The Battle of Kambula | Zulus Vs British | Total War Cinematic Battle

[@drbichat5229]

Over 1000 shells from 6 guns in 4 hours. That’s a crazy rate of fire, almost one round every 90 seconds. British artillery was the best of that era, both on land and sea

[@tanker335]

That witch doctor had some explaining to do..

[@cinematicbattles559]

🤣🤣🤣

[@blackpowder4016]

Bush magic is a common theme in European tales of Africa.

[@timothybuckley6960]

He worked for Pfzer

[@PeterBren]

21000 Zulus and only 2000 died. There is something wrong there 😮

[@NewsRedial]

You mean 'splanin'.

[@Wally-x8c]

Thank you for posting this video. I learned quite a bit about this era.

[@WebReels]

During the entire 1879 conflict, just under 2,000 British soldiers and slightly over 7,000 Zulu warriors were killed.

[@michaelstevens3479]

The logistics involved are amazing not least the thought of 1,000 plus cannon shells on horse drawn wagons.

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

Thanks for the good & informative show on a fight rarely featured.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks glad you enjoyed 😊

[@finn1010-g8s]

for real

[@dmich111]

Strange how they didn’t notice all their comrades dying from bullets and question their invincibility potion. The production on this is class cant wait for the rest of it

[@rtk3543]

Considering the amount of ammo expended by the British, Zulu casualties seen surprisingly light.

At Rorke’s Drift,they fired about 29,000 rounds for 350 odd dead Zulus (and quite a few wounded,no doubt) and were down to about 900 rounds when the assault was called off.

[@Gecko....]

The Martini Henry was not very accurate, max range was about 400 yards to hit a man, but when that man is running...

[@williamoloughlin8298]

650 dead includes those who died later from wounds. More were wounded.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Many Zulus were shot multiple times.

[@legionarybooks13]

Hitting static targets at the range is far different than a moving target that isn't too keen to be shot. Unlike in the film "Zulu," the Zulus didn't charge blindly en mass. They bounded in organised formations of company lines, utilising cover and concealment. Nor did they ever "stand there asking for it," like shown in the film. Also, the British opened fire at around 400 to 500 yards, not waiting until the enemy was within a hundred (that part of the film always baffled me). I've been to both Rorke's Drift and Khambula. Khambula is certainly far more open with few places for cover. However, as other comments have mentioned, many Zulus were hit multiple times. The effects of the Martini-Henry, with its .455 calibre slug, were particularly horrific.

[@johng1216]

Fascinating, we don't have history lessons in the UK about this in school. We find out about it in Hollywood movies and on KZbin. Perhaps we should be taught the good and bad truth of the British Empire instead of being told nothing.

[@manuelacosta9463]

The British sure learned some hard lessons in this war especially entrenching when faced with an overwhelming foe. Still Wood having to be restrained for wishing to help a trooper says something about his character than the usual you'd expect from an officer of his status, and the Zulus sure displayed their typical bravery charging at certain death.

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

Ooh er, I wouldn't want to face a Zulu soldier, people don't realise they were trained soldiers not just a hoard of warriors. Us British though are pretty good at winning wars, but respect to the mighty Zulu nation.

[@arctic004]

Personally, although I pride myself on the honouring of a noble adversary, I am unimpressed with the Zulu 'bravery'.Remembering the appalling brutality of the Zulu at Isandlwana and their overwhelming numerical advantage at Kambula it is the bravery of the British and especially their Cavalry, regular and auxiliary, that impresses me. But not bravery but the triumph of Civilization over Barbarism is the real lesson of Kambula 10:13

[@flashgordon6670]

It’s a lot easier to be brave, on the back of a 1/2 ton horse.

[@steveh7823]

I have witnessed an Impi in action. It was a few thousand strong in Johannesburg. The endless sound, energy and move-as-one leaves a powerful impression. Beating weapons against shields, chanting, and surging. If you could massively amplify the sound of hornets in a jar you would have an idea. It's a unique form of military organisation. And, yes, the Impi had faith in 'muthi' (witchdoctor potions, amulets and beliefs) giving them power.

[@arnoldbioursckii6639]

2 pistols for each soldier better than bayonet

[@cicad2007]

Best animated war scene I've seen in a long time! 🙂

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks a lot :))

[@JacobM.S]

that is a game sire, not animation

[@sjl197]

Impressive that colour sergeant Bourne has such a loud voice that his commands carry all the way from the drift on the buffalo river 😊

[@GnrMilligan]

Very interesting and well presented. Like and a Sub well earned!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thank you very much!

