The horror of the First World War ended today in 1918. The terms of the peace imposed upon Germany were so onerous that they contributed to the Second World War. A war veteran and fighter pilot in the Second World War, Ian Smith, used this day in 1965 to make a Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom, thereby creating the sovereign state of Rhodesia.
– Posted by Douglas Racionzer (serendipiday.blogspot.com)