IT'S A LONG WAY TO MUKUMBURA

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  • So I've been in a very Rhodesian mood lately and this happened. Feel free to rip my head off in the comment section down bellow, because I know how controversial Rhodesia is!
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  • @TheAthelasProject
    @TheAthelasProject  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1445

    Well boys, we've hit 1 million views. This video is going mere hours prior to the alleged Boer uprising in South Africa, so I guess it's kinda symbolic. Other than that, I don't know what to say other than to thank you all for watching this video and recommending my other "WAVE" content, if you're into that! Cheers!
    th-cam.com/play/PL4W6iYnlciFAlpr57FPQS0hP6Cm_2Bpnu.html

    • @SBhunter
      @SBhunter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      As a Moroccan i support the uprising

    • @militaryhumveerevisions8183
      @militaryhumveerevisions8183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Its happening

    • @jamesmadisonwilliams4210
      @jamesmadisonwilliams4210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      White Rhodesia shall never Die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We will save White America and South Africa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @LimanBrate
      @LimanBrate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Od belgijskih placenika u Kongu , pa do Rodezije i slucajno ove pesme pa do pada Djukanovica bio je dug put jbt

    • @dunamoose3446
      @dunamoose3446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Roof Koreans?
      Return to Rhodesia?

  • @christopherdean9684
    @christopherdean9684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12235

    My history teacher calls Zimbabwe “Occupied Rhodesia”, what a lad

    • @captainmemelord4978
      @captainmemelord4978 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2133

      Based Teacher

    • @dirtpounder
      @dirtpounder 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1382

      making me jealous, mine praised mugabe...

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 4 ปีที่แล้ว +791

      This makes my FN FAL the big FN FAL

    • @Browndogdiesel
      @Browndogdiesel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +495

      Well he’s not wrong 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @joeblow9657
      @joeblow9657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +265

      @@oz_jones This takes the carrying handle and adds green camo to my FN FAL

  • @mrfofboy
    @mrfofboy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10934

    There's two types of people I like seeing in short shorts:
    1. Attractive women
    2. Rhodesians

    • @4x4ozventures10
      @4x4ozventures10 5 ปีที่แล้ว +284

      F.O.F. 3. Troops in the North Africa campaign😉😂

    • @supersonictv8916
      @supersonictv8916 5 ปีที่แล้ว +329

      4. Attractive Rhodesian women
      5. Attractive female troops in the North Africa campaign

    • @davet2783
      @davet2783 5 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      I wouldn't mind seeing a few ira freedom fighters in shorts

    • @alpaka7672
      @alpaka7672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +177

      @@davet2783 Well I suppose It'll be a bit chilly for them up in Derry

    • @alpaka7672
      @alpaka7672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      That sorta irish guy Idk first Irish city that came to my mind might as well said Belfast

  • @strictlynunya790
    @strictlynunya790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6158

    Mugabe is dead.

  • @waffle_burger8499
    @waffle_burger8499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2547

    The Rhodesians were bad ass, they even had their own SAS that would do free-fall night parachute drops from 20,000 feet and only open their chutes at 2,000 feet to avoid detection. Best goddamn counter insurgency soldiers ever.

    • @blandmalls
      @blandmalls 3 ปีที่แล้ว +243

      @Sergei Suvorov they won the military war by a longshot, just lost the political war.

    • @lmao.3661
      @lmao.3661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @Sergei Suvorov they lost like america lost in vietnam

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@lmao.3661 both wars were literally happening in the same time by the way

    • @GhostRanger5060
      @GhostRanger5060 3 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      @@lmao.3661 Except America didn't lose it's country when it lost Vietnam. Rhodesia was an unparalleled tragedy of modern Western led globalist hypocrisy. #blamekissinger

    • @anneramsey4655
      @anneramsey4655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@lmao.3661 communism back stab

  • @rimantasletukas984
    @rimantasletukas984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2808

    The world will never forget about brave men in short shorts and their FALs.

    • @aregularperson7573
      @aregularperson7573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      JA

    • @jamesw9933
      @jamesw9933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Vector R1s after the first year just South African made and adapted FALs

    • @jamesw9933
      @jamesw9933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@josipmarinic9663 what do you mean by that?

    • @josipmarinic9663
      @josipmarinic9663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jamesw9933 they're already full of shit,might as well pile it on top too

    • @axldlimas7554
      @axldlimas7554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@josipmarinic9663 too far bro.way too far.

  • @mxe2693
    @mxe2693 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3824

    The missing lyrics are "We all dig the stoppies, haircuts and the graze, and if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase" Stoppies being the places the troopies stop off before reaching their AO, graze is food and Lekker is Afrikaans for "good"

    • @thecbrndude6208
      @thecbrndude6208 5 ปีที่แล้ว +278

      The first persin I've stumbled across with the final bit of the song.
      *Audible clapping in the distance*

    • @mxe2693
      @mxe2693 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@thecbrndude6208 same here mate 😂

    • @TheGameBusterPL
      @TheGameBusterPL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I thought it said: If we really scheme and SLACK UP when we start in outer space!

    • @mxe2693
      @mxe2693 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@TheGameBusterPL well that would be a journey indeed

    • @michaelgpd1103
      @michaelgpd1103 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Lekker is tasty in German

  • @Gungho1a
    @Gungho1a 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2827

    Greetings from Australia. I had the pleasure of serving in the aust. reg army back in the '70s and '80s with former Rhodesian servies, listened to the changeover broadcast with them, a sad day. Respects to the RLI.

    • @patrikturek2646
      @patrikturek2646 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Thank you for your service!

    • @ap9019
      @ap9019 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Good on ya sir

    • @andretorres75
      @andretorres75 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Rhodesian never die!

    • @silvervalleystudios2486
      @silvervalleystudios2486 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Was that broadcast in 1980? Its wierd how the British chopped up Rhodesia. The north became Zambia. I think Nyasaland/British West Africa became Namibia.

    • @scottspires3935
      @scottspires3935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      The US should have supported Rhodesia. Especially the internal aggrement. Sad. It's just sad.

  • @RUdigitized
    @RUdigitized 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1450

    I had an employee about 10 years ago who was Rhodesian. I never forgot him because, and I swear to you this is true, that man was surrounded by angels. Everything he did prospered, and everything he touched turned to gold. I never forgot that man.

    • @MrCornstalker
      @MrCornstalker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      A blessed people who fought for their blessed land.

    • @josipmarinic9663
      @josipmarinic9663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MrCornstalker pedophiles who's corpses are now covered in shit

    • @zucaritasenjoyer7259
      @zucaritasenjoyer7259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@josipmarinic9663 ?

    • @manolisiatrou5537
      @manolisiatrou5537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@josipmarinic9663 a people thrown out of their land by an incompetent dictator who ruined it,mugabe sympathiser.

