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Unit 7
Grades 9-10
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Rhodesia: A White Minority Declares 'Independence,' and a War Decides What That Word Actually Means

On November 11, 1965, Armistice Day, deliberately chosen to evoke Rhodesia's sacrifices in two World Wars, Prime Minister Ian Smith and his all-white Rhodesian Front cabinet signed a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), announcing that Southern Rhodesia, a…

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