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Historical account of the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu Wars. Fought on the same day as the dreadful battle of Isandlwana, learn how this vastly outnumbered British garrison managed to hold out against a numerically superior force of brave Zulu warriors Complete with animations and footage from the films Zulu (1964) and Zulu Dawn (1979).
If you'd like to learn more about how the Anglo-Zulu Wars started then check out my video on the battle of Isandlwana, where I cover it in more depth. The link is in the beginning of the description. Hope you enjoy!
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@historyradar9654 3 года назад

My apologies to everyone for pronouncing Lieutenant wrong, can't believe I didn't pick up on it!

@hlengiwezondo1536 3 года назад

King Cetshwayo is also pronounced with a click, not as Setshwayo.

@philipmarsden7104 3 года назад

@History Radar: Excellent video. Just one small point, the last VC recipient on your list was Cpl.Christian Ferdinand SCHIESS, not SCHEISS ! (Poor fellow really doesn't deserve to be renamed ''Cpl.Shit'' does he?). That aside, the video was very entertaining and informative-thankyou for your hard work in producing it.

@TheMelorino 3 года назад

bigger issue is you eating your mic

@historyradar9654 3 года назад

@@TheMelorino haha I know the mic quality is awful so definitely time for an upgrade

@amitmangsulikar7153 3 года назад

Make documentary on Size of Lucknow

@nobodyinparticular709 3 года назад

To visit the battlefields and to stand where these men died is an experience that can not be put into words, it touches one deeply.

@historyradar9654 3 года назад

It is definitely something I need to do

@clevelandwilliams5922 Год назад

These men were sent for purpose of imperialism and colonialism. They had to fight for there lives and it was extreme disciplined, determined & resilient British Armies, that overcame those odds.

@antonypeel348 4 года назад

My wife and I were at Rorke's Drift last week, pity we didn't see your video before hand. It was well made and a great explanation. Thanks

@historyradar9654 4 года назад

Awesome! Thank you!

@baldrick574 3 года назад

Many of the Victoria Cross medals are on display in the Brecon Museum in South Wales home of the Regiment. Well worth a visit.

@johngregory5096 2 года назад

@@ericvulf-k7z The V.C.s on display are copies the real ones are locked in a vault.

@marks6406 3 года назад

Interesting to learn the details as an adult well done. That movie made a huge impact on me as a kid.

@chipsthedog1 3 года назад

Even if it didn't happen I will always love the scene where the Zulu warriors salute fellow braves

@johnroddy8756 3 года назад

The zula warrior salutes a fellow brave .The latter invades his country for resources,brainwashed at best to gives his all to gain the least.Poverty vast majority join .

@johnroddy8756 3 года назад

@Exlord Lucan The Truth sucks .

@zakhelezwide1911 3 года назад

@@johnroddy8756Thanks for speaking the truth.

@billheslop1093 3 года назад

Hi to you. and thank you for using footage from the film Zull with Michael Caine and Stanley Baker also Ula Jacobson and Jack Hawkins. In 1963 I served in the 5th South African infantry in Ladysmith Natal and our company was assigned to be extras in the film under the directorship of Cy Enfield who had just completed the filming of 'Cleopatra' and 'The Longes day.' Muni Wood the daughter of Sir Henry Wood the conductor was the continuity lady and Burt Banks was the set manager? Photos of some of the filming was taken with a Kodak Box camera. THanks again. Bill Heslop.

@historyradar9654 3 года назад

Thanks Bill that's amazing to be a part of such an iconic film

@jspee1965 4 года назад

Chard - "A 30 caliber boxer Henry miracle" Sergeant Major - "And a bayonet Sir, with some guts behind it".

@anthonywilson38 4 года назад

A very good video, in particular the hospital fight. The best explanation I have seen regarding the evacuation. Cheers mate. Great knowledge and well researched.

@historyradar9654 4 года назад

Thanks

@yorickthetog 3 года назад

I first heard about the Zulus when I read the book 'The Washing of the Spears' in Nov 1959. This is an excellent history of the Zulu nation & leads up to Isandlwana & Rorke's Drift. I have also read some of Ryder Hagard's novels which concern the Zulus.