    • @josipmarinic9663
      @josipmarinic9663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@manolisiatrou5537 if the "dictator" was "incompetent" how did they manage to depose supposedly "competent" people?
      Surely incompetence is not superior to competence, especially in an armed conflict.

  • @jpb252
    @jpb252 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1680

    Ode to Prime Minister Ian Smith
    "I didn't go to a first class school in Rhodesia, yet Rhodesia gave me a
    first class education.
    I had no right then to vote in Rhodesia, yet Zimbabwe gave me the right to
    vote for a devil.
    I was brought up to hate you Smithy, while young, but as a man I grew up
    to hate your Enemy.
    I believed that Rhodesia would never have black rule, but I can now. I
    will never live under a Zimbabwean fool.
    I'm not white and never took you to be my PM then, but I'm black and would
    rather have had you as my PM now!
    You were right and had to leave your government, yet I was wrong and left
    my beloved country.
    I am not a poet, but these are my thoughts. I am proud of what I have
    become, yet you are the man who made me what I am!
    On behalf of the many black faces who dare not say, if ever you were
    hated, you are missed today.
    The only PM we should have kept!"
    - Signed: Black Man in Canada, the sad night we witnessed Ian Smith's passing.

    • @nobilesnovushomo58
      @nobilesnovushomo58 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Judging by the fact the cowardly mainstream media won’t show Ian Smith’s house, for fear of it appearing too humble, in comparison to Mugabe’s mansion, I’m guessing he died with humble dignity. “ you can’t show how stupid we were!”

    • @HolkHugan
      @HolkHugan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Look at South Africa now under black rule. After the Afrikaaner left the government, it became another war torn, shit economy country

    • @nobilesnovushomo58
      @nobilesnovushomo58 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Alfnir Bjornson some people try to use this as an excuse that Rhodesia government was white prioritizing. This is wrong. Today in Zimbabwe you can meet very many whites that are just trying to get by. The economic system emphasized Learning by one’s family as well as institutions. It wasn’t perfect to any race in particular. By taking from those that could produce you worsened the situation for everyone.

    • @rethguals
      @rethguals 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      *I didn't go to a first class school in Rhodesia, yet Rhodesia gave me a
      first class education.*
      Verrrry interesting claim. 90% of the education budget went to whites (who were entitled to free education), whereas blacks received no entitlement to a free education, and had limited prospects to receive one. Few received even a primary education - you generally only had a chance at one if:
      - You lived near a mission (missionaries provided free educations for blacks, completely independently and without government support)
      - You were fortunate enough to be the child of a nanny or cookboy employed with a white family
      - You were the child of a soldier, police officer, or someone else in a relatively privileged profession
      Considering this gentleman purports to have not had the right to vote, but had the means to receive an education and emigrate to Canada, I'm not very inclined to believe him (surely that would have at least gotten a spot on Rhodesia's B Roll).
      *Judging by the fact the cowardly mainstream media won’t show Ian Smith’s house*
      Ian Smith died in a retirement home in South Africa. Not saying he didn't deserve something a bit more befitting his past, but it's a bit retarded to rage at the media for not making the trip out to Ian Smith's former house in Gwenoru, regional Zimbabwe.
      *Look at South Africa now under black rule. After the Afrikaaner left the government, it became another war torn, shit economy country*
      Ummmm....
      - What war is South Africa currently embroiled, in exactly? (as opposed to the South African Border war and other messy interventions that happened during the Apartheid Era)
      - Funnily enough, South Africa's economy did not really go to shit after Apartheid. Their GDP per capita and living standards have actually largely risen since those days, and are projected to do so
      - South Africa was a crime-ridden country under Apartheid too - in fact, it largely spiked in the years just before Apartheid ended, and has gradually lowered since then
      *Today in Zimbabwe you can meet very many whites that are just trying to get by.*
      This is more to do with the fact that as soon as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, the generous social net and institutions that favoured the white population disappeared overnight. This includes:
      - No more free education for whites, no more 90% of the education going to schools reserved for whites
      - Healthcare became universal, rather than skewed predominantly towards white communities
      - No more reserved jobs and occupations for whites
      - The scrapping of the Native Urban Areas Accommodation Act (1947) meant whites were no longer reserved urban areas, or protected from having to compete with blacks for housing
      - The end of the Land Tenure Act (1969) meant whites were no longer reserved the best and most fertile farmland
      Indeed, the fast-tracked land reform that seized white farms without compensation was a stupid mistake, but don't pretend the days of Rhodesia were inherently fair or superior - it simply concentrated the wealth of a relatively modest country (look up the GDP per capita of countries from 1960-1980, you'd be surprised how poorly Rhodesia performed) into a small segment of its population

    • @nobilesnovushomo58
      @nobilesnovushomo58 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Sir Pants initially, but by the time of Ian Smith in the 1960s, quality education was available to everyone, though it was highly technical and more geared towards employment in sophisticated industry and agriculture. This was done in part for UDI (Unilateral declaration of Independence), and they had the ‘standard six,’ standing for six years of education, after which many blacks were qualified to work in many professions, provided they did not opt for further education. Unlike Mugabe, who sulked and brewed at sanctions, Ian Smith overcame them and engaged in reforms and substitutional imports. You really don’t vet your claims do you?

  • @stavka4996
    @stavka4996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +933

    The lyrics for 2:48
    "We all dig the stoppies, the haircuts and the graze
    And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase"

    • @slater3570
      @slater3570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Lekker man lekker

    • @DurangoCzechoslovakia
      @DurangoCzechoslovakia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I mean, I’m not native English and even I could understand that. Idk why nobody only can’t.

    • @Foxygrandpa1912
      @Foxygrandpa1912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DurangoCzechoslovakia it’s their accents

    • @spec4393
      @spec4393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s english with some dutch words

    • @johnandy2587
      @johnandy2587 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Legend you are.... even though I know the lyrics, still though legend.

  • @harlanthompson7295
    @harlanthompson7295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1457

    Mugabe died today. I'll be enjoying my time tonight having a drink and listening to this song, among others.
    Never forget boys that the old guard that destroyed Rhodesia are gone and that their successors are far more incompetent than they were. All empires self-cannibalize in the end

    • @deraltekaiser6361
      @deraltekaiser6361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Harlan Thompson Here, here!

    • @godfreyberry1599
      @godfreyberry1599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I doubt you could find anyone on the planet more destructive than Mugabe. The 'new' government is trying the best they can to match the level of depravity - who knows they might just discover the winning formula!.

    • @TheBackwoodsbastard
      @TheBackwoodsbastard 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll be there to fight salute

    • @pixo4552
      @pixo4552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not like Mugabe and his gangbangers were any more competent..

    • @Mitchell_WerBell_III
      @Mitchell_WerBell_III 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Except for Rhodesia of course

  • @HispaniaGothorum
    @HispaniaGothorum 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5534

    Make Zimbabwe Rhodesia again

    • @toasterpastries5811
      @toasterpastries5811 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Razón Histórica
      excellent comment. Excellent avatar icon.

