Title: A walk against the stream
Description: A Walk Against The Stream takes a look at the experiences of a young national service officer in the Rhodesian army. This is a true story, encompassing all eighteen months the author spent at Victoria Falls, Rhodesia, facing enemy territory just across the Zambezi river in Zambia. Initially allocated to 4th platoon, 4 Independent company Rhodesia Regiment (RR) as a subaltern and later on as a 1st Lieutenant in support company 2RR, the story starts with the author's training and subsequent deployment to the operational area. The events that unfold contain interesting military encounters, with ba.
Subjects: Personal narratives, History, Soldiers, HISTORY, South, General, Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe, history
Places: Zimbabwe, Africa
Time periods: Chimurenga War, 1966-1980