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

The battle was a decisive victory for the Zulus and caused the defeat of the first British invasion of Zululand.The British Army had suffered its worst defeat against an indigenous foe equipped with vastly inferior military technology. Isandlwana resulted in the British taking a much more aggressive approach in the Anglo-Zulu War, leading to a heavily reinforced second invasion, and the destruction of King Cetshwayo's hopes of a negotiated peace.
00:00 The British invasion
01:20 The Zulu army
02:24 The Zulu move to stop the British
03:12 The British camp at Isandlwana
04:04 British scouting actions
04:33 Chelm sford splits his force
05:16 More Zulu warriors are sighted
05:44 Durnford arrives
06:21 Durnford engages with the Zulus
06:52 Scouts discover the main Zulu force
07:27 The British get ready for battle
07:52 The Battle begins
09:05 Durnfords men retreat
09:26 The Zulus begin to break through
10:23 Durnfords last stand
10:50 The British last stand
11:24 Casualties
11:42 Aftermath

[@gumpster8913]

I was skeptical about using the game for documentary graphics, but this is much, much better than a handful of reenactors!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks I’m glad you liked it😁

[@CBGSR]

Same! I've not seen an army toe battle done this way before, but the air and sea battles I've seen rarely come out looking good. I really enjoyed this.

[@Alfie-ft3bx]

@@CBGSR do you not remember time commanders where they got people to fight in a battle using this as a game?

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

Technology being used for educational purposes, sensibly narrated by a human being? Some mistake surely.

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

Shome mishtake shurely.(yootyoob keep altering it.

[@kapitankapital6580]

Something fitting about one of the most notorious defeats of the British Empire, the empire on which the sun never sets, happening during an eclipse.

[@penderyn8794]

Before the 1700s the word British was used in a derogatory sense for the British Celts.... Welsh and Cornish speakers. There political reasons the term British was hijacked by the English establishment to try to make the Scottish feel more part of English domination.... Even though it was supposed to be an equal Union

[@kapitankapital6580]

@@penderyn8794 do you have a source for that? All the old works I can find only use "British" to refer to a combined Anglo-Scottish polity, for example Geoffrey of Monmouth writing about mythical "kings of Britain" or 17th Century Irish pamphlets referring to "British Protestants". I can't find it used derogatorily to refer to Celts. This would be quite surprising given the fact that "Welsh" is already a fairly derogatory exonym for those peoples (coming from the Anglo-Saxon for foreigners).

[@neiltaylor513]

@@kapitankapital6580 he sounds like someone with a chip on his shoulde

[@mpb6491]

​@@neiltaylor513if he is British. We all do, it's a unequivocal part of being British. To have a chip on ones shoulder 😂

[@stvdagger8074]

In case you are wondering about the "the Zulu... ...put an end to a great dynasty" part of the ending quote by Prime Minister Disraeli, he is referring to the death of Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial, the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France. Who was killed by a Zulu warrior on June 1, 1879.

[@andreainzaghi7373]

thank you very much

[@makisp.1428]

Thank you! But I have to ask. Why is a Frenchman fighting the Zulus? Nevermind... I looked it up.

[@stvdagger8074]

@@makisp.1428 In 1870, Emperor Napoleon III declared war on Prussia. He lead the main French Army into defeat and was captured. The French people deposed him and he went into exile in England. His son went to Sandhurst, a British military academy. In 1877, most of his classmates graduated and some were sent to fight the Zulu. The Prince volunteered to go to. He got an Assegai in hi s guts.

[@FuckGoogle2]

@@stvdagger8074 Everyone did, the zulu disemboweled every enemy as they believed opening up the stomach let out the spirit so it could not linger and cause harm, playing dead wouldn't have worked.

[@CBGSR]

I never would have guessed anything close to that. Thanks for sharing.

[@manuelacosta9463]

Referring to the total eclipse that afternoon, the Zulus interpreted it as a sign that victory was at hand. In the lore that followed it is known as 'the day of the dead moon'. Pretty apt and eerie.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Yes I thought that too, what are the odds that there is an eclipse during a major battle? thanks for watching again bro

[@jason200912]

They could interpret anything as a sign of victory even if a thunderbolt struck their king

[@DaveSCameron]

Sounds similar to Emperor Constantine and his vision of The Cross.

