7 Independent Company (Rhodesia)
7 Independent Company (7 Indep Coy; French: 7ème Compagnie indépendante) was a short-lived company of francophone volunteers in the Rhodesian Army during the Rhodesian Bush War. Numbering about 200 men at its peak, it was unique in the history of the Rhodesian Army as an exclusively expatriate unit. It existed between November 1977 and May 1978 as a company in the 1st Battalion, the Rhodesia Regiment, and served two counter-insurgency tours on Operation Hurricane in north-eastern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe).
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7 Independent Company (Rhodesia)
7 Independent Company (7 Indep Coy; French: 7ème Compagnie indépendante) was a short-lived company of francophone volunteers in the Rhodesian Army during the Rhodesian Bush War. Numbering about 200 men at its peak, it was unique in the history of the Rhodesian Army as an exclusively expatriate unit. It existed between November 1977 and May 1978 as a company in the 1st Battalion, the Rhodesia Regiment, and served two counter-insurgency tours on Operation Hurricane in north-eastern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe).
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7 Independent Company (7 Indep ...... African governmental support.
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La 7e compagnie indépendante ( ...... is, rhodésien et sud-africain.
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French tricolour
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Rhodesia Regiment insignia as ...... the colours of the French flag
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French tricolour
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Major Mario La Viola
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Major Roland de l'Assomption
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Various French-speaking nations
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September 2016
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November 1977 – May 1978
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May 1978
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Cranborne Barracks, Salisbury
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You may be engaged in the Rhod ...... nism. You are here for France.
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(Major La Viola addresses the French company, November 1977)
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7 Independent Company (7 Indep ...... ern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe).
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La 7e compagnie indépendante ( ...... ésie, aujourd’hui le Zimbabwe.
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7 Independent Company (Rhodesia)
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7e compagnie indépendante
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