@richardlouro5603 3 года назад

Great accurate history of this battle. Excellent narration. Great documentary. Thank you

@historyradar9654 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@montycasper4300 3 года назад

According to Color Sergeant Bourne (who was only 24 years old at the time of the action), none of the fatalities were as a result of edged weapons. The Zulu's had salvaged several hundred Martini's from the Isandlwana battlefield and fired on the defenders from a overlooking bluff several hundred yards away. They didn't know how to adjust the elevation on the rifle sights, so most of the fire was ineffective, but of those who died, all were as a result of gunshot. Rorkes Drift was a supply base, they had massive amounts of ammo and were wise enough to unpack prior to the Impi's attack. The loss at Ishandlwana was due to many factors, but the poorly managed ammo distribution was key.

@thomasmccann3679 3 года назад

One of the men in the hospital was speared .

@montycasper4300 3 года назад

@@thomasmccann3679 In the movie.

@tekay44 3 года назад

there is a great interview with the Sgt. Maj. near the end of his life. He said, no one was killed by a spear, the casualties were from the rifles being fired from the hill. the sgt was 23 years old at the time of the battle, they called him the kid.

@yochillfelix 3 года назад

where can we find this interview?

@dietmarhoelzner7082 3 года назад

1 of my all-time favorite Battles between Her Majesty's forces & the Zulu nation in "Zulu".

@jacobdavies5656 4 года назад

Cool video, it was interesting to see what actually happened in the hospital.

@historyradar9654 4 года назад

Thanks, I'm glad you liked the animation.

@timbayliss4153 3 года назад

@@historyradar9654 Dear History Radar, do you by chance, know anything about the battle of Little Big Horn, which I believe was also known as Custer's last stand? Is there any truth in the rumour, that he was a born Indian, or if you prefer, Native American hater? Were the tactics of Sitting Bull, whom I am sure he was fighting, similar to those used by the Zulus, in the battle of Isandlwna? Thank you.

@matthewkuchinski1769 3 года назад

Really fantastic video! I really like seeing someone provide an animated map of an engagement to highlight the movements of the combating forces. Will you be doing the Battle of Legnano or the Battle of Groton Heights? Both were intense engagements which pitted a professional army (The Holy Roman Empire at Legnano, the British Empire at Groton) against rebel militias (Milanese-led coalition and Connecticut militia). And, though only the first engagement was a victory for the rebel force, the second being a defeat, they were quite remarkable turning points in history. For without Legnano, Italy would not have been able to keep living a semi-independent existence within the Holy Roman Empire and Groton cost the British Army not only a sizable portion of the troops committed, but was also a drain of resources from relieving Cornwallis in Yorktown.

@parmeshwaryadav8792 2 года назад

Magnificent Zulu warriors

@ransomedavis2208 Год назад

they were indeed magnificent, extremely brave men

@morganpirate9127 3 года назад

Whenever a unit falls back to its final line or position of defense the ensuing fight will be a battle of heroic proportions!

@Wagyu_Jubei 3 года назад

Or they get put down like dogs

@morganpirate9127 3 года назад

@@Wagyu_Jubei Some dogs take a lot of putting down and even then attacks can't get it done. Depends on the dogs.

@Wagyu_Jubei 3 года назад

@@morganpirate9127 sounds like you have a martyr fetish

@morganpirate9127 3 года назад

@@Wagyu_Jubei You what else it sounds like? Like you haven't got clue one what you're trying to talk about AND that I don't care anyway!

@Wagyu_Jubei 3 года назад

@@morganpirate9127 stick to war gaming in mommy’s basement

@robertbatters53 3 года назад

Brilliant. So enjoyed your narrative. As you said this battalion of impey went against there kings order. History may have been different, without this action would the British have retaliate on such away. We will never know.

@peterhoulis1184 3 года назад

An awesome true story , much respect to all

@JohnJames6969 4 года назад

Really well put together and explained.. thank you

@historyradar9654 4 года назад

You're very welcome!

@robertnegron9706 3 года назад

The Thermopylae pass battle would be interesting.

@thomashartman1998 3 года назад

Cover the battle of Edsons Ridge, an heroic fight between Japanese troops and U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal.

