Reflections of a soldier (Part 2 of 3) - Rhodesian Bush War

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  • @genowynn9273
    @genowynn9273 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I was intake 125 (1972) and what he is describing is spot on.

  • @AnnE-mn8ny
    @AnnE-mn8ny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    These are the incredible men who kept their Rhodesian women and children safe for so many years. Much respect and appreciation from one of them.

    • @CapturingMemories
      @CapturingMemories  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you Ann 🙏 I shall pass on your comment to my brother.

  • @christopherludlam1602
    @christopherludlam1602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    My old boss was raised in Rhodesia and did his military service, being 18 in 1975. He was a quirky, often difficult guy that seemed to have some very deep scars. Having watched this it’s not hard to see why he might have been how he was.
    This guys recollection of detail is phenomenal and is fascinating.

  • @grantberry5308
    @grantberry5308 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Those of us that were kids, teens at the time owe you guys a massive debt of gratitude for keeping us safe. Thank you. Thank your for your Service, for your commitment in the fight against the Terrs and communism, thank you for being there for us. Much respect.

    • @CapturingMemories
      @CapturingMemories  3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I shall pass your message on to my brother. Thank you 🙏

    • @Wuestenkarsten
      @Wuestenkarsten 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@brianmuvuti2102 ..but "they" didn´t win as well, take a look on that Shithole nowadays.....

    • @seanperrings8460
      @seanperrings8460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@brianmuvuti2102 you lost all the battles against the Rhodesian soldiers. The western world brought Rhodesia to negotiate the end of the war. Tell the truth Brian

    • @staaldak
      @staaldak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@brianmuvuti2102 if you look at the state of Zimbabwe today, its obvious that everyone lost.

    • @nolibtard6023
      @nolibtard6023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@brianmuvuti2102 Lancaster house agreement brought it down, but there was no capture

  • @HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling
    @HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I just found your channel and i am amazed by all the videos on Rhodesia you have created. I am from Germany and i am highly fascinated by the entire story of Rhodesia, learning about it became almost an obsession. It is very hard to find anything about it here, so ordering English books on the subject and searching the internet for information is all i can do. Your videos provide an unique insight and help me to expand my knowledge a lot. Thank you and keep up your good work!

    • @LionheartSJZ
      @LionheartSJZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Geht mir genauso!

    • @bekisiphotshili2566
      @bekisiphotshili2566 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's fascinating you --a German -- about Rhodesia, if I may ask.

    • @bidenhasdementia8657
      @bidenhasdementia8657 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm glad someone is telling these stories. There's never been a more disastrous example of international politics completely destroying a country

    • @johnhanson5943
      @johnhanson5943 ปีที่แล้ว

      Germans and obsessions. Trust Berlin and see your arse.

  • @talbotsplace7316
    @talbotsplace7316 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'd not thought about Shackle code in Years...God bless brother

  • @andreimishutov5363
    @andreimishutov5363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thanks. These people were real heroes. My deepest respect.

  • @barracudabossgaming6853
    @barracudabossgaming6853 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks to brave soldiers like this one we were kept safe in what used to be a great country.

  • @tightcamper
    @tightcamper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Many years ago I was at School of Signals and a Scouts Sgt gave us an interest lecture, The lecture must have been part of a course he was doing and we were just a live audience, assessors were sitting at the back taking notes. His talk was on how the scouts patrol, it was just like described here. I can still see him in my minds eye. Beard, green staple belt, stocky, severe attitude, and lots of self confidence. Everyone sat wide eyed, dead quiet and enthralled.

  • @iammichaelhanson
    @iammichaelhanson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Just absolutely amazing storytelling.. loving this..

  • @RaulFelixINC
    @RaulFelixINC 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Humble and awesome soldier.

  • @epramos6800
    @epramos6800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm glad he made it through.

  • @staaldak
    @staaldak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Another fantastic piece of history. Thanks again to you and this gentleman.

    • @CapturingMemories
      @CapturingMemories  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I shall pass your message onto my brother (the gentleman). Thank you 🙏

  • @altrac1
    @altrac1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    long time ago but thank you for your service

  • @diehard2705
    @diehard2705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is absolutely fascinating, thank you for doing this!

    • @CapturingMemories
      @CapturingMemories  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you 🙏 Part 3 will be uploaded tomorrow (Friday).