[@ranica47]

Watched a docu about this battle years ago and it was suggested that a lot of the British muskets jammed during the battle, a design flaw exacerbated by dust and prolonged firing. By the end it was spears versus rifle butts at which the Zulus were far more skilled.

[@ryansta]

@ranica47 Remember hearing the same thing. Was told the continuous firing caused some parts to expand within the mechanism due to the heat and the cartridges jammed. That along with the gun powder residue. Brutal days

[@JumboCod91]

These were not muskets, but breach loading Martini Henry Rifles, which could therefore be fired fairly quickly which would certainly cause overheating problems in prolonged encounters like this one. This battle took place 5 years before the creation of the famous Maxim machine gun. There is no doubt that had this force been equipped with them, the outcome would have been much different.

[@ryansta]

@@JumboCod91 Absolutely you're quite correct, hadn't noticed the OP had referred to them as muskets. The other info re them getting too hot after so much firing and the problem of the Martini action jamming as a result is relevant though as far as I know.

[@Alfred5555]

@@ryansta I've never heard anything about the guns jamming, just days later there was the Battle of Rourke's Drift, where the British fired the same rifles 10X as rapidly and continuously and fought off the Zulu army inflicting massive casualties. The official line I've always heard about the disaster at Isandlwana was essentially because the British were caught during camping, a sort of surprise attack, which the British didn't follow proper procedure to defend themselves. Mainly that they didn't make it a priority to pull down their tents and clear the field so proper formations could be formed. Causing a situation where the long range British troops are hemmed in their "urban" environment of tents, without a clear open long range view of targets, while the skilled foot warriors of Zulus could flood into the cramped environment and cut the British down in hand to hand combat. Unlike at Rourke's Drift were more standard urban fighting tactics were employed to great success since they knew what to expect, the Isandlwana army were expecting a sort of open field set piece battle.

[@penderyn8794]

Typical English cope. The Zulus were incredibly brave for attacking with only spears against very modern weaponry

[@iangrimwood3345]

An American general split his forces three years before and look what happened to him.

[@4catsnow]

Britain had bad luck in these little flare ups...lot of the places they tried to colonize.. the locals really got an attitude...

[@ElChimpy]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@andreainzaghi7373]

indians had more fire arms and bows but a few ZULUS had fire arms it is not entirely true that ZULU could defet British on with spears

[@Stephen-lx9nm]

​@jasonyork9966If your a septic ,might want to worry about the ending of your occupation 😂

[@Stephen-lx9nm]

​@@4catsnowNot quite has bad as the septicss Canada phillipines ,korea ,vietnam ,somalia Afghanistan 😂😂😂Paper tiger😂

[@camrenwick]

Good to hear Sgt Bourne making comments

[@DJCoachCookie68]

Colour Sergeant Bourne! Lol 'Alriight then! Nobody told you to stop working'

[@checkpointcharlie1788]

"...That's right sir, a prayer's as good as a bayonet on a day like this..."

[@Bromley68]

Hitch...Hitch? I've seen you Hitch, you're alive

[@legolover2588]

This was immensely informative and fun to watch

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks glad you enjoyed 😊🙏

[@rondonnis6588]

People invented pointy things and then they invented stabbing, before long everybody was stabbing each other, it caught on!

[@saschiver]

I'm watching this on my big telly and I have to say I'm impressed. Great graphics and good story telling. Should do a battle scene from all the wars lol well done 10/10

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks a lot I'm glad you enjoyed watching

[@DeaconBlu]

Great vid! Thank You!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Glad you liked it!

[@oneshotme]

I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks that’s great to hear 😊

[@jason200912]

Terrifying to have a solar eclipse kn middle of battle

[@Alfred5555]

It's things like that, happening fairly regularly to the British army due to it's widespread across the world and frequent skirmishing in the empire, that likely contributed to a lot of the ideas of the British Empire being a semi-mystical thing.

[@daveyboy6985]

Amazing you got this film footage of the battle, The men walked a bit jerky though.😁

[@abstraqtphilosophy7357]

😂 did you think it was real footage? You've never watched cartoon or played video games in your life?

[@superhans85]

You've never heard of a joke or sarcasm? ​@@abstraqtphilosophy7357

[@daveyboy6985]

@@abstraqtphilosophy7357 you mean it's not real🤭😲🥴

[@daveyboy6985]

@@abstraqtphilosophy7357 jokes aside, yeah I know it's not real.

[@egay86292]

i thought color was invented in the 1940s.