    • @blackirish781
      @blackirish781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      They kicked all the whites out and now they are begging for them to come back to their farms. South Africa is going the same way now. Black majority countries never succeed.

    • @Skankhunt-mt5dy
      @Skankhunt-mt5dy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Pero sera un camino largo hacia Mukumbura.

    • @agentepolaris4914
      @agentepolaris4914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Make Latin America, Southwestern US and Filipinas Spain again

    • @Me-eb3wv
      @Me-eb3wv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@agentepolaris4914 Sounds good

  • @SantaClaus-kk8zr
    @SantaClaus-kk8zr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1598

    Best damn counter-terrorism units out there.

    • @klenk5062
      @klenk5062 5 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      they f****d those terrorists
      6000 terrorists killed per killed rhodesian service man

    • @russianivan9651
      @russianivan9651 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Well that’s very debatable

    • @kennymccormick4092
      @kennymccormick4092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Russian Ivan what’s debatable?

    • @nihilistcentraluk442
      @nihilistcentraluk442 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      To what end?

    • @riflegreen937
      @riflegreen937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@russianivan9651 While that claim about 6,000 kills per man is probably shit, what isn't shit is that pretty small teams of these dudes could kill nearly half that amount alone with minimal losses.

  • @camdavey5073
    @camdavey5073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +768

    My family are Rhodies through and through, now in Australia, but I’m proud of all of them, the death of Rhodesia was the death of real men. Rhodesians never die.

    • @kingturtle2197
      @kingturtle2197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Another good song

    • @abcde8293
      @abcde8293 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The death of Rhodesia? No such thing. Think of it as a vacation.

    • @yusufdemirci5665
      @yusufdemirci5665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And death of racism

    • @jeffpickens4467
      @jeffpickens4467 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Here in NZ. Mix of South Africans and Rhodesians on my side

    • @dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748
      @dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@yusufdemirci5665 when there is more racism in Zimbabwe then Rhodesia.

  • @avaloff-truppe3558
    @avaloff-truppe3558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1149

    Rhodesia is more than a country, it’s also a symbol of the world we’ve lost.
    Greetings from Russia!
    Родезийские вперёд!

    • @jimmu8689
      @jimmu8689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Юстиниан Великий hopefully we can reclaim what we lost like belisarius reclaimed Italy

    • @67thCloneSquadron
      @67thCloneSquadron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @C-shift Report naw Russia still its its own cultural world seperate from the West

    • @DanielAstorias
      @DanielAstorias 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well say, brother

    • @avaloff-truppe3558
      @avaloff-truppe3558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      C-shift Report C-shift Report but Rus was exactly a European country lol. I see no point in this division between “Russia” and “European” worlds, especially in these dark times of general decline. I miss Rhodesia as a European, which doesn’t prevent me from being a Russian nationalist.

    • @avaloff-truppe3558
      @avaloff-truppe3558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      C-shift Report of course orthodox civilization differs a lot from the Latin one, but that’s not so much a case with the educated part of Russian society, at least since the times of Peter the Great. Moreover, I’m pleased to see that Russia sometimes preserves traditional European values better than the actual European nations.

  • @SantaClaus-kk8zr
    @SantaClaus-kk8zr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1829

    When is a brave producer going to make a movie about Ian Smith or Rhodesia?

    • @xclonejager6959
      @xclonejager6959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      Rhodesians Never Die when someone in Hollywood grows a back bone and covers something non American and controversial

    • @tm863
      @tm863 5 ปีที่แล้ว +333

      Rhodesians Never Die they will just make it about some brave native Marxist fighting against the evil white racist Smith and Rhodesian army, every white person in the film will be portrayed as the devil of Hollywood touches that film concept.

    • @DoughBoi_1918
      @DoughBoi_1918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      I am becoming a movie director in the future....

    • @StevenTheAristolianNerd
      @StevenTheAristolianNerd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@melgibson5029
      Can you explain this thing against Jews? I hear so many people on both sides of the political spectrum hate on the Jewish. I want to know why.

    • @narancsman3034
      @narancsman3034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@melgibson5029 What the fuck are you talking about? The extreme left and right both hate the Jews, because they are "rich" and some of them are "multicultural", and then they somehow control the governments or some bullshit. People like to blame their problems on someone else.

  • @timotje25
    @timotje25 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2578

    Put it on 1.25 speed. Thank me later!

    • @nastynate4916
      @nastynate4916 5 ปีที่แล้ว +299

      Ah, that’s sounds more like it

    • @ajeepwithwings8201
      @ajeepwithwings8201 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      amazing lad!

    • @joelwallmon7092
      @joelwallmon7092 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      1,5 was nice too

    • @TheLazyass111
      @TheLazyass111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      hell even 1.75 sounds good. like a slow early age punk song

    • @legio367
      @legio367 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@TheLazyass111 i fcking love the 1.75

  • @legioix4538
    @legioix4538 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2232

    BuT iTs rASciSt!!!
    *npc computing noise intensifies*

    • @ticluna5295
      @ticluna5295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +212

      Legio IV “iT’s RaCisT bEcAuSe It HaD a WhItE rUlEr”
      “iT’s ArPaThEiD”

    • @theojudice5609
      @theojudice5609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      They aren’t wrong. The white minority was fighting to control a black majority.

    • @legioix4538
      @legioix4538 5 ปีที่แล้ว +321

      @@theojudice5609 There's a reason why white rule was a thing, Zimbabwe being devoid of white people now is no coincidence, the belgian congo saw congolese rebels butchering people for being white or working for whites, and South Africa and then Rhodesia realised this. It wasnt so much fueled by racism as it was by self preservation, hell a black comedian from the US recieved a cordial welcome in Rhodesia by white Rhodesians.
      Its not so black and white like how you described it.

    • @legioix4538
      @legioix4538 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@ticluna5295 *laughs in colonialism*

    • @ticluna5295
      @ticluna5295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +182

      @@legioix4538 When the colonialist turns out to be better than your fellow black

  • @bridgetgibson3012
    @bridgetgibson3012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1028

    Only those of us who were born and bred Rhodesian know what we had. We may not have it any more but we had something no other country will ever have or achieve.

    • @jeffreay161
      @jeffreay161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Only those born and bred? We were all there to do something

    • @glendodds3824
      @glendodds3824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      @@jeffreay161 I am a Rhodesian born and bred, but many of the people who emigrated to the country from the UK etc loved Rhodesia just as much. For instance, my father was born in England but proudly served in the Rhodesian Air Force and my maternal grandparents were South Africans but bravely lived on their farm during the darkest days of the war. Indeed, most white adults in Rhodesia were born elsewhere, as every census showed. In 1969, for example, only 40 per cent of whites were born in the country. In that respect, Rhodesia had a lot in common with Angola and Mozambique where the white populations grew rapidly in the decades after the Second World War.

