Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Smith ya kasance a takaice a Birtaniya kafin a tura shi zuwa No. 130 (Punjab) Squadron a yammacin Jamus a watan Afrilu 1945. Ya yi aikin yaki a can har sai
Jamus ta mika wuya a watan Mayu. Ya kasance tare da No. 130 Squadron don sauran aikinsa, kuma ya koma gida a ƙarshen 1945. Bayan kammala karatunsa a Rhodes, an zabe shi a Majalisar Dokoki don haihuwarsa, Selukwe, a 1948. Ya zama Firayim Minista a shekarar 1964, a lokacin da kasarsa ke takaddama da Burtaniya game da sharuddan samun 'yancin kai; Smith ya kasance yana da tasiri a matsayin dan siyasa ta hanyar gogewar yaƙin, kuma rikodin soja na Rhodesia a madadin Burtaniya ya zama na tsakiya ga tunaninsa na cin amanar da gwamnatocin Burtaniya na bayan yaƙin suka yi. Wannan a wani bangare ya motsa gwamnatinsa ta Bayyanar Bayyanar 'Yancin kai a 1965. Matsayinsa a matsayin tsohon soja na RAF na Yaƙin Duniya na II ya taimaka masa ya sami goyon baya, a cikin gida da na duniya.