@chrissimmons3213 2 года назад

Unbelievable I can't imagine what was going through the minds trying to fight off that many coming at you

@jamesbednar8625 3 года назад

Awesome video and the telling of this story!!! You should do a video about "The Alamo". For film footage, would recommend the 2004 movie "The Alamo" accurately portrays the battle - the 1960 John Wayne version is awesome, but it depicts the battle during day-light hours, whereas the actual battle took place in early morning darkness.

@saltyshackles5227 4 года назад

I'd like to see a modern version, clear of modern politics and focused on 2 real men, 1 from the Zulu's and 1 from the British, focusing on combat and the bravery of warriors on both sides that fateful day.

@thekingshussar1808 3 года назад

Inserting Modern Politics into History is dangerous

@m15terl1gh1ng 4 года назад

Great video, very well made!

@historyradar9654 4 года назад

Thanks

@leokarisoh4033 3 года назад

@@historyradar9654 🎉🔥🙏🙏yW tes fu-22333👍

@dongilleo9743 4 года назад

Every time I hear a historian say that a commander has decided to split his force, I already know this is probably not going to end well.

@dongilleo9743 3 года назад

@Daroslaw Toorek Yes, that is the exact example that popped into my mind when I first watched it.😀

@jimmurphy6468 3 года назад

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@giovannidomante2277 3 года назад

@markkirkland1433 3 года назад

In general, dividing your forces isn't a really good idea. But some generals have been successful with this tactic. Robert E. Lee was one such General that used this tactic successfully on many occasions.

@jebbroham1776 3 года назад

It only worked for great generals like Lee and Napoleon. They were highly competent and extremely flexible with their forces in almost any predicament.

@nicolavivarelli4127 3 года назад

Very good video! Great work: thanks.

@scotttilson8876 3 года назад

The African nations had every right to fight back against their oppressors. And I’m a white guy saying this. Just as the Indians had a right in America to fight back against their oppressors.

@leehogg6248 3 года назад

I don't think anyone disagrees with that .... the Zulus also took over neighbouring tribal areas. Britain and Europe weren't the only colonists .

@thekingshussar1808 3 года назад

They're native Americans not Indians!!!!! You twiggered my microaggression and you will pay for ur culturally insensitive crime

@josephbuckley5961 3 года назад

Zulu were also the oppressors in Africa. Can't blame the men at the time in which they had to do job for the country they served

@zakhelezwide1911 3 года назад

@@leehogg6248 I am Zulu and this is not true.

@amitmangsulikar7153 3 года назад

Make documentary on Lucknow Sizes

@EtonieE25 4 года назад

Great editing mate 👍

@historyradar9654 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed

@arnoldbioursckii6639 2 года назад

The officers had handguns. 6 shots each? What if each soldier had been supplied with 2 pistols in addition to the rifles of that day?

@미제드론 4 года назад

Good video thank you. And Michael Caine is very handsome British officer in ZULU.

@jeffdavies9099 3 года назад

He lives near me.Often see him in town(pre lockdown)Nice humble guy.

@franke981 3 года назад

This was his first movie role!

@SanitysVoid 2 года назад

Anyone knwo what version of Martine henrry rifles used in the battle? The short or long lever case ejection lever?

@RIFFRAFF104 4 года назад

Good video. I liked watching it.

@historyradar9654 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@michaelpickles1422 3 года назад

Several of these brave men are buried in an old cemetery in Ruddington, Nottingham

@robertcorbell1006 4 года назад

You left out how the real cavalry were actually Tswana riders from Bechuanaland, not Boers. Likewise missing were facts such as that the real Hook was very religious and the polar opposite of the rogue of the film (his family sued and won a massive settlement for the time, rivalling after inflation the Hamer family lawsuit against "Bonnie and Clyde" in 1967 and the Baer estate versus "Cinderella Man" in 2003 after the release). He's often compared to Desmond Doss in the US army during the Battle of Okinawa. Then also the chaplain was completely left out, even though he took over ammo and ration distribution after the death of the cook. He was the first to repudiate the idiocy of Rev. Witt and later was recommended for the Cross, but didn't get it. It's an interesting story.

4 года назад

Almost every engagement at the start of the War was a Zulu Win.The British were spread out over a large area at the start of the invasion and Zulu mobility allowed then to counter,almost like Napoleon in 1814.Only ended when the British launched one stonking attack at the Capital,and forced the Zulu into a concentrated battle.Rorke’s drift,however,heroic,was a minor,face saving,event for the British.

