What If Rhodesia Survived? | Alternate History

Use code MONSIEURZ50 to get 50% off your first Factor box at ! The story of Rhodesia is the story of a British settler colony’s struggle for survival against a changing political landscape and social environment, on top of a physical struggle against enemy states and militia groups. The Rhodesians had a lot going for them, but even more acting against them. Between the Rhodesian Bush War, sanctions by Britain, and an inability to gain recognition of its independence, the Rhodesians were ultimately forced to compromise with Britain and the militias, and thus Rhodesia ceased to exist, being replaced by Zimbabwe. But what if that changed? What if in an alternate timeline Rhodesia survived? How would Rhodesia have impacted Southern African geopolitics in the late Cold War, especially with the wars occurring in its neighboring states of Portuguese Mozambique and South African Namibia? We’ll be explaining how Rhodesia could have survived, and what the consequences of that wo
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