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Zulu Wars

19th Century/Feature/Zulu Wars

Battle Royal – Louis, Prince Imperial

November 8, 2018
4 mins read

Patrick Boniface on the deaths in combat of regal warriors. The savagery of the Zulu Wars showed no respect for class or

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19th Century/Cover Feature/Modern/Zulu Wars

The Matabele Wars

May 10, 2018
6 mins read

We know the story. Goaded into a hopeless war by an expanding colonial empire, thousands of warriors rise against their oppressors –

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19th Century/Cover Feature/Early Modern/Zulu Wars

Chakdara: the other Rorke’s Drift?

March 8, 2018
2 mins read
1

The epic defence of Chakdara is intriguing. It lasted a week (26 July-2 August 1897), involved 240 men defending an isolated post

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Battle Maps/Feature/Modern/Zulu Wars

Map of the Battle of Isandlwana, 22 January 1879 : Zulu Wars

February 8, 2011
1 min read
1

Isandlwana was perhaps the greatest defeat inflicted on the British redcoats by native warriors in imperial history. To read the full article, see

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Modern/Regiment Profiles/Zulu Wars

The British Army at Isandlwana, Anglo-Zulu Wars

February 7, 2011
2 mins read

Redcoats The battle of Isandlwana represented a clash of two radically different military systems – a modern, Western, technologically-advanced professional army pitched

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Modern/Warriors/Zulu Wars

Zulu Warriors – 1879

February 5, 2011
3 mins read
1

The organization of the Zulu army was profoundly different to its professional British counterpart, a part-time citizen militia, the means by which

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Feature/Modern/Zulu Wars

What was Anthony Durnford’s real role in the Zulu Wars?

February 5, 2011
1 min read

In the ‘blame game’ which followed the Zulu battle of Isandlwana, Anthony Durnford quickly emerged as the principal scapegoat. A complex figure

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Feature/Modern/Zulu Wars

Why was Zulu voted the British Army’s favourite war film of all time?

February 5, 2011
3 mins read
1

What is Zulu so well respected? Measured against the production standards of modern war-films, Zulu certainly shows its age.

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Feature/Modern/Zulu Wars

Zulu Film Exhibition opening in Cardiff Castle

January 31, 2011
1 min read
2

The Zulu Film Museum is about to open at the Cardiff Castle Museum - find out more about this unique and historic

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Fact-file/Feature/Modern/Zulu Wars

3 Popular Myths of Isandlwana – 1879 Zulu War

January 2, 2011
2 mins read
63

The Battle of Isandlwana on the 22nd of January 1879 was one of the most devastating defeats suffered by Britain at the

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