[@alexbowman7582]

“You know Baldrick when I joined the army we were fighting fuzzy wuzzies with sharp sticks”.

[@kenhewing7443]

Battlefields are just up the road from me, in South Africa 200 km is just up the road, been all the Battlefields plenty of times. Wish I could reply to all the comments, the Zulus are into muti, it use for everything, from love to money, lately there been a rise in muti murders, they can can very undisciplined nations , it happened many times during the Anglo-Zulu and recently the 2022 July riots, when we in the suburbs put up barricades, the looting stopped. With the undisciplined we managed to protect our homes. At the barricade I controlled with roughly 50 people of all ethnic group , both men and women, some armed like me with various firearms, thousands of Africans were running up and down in front of us , looting the warehouses in Mobeni . It was like been at Kambula .

[@graemeroberts3069]

The July looting was nothing like the Zulu war. Stop romanticising.

[@TSUNAMICali]

Surprised the private armies of the gold and diamond mines were not brought in to aid in putting the down the looting. French Foreign Legion work for cash too.

[@kenhewing7443]

What private armies? The diamond and gold. No ways, the cartels did not exist yet and did not have private armies at all ,even right up to thr Boer war. Besides regular British soldiers fought during the war, there were the colonial forces , some Boers and native companies.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

They haven't evolved much in the last 200 years.

[@leehall9015]

Huge respect. My Grandfather was from Durban and he went to war for us the British ( stupidly) at Arnhem, he never came back but he got my grandmother pregnant and from that my mother .. So in a twist of fate without the war no us . I’ve learned a lot about trouble in South Africa and I listen to both sides due to my ancestral past .

[@paulbennett4415]

If it is of any interest, the 13th Foot was the Somerset Light Infantry (yellow facings) and the 90th Foot was the Perthshire Light Infantry (buff facings). Good video, I enjoyed it very much.

[@johnmandock56]

Where were the Gatling guns

[@legionarybooks13]

@@johnmandock56 Naval Gatlings were with the southern No. 1 Column at Inyezane and Gingindlovu. The Army Gatlings didn't arrive until the second invasion. They did see use at Ulundi.

[@legionarybooks13]

I'm just glad to finally see videos about other regiments from the Zulu War besides the 24th. Sadly, no one's made a film about the 13th Somerset or 90th Perthshire, let alone the 99th Lanarkshire and 3rd Buffs who were at Inyezane and Gingindlovu to the south.

[@JD0124]

7:29 Corporal Levi Tate is seen kneeling on air.

[@Snowboarder16]

A plus this was very well done

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks !😊

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Feeding a moving army of 21k Zulus had to be a challenge

[@ynwa3476]

Probably a combination of hunting and food carried with them. Either way, a huge task. Just finding enough clean water for them would have also been a challenge.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

And the bathroom needs?

[@ynwa3476]

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 Several hundred holes dug in the dirt.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 any open area works

[@alonsolaw8380]

Had not eaten for 3 days.

[@Jimmybreadstick]

Awesome vid❤❤❤

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks 😁

[@Eric-qm5xw]

Great channel ..our ancestors were indeed brave souls..a different breed.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks😁

[@logicaredux5205]

Well done!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks😊

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

General says his aide “ I told you to read the book Custers last stand” .

[@stellen11]

The british army are the ultimate warriors. Mad respect!

[@ayronmarchena8318]

If you think that with guns against spears your delusional 😂

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

@@ayronmarchena8318 There was some hand to hand combat. A Bayonet charge. I would say they were the ultimate at logistics. That was a sick amount of rounds down range.

[@TheAceuu]

@@travisdonaldstanley6420sorry but nobody beats the Americans in logistics that’s for sure, Canadian here not American

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

@@TheAceuu You might be right. Beans, Bullets, and Band-Aids. The USA has had an amazing economy and Military Industry Complex during and after World War 2. Which is the foundation of logistics. However, back in the late 1800s the British Empire was the best of the best. Granted, I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy. 😆

[@KimS-57]

Haven't paid your wealth tax you haven't paid your wealth TAX MCBRIT MIC

[@PaulyThaDon]

This scene is played out on our coastlines and airports every day, except instead of guns we have welfare cheques and free houses

[@davidanthony4845]

@thehorselesshussar9813 The edge ? Like in the Boer War ?

