Rhodesian Security Forces

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armed forces military and police organization

The Rhodesian Security Forces were the military and police organizations of the unrecognized state of Rhodesia, central to its counterinsurgency efforts during the Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979).

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rhodesian Army	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces ⓘ military and police organization ⓘ
activePeriodEnd	1979 ⓘ
activePeriodStart	1964 ⓘ
allegiance	Government of Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rhodesian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOfCommand	Salisbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
component	British South Africa Police NERFINISHED ⓘ Grey’s Scouts NERFINISHED ⓘ Police Anti-Terrorist Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodesian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodesian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodesian Light Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ Selous Scouts NERFINISHED ⓘ Special Air Service (Rhodesian SAS) NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Rhodesian Bush War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
disbandedFollowing	Lancaster House Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
doctrine	counter-guerrilla warfare ⓘ
engagedIn	Operation Dingo NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Eland NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	white minority rule ⓘ
legalStatus	forces of an unrecognized state ⓘ
notableCommander	Peter Walls NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald Reid-Daly NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableUnit	Rhodesian Light Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodesian SAS NERFINISHED ⓘ Selous Scouts NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryOpponents	Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTheatre	Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitmentPolicy	racially segregated ⓘ
role	border security ⓘ counterinsurgency ⓘ internal security ⓘ
secondaryTheatre	Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
statusAfter1980	disbanded or integrated into Zimbabwean forces ⓘ
succeededBy	Zimbabwe Defence Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Zimbabwe Republic Police NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy	Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedTactics	cross-border raids ⓘ fireforce operations ⓘ pseudo-operations ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rhodesia → mainSecurityForce → Rhodesian Security Forces ⓘ

Rhodesia → army → Rhodesian Security Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhodesian Army

L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle → usedBy → Rhodesian Security Forces ⓘ

FAL → usedBy → Rhodesian Security Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: FN FAL

Rhodesian Air Force → partOf → Rhodesian Security Forces ⓘ

Rhodesian Bush War → side1 → Rhodesian Security Forces ⓘ