry from Border Control to Airborne Strike Force

Via Nancy

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Expensive at the present, but highly recommended.

The RLI ... killing machine extraordinaire

Few, if any, regiments have left their mark on the history of modern warfare as did the Rhodesian Light Infantry. Raised on 1 February 1961 the RLI first evolved into a commando unit then became involved in mundane border-control duties in the Zambezi Valley. Later as the bush war intensified the RLI was to evolve into a ruthlessly efficient 'killing machine'. This book chronicles the military evolution of the RLI from the peacetime soldiering days through to the constant high-intensity combat of the final years.

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  1. Along the same lines and also might be of interest...


    THREE SIPS OF GIN: Dominating the Battlespace with Rhodesia's famed Selous Scouts Paperback – June 1, 2013

    by Timothy Bax (Author)
    There is nothing that terrorized Russian and Chinese-backed guerillas fighting Rhodesia's bush war in the 1970s more than the famed Selous Scouts. The very name of the unit struck fear into the very heart and soul of even the most battle-hardened guerillas. Too afraid to even whisper the name amongst themselves, they referred to soldiers of the unit simply as Skuzapu, or pickpockets. It was not for nothing that history has recorded the Selous Scouts Regiment as being one of the deadliest and most effective killing machines in modern counter-insurgency warfare.
    http://www.amazon.com/THREE-SIPS-GIN-Dominating-Battlespace/dp/1909384291/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_z

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    1. Looks good and thanks. This topic must be extremely popular for the prices they fetch. I imagine well worth the bucks though. :)

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