[@ArmyJames]

Please keep making these videos. Nobody told you to stop working!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Haha will do

[@GuyDouble07]

😂😂 Yh... his videos are great!

[@englanduk6131]

Just the thought of standing there with your regiment of 2000 soldiers and having to face over 20,000 screaming, charging Zulus?.... Absolutely terrifying!

[@jason200912]

Shoot into the mob and take out 2 guys bullet

[@lordmillwall8784]

They were British we ain't scared of NOTHING or NO ONE

[@englanduk6131]

@@lordmillwall8784 Even still, 20,000 brave and fanatical zulu warriors?... And just 2,000 of you?.... 😳

[@johnwahannah2385]

Pointed sticks verses gunpowder and shot.

[@ozzyphil74]

The brave people at the battle were the Zulus. They were going up against guns including Maxim guns

[@PEGShane]

I walked all the Zulu battlefields with The Cultural Experience and author Ian Knight, including Hlobane ("huh-low-BAN-uh"). While I appreciate the video and realize the limitations of the modded Total War engine, the terrain is nothing like this. For those who are truly interested, look up some walking videos of Hlobane, especially Devils Pass. The entire plateau is like hopping from boulder to boulder. It's difficult to walk...riding horses was near impossible. Fascinating place ... I highly recommend the tour if you're ever able.

[@legionarybooks13]

Which year did you go? I went with Ian's Cultural Experience group in 2017. Truly an epic experience I would do again. I was in the middle of my novel series about the Zulu War, which Ian served as historical adviser and wrote the forewords to the first and fifth books. I hope you had the chance to meet Lindizwe "Dalton" Ngobese at Isandlwana. A descendant of Mehlokazulu kaSihayo, he is a true Zulu gentleman who's become a good friend of mine. He and I shared a flat with Ian in London last July during the Clash of Empires exhibition, of which we all gave presentations.

[@PEGShane]

@@legionarybooks13 2018 :)

[@davidnewland2461]

What are the things flying in the back ground sky?

[@Horriblebastad]

Birds

[@peterbeninger7068]

Yeah so weird. Some AI glitch?

[@humanvegetable]

8:07 wild flag

[@fus149hammer5]

There was definitely a hatless blonde haired british officer in there I saw him! Now who could that be?😂

[@whiteknightcat]

And whose deep commanding voice did we repeatedly hear saying, "Alright then! Nobody told you to stop working!"

[@PatriceDidier-p8u]

​@@whiteknightcatàp91⁶055 5:40

[@jamesalexander3530]

The hatless blond soldier is Michael Caine. 😊

[@whiteknightcat]

@@jamesalexander3530 And of course, who could mistake the recognizable sampling of Colour Sergeant Bourne?

[@zach7193]

Thought the channel discontinued content on the Zulu war. It's been a while.

[@cinematicbattles559]

This will probably be the last one , there was only soo many battles they had against the British

[@LesterMoore]

Until I heard case shot was used, I was wondering if the British hadn't seen/heard of the American Union forces using case, langridge at the various American Civil War battles abd the fearsome results of the shotgun like cannon blasts. Thank you for explaining this use.

[@seanmcnamara1267]

Zulus with spears and shields against 15 bound guns and riffles! 9:19

[@geodageo]

what mod is that for empire total war?

[@cinematicbattles559]

This is the Victoria at war mod for napoleon total war

[@geodageo]

@@cinematicbattles559 thanks

[@JJBOBProd]

hey is this a game i can play and if so, what is it called?

[@cinematicbattles559]

Yes it is, it’s napoleon: total war and I’m using a mod called Victoria at war which is found on the moddb website

[@sheepsfoot2]

Cant wait for Ulundi 👍

[@cinematicbattles559]

Coming soon

[@simonkormendy849]

This battle came after the battle of Isandlwana and the battle of Rorke's Drift which started on the 22nd of January 1879.

[@NoGoBu]

Vultures ate well ❗️

[@garden2356]

It amazes me jow many humans there are, considering how difficult human birth is.

[@JimBro317]

Fun video.

[@nutlangsworld]

Hmmm strange that all these dudes here all looks the same....🤣 Jokes aside, very nice video of the battle..👌

[@whiteknightcat]

The first Clone War

[@jason200912]

Since they believed they were immune to bullets because of their potions. Why didn't the front lines route instantly when they got shot by bullets and died

[@darkgalaxy5548]

They were soldiers carrying out their duty.