@rudioerzman4652 3 года назад

It was the Undi Corps led by Cetshwayo's half-brother, Dabulamanzi. Not the Ulundi Corps. For goodness sakes get it right

@colinsorrells8755 3 года назад

"Why do the sand pebbles fall in me mouth when the Zulu's stab me sir, why?"

@srujan00 3 года назад

I thought the thumbnail picture was Gilligan from Gilligan's Island, until I read the description.

@66oggy 3 года назад

I think it still stands as the most VC's won in a single action.

@historyradar9654 3 года назад

Hi Neil it still does and you can actually see Bromhead's VC which is on display at the Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh in Brecon, Wales.

@fasthracing 3 года назад

@@ericvulf-k7z Yes OK Eric we get the point

@johngregory5096 2 года назад

@@historyradar9654 The V.C.s on display are copies the real one's are locked away in a vault.

@gaz.v1434 3 года назад

brilliant info

@historyradar9654 3 года назад

Glad you liked it

@garywebster3585 4 года назад

Disraeli should have known who the zulus were as he'd casually ordered Bartle Frere to totally upend their society. Without diminishing their bravery the zulus won one battle because Chelmsfords subordinates crazily dispersed rather than concentrated their companies which is why he rightly maintained he'd left sufficient men to deal with the main force should it attack.

@historyradar9654 4 года назад

Unfortunately that's politics for you, I'm almost certain that had the British won at Isandlwana and concluded the war with the first invasion, Disraeli would have publicly claimed credit for it.

@Desert-Father 4 года назад

Chelmsford was covering his a$$. He left no orders for Durnford upon his arrival at Isandlwana. Chelmsford divided his forces when he had NO idea how big or where the enemy was. Bloody Muppet.

@anthonycody4396 3 года назад

Forming square would most likely have been enough to hold them off. It would also have prevented the out-flanking by the horns of the attack.

@Rustsamurai1 3 года назад

And when did Custer divide his force and come a-cropper?

@richardthingsilike9562 3 года назад

The Zulu King told his warriors never attack the British army in a fortified position.

@topgeardel 3 года назад

History seems to be clear. The "home team" can be "inferior" but still very courageous and successful against outsiders who are "superior". Better have a very good reason to fight someone on their turf.

@nigeh5326 3 года назад

Eg the Roman invasions into other areas such as the Teutoburg Forest

@michaeldavis1609 3 года назад

During the haze of combat how is it decided who wins the vc ??

@felixsy4923 3 года назад

Nice zulu warriors..

@toothpick4649 4 года назад

The Zulu who attacked the Drift had not taken part in the battle of Isandlwana, Adendorf had shot through before the fall of the camp,

@Desert-Father 4 года назад

They were the reserve force and they helped dispatch the last survivors at Isandlwana. Its really the same battle only a few km and hours apart.

@paulcrombie9623 3 года назад

I never knew that so many of the Zulu had died, so few of the British, yet we are considered the hero's! I wonder.....

@SBCBears 3 года назад

Probably because they were outnumbered, but any warrior attacking a defensive position must be heroic to some extent.

@paulcrombie9623 3 года назад

Could you do Gettysburg?

@historyradar9654 3 года назад

Hi Paul it is on my list of videos for this year

@paulcrombie9623 3 года назад

@@historyradar9654 Thanks so much!

@kostaskladakis8938 4 года назад

why didnt the zulus launch an all out attack from all sides instead of sending wave after wave?

@theflyingpig6361 4 года назад

Because they were only probing the British, and then decided not to attack the Position as the Zulu force wasn’t supposed to be either anyway.

@thegoodlord6518 4 года назад

They were playing in black ops zombie mode

@hlengiwezondo1536 3 года назад

King Cetshwayo's brother, Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande, had defied the King's order and launched an attack with ibutho that was fairly inexperienced. I guess he could not go back to the King and request for more 'reinforcements' since this was an act of defiance.

@brucebulley8039 3 года назад

Love the movie:), Makes me laugh when "Hookie" standing there & said "Do you ever see a Zulu walking down the street" My answer is yes= There is a suburb in Sydney Australia that is full of African Natives...