    • @nielllubieRS
      @nielllubieRS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@sandrojones8068 Yes. The land is now known as Zimbabwe. Thanks commies!

    • @briankandiye1274
      @briankandiye1274 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      agree ,it was a beautiful and well run country.

    • @hankhill9393
      @hankhill9393 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Bridget Gibson I’m Polish and Serbian I don’t have any connection to Rhodesia but I have massive respect for y’all, and if I could have fought I would’ve

  • @rurushu8094
    @rurushu8094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1251

    *Inhales deeply*
    We idolize the Rhodesian bush war not because of racism or politics, but because, at its most fundamental level, it speaks to every man's deepest desire to escape his current boring life, and embark on a great adventure. The Rhodesian trooper in his short shorts, clutching his FAL, is a symbol for a man partaking in a great journey of survival, brotherhood punctuated by moments of thrilling action. The defeat of the rebels and renaming of the country to Zimbabwe symbolizes the realization that we are all insignificant ants, and will never get to experience something so thrilling in our lives, and must return to our servitude.
    Also brushstroke cammies and FAL's are great

    • @rbkfan200
      @rbkfan200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Chin Chin The Dark Lord that’s pure poetry mate. Also FALs are just the bee’s knees, aren’t they

    • @rurushu8094
      @rurushu8094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      iappreciatejellyfish Δ oof I don’t live in the US

    • @thecoolnerdplaysvr5674
      @thecoolnerdplaysvr5674 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@rurushu8094 come now. Join us in the adventure

    • @Khoros-Mythos
      @Khoros-Mythos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@rurushu8094 To think I regretted moving to the US a few years ago. I almost missed the Boogaloo.

    • @i.p.freely8465
      @i.p.freely8465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Some of us just wanted to kill people

  • @PopeMcGrope
    @PopeMcGrope 2 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    When he sang
    “Nobody online has the rest of these lyrics”
    I felt that.

    • @venkkooo
      @venkkooo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      We all, dig the stoppies the haircuts and the graze and we really sceem it lekker

    • @stealthza138
      @stealthza138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@venkkooo ...when we start on our first phase

  • @nnvist
    @nnvist 6 ปีที่แล้ว +781

    It's a long way to Triperar...
    Oh, wait...

    • @frederickblackadder4981
      @frederickblackadder4981 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I think you mean Tiperary

    • @sambradley2975
      @sambradley2975 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      That sounds like " It's a long way to Tipperary ".

    • @Nyckname
      @Nyckname 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@frederickblackadder4981 😉

    • @thebrutusmars
      @thebrutusmars 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      GamersOnVideos
      *trip*

    • @thebrutusmars
      @thebrutusmars 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      GamersOnVideos
      I meant to tag you.
      Frederick was pointing out that the dude said “Triperar”
      It’s Tipperary, not TRIPperary.

  • @pro-ductionspelis2455
    @pro-ductionspelis2455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    My grandfather fought in the Bush war. A great man. RIP

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what regiment was he in?

    • @connorp4928
      @connorp4928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@adankmeme651 the dead one

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@connorp4928 Ik he is dead just asking what regiment he fought in while still alive

    • @connorp4928
      @connorp4928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@adankmeme651 battlefield dead company

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@connorp4928 true, that shit was god, wish they could make more

  • @jesupcolt
    @jesupcolt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    I ordered a pair of brushstroke swim trunks. I returned them because they weren't short enough.

    • @jesupcolt
      @jesupcolt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @BlipyBlopy, show me a group of men who fought a war in speedos, "bruh." (You took the "bruh" out. 🤣)

    • @jesupcolt
      @jesupcolt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @BlipyBlopy, we project onto others that which we hate most about ourselves, and you're projecting so hard, you could sell tickets to a picture show. 📽🎟🍿🥤

    • @jesupcolt
      @jesupcolt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @BlipyBlopy, there's that projection again. Will you be selling concessions at this showing too?

    • @jesupcolt
      @jesupcolt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @BlipyBlopy, you just can't stop projecting, can you? I obviously got under your skin since you removed the "bruh" after I poked fun. And then, you've been on those petty personal attacks since. 🤣

    • @jesupcolt
      @jesupcolt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @BlipyBlopy, you've done nothing but project your own insecurities onto, and I'm the one grasping at straws?! 🤣 You just stay on that cope, don't you, "bruh?" If you feel this inadequate as a man, you should talk to your therapist, not me.
      "Bruh" wasn't necessary at all. It's just cringe, but you only removed it after I mocked it. Makes you wonder... 🤔
      You said "real men wear speedos," to which I responded by asking to name one war in which men fought in speedos, since you're comparing a speedo to Rhodesian Brushstroke short shorts that men wore into battle. You dodged the question and started projecting your feelings of male inadequacy onto me. Are you just actually a child? Because that would explain a lot, including your complete lack of self-awareness. 🤷‍♂️

  • @fredricgreenblott283
    @fredricgreenblott283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    For those unaware or confused on some of the things they mention... “mukkas” is South African/Afrikaans slang for “friends”, they also of course mention many towns of significance to the Rhodies (many of which were hosts to battles, like Mukumbura, Umtali, the Montclair hotel, etc)... “ek se” is Afrikaans for “I say”, “tot siens” is Afrikaans for “goodbye”, JOC Inyanga refers to the Rhodesian Joint Operations Center in Inyanga, “wide tar” is a type of road category in Rhodesia (and now Occupied Rhodesia, I will not call it Zimbabwe) indicating at least a two-lane road, FN is the ubiquitous FN FAL rifle used by the Rhodies... the “stoppies” were all the stops made along the way by the Rhodies, getting haircuts and graze (food) along the way, and “lekker” is slang for good or great. Correct me if I’m wrong on any of this!

    • @nopeoppeln
      @nopeoppeln 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i didn’t know that English in Rhodesia was that much Afrikaans influenced

    • @MC-ip8gb
      @MC-ip8gb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We use it in the UK as well.

    • @yuppieNL
      @yuppieNL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tot siens means till next time, lekker can mean multiple things, it can mean good, nice, tasty, good looking, delicious etc

  • @krisstarring
    @krisstarring 4 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    This song is basically the "Fortunate Son" by CCR for the Rhodesian Bush War.

    • @billybigbone
      @billybigbone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's basically awesome I think you mean

    • @Mitchell_WerBell_III
      @Mitchell_WerBell_III 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Also it's to the style of it's a long way to Tipperary

  • @criminals
    @criminals 4 ปีที่แล้ว +847

    Teacher: We are going on a trip to africa
    Girls: ewwww it's hot there
    Boys:

    • @jakemocci3953
      @jakemocci3953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Teacher: We’re going on a trip to Chicago!
      Girls: Oh but what about the riots???
      Boys:

    • @eriksjud9465
      @eriksjud9465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Boys: Roland get the Thompson.