[@scottstevens2752]

Zulu's been watching too many Civil War movies.....

[@shauncorless8965]

Any Zulu called will ,was in for it 😅

[@Classicrocker6119]

Who is this narrator? I’ve heard his voice work on several online games

[@NewsRedial]

'Aaaaaalright then'.

[@harryedwards9318]

Nobody mentioned the poor innocent Horses 😢

[@roydownes2458]

lets hear it for structured narration.

[@deanmadley4786]

Is it true that Queen Victoria sent troops to fight the Zulu because human sacrifices was being practiced by them ?

[@Farmphasianidae]

And indians believe in human sacrifice and the English took advance to stop them

[@williamoloughlin8298]

No and London gave instructions not to provoke the Zulus or cross into their territory just as the Zulu king instructed his army not to cross the river.

[@barrycastles5168]

When your over Whelmed your done for, same as London 😮

[@muhammaddahlan830]

Nepal, SWISSS, genewa,, collii, liferrpppoollll, dan masih ada lagi : 1. Sumatra - Jawa - denpasev- Bima - kawasannnya 2. Australia - irian jaya - Ambon- kawasannya 3. Sulawesi - Kalimantan - FHILIPHINA - kawasannya 4. Batam - Malaysia - Singapura - KAWASANNYA🙏

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Gibro answara pitu frangpash uli mannu wichordiam.

[@mrbaab5932]

So, why didn't the Zulu have cavalry and archers or crossbow men?

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

You should ask the Zulus,if they can be found.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Because the horses took up too much food and the zulus had their established war tactics already, they would throw the spears sometimes

[@DanChesney-vd6ue]

The Witch Doctor probably didn't think any of that was necessary.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Or chariots, even the Romans had them centuries before.

[@tymartin1508]

2:55 they look like Quintuplets

[@RobertRoser-h7c]

Did the British know the Zulu habit of disembowling the enemy dead?

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

They did after they had it done to them.

[@johnwilliams2479]

"They don't like it up em"

[@ageqoudagis7541]

The truth of it: The Zulus were defending their homeland. Brits invaded in Jan. 1879

[@pabmusic1]

White helmets! What were you thinking of?

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

White reflects the sun.

[@pabmusic1]

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 Maybe, but they darkened their helmets with dirt or tea (or something else). They all had brownish helmets (the film Zulu was wrong!).

[@mikethomas1009]

138,000 rounds fired, plus cannon resulting in 2k casualties. British needed some marksmanship training.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Without knowing the exact range, no rifle can hit a distant target. Bullets don't travel in a staight line. And as the attackers come closer, the sights have to be constantly adjusted.

[@mikethomas1009]

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 The Zulus would have been massed in force, so bullets do not need to be going straight. Their formations in all videos show a mass of horns and loins.

[@mikethomas1009]

@kennymacdonald5313 Really, why don’t you educate me. The Zulus attack in close, very close formations from what I have seen in any movies or historical videos. So explain to me General!

[@mikethomas1009]

@kennymacdonald5313 Hey Kenny, I'm waiting for a response. Please educate me per your expert combat experience.

[@whitewaterkayaker]

138k small arms and 1077 arty rounds for 2k enemy casualties? That is horrible marksmanship

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

Totally, I was like, What?

[@whitewaterkayaker]

@kennymacdonald5313 nobody asked your opinion little kid.

[@rudolphpohl4115]

Even then White, European armies fighting the poor downtrodden Natives were wary of accurate counting, for fear of Woke reaction. 😅

[@fsaldan1]

On the contrary. It was very good.

[@matthewwagner47]

ZUUUULUUU!!! ZUUUULUUU!!! The last great african military.

[@johnmandock56]

Why didn't the British have Gatling guns

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

They did at Ulundi.

[@jamesalexander3530]

One of the few wars i root for the Zulus. They had no defence against artillery and Maxim guns, just leather shields, Assegais and incredible courage and stamina. Still i admire the Brits bravery when facing 20 to 1 odds.

[@roymacaskill6610]

What a freak??????

[@HikerBikerMoter]

Neolithic tribes of the neolithic age defeated by modern man of the Industrial Age

[@Horriblebastad]

Must have been scary

[@garrystone561]

What on earth is the deluge of sticks flying through the air all over the place?

[@darkgalaxy5548]

These are the famous Natal stick showers. An impressive event. Happens mostly in October.