  • @shanesampson9730
    @shanesampson9730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Spot on.. well told 👍🏻

  • @dallasblackett8381
    @dallasblackett8381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was in school at the time, thank you guys

  • @kenbird9017
    @kenbird9017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Precise and accurate!

  • @LeRouxshnikov
    @LeRouxshnikov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That photograph at 3:43. What a shot. Would not mind that framed on my wall.

    • @CapturingMemories
      @CapturingMemories  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I filmed the photo from the book “Contact” by John Lovett. You can still find copies of the book to purchase online. For example: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0869250531/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_HD5WFBBDTVP8V66VXWBX

    • @LeRouxshnikov
      @LeRouxshnikov 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CapturingMemories You're a legend Boet. Thank you.

  • @grahamyoung771
    @grahamyoung771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good story teller

    • @CapturingMemories
      @CapturingMemories  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My brother is amazing at detailing his experiences... thank you 🙏

  • @charjl96
    @charjl96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love these videos

    • @CapturingMemories
      @CapturingMemories  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you 🙏 Part 3 will be up tomorrow 👍

  • @allanisted2733
    @allanisted2733 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very Good , great story telling

  • @davereid-daly2205
    @davereid-daly2205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good one !!!

  • @dancummins4821
    @dancummins4821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Brings back really vivid memories. great descriptions

  • @shailnaik7015
    @shailnaik7015 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really enjoy your vids. Waiting for more please.

  • @allanjeffery3899
    @allanjeffery3899 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cliff Cole is his name. An old buddy of mine. Allan Jeffery

  • @woofydoggywoof2287
    @woofydoggywoof2287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This guy is a beast. What country is he in now?

    • @CapturingMemories
      @CapturingMemories  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      My brother now lives in Australia.

    • @woofydoggywoof2287
      @woofydoggywoof2287 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CapturingMemories Very happy to hear it. Hope that all others who wish to emigrate to a safer and more constructive environment are able!

    • @redwingrob1036
      @redwingrob1036 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CapturingMemories WHAT farming, or something in the Outback I hope?

    • @sacplissken
      @sacplissken 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CapturingMemories very happy to know he lives here in Oz.

  • @tieniecronje3440
    @tieniecronje3440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Gladiators!!WE SALUTE YOU!!!!! YOU HAVE MY RESPECT!!

  • @mrchickenfeathers9184
    @mrchickenfeathers9184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ally, hard bastards.
    From an ex British infanteer 👏🏻

  • @ozdavemcgee2079
    @ozdavemcgee2079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    30km in a day..pretty fit. Im 52 and a 15km hike to go camping then same out next day trashes me

    • @FernandoFerreira-oy2tp
      @FernandoFerreira-oy2tp ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We didn't want to be deployed at their door step. We know the target and not to alert the enemy or local villagers with noisy choppers, we walked in that hot and sometimes humid day for 20 to 30 kms for a surprise visit! Mind you, at the age of 20 no problems.

  • @NikkiBlyth
    @NikkiBlyth 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I salute those brave young lads. Wars are such a waste of young lives. May they rest in eternal peace. Respect😢❤

  • @smokinhabanas
    @smokinhabanas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So when did you ever take prisoners? How were they processed?- in a military or criminal court?

    • @CapturingMemories
      @CapturingMemories  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for adding this detailed explanation 🙏

  • @Toncor12
    @Toncor12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    May I recommend you quickly insert an explanation while the guy is talking, for example, if he says Frantan you can flash a caption saying Napalm. And so on for important words. Would help foreign people.

    • @CapturingMemories
      @CapturingMemories  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you for the suggestion 😊 I’ll look into what’s possible with TH-cam Studio.

  • @thundershirt1
    @thundershirt1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the hardest men on earth being interviewed in front of so much pink an dollies, lol.

  • @trmangena2463
    @trmangena2463 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So how did you guys loose to the rhodesian war

    • @ľőŵďǒpė86
      @ľőŵďǒpė86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Politic. The carnation revolution and when SA started putting pressure on Mr. Smith, song with the amount of Rhodesians leaving.. there was nothing they could do.

    • @scallywag9392
      @scallywag9392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      sold out by the British, American and Soutg African politicians!