    • @rdhffhfhhgffgj2079
      @rdhffhfhhgffgj2079 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Long live the NPFL

    • @modables
      @modables ปีที่แล้ว

      Teacher: We are going on a trip to africa
      Everyone: why the fuck are we going 50k miles away from the country

  • @mixtapeWA
    @mixtapeWA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +536

    amazing

    • @TheAthelasProject
      @TheAthelasProject  5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Thank you so much. Never expected to see a big cat such as yourself on my channel!

    • @TN-xx4ih
      @TN-xx4ih 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      R H O D E S I A W A V E

    • @michaelmikeymike0015
      @michaelmikeymike0015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Fancy seeing you here, mixtape

    • @srb_guy3487
      @srb_guy3487 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't I know you from somewhere?

  • @TheAthelasProject
    @TheAthelasProject  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1256

    Well, we've crossed 350,000 views. I can't believe this has become so popular. My "Vaporwave" videos usually remain between 1-10k views and then I have this. This is my one hit wonder guys. I want to thank you all for watching and enjoying this!
    If you want, check out the other "waves" I made on this playlist:
    th-cam.com/play/PL4W6iYnlciFAlpr57FPQS0hP6Cm_2Bpnu.html
    A lot of these videos revolve around conflicts, politics and such and are not politically correct (just like this one isn't). Again, thank you all, so freaking much!

    • @user-ww6wf5rx5r
      @user-ww6wf5rx5r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Samo jako!

    • @t_y8274
      @t_y8274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      This one is the best recording of the song readily available since it's been removed from spotify

    • @joewilson3575
      @joewilson3575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh my, looky here we got an "I'm not politically correct" hard man.

    • @ripvanwinkle6760
      @ripvanwinkle6760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      TheAthelasProject we need Rhodesians never die pls

    • @jamesmadisonwilliams4210
      @jamesmadisonwilliams4210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Make Rhodesia White Again and we shall have our Rhodesia we love again.

  • @Nyckname
    @Nyckname 5 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    "Heaven, I'm in heaven."
    😂

    • @gonnabemoreorlesswild
      @gonnabemoreorlesswild 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Shooting commies in a trip throught the bush, how life can be better ?

    • @gangiskhan6948
      @gangiskhan6948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      2020 gonna be wild a true man carries a FAL and wears short shorts. I wish I could’ve fought with the rhodisions!

    • @josephstalin7353
      @josephstalin7353 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gonnabemoreorlesswild shooting commies is always fun

    • @nomore9004
      @nomore9004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "Hevvveeen, I'm in heaaavennnn"

  • @jamesscott7944
    @jamesscott7944 5 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    My uncle a former USMC vietnam veteran fought in the Bush war with the Selous Scouts from 1974 to 1977.

    • @rez4958
      @rez4958 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He must have some great stories.

    • @jamesscott7944
      @jamesscott7944 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@rez4958 He was proud of his outfit and would always miss the good old scenery of Lake Kariba. He passed away 10 years ago from Liver cancer

    • @michaelgmail5968
      @michaelgmail5968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      RIP to your uncle. A hero in my book, friend.

    • @akejohansson2860
      @akejohansson2860 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Big Up, from Sweden

    • @hootdeflector6270
      @hootdeflector6270 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesscott7944 dope

  • @Moomoo254
    @Moomoo254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Lived 19 year's on this earth and didn't even know this conflict existed at all, thank's public schooling.

    • @rockyaer1
      @rockyaer1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Schooling in general tends to miss out so much interesting world history. Thats why you need to take matters into your own hands and educate yourself about things like these

    • @Moomoo254
      @Moomoo254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rockyaer1 I would have to agree

    • @JakeGittes84
      @JakeGittes84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rockyaer1 Any recommendations for other interesting pieces of history that the school corriculum happened to leave out?

    • @rockyaer1
      @rockyaer1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@JakeGittes84 South African history, The Spanish civil war, Chinese history before WW2, Reunification of Germany and Italy and a more in depth look at the Roman empire and how they managed to rule the world at their time. There is also a TH-cam channel called "History matters" with short videos about many interesting events.

    • @JakeGittes84
      @JakeGittes84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rockyaer1 Good looking out big fella. Thanks.

  • @HeyItsJakegaming
    @HeyItsJakegaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +505

    I bloody love his accent, south africans have the best english speaking accent imo

    • @kangobango2115
      @kangobango2115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      But there is different types of south-african accents tho

    • @HeyItsJakegaming
      @HeyItsJakegaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Kango Bango ok?

    • @kangobango2115
      @kangobango2115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HeyItsJakegaming Woops sorry for the repeated reply

    • @mafia2boy33
      @mafia2boy33 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Pretty much on the same level as Bush accent in Australia

    • @HeyItsJakegaming
      @HeyItsJakegaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@mafia2boy33 yea, over here in England everyone just sounds like thugs lmao

  • @Astorath_the_Grim
    @Astorath_the_Grim 6 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    Rhodesia never dies!!!

    • @joaovilaca1436
      @joaovilaca1436 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It just did. Lol.

    • @gonnabemoreorlesswild
      @gonnabemoreorlesswild 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@joaovilaca1436 As long our heart beat in remembrance, Rhodesia will prevail

  • @limpchimp06
    @limpchimp06 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    Mugabe is dead :)

  • @TheAthelasProject
    @TheAthelasProject  5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    *UPDATE: WE'VE HIT 90,000 VIEWS HOLY SHIT*
    Hello everyone! I just want to tell you a huge thank you for getting this video over 50000 views! In order to honor that achievement (and considering I've just returned from a trip to my people's holy land), I made a follow-up video called "European Rhodesians" revolving around the Kosovo conflict - th-cam.com/video/cldWgfqcHKY/w-d-xo.html

    • @marko43zla23
      @marko43zla23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      60k views now, congrats Athelas! Your old fan here :)

    • @TheAthelasProject
      @TheAthelasProject  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks man!

  • @ripvanwinkle6760
    @ripvanwinkle6760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Mugabe bites the dust, god speed

  • @richboitalkin99m
    @richboitalkin99m 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    LONG LIVE RHODESIA!!! RHODESIANS NEVER DIE!

  • @TheAthelasProject
    @TheAthelasProject  4 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    200,000 views guys! Let's keep this video growing! Spread the word about this gem of a country and an even bigger gem of a song! Thank you for every view, like and subscribe!
    *We are the Shumba drinkers:* th-cam.com/video/-g1RrwtldmA/w-d-xo.html
    *European Rhodesians:* th-cam.com/video/cldWgfqcHKY/w-d-xo.html

    • @basicallyhell4150
      @basicallyhell4150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Press f to keep them north of that river till that river is running dry

    • @smo-king6504
      @smo-king6504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@basicallyhell4150 F

    • @Endremael
      @Endremael 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      song cannot be bigger of a gem than the country :-) cheers.

