I live in the USA. I really love the sound of your voice and the fond memories that you recount. Just like you I had an old British bike which I used to thunder around Salisbury with in the late 1970’s. Do please keep doing what you are doing because it brings so much comfort to all former Rhodesians.
@@Karl_I In the mid 80s, I personally knew 2 gentlemen who had served in the RLI. Both of them were men of honor, and missed their homeland terribly. That was in one of the far western states in the U.S.
Things are not good in SA. I imagine recording UA-cam content isn't a priority when there are daily power outages, up to 23 hours without power. I hope Martin is okay, praying for you sir.
I may be in the minority, but I really love hearing about tobacco in Rhodesia. I grew up on a tobacco farm in the 1970s in Maryland, USA. My late father was not only a tobacco farmer, but he was a tobacco specialist for the government. Tobacco farming has now been all but eradicated in the United States. Hearing about the tobacco in Rhodesia fondly reminds me of my youth and my father.
That fascinates me, in Johannesburg ( 70s) the advertisments in Cinema and printed press, magazines and newspapers all had ads that portrayed America cigarettes as desirable. Brands are, Paul Revere, Gungston, Marlborrough , and the expensive Camel. Movies showed fields of Kentucky tobacco.
@@johnsmith-ht3sy The place I grew up is called Lower Marlboro and we took our tobacco to warehouses in Upper Marlboro to be auctioned to the tobacco companies. Our county flag still has a tobacco leaf on it, although “progressives” write letters complaining about that. In the War of 1812, British Marines landed at Lower Marlboro and burned a tobacco warehouse. They always were assholes! But yeah, the only people who grow tobacco here now are Amish. China is the number one producer of tobacco in the world, followed by Zimbabwe.
@@Maryland_Kulak Sorry I made a mistake, well it was a long time ago, it was Virginia tobacco shown as being first class superior in the ads. Here in England I smoke Polish ciggs as they are smuggled in and the Polish sell 5 packs of 20s for £20 as opposed to legit ciggs at £12 per packet of 20. I dont feel guilty, the Gov have let in millions from outside so if they screw the Government by bypassing taxes its not my fault. The Government betrayed us first.
I could talk about tobacco all day. They grow tobacco in Kentucky, too. Burley tobacco. The tobacco we grew in Maryland could be considered a type of burley, too. Our tobacco was light and burned well. One year in the 1970s, the price we got for our tobacco dropped suddenly. My father said it was because Rhodesians had started growing Maryland tobacco and, well you know, supply and demand. That may be the first time I heard of Rhodesia. In the 1990s, the state governments started suing our own American tobacco companies, supposedly to recoup the healthcare costs associated with tobacco-caused illnesses. They used the money to pay farmers a one-time fee to put a lien on their farms so tobacco could never be grown on the farms again. We had already stopped growing tobacco, so we weren’t even eligible. I suppose there’s nothing to stop me from growing it, except there’s no longer a market here.
PS My dad wound up the estate of the first farmers murdered in the bush war/ in 1966. he was a relief manager for Standard Bank Southern Rhodesia and I attended David Livingston Primary School in Salisbury several times for 3 months at a stretch,. We were based in Pretoria which remains my home town. You are performing a valuable service Sir!!!
You are so right about polticians. As an amateur historian, I am well aware of the British Government's glorious history of letting down its best friends in their time of need. So sad. To this day, the government, however, does not in any way reflect the views of the British people, myself included. Keep up the excellent story telling.
Best I can tell is that the Brits do as the Rothschilds will. And the tribe they come from more often than not backs Communism/Globalism... (the exception being Israel of course)
The British opened its arms to Communism during this time and was more than happy to have Mugabe take lead. Unfortunately here in the U.S. it wasn't much longer for us to be heavily infiltrated by the Red Menace. It's only now blatantly obvious how both countries have been taken over by it as well but it's been in the background for decades.
Unfortunately The British Government were unable to support Apartheid even though the alternative was Communism. The fall of the Portuguese in Angola and the appearance of Cubans in Africa was the end of White Rule in Southern Africa.
Hi Martin The Submachine gun was a MAT 49 , in 9mm , French made & used extensively by the French in French West Africa during the Colonial uprisings , particularly in Algeria. It rattled a bit during operation , but was ideal in that sandy , dusty environment . Take care.
Goeie more Martin; just preparing a family Sunday dinner and up pops your video. Ah well. looks like we're having a late dinner today. Geniet jou Sondag. 🙃
As a 70s kid Rhodesia was all fun and games. For my old man, things were a bit more serious. Your vids remind me what he very likely went through as well. Many thanks!
I don't. But then, I am not English, I am Cornish, of Cornish/Breton/Welsh/Irish blood-lines, so I have no need to feel embarrassment for an act of common English treachery. The English and their Crown were responsible for dumping on Rhodesia, not the Real Brits, who had long since had their lands, languages and liberties wrested from them, before any White man had set foot in Southern Africa!...Perhaps buy the book, 'The Western Kingdom', by John Fletcher. It's not expensive.. You will maybe grasp the truth of my words after reading it, Tim.
Look how Britain is treating its own citizens, its arresting people for silent prayers while young men are illegally coming to the UK and get rewarded with 3 meals a day and free accommodation, as an Irish man I feel for British people
I can vividly recall as a small boy hearing my folks talking about the increasing restiveness amongst the african agitators. It kept me awake at night because my uncle Tony Barnard was in charge of Gwelo prison whilst Kamuza Banda was detained there. I felt he would escape and get us!! Then of course we saw the poor souls who left the Congo and seeing their faces and eyes is burned into my memory to this day Hope to see more videos pls
Great video. It's a great tragedy the way the good people of Rhodesia were betrayed by the British Empire. The bitterness and contempt felt by many to this day is quite understandable. The Rhodesians stood by the crown loyally and in return they received a knife in the back with a note saying to bugger off.
