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- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) abstract "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 120 men at its peak, it was unique in the history of the Rhodesian Army as an exclusively expatriate unit. It existed between October 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).During the Bush War, the Rhodesian Army augmented its ranks with foreign volunteers, who were accepted into regular regiments with the same pay and conditions of service as locals. Most foreign recruits enlisted in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), which launched a wide-reaching and productive overseas recruitment programme in 1974, but required successful applicants to speak good English. The Army attempted to transfer the success of the RLI campaign to French-speakers during late 1977, and formed a designated company in the Rhodesia Regiment for them. The regiment already had six independent companies, so the francophone unit became 7 Independent Company.The company's men, a mixture of former French paratroopers, ex-Foreign Legionnaires and young adventurers, had trouble from the start integrating with the Rhodesian forces, and became unsettled by the respective ranks they were given in the Rhodesian Army. In an attempt to raise their morale and create a strong esprit de corps, the Army issued them beret insignias backed with the French tricolour and allowed them to raise the flag of France alongside that of Rhodesia each morning. Apparently under the impression that they had signed up as highly paid mercenaries, many of the French troopers returned home after their first bush trip, unhappy to have received no more money than a regular Rhodesian soldier.On operations their performance was generally below par, but the Frenchmen were involved in some successful actions during February and early March 1978. Their oppressive treatment of the black villagers they encountered made them very unpopular in the operational area. Following a series of disasters for the company during the latter part of its second tour, including two friendly fire incidents and several fatalities, it was disbanded on 13 May 1978. A nucleus of men from the unit, led by Bob Denard, executed a coup d'état in the Comoros on the same day, supported by the French, Rhodesian and South African governments.".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) activeYearsEndYear "1978".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) activeYearsStartYear "1977".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) battle Rhodesian_Bush_War.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) colour Flag_of_France.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) colourName "French tricolour".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) commandStructure Rhodesia_Regiment.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) country Francophone.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) country Rhodesia.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) disbanded "1978-05-13".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) garrison Harare.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) militaryBranch Rhodesian_Security_Forces.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) militaryUnitSize "Company".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) thumbnail Rhodesian_Army_flag_late_1970s.png?width=300.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) type Infantry.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) wikiPageExternalLink 7044019.stm.
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- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) wikiPageExternalLink bob-denard-a-toujours-agi-pour-le-compte-de-l-etat-francais_967276_3224.html.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) wikiPageID "34444948".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) wikiPageRevisionID "593520357".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) align "right".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) battles Rhodesian_Bush_War.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) branch "Regular Army".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) caption "Rhodesia Regiment insignia as worn by 7 Independent Company, on a patch in the colours of the French flag".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) colors "French tricolour".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) colorsLabel "Colours".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) commandStructure "1".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) commander "*Major L'Assomption *Major Laviola".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) commander1Label "Officers commanding".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) country "Various French-speaking nations".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) dates "--05-13".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) disbanded "1978-05-13".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) garrison "*Cranborne Barracks, Salisbury".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) hasPhotoCollection 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia).
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) quote "You may be engaged in the Rhodesian Army today, but you are Frenchmen, and in a war against international communism. You are here for France.".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) quoted "1".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) size Company_(military_unit).
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) source "(Major Laviola addresses the French company, November 1977)".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) type Infantry.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) unitName "7".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) width "30.0".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) subject Category:Expatriate_units_and_formations.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) subject Category:Foreign_volunteers_in_the_Rhodesian_Security_Forces.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) subject Category:Military_units_and_formations_disestablished_in_1978.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) subject Category:Military_units_and_formations_established_in_1977.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) subject Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_Rhodesia_in_the_Bush_War.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) subject Category:Rhodesia_Regiment.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) type Agent.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) type MilitaryUnit.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) type Organisation.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) type Organization.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) type Agent.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) type SocialPerson.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) type Thing.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) comment "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 120 men at its peak, it was unique in the history of the Rhodesian Army as an exclusively expatriate unit.".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) label "7 Independent Company (Rhodesia)".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) label "7e compagnie indépendante".
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) sameAs 7e_compagnie_indépendante.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) sameAs m.0h_9y1c.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) sameAs Q2818366.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) sameAs Q2818366.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) wasDerivedFrom 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia)?oldid=593520357.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) depiction Rhodesian_Army_flag_late_1970s.png.
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) isPrimaryTopicOf 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia).
- 7_Independent_Company_(Rhodesia) name "7 Independent Company".