    • @dreadpiraterobertsii4420
      @dreadpiraterobertsii4420 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Delete this video and il give you 1,000,000 Zimbabwean dollars

    • @jamesmadisonwilliams4210
      @jamesmadisonwilliams4210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      White Rhodesia will be Re-Established Again Hail Victory my White Brothers and Sisters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @TheAthelasProject
    @TheAthelasProject  5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Well, we've hit 100,000 views. This is my first video that did this well! In order to celebrate this grand success, I've made two follow-up videos to this one:
    *We are the Shumba drinkers:* th-cam.com/video/-g1RrwtldmA/w-d-xo.html
    *European Rhodesians:* th-cam.com/video/cldWgfqcHKY/w-d-xo.html

    • @sir.phillip2697
      @sir.phillip2697 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think i was the last view to that number as i just found this today

    • @user-wg7gv8mf7i
      @user-wg7gv8mf7i 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good luck, guys! You are making very need things for wite peoples. Yes, I'm russian)))

    • @user-wg7gv8mf7i
      @user-wg7gv8mf7i 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Excuse me, I missed "h". I tape from phone

    • @sir.phillip2697
      @sir.phillip2697 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ah a Russian comrad your kinda right with the white part

    • @richardalfaro3890
      @richardalfaro3890 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was that a Rhodesian war song?

  • @Tomartyr
    @Tomartyr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Ah the Rhodesian Bush War, aka 'The War with all the Short Shorts'.

  • @adankmeme651
    @adankmeme651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    Mugabe: dies
    Me: Finally we can make Rhodesia Rhodesia again
    Friend: It's called Zimbambwe dumbass
    Me: *puts on shorts and jungle cap and grabs FN FAL* I SAY WE RHODESIA TODAY!

    • @Exxperiment626
      @Exxperiment626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rhodesia exist only in fantasy like Narnia or Mordor.

    • @leonodonoghueburke4276
      @leonodonoghueburke4276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @BossHossGT500 Cry harder. Imagine being a simp for a failed state

    • @googlesearchhistory5249
      @googlesearchhistory5249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@leonodonoghueburke4276 good argument, unfortunately, I read your search history

  • @fernpaz9570
    @fernpaz9570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Mugabe died last night, Make Zimbabwe Rhodesia Again
    (Sept. 6, 2019)

  • @djmuzeak4351
    @djmuzeak4351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    As an African American I want Rhodesia back!

  • @SurajSinghTomarArya
    @SurajSinghTomarArya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Guys, grab your guns. We are going to Rhodesia:Electric Boogaloo.

  • @biggestnibba3254
    @biggestnibba3254 6 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    Rhodesia will never die

    • @90sBoyzBand
      @90sBoyzBand 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      it did

    • @joem7085
      @joem7085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You must be fun at parties

    • @Shrapnel-tj3il
      @Shrapnel-tj3il 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Where's Poland
      Points at map
      Where's Romania
      Points at map
      Where's Russia
      Points at map
      Where's Rhodesia
      Points at Heart

    • @TRPilot06YT
      @TRPilot06YT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Shrapnel-tj3il points at short shorts and FAL*

  • @goaboa_
    @goaboa_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    Let's give those floppies a good hiding

    • @KM-hw6tw
      @KM-hw6tw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We had joy, we had fun....

  • @dannyboy4256
    @dannyboy4256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My Great Grandfather was a Captain in the Southern Rhodesian Regiment during ww2, but my family left Rhodesia about a decade after to go to Britain. Sad that Rhodesia is now Zimbabwe.

    • @dannyboy4256
      @dannyboy4256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Skrooge Lantay Someone is "oppressed by the government" because they are "a person of colour", why don't you read something before commenting something which makes no sense? Be respectful, you have no idea who the man was, or who anyone is here.

    • @dannyboy4256
      @dannyboy4256 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jussim.konttinen4981 ?

    • @dannyboy4256
      @dannyboy4256 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jussim.konttinen4981 interesting but not sure why you wanted to show me

  • @captainmemelord4978
    @captainmemelord4978 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    I may have a controversial opinion but, I honestly think the song slowed down like this sounds better.
    Thanks for uploading this.

    • @g.l.81
      @g.l.81 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I 100% agree

    • @josephstalin7353
      @josephstalin7353 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fast: helicopter
      Slow: foot/mobile vehicle patrol.

  • @redranger1949
    @redranger1949 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Safari cruise :We are going to africa !
    Girls: Omg animals and sunny beaches !!
    Boys: Floppies REEEEEE * LOADS FAL *

  • @user-qu4yb5oj7v
    @user-qu4yb5oj7v 6 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    *riping Athelas' head in the comment section, because he knows how controversial Rhodesia is*

    • @user-qk1sz9qd8b
      @user-qk1sz9qd8b 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Rhodesia was, is and will be.

    • @Johnny-ws1oh
      @Johnny-ws1oh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @James Madison Bradley sometimes I wonder what a 2 state solution would of looked like?

    • @ninds437
      @ninds437 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Johnny-ws1oh terrible, especially in Africa

  • @owensmith6357
    @owensmith6357 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Respect .. I served in the British Army with an ex RLI bush war veteran . My Troop commander no less. Top bloke .. knew his shit & respect for him came naturally .. one of those characters you meet in life that stay with you .

  • @jakobstanton4480
    @jakobstanton4480 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    You can call us rebels and you can call us rogues. We were founded by an Englishman by the name of Cecil Rhodes.

  • @bargluftnationalism1054
    @bargluftnationalism1054 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I love his accent

  • @homeristro3472
    @homeristro3472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is the fortunate son of the rhodesian people

  • @TN-xx4ih
    @TN-xx4ih 5 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    What's this song? It's a Rhodesian version of "It's a long way to Tipperary".

    • @fuzzy4461
      @fuzzy4461 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes

    • @stalker5299
      @stalker5299 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Long way to Mukumbura, so yeah Rhodesian version of that song

    • @JagerLange
      @JagerLange 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Answered your own question there, mun.

  • @AndrewLale
    @AndrewLale ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Grew up in Gwelo. A lot of the boys from my school ended up in the forces. One in the SAS, one in the Gray Scouts, the rest in the RLI. There is nobody, NOBODY on earth I'd trust more than a Rhodesian. Great people. A great little country. A horrible loss to Africa when it went.

  • @jeandeville807
    @jeandeville807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Good old times.

  • @theflyinggasmask
    @theflyinggasmask 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    UK leaves the EU: **Nothing**
    Rhodesia leaves the UK: **Gets sanctioned and has to fight soviets by themselves**
    Seems fair!

    • @willemvanstaden3292
      @willemvanstaden3292 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey, at least the Boers helped them... At least until betrayel from within our ranks forced our "police forces" (soldiers) to leave Rhodesia to its fate. The planned communist takeover of both it and SA.