Not the British, Jacob, that is a 'label'. It was the English Empire, with Celt sell-outs in-tow. I am a Cornishman, an old one. I was disgusted by the acts of the English politicians that dumped on Rhodesia, and sent their horrors to Ireland, too!. It's Whitehall, the Crown and the Anglo-Saxon Germanic crew that give us Celts a 'bad cloud'. Kissinger, too is a blood-drenched bastard. British by birth. Cornish by the grace of God. NEVER English!
@@KernowekTim All too true my friend. The Anglo Saxon drive to create and destroy blew up in the face of their colonies rather precipitously more often than not.
Dear Sir, the most emotional video I.have ever watched about our country. When in the UK in 1998 I was seriously considering imitating there, what stopped me is I have a total fascination with our country and read and watch all I can, and I decided that I don't like to bath in dirty water, so I came back to South Africa. I served in the SADF, and decided to stay here, and so too my American wife. Thank you for all that you do, for all of us. God bless you.
Only Martin (5RR) can capture the viewers/listeners complete attention for the full amount of time, and then still want for more...that's the Martin l know.
Along with so many others, I welcome you back. I also worried while you were quiet. I am a veteran of one of our own wars and I agree that there are memories that I never asked for or wanted. Watching you is like a visit to the veterans hall and listening to the stories there.
Thank you for relating your observations and experiences. Rhodesia always fascinated me, and the parallels to MANY of the things going on in my own nation, are sobering. Good health, God bless, and keep carrying on.
From Texas, USA. You sound like the Texans of old, that I used to listen to. I enjoyed very much hearing you talk and learning of Rhodesian history. Thank you.
My Friend, it's good to see you again! This was a very interesting story, something I knew of, but lacked details about. A lot of good insight on what life was back then, with all its positives but also its troubles and pains. I am very interested in hearing more about this. Especially if you have more newspapers, magazines and other documents from that time, I would love to see those. Cheers! And let's hope things finally turn for the better for everyone in South Africa and Zimbabwe
What an incredible video.. This channel and your insight, let alone the incredible amount of time you have taken to share all of this information is priceless. Thank you so very much.
Thank you for telling your stories. I appreciate them. I hope more people hear them. I am an American and I see similar things in store for my own home.
Enjoyed every bit of your new story especially the bit about the police landrover. I owned the exact same type of ex police land rover in Zimbabwe in the mid 1980's and after owning it for a while realised that it had been in the line of fire at some point as there was evidence of bullet holes that had been patched up. I bought it off a school teacher who used to teach English Literature at Hamilton High school and he had bought it on the C.M.E.D sales where surplus government vehicles were sold. Sounds like South Africa is going the same way as Zimbabwe with the load shedding and frequent power outages. We all feel betrayed by the British Government of the time for turning their backs on us and selling us down the drain. A waste of what was to us the greatest country in the world at that time, i had a memorable and happy childhood there. I will not feel at all guilty if i ever have to claim any benefits in the U.K. as i would not be living here if it were not for British politicians. My parents at the time voted no to independance when the referendum took place around 1979.
I voted also "No"...but the overwhelming Majority of the Whites (Rhodies and White Immigrants) voted "yes". General Walls said it very clear...you cant fight a War when more and more Whites gap it. The gooks were useless Soldiers but extrem sucessful to scare white people away. Why kill a Murungu when he gaps it to South Africa?
@@barryallison16 I guess it depends on your experiences and perspective, i have never been to Australia. Lots of Rhodesians moved over there because the climate in parts of your country are similar to Rhodesia.
1:22 I had a similar experience as a child, things I should not have had to see or live through. We were relatively safe where I lived but I still remember school air-raid drills and basement shelters. I remember watching the news as a child and seeing a clip of a girl about my age roller skating on her apartment balcony and the building across the street that had been damaged by a bomb blast. I don't know if it was a car bomb or a shell. I usually kept close to home, but at least I was able to go in the back yard and play and go to school almost every day. Same story, different country. You build up something from nothing and then some outsiders take it away from you while the world sands idly by and lets them and then praises them for doing it. Why even bother if someone is just going to knock down what you built.
Thank you for this one, I could feel your emotions which came through loud and clear. We do not live in the world we came up in unfortunately my friend. Wishing you all the best!
I once thought that libertarianism was the way forward for a better world. Hearing 5RR compare the sheer civic duty Rhodesians brought toward the building of their country compared to the astounding corruption in South Africa today has definitely shifted my priorities. The early Rhodesians sacrificed so much, but they were able to translate those sacrifices into a first-world infrastructure and society, and their eye was always on the future. May humanity never lose their spirit, and may we one day learn the lessons from them that we should have learned 50 years ago.
Very astute observation. I was the same myself, but now I’m starting to realise libertarianism or liberalism, combined with universal suffrage and/or a welfare state is a self destructive ideology. I don’t know if you’ve read The Anglo-American Establishment, by C Quigley, but it is a very good resource on the politics of the era.
The ancient Greeks said that the only thing worse than the actual crimes of a criminal is to not punish that criminal. The deathpenalty is, sometimes, the only punishment for aweful criminals.
Another extremely intriguing lecture. I enjoyed you discussing the arms you saw and the "oss like" training films you saw and then the pivot at the end to the things you saw as the situation escalated. To another year of wonderful videos.
