I’m a zoomer and had never heard of Rhodesia until this year. I have some general questions.
I’m trying to learn more about history and I was wondering if anyone could help me put it into historical context and I’m just very lost. So if I could get some help or links to easy to understand info that would be great.
When I hear people talk about it they often just say “it was a disaster” and “they tried to start a new white supremacist state in the middle of Africa” but nobody explains anything more.
Why did that happen? What happened? Who was involved and what did they want?
What did this lead to in world history? I hear people talk about it regarding the uk and war and geopolitics and stuff but I don’t really understand exactly what.
If you are interested, there have been some earlier discussions on this subreddit about Rhodesia that I can link to. Firstly there is a section of this subreddit's FAQ about the country, answered mostly by u/profrhodes. There is also this older answer by u/khosikulu, and we have also had some more recent discussions about the modern perception of the country, like here by u/Gracchus__Babeuf and here by u/swarthmoreburke among others.