    • @xXXArchangellXXx
      @xXXArchangellXXx ปีที่แล้ว

      They didn't fight the soviets you degenerate

    • @theflyinggasmask
      @theflyinggasmask ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xXXArchangellXXx Thanks :)

  • @PikaPower131313
    @PikaPower131313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Red Orchestra/ Rising Storm style game but in Rhodesia? hell ya

    • @cameronbeatty6631
      @cameronbeatty6631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That game if it ever got mainstream would piss off so many pc haha

    • @cameronbeatty6631
      @cameronbeatty6631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@wyomarine6341 unfortunately im unfit for military service but atleast i tried

    • @raz_hz
      @raz_hz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@cameronbeatty6631 rip

    • @rhodie.
      @rhodie. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      wyomarine Shut up boomer

    • @angus4678
      @angus4678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Soviet-Afghan war would be better for a RO3

  • @connorgolden4
    @connorgolden4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    It’s a damn shame what happened to Rhodesia and it’s people.

  • @seamy8959
    @seamy8959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Father: It's a long way to tipperary
    Son: It's a long way to mukumbura

  • @asoggycracker8773
    @asoggycracker8773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I stumbled upon this video a few weeks ago after listening to swallowing dust and thank the lord for that to. What a fantastic channel. I’ll be praying for you all in Montenegro.

  • @oliversykes8464
    @oliversykes8464 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Mugabe is dead lads!

    • @mattbarbarich3295
      @mattbarbarich3295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oliver Sykes Yes but his party is still in power so what has really changed? How many white farmers or other businessman have returned to their property?

  • @jeremygilmore3208
    @jeremygilmore3208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    FULL LYRICS:
    It's a long way to Mukumbura
    It's a long way to jawl
    It's a long way from your home-town
    But you can have yourself a ball
    With your mukkas...
    Goodbye Bulawayo, tot siens Cecil Square
    It's a long, long way to Mukumbura
    And we're going up there to stir
    It's a long way to JOC Inyanga
    It's a long way, ek se
    It's a long way from Umtali
    But it's wide tar all the way
    Well, nearly...
    Goodbye to the Cecil
    Hello the Mont Claire
    It's a long, long way to JOC Inyanga
    And the crowd is fighting there
    It's a long way to Kariba
    It's a long way to run
    It's a long way from Mukute
    But you can do it on your THUMB
    With your FN...
    We love our Sergeant Major, when he drives it on RL
    When he takes us on the bush road, it's just like going to-
    Heaven, I'm in Heaven
    It's a long way to Llewelyn
    It's a long way on the train
    We can kwai it to the North Pole
    But they'd build one just the same
    With a parade square
    We all dig the stoppies, the haircuts and the graze
    And if we really scheme it's lekker, when we start on our first phase
    It's a long way to Mukumbura
    It's a long way to jawl
    It's a long way from your home-town
    But you can have yourself a ball
    With your mukkas...
    Goodbye Bulawayo, tot siens Cecil Square
    It's a long, long way to Mukumbura
    And we're going up there to stir
    Stir
    Stir
    Ensure
    Stir
    Ensure
    Stir
    Ensure
    Stir
    Ensure
    END
    >genius.com/Mike-westcott-and-leprechaun-its-a-long-way-to-mukumbura-lyrics

    • @bravobase6801
      @bravobase6801 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some of those Lyrics are wrong

  • @jerrycarmody6717
    @jerrycarmody6717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    S L O T T I N G F L O P P I E S

  • @magpie9-298
    @magpie9-298 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This made my shorts become even shorter after hearing this.

    • @sexybastard5824
      @sexybastard5824 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      nice name, btw is the barrel on my fal clean

  • @jamesmadisonwilliams4210
    @jamesmadisonwilliams4210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The Missing Lyrics are "We all dig the stoppies, haircuts and the graze
    And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase"!

  • @carmensrobloxrp3658
    @carmensrobloxrp3658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Its a long way to tipperary: Who are you?
    Its a long way to Mukumbura: I'm you but Rhodesian

  • @aqswde110
    @aqswde110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    There’s only one weapon more deadly than a Rhodesian FAL... Rhodesian short shorts!

  • @SomerandomShmuck
    @SomerandomShmuck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    first time: This is sort of disturbing
    third time: It kinda good ngl
    tenth: TOT CECIL SQUARE!

  • @GayFrogsTho
    @GayFrogsTho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I grew up next door to a Zimbabwean family in the UK, they where white. Their daughter, Bronwyn, was the hottest female I've ever seen. Rock on you stone cold fox.

    • @rbkfan200
      @rbkfan200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Benjamin Pickersgill «stone cold fox» now that is an expression I’ll adopt.

    • @Chris-yy5pj
      @Chris-yy5pj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      rhodesian* not zimbabwe

  • @mustynutzzz7886
    @mustynutzzz7886 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I've never even heard of the country Rhodesia but now I'm very intrigued

    • @JWWhiteTX
      @JWWhiteTX 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rhodesia became Zimbabwe after it was handed over to people not ready for prime time (kind of like South Africa). When it was Rhodesia, it was a first world nation where everything worked and everyone ate, now, not so much. Say what you will about those icky ol' colonizers, but they knew how to build and maintain advanced nations.

    • @C4Cole05
      @C4Cole05 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JWWhiteTX Correction, knew how to build and maintain advanced nations for themselves while leaving the rest of the population behind and then being surprised when the rest of the nation doesn't like being 2nd class citizens

  • @pasaerc
    @pasaerc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Sort of sad to realize God Save the Queen and the Star Spangled Banner will be reduced to a relics like this... songs about dead places where the most alive once lived.

    • @sanwayachilles
      @sanwayachilles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't think England and US will suddenly be reduced to relics like Rhodesia. Unless you're talking about nuclear war?

    • @anothernpc4943
      @anothernpc4943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sanwayachilles you dont get it

    • @sanwayachilles
      @sanwayachilles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anothernpc4943 What?

    • @GAMER123GAMING
      @GAMER123GAMING 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sanwayachilles You really don't get it

  • @bellissimo999
    @bellissimo999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    white boy summer lfg

  • @ninds437
    @ninds437 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The fall of the Republic of Rhodesia, though much underrated, is one of the most important moments in Africa in the 20th century.
    The end of white minority rule in 1980 coincided with the rapid decline and loss of prestige that Apartheid would experience over the course of the decade, resulting in the complete end of the British and Dutch colonial legacy in Africa.
    We can say with great certainty that Rhodesia will not return and no phenomenon similar to such a nation will be seen any time soon, and perhaps never again.
    The young republic was surprisingly prosperous, and in just 15 years it was able to build one of the most efficient counter-guerrilla forces in the world, as well as an extensive musical folk culture.
    Unfortunately, after the end of the Bush War, figures like Mugabe usurped and destroyed the economic and military progress developed during the Ian Smith government, which although it was not correct to preserve minority rule, was extremely popular among the population:
    "While acknowledging the priveleged position whites had under Smith, several commentators have latterly agreed whit his claims that many black zimbabweans preferred him to Mugabe whit hindsight, albeit a very low bar. "Smith's image improved inversely as Mugabe's plummeted" Johnson wrote. "When he walked the streets of Harare, Afticans would almost queue up to grasp his hand and wish him well. "If you were to go Harare today (in 2007) and ask ordinary black zimbabweans who they would rather have their leader--Smith or Mugabe--the answer would be almost unanimous", Boynton asserted; "And it would not be Mugabe.""