Great content Martin, I believe that in the near future your most northern neighbours may in fact be your saviours! Thankyou for your input. Great content and God bless you!!
Grew up in “the bloody black patch” in Tn/Ky where a war was fought about 100 years ago over dark fired tobacco, I LOVE hearing about tobacco growing and production in other countries
It’s always a pleasure to listen to what you have to say. Such a wealth of information from a man who lived a colourful life of duty and service. Thank you, and best wishes for 2023.
Thank you for your wisdom on many things in life!! And I would ad that most veterans in the world feel betrayed by their government, but I must say that the backstabbing of the british government really take the cake. But when that is said, I believe and feel that we veterans, no matter what background, nation or service stand silently together and support each other like brother in arms. I salute you old warrior, and please give us more stories, me and many others love it, keep up the good work!!!!!
That singing was wonderful and i miss it , we had it on the farms in Natal and also when there is a truck full of workers on the back driving someware they would sing as you explaned , dont hear much of that now anymore
I joined the BSAP Reserve and my first stint was a callup to go to Harare to help control the crowd at return of Joshua Nkomo from the airport. 4 of us in a landrover amongst a crowd of thousands of cheering africans. I was given a pistol, but had never even fired it before we went out. Thankfully it all good spirited. What an introduction to my police duty!
"Are there elves who come at night and tighten up all the bolts and nuts..." - I laughed so hard, I had to clean off the tomato-soup I was eating from the screen! :-D
British bikes ? Me too. Norton, Triumph & BSA. I routinely collected traffic tickets like sports trading cards. As a young US Navy Airman I was put off base in Norfolk, Virginia for speeding offences several times. I'm 72 and do a daily commute of a 100 mile round trip to work and back. I'll be retiring this Dec. 31st after 52 years in aviation. Love your stories.
Thanks again for your story telling Sir, I have not missed any of them. I can hear your frustration about the ZAR Gov., and rightly so! It must be somewhat in the back of your mind that you have seen and lived it in your younger days past 1980. Keep good faith Sir and be blessed with good health!
It's been 5 months since your last post sir, I'm just checking in to see if you are OK. You have many fans around the world, And I feel I probably speak for many of your viewers when we say, we hope all is well with you.
Please accept my apologies. I am incredibly busy at the moment and struggling to find the time for anything other than keeping the factory running 27/7. I'm hoping to upload something within the next week or two. Thanks so much for the concern!
@@fiveromeoromeo5225 No apologies needed!! I'm glad you are in good health!! That is the main thing. When you get down to it, as much as anyone may love a particular you tube channel, real life has to come first. Looking forward to better days, where you have the time to dedicate to the channel.
Just as we wonder why the ancient civilizations like the Aztecs, Egyptians, etc. collapsed, we seem to be at a worldwide turning point of the present civilization. Today's incompetent leadership, corruption, and lack of work ethic among the worlds' population appear to be headed off a cliff. No need to worry about Climate Change, as we seem to be destroying economic and societal health without Mother Nature's intervention. Thanks for another great episode Sir.
I am subscribed and it has taken 3 days for the algorithim to recommend this new production. Oh well not that bad, it beats what happened in my youth. It was Pathe News in black and white reels to be shown a week later in Bioscopes after being produced in England. Flown in via SAA Boeings. At least we could watch Flicks in bug houses without the fear of blackouts. In the Boer run South Africa there was overproduction of electricity that they supplied neighbouring African countries.
So far my new years resolutions of working out more and being outdoors more have been good. University has caused a bit of issue on with being outdoors more, as has snow in the area.
Martin we wish you the best and prayers for your safety. SA is a wreck. The power grid continues to fail, unrest continues to grow. The "government" refuses to allow privatized power companies.
it is truly amazing how well we are convinced in our youth that government is anything other than a burden on society. the only remedy is to frustrate government at any and every opportunity within the bounds of morality, the only collective moral obligation i can ever accept is our responsibility to frustrate politicians.
Happy New Year Martin. Glad to see you looking well and I hope the powers that be, come to their senses. I had no idea that the power utilities had been run down so badly. That's insanity. Since I started listening to your vlogs, it became obvious early on, that Perfidious Albion well and truly shafted the Rhodesians. I say it as a Britain who like you, has served his country in both police and Army. I have no doubt that if Northern Ireland, where I was brought up, wasn't on England's doorstep, the English would've cut us loose also, years ago. I suppose in one way, we were lucky to have Thatcher as PM for so long. Since she'd more balls than most other British politicians. Of either gender! I suspect that I may well lose my own country before I die and that fills me with sadness. I also suspect that America's strongly anti-imperialist dogma post WW2, might've played a part in how Britain pulled the rug from under Rhodesia's feet. But that doesn't square with their equally strong anti-communist doctrine following WW2. So, I shall have to research this point, I think. I heard on BBC radio this week that Britain only paid off it's war loans to the U.S. in 2015. Alongside British ineptitude, I believe that the Americans have done everything possible to ensure the dismantling of our Empire as quickly as possible, so they could take their place as the leader of the West. But what goes around comes around. The US badly misjudged China and ended up paying for China's rapid industrialisation as well as the rapid growth of China's military. Now the US is going to have to pay the price. Probably by losing a good deal of its military strength defending Taiwan. I am sickened to learn that Rhodesians aren't permitted to parade past the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day. There is no excuse for that blatant hostility and disrespect. To my own shame, it's something I hadn't noticed. But then isn't it only High Commissioners who attend the Cenotaph service. Given that Rhodesia as was, has ceased to exist. Rhodesian veterans ought to be given a special place in the march past of service veterans. Maybe too much water has flowed under the bridge for Rhodesian veterans to want to participate. Nevertheless, this is one unforgivable wrong that could be righted. If you happen to read this far Martin, what do you think. Is this a fight with bureaucracy, worth having? It may surprise you to learn that I feel some of the anger that you feel. I served in the Royal Ulster Constabulary for the purpose of protecting all of the public. Irrespective of their beliefs. As did the overwhelming majority of my colleagues. Yet because republican terrorists demanded it. The RUC was thrown under the bus, in the interests of a peace process that never delivered. All the sacrifices made and that continue to be made by thousands of injured police officers, were dishonoured by the English, when the RUC ceased to exist. It's something I and many others will never forget, nor forgive. Take good care of yourself Martin.