@marpleloo65 3 года назад

Ah, the redoubtable Biscuit Box Line.

@petermillist3779 3 года назад

One defeat doesn’t mean the end of a dynasty, Mr Disraeli.

@larryemrich2246 3 года назад

Like to see Fredrickburg battlefield

@themutualfriend5286 3 года назад

They should've called the main man Richard Sharpe and the 95th rifles.

@culloden23 3 года назад

Bite spit tap load... Sounds like a bad weekend

@themutualfriend5286 3 года назад

@@culloden23 damn straight my guy.

@prasadiyer3271 3 года назад

In 1879, when the Zulu War broke out, Richard Sharpe (if he was a real person) would have been around 90 years of age and quite unfit to fight in a battle

@paulwalton6470 3 года назад

Britains disastrous retreat from Kabul 1842

@hedgerowclose 3 года назад

Splendour...Heroic...pffft what were these Britons doing so far away from home, never having been threatened by any Zulus at home, trying to control and subdue these Zulu freedom fighters?

@4thamendment237 3 года назад

@hedgerowclose -- point taken. But don't blame the soldiers -- and they did fight heroically. Soldiers follow orders. The fault lies with those who ordered them so far away from home, in THEIR pursuit of imperialism and exploitation of the African continent. Those British politicians are the ones who should have to answer your question.

@davidtice4972 3 года назад

Who were the good guys and who were the bad guys?

@thekingshussar1808 3 года назад

No one

@samlaylong9883 3 года назад

Guns vs spears ..brave zulus

@mantogol2901 3 года назад

They fought for their Mother land...

@charlesmartel342 3 года назад

Cover Charles Martel (Charlemagne Grandfather) Battle of Tours. It kept Europe Christian for the next 1000 years plus.

@tekay44 3 года назад

the hammer.

@bloodrave9578 4 года назад

Khambula 1879, the British adopt a new tactic against the Zulu.

@historyradar9654 4 года назад

Absolutely, I guess they realised that from a tight defensive position with a strong concentration of firepower the Zulu's horns of the buffalo tactic became ineffective.

@bloodrave9578 4 года назад

@@historyradar9654 Terrain also played a decisive role as well, something Col. Evelyn Woods understood very well in siting his wagon laagers.

@kevindonachie710 3 года назад

You forget the number of wounded Zulus who were slaughtered by the Brits at Rorkes Drift after the battle.

@Anomaly-uz9pr 3 года назад

They slaughtered English troops ida killed em too

@pmcg97 4 года назад

Cool Zulu's 🦁

@ronaldheussen2603 3 года назад

'Helpmakaar' = help eachother. And 'Kraal' = corral. Yes, this was also Boer land. (Boer = farmer) Less heroic is what the British did to the Boers, slaughter their cattle en imprisoning the women and children in concentration camps starving. The deadly greed of a worldpower ruled by 'gentlemen'... As a young officer even Winston Churchill was involved in the second Boer war and Scouts founder Robert Baden-Powell was a lieutenant general and served over there at the time. I'm sure the history books will tell a different and indeed 'heroic' story. Like they always do...

@klarazikovaenglish7736 3 года назад

i like how the british invaded zulu land and failed then when the zulus invaded british land the zulus lost

@specialunit0428 3 года назад

The only thing I have to complain about is your mis-pronunciation of Lieutenant :)

@historyradar9654 3 года назад

Thanks glad you liked the video. In the U.K. we pronounce it "lef-tenant" as opposed to "loo-tenant" due to the fact lower ranking soldiers always walk on the left side of a senior officer :)

@specialunit0428 3 года назад

@@historyradar9654 I too am English, and that is what I meant lol. Sorry I was very vague :)

@historyradar9654 3 года назад

@@specialunit0428 Don't worry about it :)

@sofjanmustopoh7232 3 года назад

👍

@ndumisomkhonta9478 3 года назад

Guns against spear not fair

@johnlewis9745 3 года назад

The soldiers at Rorke’s Drift didn’t attack anyone. They defended themselves against a Zulu army that was defying the orders of King Cetshwayo.