  • @epicver
    @epicver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    2:48 - 3:05
    We all dig the stoppies, the haircuts, and the graze
    And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase

    • @krisbecka8789
      @krisbecka8789 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Anybody who knows anything about gunning for a living heard "first phase" in there

  • @thegamingrhino5864
    @thegamingrhino5864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    IT'S A LONG WAY TO MUKUMBURA
    to the sweetest girl I know!
    IT'S A LONG WAY TO MUKUMBURA
    But my hearts right there

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      IT'S A LONG WAY TO MUKUMBURA
      to the Fabrique Nationale ! (FN)
      IT'S A LONG WAY TO MUKUMBURA
      But my Fusil Automatique Léger (FAL) right there !

  • @tipr8739
    @tipr8739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve been listening to this on loop. It’s like my angel is getting me ready for “Vietnam Round 3 : Appalachia”

  • @jjoyjit_162
    @jjoyjit_162 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    0:27 Leonardo DiCaprio spotted

    • @Mt13BattlefieldV
      @Mt13BattlefieldV 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do you know the name of the clip??

  • @plamenatanasov1091
    @plamenatanasov1091 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    After watching this video all my pants became shorts.

  • @edgychico9311
    @edgychico9311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    The older version is : It's a long way to Tipperary.
    The new version is : It's a long way to Mukumbura.

    • @geoffleach5390
      @geoffleach5390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ice Wallow Come Chico there power chords in that make it slightly different.

    • @hyperboreanspiritreborn3981
      @hyperboreanspiritreborn3981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      German version is Weit ist der Weg zurück ins Heimatland. By the way, i respect Smith

    • @beyondblesscrissy4063
      @beyondblesscrissy4063 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chicomatsu Slicous newer version: its a long way to Tehran.

    • @v5in88
      @v5in88 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a long way to Marawi

  • @thebrutusmars
    @thebrutusmars 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I keep coming back to this song. So damn wonderful.

  • @taylorleeforcongress8470
    @taylorleeforcongress8470 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The history of the Anglos and their kin is rich and fabled. I see no reason to be ashamed.

    • @jute8660
      @jute8660 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      rich in genocide and fabled with infamy

    • @taylorleeforcongress8470
      @taylorleeforcongress8470 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jute8660 What people do you hail from?

    • @pervertteacher8867
      @pervertteacher8867 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Anglos have a tendency to abandon their brothers especially when push comes to shove. Well at least the main land Englanders. That’s their biggest downfall

    • @WhiteBaronn
      @WhiteBaronn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pervertteacher8867 Anglos are inborn Juice

  • @tmdrm9817
    @tmdrm9817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My Dad was a machine gunner for the Rhodesians he was part of the house mounted infantry. I do not know from which company.

  • @Zanitus_huh
    @Zanitus_huh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I believe black Rhodesians want Rhodesia instead of occupied Rhodesia
    gg

    • @frankyboy8513
      @frankyboy8513 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Black Rhodesians? You mean zimbabweans?

    • @Zanitus_huh
      @Zanitus_huh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@frankyboy8513 did you read the god damn joke

    • @frankyboy8513
      @frankyboy8513 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Zanitus_huh yes?

    • @Zanitus_huh
      @Zanitus_huh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@frankyboy8513 I said Zimbabwe is occupied Rhodesia so I said black Rhodesians instead of black Zimbabweans

  • @thehobbit1654
    @thehobbit1654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For some reason I'm listening to this on repeat so many times today

  • @garydurandt4260
    @garydurandt4260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Mate it brings back happy memories. If I could do this again, even knowing what the outcome was, I would do it! Best days of my life

  • @nfnc1292
    @nfnc1292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Rhodesians never die but mugabe sure did

  • @markaxworthy2281
    @markaxworthy2281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It could also be "stompies" - cigarette stubs, if I remember correctly.
    I also think it is "in our RL" - the Bedford RL truck.

  • @Sturmavk
    @Sturmavk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When you’re a combat veteran and you get nostalgic for a war you never fought. Those packs look heavy and nobody but those who did it knows the pain. I imagine a drunken night at the local pub with the boys on a weekend pass singing along to this song

  • @fancy_cyka3594
    @fancy_cyka3594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This song is an absolute bop

  • @8oio871
    @8oio871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The unknown lyrics are:
    "We all dig the stoppies, haircuts and the graze
    And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase"

  • @marshymarsh20
    @marshymarsh20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn this gets me right in the feels. RIP bestest gunnit.

  • @LivingIronicallyinEurope
    @LivingIronicallyinEurope 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why this video is recommending mine is beyond me, but I'm glad

  • @operatorblack
    @operatorblack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I listen to this to get hyped to train. A true classic. Good boys those Selous Scouts.

  • @DroughtBee
    @DroughtBee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Full Lyrics (Because the one on this video has incomplete ones.)
    It's a long way to Mukumbura
    It's a long way to jawl
    It's a long way from your hometown
    But you can have yourself a ball
    With your mukkas
    Goodbye Bulawayo, tot siens Cecil Square
    It's a long, long way to Mukumbura And we're going up there to stir
    It's a long way to JOC Inyanga
    It's a long way, ek se
    It's a long way from Umtali
    But it's wide tar all the way
    Well, nearly
    Goodbye to the Cecil
    Hello the Mont Claire
    It's a long, long way to JOC Inyanga
    And the crowd's fighting there
    It's a long way to Kariba
    It's a long way to run
    It's a long way from Mukute
    But you can do it on your THUMB
    With your FN
    We love our Sergeant Major, when he drives it on RL
    When he takes us on the bush road It's just like going to
    Heaven, I'm in Heaven
    It's a long way to Llewelyn
    It's a long way on the train
    We can kwai it to the North Pole, But they'd build one just the same
    The parade square
    We all dig the stoppies, haircuts and the graze
    And if we really scheme it's lekker when we start on our first phase
    It's a long way to Mukumbura
    It's a long way to jawl
    It's a long way from your hometown
    But you can have yourself a ball
    With your mukkas
    Goodbye Bulawayo, tot siens Cecil Square
    It's a long, long way to Mukumbura And we're going up there to stir
    Stir
    Stir
    Stir
    Ensure
    Stir
    Ensure
    Stir
    Ensure
    Stir

  • @uzayonat8258
    @uzayonat8258 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just asked my Turkish parents if they know this song. Suprisingly, they knew it for a long time. It is stumping to me that people from another continent knew this song and frequently listened to it.

  • @mikerilling6515
    @mikerilling6515 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    “ we all dig the stoppies the haircuts and the graze
    and if we really scheme it’s Lekker
    when we start on our first phase “