The Disastrous Anglo-Zulu War 

I was about to comment on that lol

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It's okay, I knew what you've meant lol.

@@spenceramey406 thanks, was kicking myself! the first sentence 🤦‍♂

Is there an original quotation?

I guess the sun had to set on the British for them to loose that battle.

it was so many black people they brought upon a solar eclipses

@@brendandunphy6706 haha black ppl funni

@@brendandunphy6706 low iq joke

@@brendandunphy6706 That’s so wild 😭

In reality there was very little charging. The grass was around 3 ft tall. The Zulus mostly crept forward, going to ground using the cover of the grass, undulating ground, the donga etc. It wasnt like how it was depicted in the movies. When the Zulus saw a volley fire about to come they ducked for cover, then moved forward during the reload. That was how it generally was.

No that bad for the Zulus the Martini-Henry in MK1 and 2 form jammed easily as they attack in large numbers it would very quickly turn into hand to hand .

@@spencermurphy5796 I'd be more worried about the Martini though, fires faster and further and far more precise than those other guns.

@@gravygraves5112 not really Henry rifling fouled faster than the enfield rifling, the Martini action also had a hard time extracting the brass foil cases used in the MKI and MKII Rifles. If anything the Snider Enfield its predecessor was more deadly as it was a breechloader firing a .600 ball in a .577 case coming in at around 515 grains and later reduced to a 480 grain .577 ball. The enfield muzzleloader was by far more accurate than the Henry rifle and during civilian rifle matches the Henry rifled firearms were superbly outmatched by rifles with enfield, whitworth, gibbs and rigby rifling. Most Henry rifle shooters had to take a brass case bend it to a 45 degree angle and blow into the breech to allow their moist breath to soften up the fouling in the barrel. Also after repeated firing the Martini Henry would get too hot to hold. There are many documented instances of using wet cloth on top of the barrel to keep it cool in a firing line scenario.

@@lyndoncmp5751 That must have been incredibly frustrating.

I'm sure they were just fine.

They had their harsh criticism of US king cotton slavery to defend them as their stay and fortress.

Tell they see the crank powerd machine gun b like a scene from the last samurai lol

Imagine being a Zulu and seeing Brits invading your home with guns and bayonets.

The british would loose but theyd have way less casualties than the zulus

He didn't genocide women & children, he just took their land, cattle & wives & kids,

Like Europeans didn't do the same maybe even worse

True. He was a nasty man.

@@kev95 just like Winston Churchill & George Washington

@@samanth. Yes.

facts

@@elistavinger3059 same here

Watch kings and generals

@@chhitijrana2572 I do, but the format isn't as engaging. It's a good channel but for my money History Dose is better.

Weird history is good too.

Lmao good

@@derpeth2101 what a shame

Yay soo fun !! 🤡

@@manicabawse2867 not a shame at all, they invaded claimed land and forced a war where the people wanted peace, every death on that end was warranted

@@MrMoraleTop5 It happened allot back then get over it

The entire population of the Kingdom was around 100 000 people These millions are imaginary, just like jaguar pelts.

every word of it was true as it is beautiful! we've never forgotten that terrible/ beautiful war. We may have lost, but our parents do not let us forget the day we made a God bleed!

@@dan_mer lol ok pal

@@dan_mer modern day Zulu people number in the millions

@@dan_mer Check his top pinned comment he corrected himself he meant leapord not jaguar.

Contact a film producer and refer the idea.

There is a movie about this is called Zulu Dawn it's from like the seventies

I watched Zulu dawn just a few weeks ago. It seems to be a very accurate film.@@knovusdaprodigy4146

@@knovusdaprodigy4146 seen it as a child,was cool

So does the Battle of Adwa in Ethiopia. Epic.

Thanks for watching!

Do you think he will do one on the Mfecane? I doubt it. Not the correct narrative.