[@bccundcrjbscbi9215]

Yes England top dogs

[@Exyster]

massive W

[@VK6AB-]

This isn't racing its a DE day. Enjoy it but don't make into something its not. Join a Cup Car series if you want to race wheel to wheel its very different.

[@Fox250R]

Imagine having an m60

[@alonsolaw8380]

Rorkes drift.

[@thehorselesshussar9813]

The African wars were where the British General Staff cut their teeth, this would later give the British Army the edge in later conflicts, especially on the road up to 1914.

[@incredibleXMan]

I would contest that it gave them the edge in the First World War. The 'learning curve' remained lamentably flat in the case of Field Marshall Haig.

[@the5thmusketeer215]

@@incredibleXManYep... One would have thought that watching their African Tribal enemies’ being mown down when charging at the disciplined British ranks, in prepared defensive positions, would have taught them the futility of similarly assaulting the German trenches across open ground… when they also had machine guns to augment their defensive firepower… 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@incredibleXMan]

@@the5thmusketeer215 Spot on. The Generals seemed to be stuck in a spirit of the offensive and that sheer will power would win the day. Madness really.

[@timfirth977]

@@incredibleXMan Boer War I and II came before WWI. Switch to khaki uniforms and Lee Enfield rifle (.303). Mounted Infantry (which made fast maneuver against the Turks in the Palestine campaign possible), railway transportation. All came after the Zulu War.

[@timfirth977]

Commentators here fail to recognise the role of tradition in British Army force doctrine of the Era. This differs from strategy , which the Brits were actually quite good at. Baldric-'I have a Cunning Plan...' 1/ The British only switched over to Khaki after the Boers killed so many soldiers wearing bright red that it made it obvious that only a brain damaged idiot would wear bright red on the battle field. This however, did not prevent protests being made at the highest level. 2/ The British Army only ever advanced in line, advancing in column was what the French and other Continent types did. 3/ Now we're wearing Khaki we're Invisible, thus we can advance in line, slowly. Much of WWI was based on this. That and penis-envy sized Big Guns.

[@justdoingitjim7095]

They fired 138,000 rounds and 1,077 artillery shells. But, only killed 2,000 Zulus max. If you only count the bullets, it took about 69 bullets to kill one Zulu. And it's not like they were using automatics or even semi-automatics! Those fellas needed a LOT more range practice!

[@andrewtomlinson18]

How many bullets did the Americans fire to kill one VC during the Vietnam war ?

[@snoweefrost4412]

@@andrewtomlinson18 Disingenuous question, the Zulu were charging headlong into the British firing line where the VC took cover and used entrenched positions to evade bullets. Either the Martini-Henry was extremely inaccurate or the British soldiers were.

[@brianwood1041]

Smooth bore with the wrong grain charge?

[@johnskibajr5691]

At Gettysburg, estimates range up to 7 million small arms rounds were fired. The usual casualty count is just north of 50,000 and includes prisoners (some who were wounded) taken and those hit by arty. That is the nature of warfare. Even when you may see the enemy, a good deal of lead does not hit the mark.

[@Gecko....]

They weren't poor shots, the rifles were just inaccurate those days. The British army had more training than any other in that time period and they were one of the few to train with live rounds.

[@wilsonpickett3881]

Pronounced "eevelyn wood"

[@Richiesrant]

Worst battle strategy ever on the part of the Zulu.

[@nrich5127]

138,000 rifle shots to kill a max of 2000 = 1 kill for every 69 shots - so much for the accuracy of the Mk II Martini-Henry rifle.

[@-GEZtapo-]

Vietnam War = ~ 50 000 Rounds for 1 Kill

[@soldat2501]

Accuracy has nothing to do with it.

[@johngamba4823]

Assumes the dead only got hit by one bullet each. Unlikely for volley fire

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Without knowing the exact range, no rifle can hit a distant target. Bullets don't travel in a straight line. And as the attackers come closer, the sights have to be constantly adjusted.

[@fsaldan1]

On the contrary. It is an amazingly goos statistic.

[@GnrMilligan]

They would have one if they kept their eyes shut! Edit. I said one when I meant won.

[@whiteknightcat]

They would have one what?

[@GnrMilligan]

@@whiteknightcat The Zulu's would have won the battle if they had kept their eyes shut. The British command "wait till you see the whites of their eyes!" Sorry, I'll get my coat! 😆

[@whiteknightcat]

@@GnrMilligan You said "one" which made no sense.