[@Cobble_PC]

I only wished this would’ve popped up on my recommended earlier. This is so cool. Also, who’s the narrator? You? And did you use any cinematic mods? And what PC is bro using? And is this OBS recorded?

[@WildMorgan]

AI narrator

[@alexc8209]

There is so much WRONG with this video. Although it has a lot of commendable elements it totally misses the most important aspects of and reasons for this defeat of a British force by an African army. This discredits both the British and the Zulus btw. If you want to understand this battle then please read a book, or ten books and dont be misled by this video. look at 9:30 which shows zulus suddenly in close combat with the British line with no explanation and an impression that they simply ran up to them. ridiculous. A very poor and lazy part of an otherwise ok video. Vitally important to any explanation of this battle is that first the rate of fire the British line slowed down. This gave the zulus in the chest of their army some hope that they could rush them but it wasnt enough on its own for the zulus to stand up and rush them. This wasnt because the British 'ran out' of ammo but it is because they were getting low and the zulus had gone to ground (crawling slowly through the grass) and were no longer advancing boldly towards the British. Still this encouraged the Zulus who saw it as a good sign. Second and most importantly to this whole battle is that the Zulu left wing or 'horn' attacked and wiped out the most extreme right wing company of the British line after Durnfords sudden and unexpected retreat. The zulus didnt simply attack the centre of the British line unsupported, they attacked the right side of the line and began to roll it up and only when the chest of the zulu army saw this they charged forward into the centre of the British line to join those who had attacked the British right. This flank attack only happened because the Zulu left horn had ran quite far to outflank the British line and they were being held off by Durnford on his own. BUT and most crucially Durnford had not made any arrangements for getting ammunition to his men and unforgivably he retreated back to the camp without warning Pulleine or any other British officer. This sudden gallop back to the camp allowed the left horn Zulus to rush towards the extreme right flank of the British line and wipe them out. That said Pulliene should have seen the danger and reinforced Durnford or withdrawn his long line before the retreat happened. This leads to a very important detail which is that Pulleine foolishly tried to defend the same line that Chelmsford had laid out for 4000 men. Pulleines smaller force was too thin to defend such a long line and so the men in the right wing companies were standing several yards apart from each other, not shoulder to shoulder. When the zulus closed with them from their right and rear they were overwhelmed in seconds. If someone doesnt understand these details which are not in this video then they cannot possibly understand the battle. Also may I say that the British companies shown here are HUGE. In reality a company of the 1st Battalion 24 foot at Isandlwhana was about 90 men not the 2 or 3 hundred shown here and those on the right of the line were in very open order not closed order as shown here. I could go on and on but I will stop here. I only write because the comments here dont seem to understand that the important details of this battle are left out for some reason. Personally I love the history of the two invasions of Zululand in general. I have casually researched it for about 40 years. I have forgotten more than most know about it but the important things I remember really should have been in any video that wants to explain what happened and why.

[@johnbuggy9121]

Great post. Very informative.

[@eunicearcilla2321]

I guess details like these are hard to replicate using a videogame

[@eunicearcilla2321]

I guess details like these are hard to replicate using a videogame

[@bieituns]

Make your own video if you think you can do better

[@alexc8209]

@@bieituns childish comment.

[@d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f.594]

🧐 "i say perkins, that zulu chaps waving his spear at you" 😮 "Thats not his spear sir" !!

[@Paulftate]

😂

[@user-co5qo8eb2r]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bowriver1]

lol

[@juda8054]

😂

[@Agent1W]

A Braveheart moment?

[@MrMelmott]

The British decision to leave their heavy machine guns at base … created the opportunity for Zulus to prevail due to force of numbers !!

[@egay86292]

likely. but i think Teutonic arrogance was far more deadly.

[@Alfred5555]

​@@egay86292 I don't know if it was arrogance, since days later at Rourke's Drift the disaster at Isandlwana was repaid with miracle. From what I've heard the army at Isandlwana just didn't follow proper procedure in general, mainly the collapsing of tents so to form proper formations, etc, leaving behind guns could of just as easily been tactical incompetents of thinking it's not worth carrying them, rather than arrogance. It's not like British weren't well aware of the reality of fighting skilled foot warriors with guns, it was major news across the Empire were a British square was broken by I think Mameluks in Egypt, Kipling even commemorated in a famous poem.

[@JTB198819962006]

Can you make a video about the Battle of Imjin River during the Korean War?