@joker4125 3 года назад

WW1 eastern front please

@historyradar9654 3 года назад

The Brusilov offensive is on my list of battles

@paulosergiogoncalves7602 3 года назад

Manda esse filme dublado

@kostaskladakis8938 4 года назад

as heroic as the battle was it was the british invading hence they were in the wrong

@historyradar9654 4 года назад

Very true, however Rorke's Drift was on the British side of the border so the Ulundi Corps had invaded Natal against their Kings orders which gave the British a good excuse to launch a second invasion.

@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl 4 года назад

you're brainwashed, in the 19th century it was planting the flag and it was yours. The Zulus took over Africa from other indigenous people. Just go to Zimbabwe and you see the crop growers in conflict with the cattle herders. Shona and Matabele conflicts were ongoing before Europeans were there. There was no such a thing as invading during the colonial era.

@kostaskladakis8938 4 года назад

@@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl In any case people are always displacing other people from their lands this has always been the scenario from beginning of time.

@fullblizzy1603 3 года назад

17 British warriors killed and 600 Zulu warriors killed.... Really?

@josephbuckley5961 3 года назад

Yep true fact

@SKCCP 3 года назад

It was not a massacre. It was more of a just punishment.

@thekingshussar1808 3 года назад

Justifying massacres now, are we?

@paulcrombie9623 3 года назад

As I believe, there was something you never mentioned, the British couldn't open their ammo boxes in time, due to the boxes being screwed down! And with all of the smoke from the Cordite, would have made battle conditions almost impossible! That is how the British got hammerd by the Zulu. You see, they could see from their side, but the British couldn't see a thing! Maybe this can tell you how the British got beat?

@claudieterrien47 3 года назад

Quel courage il aura fallu aux anglais pour combattre les Zoulous Certes ils sont relativement nombreux bien armés Mais le nombre de zoulous est de loin le plus important Quand vous avez 15000 zoulous qui vous tombent dessus Le meilleur demande grâce, prie Ou fuit plus rare car les anglais ont toujours su faire face devant l adversité Il prendront une correction magistrale Et oui chacun chez soi !!!

@edwardnakagawa593 3 года назад

* PRIVATE ? WATERS ? ROGER ? WATERS ? AINT HE ? PLAY IN ? *PINK *FLOYD ??

@jandoerlidoe3412 3 года назад

The Zulu's defending against the British commerce raiders...

@edwardnakagawa593 3 года назад

** TOO BAD ? *HIRAM MAXIMS REPEATING MACHINE GUN, WAS NOT IN USE, AT THIS TIME ?

@admilsonbelarmino5926 4 года назад

Era pra ser traduzido pra português

@Dawsonguidroz8538 3 года назад

British should have chosen another commander to lead

@4catsnow 3 года назад

These British people had their fingers in a lot of countries where they had no right to be...sometimes the locals got an attitude....

@markscouler2534 3 года назад

Are you kidding what people forget is the Zulus slaughtered thousands of their own people to take power and this was wrong the Zulus that attacked the drift didn't see action at the battle before this thats why they attacked this post as they wanted a fight

@4catsnow 3 года назад

@@markscouler2534 In a lot of the countries Britain tried to colonize....there were some vivid examples of how the locals got an attitude....The Sudan was a good example....so was China...the middle east in the 1800's..the list just keeps going....

@Skralinger 3 года назад

gz zulus fight

@yepok2957 3 года назад

"Brave" men with long guns fighting men with spears. What a laugh.

@mjc8281 3 года назад

The Zulu's had between 500 and 1000 muskets and rifles at the battle including Martini Henry rifles(and significantly more ammunition), so even at the low estimate simply with guns they out numbered the British 3 to 1 and 30 to 1 overall, those aren't great odds any way you look at it.

@beaucaspar3990 3 года назад

Not a very historically accurate thumbnail. Especially with fact the British were decisively victorious in the battle.

@bluelaser3415 3 года назад

Well? Come on!

@sdbrahm2294 4 года назад

Cavities made me feel attacked

@scotttilson8876 3 года назад

That’s not too wise using Animal skins shields and Spiers against guns.

@miklfog9675 3 года назад

according to the movie the cavalry didn't stay they left and didn't face the Zulu's lol

@historyradar9654 3 года назад

Yeah a classic bit of Hollywood artistic licence

@thomasmccann3679 3 года назад

History Radar the Calvary did leave .