[@GnrMilligan]

@@whiteknightcat So I did. I hadn't even realised. lol.

[@johnadams-wp2yb]

Working class soldiers fighting for the rich. Again. And again ................

[@mikemyers8064]

Why do the faces of the British all look like Afghans? Certainly not British features !

[@westlands703]

Sounds like Chicago.

[@JamesJones-cx5pk]

Where were the Zulu archers?

[@captainrusca]

The Zulu don't know bow and arrows

[@JamesJones-cx5pk]

@@captainrusca 🥱🥱

[@Demonsquirrel]

Hi

[@dbaker3751]

So, why did this happen? It makes the British seem like a bunch of idiots. Oh, that's right. I forgot. At one time the British wanted to conquer every place they could.

[@darkgalaxy5548]

And they pretty much did.

[@peterbeninger7068]

No, they actually wanted to make as much money as they could, if possible from trade. But other peoples tended to resent these interactions and resist them, to which the British then took offence and wars inevitably developed.

[@BingoFrogstrangler]

So just shows how backward the rest of world was that a small nation like the Uk could dominate , impose their language and culture on their nations.

[@ReliableDriversLimit]

Turn the Money off. They'll go somewhere else.

[@AA-gu1vv]

Promoting democracy is not an easy task 😂😂😂😂.

[@halwag]

Animated.

[@jimdemetriou8730]

Amazing the partisan interpretation of events , the zulus were naive , they were fighting a modern army with weapons from the Alexander the Great era , yet people try and say that the British were brave. Complete nonsense. The zulus were brave

[@jimdemetriou8730]

@kennymacdonald5313 If you think that troops firing breechloading rifles against spears and a few muzzleloaders and infact in later actions Gatling guns are brave Then we’ll have to agree to disagree. History and national pride has taught the British that they were brave . A more neutral stance says somewhat different.

[@rgjssj2148]

So the British army fired 138 000 rounds plus over 1000 shells a fair number of which was deadly canister shot. Yet the Zulu body count was between 1000 to 2000 Zulu? Beatty at Jutland said there's something wrong with our bloody ship's today... Had he been here he equally could have said there's something wrong with our rifle's today...

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Without knowing the exact range, no rifle can hit a distant target. Bullets don't travel in a straight line. And as the attackers come closer, the sights have to be constantly adjusted.

[@Unknown-gc1wq]

178000 bullets but only 2000 zulu casualties.

[@cinematicbattles559]

They need to improve their aim🤣

[@richardbeckenbaugh1805]

A man who was hit would be hit multiple times. The British would aim at anyone who stood out. Some men were cut to ribbons while others were not even shot at. Losing 2000 men of a 21,000 man army is enough to shatter it. Add to that the fact that they hadn’t eaten for three days and were short of water. Even if they had won, that army was doomed. The poor logistics of the Zulus determined the outcome even before the battle happened. “An army travels on its stomach.” -Napoleon Bonaparte

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Without knowing the exact range, no rifle can hit a distant target. Bullets don't travel in a straight line. And as the attackers come closer, the sights have to be constantly adjusted.

[@hilti503]

Talk about criminal colonial act…

[@bobhadland2554]

A disgusting genocide

[@darkgalaxy5548]

Not genocide, war.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Self-defence!

[@Blakelikesfood]

A) 1000-2000 Zulu casualties and B) "Those kinds of loses it significantly weakened the Zulu Nation." Seriously what the hell to both. Did they mean 200,000 casualties? That would significantly weaken a fight force. Losing 2,000, if even that which could still be 1,000, significantly weakens your very strong fighting force?

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

“strong”=a subjective term.You should find out about the Zulus before posting on them.

[@dosrios57]

When facing stronger Men who are armed with a Stabbing weapon, one wonders if the use of Breastplates ever came up during the War.

[@dennismckown4951]

i prefer the Zulus winning against the British vs them losing eventually.

[@patsands2747]

Must be Irish 😂

[@BingoFrogstrangler]

Taking a break from puddle dancing.

[@BingoFrogstrangler]

Taking a break from puddle dancing I suppose..

[@yakimavalley7410]

But WHY the British went to fight south Africa?😮😢😅out of boredom? Why? Why why

[@flaviopitanga65]

Long live Zulu people ❤

[@brianbanks703]

too dark, too many silly things in the air