Unrecognised white-minority state that followed Southern Rhodesia's 1965 Unilateral Declaration of Independence; fought the Bush War against African nationalist forces.
The Lancaster House Agreement (December 1979) returned the territory briefly to British control; internationally recognised independence followed as Zimbabwe on 18 April 1980.
Standard full history of the colony and the UDI state.
Covers the UDI era and Bush War within Zimbabwe's longer history.