Your people are great warriors💪

@@weirdo4653 🙏🏾🙏🏾

My nickname is Zulu, my family and friends often refer to me via that name which was given to me by my brother. I'm proud and thankful to have a nickname with such a rich cultural history, and i carry it with pride

Amazing story. And to still live in South Africa nowadays shows a great deal of resilience and bravery too.

@@Soulflytribe04 tf u Talking about ? We have a better life style than the poms lol. Sure it’s going downhill but so is the rest of the planet

@@tiagojohannes5920 Haha, you just gotta live here to understand hey 😂 people think we’re crazy, but at least it’s never boring down here

@@Soulflytribe04 Our roots are deeply entrenched here. My family had already been here for over two generations pre-Zulu War

@@tiagojohannes5920 Hey, how can you be South African and be named Tiago? Portuguese diaspora?

Hopefully in the future your people will not be caught lackin

@@ClaimClam 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I’m Zulu and I can tell you it’s chiraq in kwazulu natal today 🤣🤣pistols have replaced the spears

@@ndumisosigwaza3055 we can conquer each other but no one else smh

Pay respect to the dead people for me please

Love this perspective, hopefully people come to have this view more.

Yeah the problem about learning about in any depth is subversive people in society use such instances to justify the break down of the culture, it’s happening all over the United States

Don’t apologize for your ancestors. Revere them.

@@al3xander353 I don't apologize for nor do I revere them. You need to remember that at that time it was the norm. Racism and other modern society values weren't a thing. In there eyes they were doing the right thing. So too did the Brits and Zulu's. History is a fascinating thing, I wouldn't call any of the major players in the struggle for south africa, or Africa for that matter, necessarily evil. Instead of being mad and hating our and others ancestors we should be mad at the times norm and look back at history to see how things have changed :D Well I geuss it depends on how you mean revere

Based anc taking colonisers land

What a crossover

I wacth ur videos blackscape :D

I never expected to see DB youtuber on a history channel

@@xenos096 yeah same

You here? 👍

WE HAVE RULES AND WITHOUT RULES WE ARE LITTLE MORE THEN TRIBAL SAVAGES *gets fucking speared*

@@timmyteehee9490 Well, that is what makes a person more than an animal. Dignity and loyalty to the greater good even in face or certain death

@@justusP9101 more like lawful stupid

@@timmyteehee9490if you read on in the history the Zulus then suffered manny more defeats until they lost the war, war is pretty horrific and rarely has an uplifting message.

@@justusP9101 lol, lmao

I hope you are happy and healthy.

The History of the Zulu people should never be forgotten. The Zulu history is long and rich..

People love to kiss arse🤣

Do you beam with pride about what your ancestors did during the Mfecane?

@@dannyarcher6370 No. Does that answer your question?

The so called British military is still allegedly powerful as they arrogantly speak about facing Russia and China when their army personnel can't even compare with an English premier league game

The British soldiers were very brave to stand up to these savages, even the Zulus respected them, the British Empire was epic, I’d say the American empire is way more violent and has killed WAYYYYY more people.

Or the Sudanese Mahdists. They’re the only people who beat the british off every square inch of their country, which also happens to be the biggest country in Africa. They held it for 14 years from 1884-1898. The British came back when Al-Mahdi died, and they were able to divide the state into civil war.

​@@factsbykidd4765 It's not that the Mahdi defeated the British, it is that the British wanted nothing to do with the conflict. At the time Egypt was technically under British (and Ottoman) rule but the British really only dealt with the economy and military of the central beurocracy in the region (basically the highly urbanized parts of modern Egypt: Cairo, Alexandria, etc) and left the governship of Sudan to the Egyptians. Obviously this went terribly for the Egyptians, but that worked out well for the British since it meant a weaker and more distracted Egyptian government, and the British only sent a couple of small half hearted expeditions at this time. Only after the French tried to claim the region of Sudan with a small expedition did the British actually send an army to crush the rebellion (which it did) and the much larger British force forced the French to concede Sudan to Egypt (and by extent the British). The Mahdi's campaign against the Egyptians was incredible and intense, their campaign against the British is practically non-existent. The second the British decided to commit to ending the rebellion, they did and and the war wasn't even close

@@factsbykidd4765 Afraid that's incorrect. Chinese Gordon was actually in the service of the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan at the time was an Egyptian/Ottoman Colony. Lord Gordon commanded the Egyptian forces there, not British. In 1885, Sudan was under control of the Egyptians, which is why the Gladstone government didn't bother to intervene. When the British Empire did arrive in 1898, the Sudanese were decisively defeated.

