Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia: The Controversial History and Legacy of the British Colonies in the 20th Century by Charles River Editors

Author:Charles River Editors
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Published: 2020-01-20T16:00:00+00:00

Carrington

By then, the rebels had clearly lost the initiative and most realized that all hope was lost. The siege of Bulawayo was quickly broken, the amaNdebele scattered, and various members took refuge in a region of broken hill country just to the south of Bulawayo known as the Matopos. The topography of the Matopos, even from a casual glance, is clearly configured for defense, and Carrington very quickly realized that the rebels could not be dislodged by military action. What would be required instead would be to starve them out in a campaign that might easily spill over into the following year. The amaNdebele themselves occupied this defensive position with no real objective other than a determination to fight to the last man, suspecting that the alternative would be genocide.

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