Actually, that explosive was No-bell 808, invented by Dr. Alfred Nobel and manufactured in Nobel, Ontario, Canada. Originally for use in the mining industry in that area but favoured for demolitions and sabotage because of consistency and ease of handling safely.
Another riveting tale. Which reminded me of my service in Northern Ireland (firebombs) and Engineer training using PE 808. As for the British Government, they are still doing shameful things to their own countrymen (see COVID restrictions) and meddling in other countries business. (see Russia, Ukraine war)
It takes a lot to upset me but I could find myself angered hearing what happened many years before I was born. Being an American sometimes I think of our founding fathers and decision to throw off the British yoke. Listening to stories like this confirm just how lucky I am that there were men willing to do so. Hearing the Queen granting clemency to the murderers got me hot and how ironic that those same types cheered her death not long ago. The 20th century could be know as the age of the suicide of the British Empire.
@@AmericaFirstRifleman I assume you mean after independence? If so then mostly I agree. However Britain actively worked to screw Whites in Rhodesia over. How can Britain have Colonialist and then tell all the white people they talked into settling the area that they must give up all their right to a majority rule of indigenous people with no protection of their rights/property? Britain basically gave the whites the choice of exile or death. This was proven after 1980 just as the whites said. They were ethnically cleansed from from the country. No way Americans would have allowed the Indians majority voting rights at any point in our history. Its lucky for us that our founders killed off the indigenous Indians or their would be no whites left in America either.
@MaximMachineGun We got enough problems in our own country with our border being overrun. L o l did you really think the white people could kill off all the africans in africa? They should have extracted the resources and went back to where they're from
@@AmericaFirstRifleman For sure on our border but that is our own doing. Having 2 Maxim MGs I can say yes, for sure, the white people could have killed off all the blacks if they had wanted to! Or like us, they could have pushed them farther like we pushed the Indians farther west. My guess is actually that their vast superiority in arms is what allowed them to live so close to each other without the threat. In America, the whites did not have such a superiority of arms in the early settlements and so had to keep them far away for safety. They did not have neighboring villages of Indians like Rhodesians had of Africans. It cost them in the end being out voted. The resource was the land... and I am sure they never thought Britain would sell them out like they did. Its hard for me to believe the US sold them out too. I guess thats Jimmy Carter for you...
Such words of common sense and reason, our Government here in The UK Could learn a lot listening to you my friend. It seems that these Politicians do an awful lot of talking but say very little.
I live in the USA. I really love the sound of your voice and the fond memories that you recount. Just like you I had an old British bike which I used to thunder around Salisbury with in the late 1970’s.
Do please keep doing what you are doing because it brings so much comfort to all former Rhodesians.
Was there many rhodesians that moved to the US
@@Karl_I
In the mid 80s, I personally knew 2 gentlemen who had served in the RLI.
Both of them were men of honor, and missed their homeland terribly.
That was in one of the far western states in the U.S.
@@Karl_I in 1972 knew 2 different families who moved to our state.. both were flamin libs
Thought you fell off the perch old mate, glad to see you're still kicking, I guess rhodesians never die 🇭🇲🍀
God bleed from Australian
Things are not good in SA. I imagine recording UA-cam content isn't a priority when there are daily power outages, up to 23 hours without power. I hope Martin is okay, praying for you sir.
They die by the load ask their opps that's why Rhodesia died
I may be in the minority, but I really love hearing about tobacco in Rhodesia. I grew up on a tobacco farm in the 1970s in Maryland, USA. My late father was not only a tobacco farmer, but he was a tobacco specialist for the government. Tobacco farming has now been all but eradicated in the United States. Hearing about the tobacco in Rhodesia fondly reminds me of my youth and my father.
True in TN also
That fascinates me, in Johannesburg ( 70s) the advertisments in Cinema and printed press, magazines and newspapers all had ads that portrayed America cigarettes as desirable. Brands are, Paul Revere, Gungston, Marlborrough , and the expensive Camel. Movies showed fields of Kentucky tobacco.
@@johnsmith-ht3sy The place I grew up is called Lower Marlboro and we took our tobacco to warehouses in Upper Marlboro to be auctioned to the tobacco companies. Our county flag still has a tobacco leaf on it, although “progressives” write letters complaining about that. In the War of 1812, British Marines landed at Lower Marlboro and burned a tobacco warehouse. They always were assholes! But yeah, the only people who grow tobacco here now are Amish. China is the number one producer of tobacco in the world, followed by Zimbabwe.
@@Maryland_Kulak Sorry I made a mistake, well it was a long time ago, it was Virginia tobacco shown as being first class superior in the ads.
Here in England I smoke Polish ciggs as they are smuggled in and the Polish sell 5 packs of 20s for £20 as opposed to legit ciggs at £12 per packet of 20.
I dont feel guilty, the Gov have let in millions from outside so if they screw the Government by bypassing taxes its not my fault. The Government betrayed us first.