Probably not the best yet tho,atun shei films is the best

@@ShivamR34440 imma check that out but this is the best I've come across

i quite like epic history tv, good for a napoleonic era fan like me

@@ShivamR34440 It’s the best ive found! I love the small details in history that aren’t typically taught about! So channels like History Dose and SideQuest are my favorites.

@@ShivamR34440 idk this dude literally does all his own artwork for these videos. Most of those pictures you see of pirate ships battling and what not are paintings he did. Kinda insane but I know nothing about the channel you named so maybe they do that too

Why on gurkhas though? There history is not that long and their prestige rose only after the british made them martial race after they stayed loyal to British after sepoy mutiny.

@@SafavidAfsharid3197 look up Gurkha VC winners in World War Two and their stories and tell me that wouldn’t make a good video. Even the Sepoy mutiny would be a good video !

@@SafavidAfsharid3197 They fought many epic battles

@@SafavidAfsharid3197 not only Gurkhas, the Sikhs were also loyal to British... what are your thoughts on them?

@@SafavidAfsharid3197 they remained loyal to the oath they had taken......once a man breaks his vow his dignity is gone.

Thanks 🙏

Nyezane was the opening battle that day. There were actually THREE battles on January 22nd 1879. Everyone knows about Isandlwana and Rorkes Drift, but few have heard about Nyezane (Inyezane). This was actually the first battle that day, taking place in the morning, and involving Pearson's Number One column with around 2,000 men vs around 6,000 Zulus. It was a one sided British victory. The British suffered just 17 killed vs 300-500 Zulus killed.

It was costly for the Zulu army as well, 5,000 dead and wounded.

@@lyndoncmp5751 Wut? Only 17?! Damn thats even more lopsided than rorkes drift. Here's another one, not against the Zulu's, but fought with the Afghans, Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment, Frederick Robert's troops only lost 33 killed compared to 3,000 on the Afghan side.

Bullet-Tooth-Tony Yes, very lopsided victory. There was one Gatling gun at Nyezane though so that helped. I didn't know about that other battle against the Afghans, so cheers for that. I'll have a read up. 👍

@@csifresno8302 hey maybe they imported them

Jaguar and other foreign animal skin was worn by chiefs/ kings other important tribal members... it was a symbol of status to be able to have the skin of alien animals.

that didnt happen though

@@mrblobby6284 Great movie tho.

@@mrblobby6284 it did for Cecil j rhodes at his funeral over 200 matabele worriers singing aloud bayete inkosi

@@dalitsobanda1032 OK, Zambian

@@dalitsobanda1032 oh shit you were there?

Oh and 2 million people in his campaign to take said land which he ruled like a tyrant, they had it coming, people often like to act like the tribes colonial empires took down were innocent and harmless, they rarely were. In fact countries/continents like Africa did slightly better under British rule, given the technological investment and quelling of civil wars. The British themselves were tyrannical but every country was back then, it was invade and conquer or be swallowed up by another empire, something the British knew all too well.

I'm so glad they included that line and that people noticed! It is fashionable these days to view the victims of colonialism as innocents.

@@jh565bb “counties like Africa” says a lot about your mindset and the fact that you’re not educated or specialized enough to make such a statement. The African continent as a whole didn’t do better but worst because of European colonization. They are many proven and educated facts pointing to this. P.S kings and queens in Europe killed many to get to/keep their power.