@donjorge8329 3 года назад

And all these men (on both sides) died what for? Nothing!!!

@chrisholland7367 3 года назад

The Zulus were defending their home land.Sir Henry Bartle Frarrer issued an ultimatetum to the Zulu King to disband his army. Frarrer at the time was the representative of the UK government in South Africa it was the provocation the British were looking for .At the mountain slopes of islandwana February 1879 1,500 British troops were put to the spear by a force of around 30,000 warriors after which the mission station at Rorkes Drift became the focus of another battle. However this time Zulus were not so triumphant.

@donjorge8329 3 года назад

@John Cornell Oh, fine. Germans will like this kind of view...

@hlengiwezondo1536 3 года назад

@John Cornell Ladysmith black mambazo, Busi Mhlongo, Nora Mabasa.

@soultaff 3 года назад

11 VC’s 😢 !!! How many did the Zulu warriors receive 😢😢😢 . Yes this is my favourite film 🎥. Yes I’m also a proud Welshman 💪❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 . I’m also a humanitarian ( I’d like to think so ) we’re governed by politicians. The very same pawb that dish out there shite and expect us to do there bidding 😡😡😡 ! The Zulu warriors were the heroes I believe. Also the Welsh Borderers . Should anybody read this post , the medals are displayed at the Brecon Garrison . That’s Gods country to those that aren’t aware ❤️💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.

@daniellastuart3145 3 года назад

24th foot became the South Welsh Borderers 1881 two yeas after the campaign So technically an English regiment at the time of the battle

@jesswebb5261 3 года назад

I know the gatling gun had been invented by this time. Two or three of them would have stopped this crap.

@davidpallin772 3 года назад

I doubt that very much. Gatling gun only effective for straight ahead fire, really can’t traverse fire with it. The Zulu’s on the other hand were highly mobile an unemcumbered could easily avoid the Gatling. Could the Gatling been of help?, yes but only for awhile. The British were simply overwhelmed and scattered about. In hindsight, their only chance would have been to form a tight British square from the onset, that was the only card they had left to play.

@JamesWillmus 3 года назад

Those things jammed constantly and required a couple of men to operate and several more to transport. A solid line of cannons with grapeshot would have turned the Zulu's front lines into swiss cheese. More cavalry also would have been effective in flanking the Zulu. But the British were primarily an infantry force so once spread out over a large area they were vulnerable to being over run.

@davejarratt7945 3 года назад

Is it not possible that the Zulus arrived after Rorke's Drift,showed their vast force and turned around as a show of respect for a battle well fought. The Zulus are very proud people,not just a fighting mob!

@historyradar9654 3 года назад

In the film it is definitely portrayed that way.

@LyonThroy-RSA Год назад

The recent "pro-Zuma" riots and looting in KZN would prove otherwise mate.

@georgerobinson1952george2joan 3 года назад

Wolves forever

@kat834 3 года назад

This is so inaccurate

@nicolasrenard7268 4 года назад

For such an arrogant Army, what a defeat ! Waterloo had already almost been one.,

@rowdyyates4273 3 года назад

The world was a much better place when the British roamed it!!!

@nicolasrenard7268 3 года назад

@@rowdyyates4273 So arrogant People ! Exactly what I said. Never forget that British' most important reason for all that happened was trading worldwide. Policy and idealism had nothing to do in their war implication.

@rowdyyates4273 3 года назад

A very brave army, what is a arrogant army? waterloo was a brilliant victory faught by a very proffesional army who did as they were ordered to do not arrogant but brave men and boys!! ----indeed the person in charge of the army in the zulu wars was guilty of getting his soldiers involved when he did not need to and there was a huge public demand to have him removed from office only the intervention of qeen victoria saved him.--And indeed trading was good for the world thats what people want and so thats what they got just like today; it goes to show just how much a tiny country as the uk has made a huge impact on the world.----and yes there are arrogant Leaders in all armys but leave the soldiers and 10years old drummer boys walking towards cannon balls out of it.

@thekingshussar1808 3 года назад

It wasn't the army, it was the commander who was arrogant and underestimated the Zulus.

@thekingshussar1808 3 года назад

@@rowdyyates4273 Right. Your opinion