[@NewKanyeFan]

Great video. I only want to say for a more authentic environment, using Napoleon TW, the battle should have been done somewhere in southern Spain to more closely resemble where the battle took place

[@zach7193]

Well, this was something. Great. Thought it was the end of the Zulu war content on the channel. Even the channel saw the comment I made, said it was the end of the content following the Battle of Kambula. Maybe he tricked me. A prank. I think of this battle moreover than the Little Bighorn with Custer three years before the Zulu war. This battle had twice as many men killed in Custer's last stand. Overconfidence was a factor in the British loss. Chelmsford thought that a well-discipline force such as his would beat back an enemy armed with spears and shield. Chelmsford expected to be a easy victory. This was not the case.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Haha thanks, I thought I was not going to be able to make these due to some mod issues but I managed to get them all sorted. I will hopefully be releasing more in the near future as I really enjoy this topic 🙂

[@kidthump]

Another great video

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks man I appreciate it 😁

[@joycekoch5746]

The Zulu's had an odd belief about the afterlife. To them if the entrails of a corpse were cut out the soul would be trapped as a ghost on Earth and could not ascend to heaven. This was why after the battle the Zulus cut open the stomachs of the British and gutted them. This gives one a insight how high the hatred level existed for the Zulu's against the British and this was not just a battle in a classical sense that would exist in Europe but a contest where the hatred was so total that they wished to damn their opponents as shades for eternity.

[@byznt7447]

Or maybe the zulus were just unpleasant people

[@joycekoch5746]

@@byznt7447 They were brave and noble in some ways but terrible as well. Their undoing was they had many enemies by the time the British showed up not unlike the Aztecs facing the Spanish.

[@catocall7323]

@@joycekoch5746 Thanks for mentioning that, people don't understand that the most powerful weapon Cortes used against the Aztec were other Aztec armies in dispute ver the Aztec succesion and the surrounding tribes that loathed and despised the Aztecs for the regular atrocities the Aztecs inflicted upon them. Gunpowder and horses were just shock weapons that the Spanish employed at opportune moments but they didn't have enough of either to achieve victory through those means alone.

[@ThePilot4ever]

Impressive showcase!

[@JD0124]

Excellent work as always. 7:20 "OK! Time to go!"

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks glad you enjoyed 😁

[@markvenediktov6930]

Total war games are just fantastic. Shogun 2 is my fave close 2nd is rome 2

[@bammedia3429]

Outstanding!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Journeyman09]

Do you use Total War Games? Which game feature this era?

[@superhans85]

Most likely Napoleon Total War

[@superhans85]

With mods

[@hiramabiff2017]

So enjoy these posts. Thank you.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Glad you enjoy them!

[@butchbinion1560]

Thanks. ✌🏻👊🏼

[@turdferguson2839]

A highly trained, more advanced military underestimating and disregarding a much larger, less advanced military and getting slaughtered... it's amazing how similar this battle is to the battle of little bighorn.

[@OriginalNiceButOdd]

And the whole Vietnam War

[@arthriticgrandpa2875]

Although it’s important to note that the Zulu forces still suffered heavier casualties here.

[@matthewbradbury5907]

This animation is probably the most inaccurate depiction of the battle. Not how it happened at all.

[@MrMelmott]

Some of the British officers fled the scene on horseback claiming they were guarding the colors .. later awarded bongs for “bravery. “

[@MrMAC8964]

so the British officers were pot heads ?

[@stevetheduck1425]

They died. The attempt is shown quite realistically in 'Zulu Dawn'. Some of Durnford's Horse got to Rorke's drift but didn't stop, some of the Natal Native Contingent as well. In fact the Zulus who crossed the river and attacked Rorke's Drift did so against their King's orders. The whole British attack on Zululand was the idea of a businessman who managed to convince Chelmsford that an attack was a good idea, and it flew in the face of agreed treaties.

[@MrMelmott]

@@stevetheduck1425 they were awarded Victoria crosses for their attempt to escape the field of battle “saving the colours “ 😝

[@Brans-zy8dx]

Would have been cool if you added Lt Melvill & Lt Coghill carrying the Queens colours out of battle and loosing their lives in the river saving the flag

[@cinematicbattles559]

Yes you are right I should have added this

[@smoothmicra]

Looks very much like a video game. I'd play this!