@@GrahamMilkdrop They we’re victims of colonialism and the fact other foreign tyrants came in to steal land and resources from the natives doesn’t exclude the fact they invaded and took land that was not theirs.

@@jh565bb Africa is a continent and most countries did not benefit from colonial rule.

Small correction, the soldiers at the drift were the 24,the, 2nd Warwickshire regiment,

Yeah being outnumbered 20-1 has that effect on people, not sure why you would say armed with a gun as if that makes up for the number difference lol.

@@Robert-hy3vv I guess because the British regiments could fire from a range of 1,700 m with a Martini Henry Rifle so you would think oh i'm safe from here they won't get close for a while

@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- although it’s “effective range” was only 370 m

@@lesdodoclips3915 Ahh ok, i stand corrected

@@Robert-hy3vvbecause they had never lost before ?

Mate it's South African history. If it's a a video about a French king we would say French history not European. You don't have to be so ignorant.

@@bradleypenrith lol shut up it’s still Africa clown whether it’s south, north, west, or east. I see why RU-vid only notified me of the likes🙄✌🏾✋🏾

If only fighters were as easily produced as a weapon with munition.

@@traiascacodreanu4553 it takes 2 days to train an idiot how to gang up on someone with a pointy stick. It takes months to train a solid military unit. Cope as hard as you can

@@CoramDeogenua It doesn’t take anything to teach someone to stand as far back as possible and pull a trigger. This is why only plebs uphold the British empire.

@@CoramDeogenua Cope? You think I actually give a shit about the Zulu Kingdom.

He was Govenor of Gold Goast (Modern Ghana) and defeated our Zulus, the Asante Empire. I was actually surprised he was also in South Africa. He must have learned how to do it from defeating the Zulus.

That was incredible. The Zulu commander was so brave and fearless!

agreed

Idk, I think of all places Africa is the last place to use that “quote”. Africans go way back.

@@MarylandMarshmallow Failing to see you point.

@@dumbro4984 Keep failing. I’m sure you’re accustomed.

@@MarylandMarshmallow Lol insulting me instead of trying to explain your point? Or the lack there of.

@@dumbro4984 Africans are thought to have the longest standing history of all demographics. As Africa is supposedly the motherland of all humans. The land will always belong to the Africans and in turn humanity as a whole. But this is an opinion as I stated that (I THINK) this way. So don’t get offended by my comment. You’re probably thinking about the colonization of Africa I can sense it based on your initial comment. But once again it is an opinion.

Interestingly enough, the Zulus saw it as a bad omen even though they were winning the battle.

@ Turd Ferguson I could be wrong, but I believe the Sioux had repeating rifles while the 7th Cavalry had single shot.

Yeah I though they had many of the same weapons that the Calvery had, either bought or stolen from the US. Plus, weren’t the Lakota much better at riding horses? And Custer ran his smaller group into a much larger Indian force underestimating them either way and not realizing until it was too late.

This is a myth. Chelmsford DID kind of take the Zulus seriously. After a recon force got onto trouble the day before and requested assistance, Chelmsford decided to take a strong force out, and to keep a strong force back protecting the camp and to be further reinforced by Durnfords men, who he ordered up to Isandlwana from Rorkes Drift to help protect the camp. That doesnt seem to me like Chelmsford didn't take the Zulus seriously.

@@lyndoncmp5751 Little did Chelmsford know that the band of zulu's he intercepted was only a feint, and the real force was lying in wait.

Bullet-Tooth-Tony, Id say the Zulus that the recon patrol got engaged with the day before, on the 21st, was not a feint but a flank guard. I guess we can call it a feint in the sense of drawing attention away from the main impi, but they weren't luring Chelmsford out. The Zulus did not plan to attack Isandlwana until the 23rd, so you don't try and lure out a force two days before. Nor could the Zulus have anticipated that Chelmsford would have sent half his force out. In fact according to the Zulus, they didn't even know Chelmsford had left with such a large force that morning. It was still dark and there was no fanfare departure.

Exactly

Very true.