I could talk about tobacco all day. They grow tobacco in Kentucky, too. Burley tobacco. The tobacco we grew in Maryland could be considered a type of burley, too. Our tobacco was light and burned well. One year in the 1970s, the price we got for our tobacco dropped suddenly. My father said it was because Rhodesians had started growing Maryland tobacco and, well you know, supply and demand. That may be the first time I heard of Rhodesia. In the 1990s, the state governments started suing our own American tobacco companies, supposedly to recoup the healthcare costs associated with tobacco-caused illnesses. They used the money to pay farmers a one-time fee to put a lien on their farms so tobacco could never be grown on the farms again. We had already stopped growing tobacco, so we weren’t even eligible. I suppose there’s nothing to stop me from growing it, except there’s no longer a market here.
Always enjoy your "War" Stories. Served from 76-June 80. One off probably 100+ Germans who served in the RhSF. Greetings from Frankfurt/M.
I am crying , not just for you , but for all of us ...
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@@dollyhadbraces9361 I do not know the correct response , however , I love Martin , Martins brothers , and any who understand the truth ...
Rhodesia was a microcosm of western civilisation in general.
Thank you for another video I love watching them
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My dad wound up the estate of the first farmers murdered in the bush war/ in 1966. he was a relief manager for Standard Bank Southern Rhodesia and I attended David Livingston Primary School in Salisbury several times for 3 months at a stretch,. We were based in Pretoria which remains my home town.
You are performing a valuable service Sir!!!
You are so right about polticians. As an amateur historian, I am well aware of the British Government's glorious history of letting down its best friends in their time of need. So sad. To this day, the government, however, does not in any way reflect the views of the British people, myself included. Keep up the excellent story telling.
Sad thing is the American Government does the same thing........
Best I can tell is that the Brits do as the Rothschilds will. And the tribe they come from more often than not backs Communism/Globalism... (the exception being Israel of course)
Well who votes these politicians in? Repeatedly - the same 2 parties?
The British opened its arms to Communism during this time and was more than happy to have Mugabe take lead. Unfortunately here in the U.S. it wasn't much longer for us to be heavily infiltrated by the Red Menace. It's only now blatantly obvious how both countries have been taken over by it as well but it's been in the background for decades.
Unfortunately The British Government were unable to support Apartheid even though the alternative was Communism. The fall of the Portuguese in Angola and the appearance of Cubans in Africa was the end of White Rule in Southern Africa.
Hi Martin
The Submachine gun was a MAT 49 , in 9mm , French made & used extensively by the French in French West Africa during the Colonial uprisings , particularly in Algeria.
It rattled a bit during operation , but was ideal in that sandy , dusty environment .
Take care.
Goeie more Martin; just preparing a family Sunday dinner and up pops your video. Ah well. looks like we're having a late dinner today. Geniet jou Sondag. 🙃
As a 70s kid Rhodesia was all fun and games. For my old man, things were a bit more serious. Your vids remind me what he very likely went through as well. Many thanks!
Great video again. I feel so embarrassed and disgusted by how Britain treated Rhodesia.
I don't. But then, I am not English, I am Cornish, of Cornish/Breton/Welsh/Irish blood-lines, so I have no need to feel embarrassment for an act of common English treachery. The English and their Crown were responsible for dumping on Rhodesia, not the Real Brits, who had long since had their lands, languages and liberties wrested from them, before any White man had set foot in Southern Africa!...Perhaps buy the book, 'The Western Kingdom', by John Fletcher. It's not expensive.. You will maybe grasp the truth of my words after reading it, Tim.
Look how Britain is treating its own citizens, its arresting people for silent prayers while young men are illegally coming to the UK and get rewarded with 3 meals a day and free accommodation, as an Irish man I feel for British people
Always a pleasure to see a new 5RR video
I love the way you start off the video by describing the weather at your area, you know it's going to be a good one.
I can vividly recall as a small boy hearing my folks talking about the increasing restiveness amongst the african agitators. It kept me awake at night because my uncle Tony Barnard was in charge of Gwelo prison whilst Kamuza Banda was detained there. I felt he would escape and get us!!
Then of course we saw the poor souls who left the Congo and seeing their faces and eyes is burned into my memory to this day
Hope to see more videos pls
Great video. It's a great tragedy the way the good people of Rhodesia were betrayed by the British Empire. The bitterness and contempt felt by many to this day is quite understandable. The Rhodesians stood by the crown loyally and in return they received a knife in the back with a note saying to bugger off.
Not the British, Jacob, that is a 'label'. It was the English Empire, with Celt sell-outs in-tow. I am a Cornishman, an old one. I was disgusted by the acts of the English politicians that dumped on Rhodesia, and sent their horrors to Ireland, too!. It's Whitehall, the Crown and the Anglo-Saxon Germanic crew that give us Celts a 'bad cloud'. Kissinger, too is a blood-drenched bastard. British by birth. Cornish by the grace of God. NEVER English!
Says the guy with a hitler avatar
@@KernowekTim All too true my friend. The Anglo Saxon drive to create and destroy blew up in the face of their colonies rather precipitously more often than not.
The British Empire in the 1970's???
@@benwilson6145 fair
Dear Sir, the most emotional video I.have ever watched about our country. When in the UK in 1998 I was seriously considering imitating there, what stopped me is I have a total fascination with our country and read and watch all I can, and I decided that I don't like to bath in dirty water, so I came back to South Africa. I served in the SADF, and decided to stay here, and so too my American wife. Thank you for all that you do, for all of us. God bless you.