[@wtfpatrick9975]

It’s called empire total war the units are a mod

[@cinematicbattles559]

Yes it is😁the game is napoleon: total war and I’m using the khartum and Zulu mod

[@SuperVolsung]

Do Blood River or Rorkes Drift next

[@cinematicbattles559]

I have done both of those but they are older videos so the quality may not be as good but check them out and let me know what you think!

[@HEHOPMALEH]

The soldier with the trumpet just doesnt give a fuck

[@cinematicbattles559]

He’s a different breed

[@saltygamesmith]

Englishman

[@ronlucock3702]

It seems other people don't like it when you invade their lands. We never learn.

[@untitled55354]

The Zulu had done that as well during its empire building - albeit on a much smaller scale.

[@ejakeulater4990]

Why do you think they were a warrior society? It wasnt ti have afternoon tea. Invading nation gets invaded its the circle of life

[@YunsAvatar]

You need to actually look up the Zulu a little then. They invaded and destroyed (or forced joining of their warrior society) essentially all of their fellow African neighbors. Also, the British were there at the plea of the Dutch Boer settlers that were in increasing conflict with the Zulu. Finally, the straw that broke it all was that a group of Zulu refugees that had fled to British land were hunted down and killed by Zulu warriors in a violation of accepted British territory and law.

[@tatumergo3931]

The cinematic presents an erroneous depiction. The British were not form in a line abreast, but in a skirmish line and too far away from camp to receive ammunition resupply. That is the main reason why superior firepower was not achieved, unlike at Rorke's drift.

[@Whiskers4169]

which game and mod did you use ?

[@cinematicbattles559]

Napoleon total war and the Khartum and Zulu mod

[@cloroxbleach9222]

I wonder how the Zulu Wars would have looked like if the Zulus were entirely firearm equipped. I reckon it would actually work to their detriment compared to their historical tactics, assuming no European firearm drills

[@stevetheduck1425]

The armed Zulus at Rorke's Drift took a position on a hill some distance away and sniped steadily all day, doing very little. Analysis of captured Zulu firearms later suggested they had some black powder, but were firing stones and bits of iron scrap of any shape. More a prestige weapon than a battle-winning one.

[@user-rq9cz7nu9m]

Is the movie based on "Fall of the Samurai" or "Empire"?

[@cinematicbattles559]

This was based on a movie called "Zulu Dawn"

[@user-rq9cz7nu9m]

@@cinematicbattles559 I know, thanks, but what I want to know is what version of Total War are you using?

[@alexanderh.5814]

It was a victory for the Zulu but at a very high cost. Almost 3 times as many KIA than the British. Zulu couldn’t keep up with those loses.

[@arthriticgrandpa2875]

That was a big trend of the Zulu war really.

[@MyScotty7]

20000 v 4000 is abit outnumbered,which school did these officers go to??

[@David1701G]

No many mentioned of the supply of ammunition which caused a reduction of the rate of fire, allowing the Zulu's to surge forward.

[@pauls064]

Because it never happened. One of the old wives tales raised by pseudo historians on history channel etc…

[@David1701G]

@@pauls064 It is claimed, Chelmford ordered the supply boxes bolted down , there have been claimed the '45 round casing were of poor quality. Plus the columns were too far from the supply wagons

[@pauls064]

@@David1701G “it’s claimed” yes, by cable tv revisionists who want to make dramatic “documentaries". But all battlefield evidence and eyewitness accounts indicate no troops on the firing line, or anywhere on the field at isandlwana ever ran low on ammo. Younghusband’s band on the far left fired until their final charge, durnford on the right fell back because the left horn flanked them.

[@abstraqtphilosophy7357]

​@@David1701Gwithout their guns and canons, the British forces were useless. Horrendous hand to hand combatants. What would European and American warriors be without guns? Nothing.

[@michael3088]

@@abstraqtphilosophy7357 Thats not remotely true, usually in european warfair they fire a few volleys and close in with bayonets for a reason and officers were extrextremely well trained in swordsmanship. What did them in was the british were outnumberd 10-1. There's a very good book called 'Swordsmen of the British Empire' which is filled with lots of first hand accounts of men who had combat experience, that discribes many native sword styles around the empire and how british officers often cross trained the martial arts with their own military sabre style.

[@StephenCowley001]

Which bishops were converted? What were they converted to?