Finally a comment that has some common sense. The Zulu practiced slavery in 1880! We are never taught about when the Mali colonized lands, or when the Muslims colonized India and Spain. A sad state of history.

@@ElAlamein3828 when did colonized have the same meaning as conquest

Yep. It was one ruthless empire vs another that was just bigger and more advanced.

Yetthey still could never rise to the level of brutality committed by the british empire, not even close. Do you know the origin of the word barbaric btw

@@AUstudios Yes, I know the origin of the word and the Zulu were one of the most barbaric "civilization" to ever exist.

Agreed! But more importantly... you sir, have some very brave ancestors in your past! It's great that we can jointly look back on conflicts like this as what they are, important pieces of our history, but, still history! Unfortunately there are a lot of people who apparently just want to turn these comments sections into arguments and sow divisions 😕

Unjena umlando kunabazi umlando kwaZulu? Bangasitsheli umlando ekungasiwo.

Ew

@@rustlemyjimmysthose guys were significantly outnumbered British, so what's brave about it?

@@mordekaiser2026 lol

Durnford was largely to blame tactically for the Isandlwana defeat. He was ordered up to the camp to reinforce the numbers there, and the camp orders were to act strictly on the defensive. Durnford blatantly ignored his orders, brought the battle on and his decisions from the moment he arrived compromised the 24th Foot.

@@lyndoncmp5751 That’s interesting because generally people are quite sympathetic to Durnford because he was killed in the fighting so couldn’t justify his actions later and by all accounts fought effectively during the battle. Do you think Chelmsford was to blame at all? He wasn’t at the camp but was in overall control and criticised heavily in the official report.

Durnford was lionised in the film Zulu Dawn, so that's what his current defenders are influenced by. In reality Durnford was reckless. Not only did he disregard his own orders and the camp orders and go on the attack, but he forced the poor rocket battery 3 miles out, tried to get 2 companies of the 24th Foot to follow him out, ignored the advice of Natal Carbineers who informed him he was riding straight into the Zulus, but his tactical decision to make a stand 1 mile out at the donga basically lost the battle. This forced Pulleine to keep the 24th Foot line extended out in support of him (Durnford told Pulleine he expected the 24th to support him). When Durnford heard that the rocket battery had been annihilated and its commander killed, he ordered one of the survivors to go fetch the commanders body, even though the survivor was on foot and Durnford had a spare horse. Durnford left the survivor in the lurch. Then at the donga, though brave, Durnford decided to remain right to the end instead of riding back to the camp to organise a rally point. In his earlier haste to chase after the Zulus, Durnford did not even bother to establish where his own ammo wagon would be located in the camp when it arrived, so when his men at the donga began running out of ammo and riders were sent back to camp to fetch more they couldn't even find their own ammunition wagon because Durnford didn't know himself where it was. Chelmsford deserves blame for beginning the invasion in the first place, but I don't see what else he could have done after the recon patrol got itself in a pickle and requested help. I don't think he could have ignored their request for help, or sent out a token force. Remember, it was thought the main impi was in that direction.

I should add as well that Chelmsford left 6 companies of British infantry at the camp, plus the Royal Artillery, around 100 other armed mounted men and sent for Durnford and his 250 armed mounted men. This should have been enough to defend the camp. Had Durnford just arrived at the camp and remained there, then a much tighter more condensed firing line would probably have been enough to see off the Zulus. The hill of Isandlwana itself was a perfect wall protecting their rear, with only the 'saddle' area needing to be plugged. This could have been done by Durnfords 250 men, leaving the 6 infantry companies, the Royal Artillery, Colonials and NNC defending the front. During the morning false alarm, camp commander Pulleine chose a close in defensive position just in front of the tents. Then Durnford arrived and upset the apple cart, and Pulleine was compromised because Durnford was technically the senior officer.

I would love to hear some Sikh warrior stories! I have never heard any before as an Englishman. Could you recommend some?

I (American) found a movie about this battle which was amazing. The Battle of Saragarhi.