Only Martin (5RR) can capture the viewers/listeners complete attention for the full amount of time, and then still want for more...that's the Martin l know.
Along with so many others, I welcome you back. I also worried while you were quiet. I am a veteran of one of our own wars and I agree that there are memories that I never asked for or wanted. Watching you is like a visit to the veterans hall and listening to the stories there.
Thank you for relating your observations and experiences. Rhodesia always fascinated me, and the parallels to MANY of the things going on in my own nation, are sobering. Good health, God bless, and keep carrying on.
It still eats me 49 years later
Thank you for another great video. Greetings from an equally sunny Montenegro. Cheers!
From Texas, USA. You sound like the Texans of old, that I used to listen to. I enjoyed very much hearing you talk and learning of Rhodesian history. Thank you.
Thank you so much for the stories that keep our history alive. It means so much to my family. Cheers!
My Friend, it's good to see you again! This was a very interesting story, something I knew of, but lacked details about. A lot of good insight on what life was back then, with all its positives but also its troubles and pains. I am very interested in hearing more about this. Especially if you have more newspapers, magazines and other documents from that time, I would love to see those.
Cheers! And let's hope things finally turn for the better for everyone in South Africa and Zimbabwe
What an incredible video.. This channel and your insight, let alone the incredible amount of time you have taken to share all of this information is priceless. Thank you so very much.
Thank you for telling your stories. I appreciate them. I hope more people hear them. I am an American and I see similar things in store for my own home.
Enjoyed every bit of your new story especially the bit about the police landrover. I owned the exact same type of ex police land rover in Zimbabwe in the mid 1980's and after owning it for a while realised that it had been in the line of fire at some point as there was evidence of bullet holes that had been patched up. I bought it off a school teacher who used to teach English Literature at Hamilton High school and he had bought it on the C.M.E.D sales where surplus government vehicles were sold. Sounds like South Africa is going the same way as Zimbabwe with the load shedding and frequent power outages. We all feel betrayed by the British Government of the time for turning their backs on us and selling us down the drain. A waste of what was to us the greatest country in the world at that time, i had a memorable and happy childhood there. I will not feel at all guilty if i ever have to claim any benefits in the U.K. as i would not be living here if it were not for British politicians. My parents at the time voted no to independance when the referendum took place around 1979.
2nd greatest mate .Aussies rule ! ( Fact checker required ) . We got fucked over by the Brittish also ...
I voted also "No"...but the overwhelming Majority of the Whites (Rhodies and White Immigrants) voted "yes". General Walls said it very clear...you cant fight a War when more and more Whites gap it. The gooks were useless Soldiers but extrem sucessful to scare white people away. Why kill a Murungu when he gaps it to South Africa?
@@barryallison16 I guess it depends on your experiences and perspective, i have never been to Australia. Lots of Rhodesians moved over there because the climate in parts of your country are similar to Rhodesia.
Hope you're fairing well, dude.
Martin, good to see you back on air, and your opening comments ring so true, long ago but hard to forget even though so much time has passed.
1:22 I had a similar experience as a child, things I should not have had to see or live through. We were relatively safe where I lived but I still remember school air-raid drills and basement shelters. I remember watching the news as a child and seeing a clip of a girl about my age roller skating on her apartment balcony and the building across the street that had been damaged by a bomb blast. I don't know if it was a car bomb or a shell. I usually kept close to home, but at least I was able to go in the back yard and play and go to school almost every day. Same story, different country. You build up something from nothing and then some outsiders take it away from you while the world sands idly by and lets them and then praises them for doing it. Why even bother if someone is just going to knock down what you built.
Thank you for this one, I could feel your emotions which came through loud and clear. We do not live in the world we came up in unfortunately my friend. Wishing you all the best!
I once thought that libertarianism was the way forward for a better world. Hearing 5RR compare the sheer civic duty Rhodesians brought toward the building of their country compared to the astounding corruption in South Africa today has definitely shifted my priorities. The early Rhodesians sacrificed so much, but they were able to translate those sacrifices into a first-world infrastructure and society, and their eye was always on the future. May humanity never lose their spirit, and may we one day learn the lessons from them that we should have learned 50 years ago.
Very astute observation. I was the same myself, but now I’m starting to realise libertarianism or liberalism, combined with universal suffrage and/or a welfare state is a self destructive ideology. I don’t know if you’ve read The Anglo-American Establishment, by C Quigley, but it is a very good resource on the politics of the era.
Another great video.
You are a great story teller.
The ancient Greeks said that the only thing worse than the actual crimes of a criminal is to not punish that criminal. The deathpenalty is, sometimes, the only punishment for aweful criminals.
So glad to see a new presentation ty
Always awesome to have another video, and a long one at that!! 😀
I love your stories. They are a great insight to a time and place that seems to just get written off or twisted
Morning Martin, Good to see you up and running, of course you now have to keep it up and not go AWOL again
Important and powerful words for posterity.
Another extremely intriguing lecture. I enjoyed you discussing the arms you saw and the "oss like" training films you saw and then the pivot at the end to the things you saw as the situation escalated. To another year of wonderful videos.
Great content Martin, I believe that in the near future your most northern neighbours may in fact be your saviours! Thankyou for your input. Great content and God bless you!!
Grew up in “the bloody black patch” in Tn/Ky where a war was fought about 100 years ago over dark fired tobacco, I LOVE hearing about tobacco growing and production in other countries
It’s always a pleasure to listen to what you have to say. Such a wealth of information from a man who lived a colourful life of duty and service. Thank you, and best wishes for 2023.
