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Fireforce - One Man's War In The Rhodesian Light Infantry (Paperback, 4 Rev Ed)
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Fireforce - One Man's War In The Rhodesian Light Infantry (Paperback, 4 Rev Ed)
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Fireforce is the true account of Chris Cocks' service in 3
Commando, The Rhodesian light infantry, during Zimbabwe's bitter
civil war of the '70s - a war that came to be known almost
innocuously as 'the bush war'. 'Fireforce', a tactic of total
airborne envelopment, was developed and perfected by the RLI,
together with the Selous Scouts and the Rhodesian Air Force.
Fireforce became the principal strike weapon of the beleaguered
Rhodesian forces in their struggle against the overwhelming tide of
the Communist-trained and -equipped ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas. The
combat strain on a fighting soldier was almost unbelievable, for
the Rhodesians, who were always desperately short of ground troops,
were sometimes obliged to parachute the same men into action into
as many as three enemy contacts a day. While estimates of enemy
casualties vary, there seems little doubt that the RLI accounted
for at least 12,000 ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas - but not without
cost.
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