It’s not amazing what happened to them, but the mentality and good nature.

@@Grogritark The battle of Saragarhi 21 vs 10,000 is something I always recommend or the tales Hari Singh Nalwa aka Baghmar (Tiger-Killer)

@@dilpreetsingh70 Chamkaur and the siege of sirhind was also impressive

Thanks for the kind words! And yes, those are authentic Zulu chants kindly provided to us-see the description to check out Siyabonga’s channel!

History jokes, man!

You're always pretty damn accurate with your predictions! :)

@@HistoryDose 😎

Ayo we was kings an shit das rite

That isn't very woke of you to point that out 😡

@@mk6315 very original.

@@buzter8135 when I hear something else meme worthy you’ll be second to know

@@nealkelly9757 - "Woke" = RACIST, anti-white, anti-male, anti-straight, anti-common sense.

Zulu shouldn’t have been there too then, right? Oh and did you hear about the genocide they attempted in 2021? :3

@@silent_stalker3687 Youre missing the point... it's Africa, not Britain! They came to colonialise, and they got their asses kicked !

@@Rob0865 oh okay… so was Germany okay in the 30’s because he stayed in Europe, but invaded everywhere else?

@@silent_stalker3687 Sorry, what's your point?

@@silent_stalker3687 What a dumb response! It's their country!!! 😳

& or Ignorant 😶

So the British walking in and massacring them with modern weapons and enslaving them are really the good guys, you see? The British are just lovely people.

People seem to pay more attention to the atrocities the lighter the skin of the perpetrators.

Whatever helps you sleep at night I guess

@@SeanEngelhardt-b3xkeep telling yourself that.

The story of the Human race right there...

That's the old Three Stooges joke from the 1930's

Mfwethu!!!!

When all else fails adopt a few tactics from your enemies lol

As a Native American, I wonder how things could be if we had a few dozen crates of M4 carbines to send Columbus on his way. But that is why I like to learn about other cultures.

@@praetorianstride5948 the history of the Native Americans is very fascinating to me

@@praetorianstride5948 sometimes I wish I had a time machine just so I could give them AK-47 just to level the plain

No

Do the British still practice colonialism?

@@patmtc477 You'll have to ask one.

@@patmtc477they do still practice it in Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland along with all the neo-colonialism the imperial core practices

the europeans do. it's called abortion clinics

@@cavaugnsharkey2699 we did. The king slaughtered men, women and children of his brothers house and tried his hardest to rule with an iron fist.

@@cavaugnsharkey2699 of course I watched it. The Zulus genocided many other tribes on its way to being a kingdom. Other tribes that bordered Zulu land welcomed the British because of the constant raiding by the Zulus. I'm not saying the British (or Afrikaans for that matter) were saints but it's not all good guy's v bad guy's. If you compare how the indigenous population fared in comparison to the native Americans you'll get my drift.

@@shirleymental4189 Then where's the bias? lol it was explicitly mentioned that the Zulu's were warring imperialists as well, no where in the video is there a solely black and white view on the conflict. It's a mostly accurate narration of how the British came to dominate South Africa. You're one-liner is neither enlightening nor special.

Yes you right. It's spelt "isagila" though, still commonly found and can be used as a walking stick too.

@@TheMega98765 I think he was going for "iwisa"

It's like we're right there

I get your retarded surface level analogy, but the Zulus had been peacefully trading and interacting with European settlers for decades prior to British invasion.

@@user-eb8ti2vf8t cry more snowflake.

Lol

Tell it to god

@@bootnazz1786 he already knows because we brought him with us

@@YorkshireNachteinbruch you bought the devil I don't think god believes in killing,and stealing

@@YorkshireNachteinbruch god believes in stealing and killing.

What's more mind blowing is believing that specific event actually happened opposed to it just being a Hollywood take.

@@Sandlin22 Indeed. Who is supposed to have witnessed and written down what happened?

I am curious how Zulu names beginning with mb or nb are pronounced.