    • @shirleymasurik6239
      @shirleymasurik6239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Betrayed by Britain.

    • @scallywag9392
      @scallywag9392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@brianmuvuti2102 outnumbered yes, outgunned never!

    • @scallywag9392
      @scallywag9392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Matthew Neddeau and yet they were instrumental in negotiations regarding the communist takeover of the country. Henry Kissinger et al.

  • @joejoe809
    @joejoe809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    👍👍👍

  • @carolmiller760
    @carolmiller760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is exactly how it was. You had to smell like them.
    Our SADF Guys smoked on Patrol and didn't care near the end.

  • @stevejames9510
    @stevejames9510 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is a guy you never want tp push, ever. Doesn't want to but did and knows it was right \. will never back down..

  • @karibakid
    @karibakid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what is his name reg #
    //still waiting

    • @CapturingMemories
      @CapturingMemories  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hi Jack, thanks for the comment. I have no plans in making this kind of information public. These recordings are from our private family archive. After a film I made 9 years ago recently got a lot of interest on this channel, I decided to make more of our recordings public. This interview with my brother was recorded in 2017.
      There another reason why I don’t want to make such information (as a reg#) public, is that our family has been personally targeted by those in Mugabe’s office. We still have family in Zimbabwe. We will be releasing more about the intimidation and the tactics used by the CIO, but will be mindful of loved ones still there...
      Once again, thank you for your question 🙏

    • @ginojaco
      @ginojaco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Something doesn't seem right about this chap's story...

    • @karibakid
      @karibakid 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ginojaco read the reply to my questions .he appears to be a I AM type of person. many still have family there,I left 1982 5yrs regular army

    • @CapturingMemories
      @CapturingMemories  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think I may have answered this on another comment of yours... My brother elsewhere in the comments volunteered his rank and number, “Cpl Cole 95153”.

    • @newy2242
      @newy2242 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CapturingMemories I think i Know which Regiment. Thank him for his service , My cousin was R.L.I

  • @12vscience
    @12vscience 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Freaking crazy.

  • @McferranGlenn
    @McferranGlenn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks China

  • @920400706
    @920400706 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I know Rhodesia and South Africa were the first of the Western Nations to diminish (Canaries in the Coal Mine) and I always ask myself what were the lessons to be learned.... I'm sitting in the West and regrettably they are more interested in being "Woke" and "Liberal" that canary died a death a thousand times already and nobody here is any the wiser. Pity to say that the destiny of the west is finished i cant see a way to revive it.

    • @epramos6800
      @epramos6800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I get what you're saying but they arebt Western Countries. Politically they're former capitalist republics.

    • @920400706
      @920400706 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@epramos6800 Yes agreed, Former capitalist republics turned Marxist.... but western in the right that they are former British colonies in Africa, Spain had the same thing in the Americas

  • @Dropshot1
    @Dropshot1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rhodesia is very intriguing. I couldn’t go weeks without cleaning teeth.

  • @stevepink4044
    @stevepink4044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Having watched Part 1 and thinking this is BS - now with Part 2 I am convinced it is. A lot of the facts are sound but his role is highly suspect. It doesn't hang together with the role of the SAS as I saw it in that war.

    • @CapturingMemories
      @CapturingMemories  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hi Steve, many thanks for commenting and I appreciate your perspectives. Above all, thank you for your service during those times. My brother had passed SAS selection, but my parents had refused to sign the documents for him to join permanently and do the full SAS training. I think my brother clarifies this in the interview. So he continued with the regular army. He was extraordinarily fit!! And he had a natural aptitude for the military. Some of those who trained and fought with him have commented on these videos about his ability to pass the SAS selection.

    • @kyleroy2226
      @kyleroy2226 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Steve Pink..... the more i think about it the more i am convinced you were a reserve bugler in the hillside the boy scouts.

  • @chrismoll6862
    @chrismoll6862 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rherodesians

  • @angloaust1575
    @angloaust1575 ปีที่แล้ว

    After ww2 australia and canada drew most of the emigrants rather than africa which cause a shortage
    Of Europeans!

  • @ayanda6862
    @ayanda6862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What do black know about running a country, absolutely nothing

    • @ayodejiolowokere1076
      @ayodejiolowokere1076 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why do you care about what blacks do in their own countries?