Thank you for your wisdom on many things in life!! And I would ad that most veterans in the world feel betrayed by their government, but I must say that the backstabbing of the british government really take the cake. But when that is said, I believe and feel that we veterans, no matter what background, nation or service stand silently together and support each other like brother in arms. I salute you old warrior, and please give us more stories, me and many others love it, keep up the good work!!!!!
That singing was wonderful and i miss it , we had it on the farms in Natal and also when there is a truck full of workers on the back driving someware they would sing as you explaned , dont hear much of that now anymore
Couldn’t agree more with you sir! Thank you for sharing your stories!
God bless!
Your voice makes me relax.
I joined the BSAP Reserve and my first stint was a callup to go to Harare to help control the crowd at return of Joshua Nkomo from the airport. 4 of us in a landrover amongst a crowd of thousands of cheering africans. I was given a pistol, but had never even fired it before we went out. Thankfully it all good spirited. What an introduction to my police duty!
"Are there elves who come at night and tighten up all the bolts and nuts..." - I laughed so hard, I had to clean off the tomato-soup I was eating from the screen! :-D
I'm glad to see you're still making videos. Take care. Looking forward to the next one.
Outstanding. You hit the issues on the head.
Respect and salute
British bikes ? Me too. Norton, Triumph & BSA. I routinely collected traffic tickets like sports trading cards. As a young US Navy Airman I was put off base in Norfolk, Virginia for speeding offences several times. I'm 72 and do a daily commute of a 100 mile round trip to work and back. I'll be retiring this Dec. 31st after 52 years in aviation. Love your stories.
What a fascinating episodeThe Poms are doing it to themselves!!!!!!
We are not, ordinary people are very unhappy about being betrayed by the Oligarchy that control the wealth and rulers.
Thanks for video Please don’t leave it so long next time. 👍
Incredibly well described with a series of anecdotal recollections. Very nostalgic. Well done.
Your comments on politician’s ring true and I too am like You in thinking about the last time shoe laces and other daily rituals are performed.
brilliant stuff 5RR happy new year and good health to you.
Thanks again for your story telling Sir, I have not missed any of them. I can hear your frustration about the ZAR Gov., and rightly so! It must be somewhat in the back of your mind that you have seen and lived it in your younger days past 1980. Keep good faith Sir and be blessed with good health!
It's been 5 months since your last post sir, I'm just checking in to see if you are OK. You have many fans around the world, And I feel I probably speak for many of your viewers when we say, we hope all is well with you.
Please accept my apologies. I am incredibly busy at the moment and struggling to find the time for anything other than keeping the factory running 27/7. I'm hoping to upload something within the next week or two. Thanks so much for the concern!
@@fiveromeoromeo5225 No apologies needed!! I'm glad you are in good health!! That is the main thing. When you get down to it, as much as anyone may love a particular you tube channel, real life has to come first. Looking forward to better days, where you have the time to dedicate to the channel.
Hello Martin so good to hear your stories again most interesting they are, kind rgds.
Just as we wonder why the ancient civilizations like the Aztecs, Egyptians, etc. collapsed, we seem to be at a worldwide turning point of the present civilization. Today's incompetent leadership, corruption, and lack of work ethic among the worlds' population appear to be headed off a cliff. No need to worry about Climate Change, as we seem to be destroying economic and societal health without Mother Nature's intervention. Thanks for another great episode Sir.
The more I watch these videos the sadder I am that my country, England, let the Rhodesians down so much.
And England is in the same boat now... You will be the minority soon.. in your own country.
You will always know when you do something for the first time but you never know when it will be the last.
I am subscribed and it has taken 3 days for the algorithim to recommend this new production. Oh well not that bad, it beats what happened in my youth. It was Pathe News in black and white reels to be shown a week later in Bioscopes after being produced in England. Flown in via SAA Boeings.
At least we could watch Flicks in bug houses without the fear of blackouts. In the Boer run South Africa there was overproduction of electricity that they supplied neighbouring African countries.
Great video per usual, Happy New Year!
Good luck with all the troubles currently going on over there
So far my new years resolutions of working out more and being outdoors more have been good. University has caused a bit of issue on with being outdoors more, as has snow in the area.
Glad to see you're back... 👍👏
Martin we wish you the best and prayers for your safety. SA is a wreck. The power grid continues to fail, unrest continues to grow. The "government" refuses to allow privatized power companies.
Loving the content!!
Are you going to post more soon?
Missed you bro, nice setting
Good to see you back Martin. Hope all well.
Thank you, Sir.
Nice talk Martin, very interesting antidotes to an unpleasant situation in Rhodesia
it is truly amazing how well we are convinced in our youth that government is anything other than a burden on society. the only remedy is to frustrate government at any and every opportunity within the bounds of morality, the only collective moral obligation i can ever accept is our responsibility to frustrate politicians.
Rhodesia will never be lost from history, families, and Soul.
Love the videos.
5RR videos. Love, truths.
Brilliant my friend, facts are facts inconvenient for some but WE KNEW, we lived there !
Happy New Year Martin. Glad to see you looking well and I hope the powers that be, come to their senses. I had no idea that the power utilities had been run down so badly. That's insanity. Since I started listening to your vlogs, it became obvious early on, that Perfidious Albion well and truly shafted the Rhodesians. I say it as a Britain who like you, has served his country in both police and Army. I have no doubt that if Northern Ireland, where I was brought up, wasn't on England's doorstep, the English would've cut us loose also, years ago. I suppose in one way, we were lucky to have Thatcher as PM for so long. Since she'd more balls than most other British politicians. Of either gender! I suspect that I may well lose my own country before I die and that fills me with sadness.
