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| 4 August 1914 (in support of Britain) |
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| Colony within the British empire. Rhodesia consisted of two administrations (North and South), which corresponded with present-day Zambia and Zimbabwe respectively |
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| Ultimate authority rested with George V and the imperial government in London |
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| 100,00-200,000 indigenous people, plus 35,000 settlers of mainly British origin (1914) |
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| 2,700 men in the Northern Rhodesia Rifles and 1,800 in the Southern Rhodesia Volunteers (1914). 6,831 Rhodesians saw service in the First World War, both in Europe and on the border with German East Africa |
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