I also suspect that America's strongly anti-imperialist dogma post WW2, might've played a part in how Britain pulled the rug from under Rhodesia's feet. But that doesn't square with their equally strong anti-communist doctrine following WW2. So, I shall have to research this point, I think.
I heard on BBC radio this week that Britain only paid off it's war loans to the U.S. in 2015. Alongside British ineptitude, I believe that the Americans have done everything possible to ensure the dismantling of our Empire as quickly as possible, so they could take their place as the leader of the West.
But what goes around comes around. The US badly misjudged China and ended up paying for China's rapid industrialisation as well as the rapid growth of China's military. Now the US is going to have to pay the price. Probably by losing a good deal of its military strength defending Taiwan.
I am sickened to learn that Rhodesians aren't permitted to parade past the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day. There is no excuse for that blatant hostility and disrespect. To my own shame, it's something I hadn't noticed. But then isn't it only High Commissioners who attend the Cenotaph service. Given that Rhodesia as was, has ceased to exist. Rhodesian veterans ought to be given a special place in the march past of service veterans. Maybe too much water has flowed under the bridge for Rhodesian veterans to want to participate. Nevertheless, this is one unforgivable wrong that could be righted.
If you happen to read this far Martin, what do you think. Is this a fight with bureaucracy, worth having?
It may surprise you to learn that I feel some of the anger that you feel. I served in the Royal Ulster Constabulary for the purpose of protecting all of the public. Irrespective of their beliefs. As did the overwhelming majority of my colleagues. Yet because republican terrorists demanded it. The RUC was thrown under the bus, in the interests of a peace process that never delivered. All the sacrifices made and that continue to be made by thousands of injured police officers, were dishonoured by the English, when the RUC ceased to exist. It's something I and many others will never forget, nor forgive.
Take good care of yourself Martin.
Thank you Sir, I look forward to every new video.
The terrs were savages. Not just in Rhodesia, but in South Africa too.
Actually, that explosive was No-bell 808, invented by Dr. Alfred Nobel and manufactured in Nobel, Ontario, Canada. Originally for use in the mining industry in that area but favoured for demolitions and sabotage because of consistency and ease of handling safely.
Another riveting tale. Which reminded me of my service in Northern Ireland (firebombs) and Engineer training using PE 808. As for the British Government, they are still doing shameful things to their own countrymen (see COVID restrictions) and meddling in other countries business. (see Russia, Ukraine war)
Thanks for your honest expression. Many things seem good but don't last. God is Good Amen
Thank you for another fascinating video.
As a South African I feel your pain. I was born in the early 2000's but have heard nothing but pain from the Rhodesian people.
South Africa welcomed the Rhodesians with open arms even thought they killed Boers for England and the queen during the Boer War.
Thank you for enlightenment about the untold history of the world.
I like when you haul out the old pocket books, ever thought of reproducing them? I'd buy them all 😉 even though the Aus dollar ain't worth that much
Thanks for sharing again brother.
Please come live in Arizona, USA! I would love to shake your hand one day sir.
It takes a lot to upset me but I could find myself angered hearing what happened many years before I was born. Being an American sometimes I think of our founding fathers and decision to throw off the British yoke. Listening to stories like this confirm just how lucky I am that there were men willing to do so. Hearing the Queen granting clemency to the murderers got me hot and how ironic that those same types cheered her death not long ago. The 20th century could be know as the age of the suicide of the British Empire.
Only two countries ever declared unilateral independence from Britain. They are the US and Rhodesia.
It's not britain's job to help white people in rhodesia l o l. Ian smith was right though
@@AmericaFirstRifleman I assume you mean after independence? If so then mostly I agree. However Britain actively worked to screw Whites in Rhodesia over. How can Britain have Colonialist and then tell all the white people they talked into settling the area that they must give up all their right to a majority rule of indigenous people with no protection of their rights/property? Britain basically gave the whites the choice of exile or death. This was proven after 1980 just as the whites said. They were ethnically cleansed from from the country. No way Americans would have allowed the Indians majority voting rights at any point in our history. Its lucky for us that our founders killed off the indigenous Indians or their would be no whites left in America either.
@MaximMachineGun We got enough problems in our own country with our border being overrun. L o l did you really think the white people could kill off all the africans in africa? They should have extracted the resources and went back to where they're from
@@AmericaFirstRifleman For sure on our border but that is our own doing. Having 2 Maxim MGs I can say yes, for sure, the white people could have killed off all the blacks if they had wanted to! Or like us, they could have pushed them farther like we pushed the Indians farther west. My guess is actually that their vast superiority in arms is what allowed them to live so close to each other without the threat. In America, the whites did not have such a superiority of arms in the early settlements and so had to keep them far away for safety. They did not have neighboring villages of Indians like Rhodesians had of Africans. It cost them in the end being out voted. The resource was the land... and I am sure they never thought Britain would sell them out like they did. Its hard for me to believe the US sold them out too. I guess thats Jimmy Carter for you...
The MAT was a French submachine gun used by both sides in the Indochina War.
Such words of common sense and reason, our Government here in The UK Could learn a lot listening to you my friend. It seems that these Politicians do an awful lot of talking but say very little.
Americans, an Old Marine like myself Remember Soldier Of Fortune Magazine as the only reporter of the war in Rhodesia in the 70s in America.
Hope you're doing okay. I've read that SA is having some issues with the electrical grid and I hope it's not causing you any problems
dude I have that same thought about the shoe laces
Everything said is true, true and true. 🙏🙏 thank you! Keep up the wonderful work 😎🤙🤙
huzzah, you;re back!