[@stvdagger8074]

Probably a reference to John Colenso, Anglican Bishop of Natal. He developed some controversial religious opinion, some of which appeared to be influenced by African religious practices, which resulted in attempts to excommunicate and depose him. He also opposed the invasion of Zululand. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Colenso

[@stvdagger8074]

n case you are wondering about the "the Zulu... ...put an end to a great dynasty" part of that quote by Prime Minister Disraeli, he is referring to the death of Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial, the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France. He was killed by a Zulu warrior on June 1, 1879.

[@BipoIarbear]

The fact there was an eclipse is mindblowing to me 😳

[@cinematicbattles559]

I know right... what are the odds such a creepy thing to happen during a battle

[@BipoIarbear]

@@cinematicbattles559 both sides would have probably been like "we caused it"🤣

[@captainhurricane5705]

This was not a decisive victory for the Zulus at all. It was an embarrassing loss for the British, but nothing more than that.

[@saltygoose2943]

Like wolves on the fold, And how can man die better, by Mike Snook. If you want a great book on this.

[@Im-Red-Faction]

What game is this? And or mod?

[@cinematicbattles559]

Napoleon total war with the Khartum and Zulu mod

[@Im-Red-Faction]

@@cinematicbattles559 thank you very much! This game looks fun! Is it like a sandbox game like ultimate battle simulator is?

[@daftdinosaur5627]

Could you please tell me what the game is called?

[@cinematicbattles559]

Yes the game is Napoleon Total War and I'm using the Khartum and Zulu Mod

[@daftdinosaur5627]

@@cinematicbattles559 Thank you, also how did you make the game look so good

[@patsmith8523]

Tactically speaking, the British might have had a better chance if the whole group had formed square with their artillery and supplies in the center. The Zulus would have had a harder time breaking through.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Yes you are right, the British did eventually perform this tactic against the Zulus, the next video that I'm making will cover this battle ;)

[@patsmith8523]

@@cinematicbattles559 Actually, I was thinking about Isandlwana. Had they laagered the camp and formed square or manned defensive positions inside, (I think it was mentioned that Chelmsford decide not to) the British might have survived. I misspoke earlier.

[@jasoncreamer5747]

The Brits were very disturbed about the bodies of their soldiers being disemboweled but the Zulus were just doing their spirits a favour,

[@user-om7xy7wg1x]

The regiment were likely not the 24th 24th wearing green facings not yellow

[@jayworldjs]

That's the only problem when using guns in warfare. When they're not firing.

[@user-yr4mo3iz4d]

glorius battle

[@artv.9989]

I dont get it, couldnt archers easily take out rifle troops like those

[@user-um4zg4xs9o]

British are awesome warriors

[@SinesterNOOB2023]

is this empire total war? or a different total war

[@cinematicbattles559]

Napoleon total war with the Victoria at war mod installed 👌

[@carlossabateanton4486]

what´s the name of the game?

[@cinematicbattles559]

Napoleon total war , I’m using the Khartum and Zulu mod

[@Agent1W]

Decisive Battles Industrial Era: Isandlwana.

[@dannywlm63]

Invasion?

[@tinysnowz]

what mods?

[@cinematicbattles559]

Victoria at war mod for napoleon total war

[@BadPeanutgames]

I will not do any pushups i don’t care how many likes!

[@Paulftate]

assume the position 😂

[@cinematicbattles559]

1 like = 5 pushups???🤣

[@Paulftate]

@@cinematicbattles559 we had what we call Bend and thrust ... AKA motherfukers

[@yotsa8805]

100 push ups, do by 5 sets 20 reps and do rest

[@Paulftate]

@@yotsa8805 how about the rest first and think about the other👋

[@lockeagamemnon6847]

what is the name of the game?

[@cinematicbattles559]

Napoleon total war and I’m using the Khartum and Zulu mod

[@adamcarrey9115]

0:35 wtf with the bugler.

[@homerfj1100]

Bullets and cannon against spears.

[@Livinginlanguage]

Good - but why are the distances used not in miles?!

[@terminallydrunk1900]

That's a american thing

[@gcm747]

Are you aware of how measurement is done outside of America?

[@Livinginlanguage]

@@gcm747 - I am. I don't live in America. I also know what measurements were used there at the time. You know - history. Do you?

[@Livinginlanguage]

@@terminallydrunk1900 - what is 'an American thing'? I'm English. We use miles and we used miles then. It's an historical thing. :)

[@GrandAdmThrawn]

Excuse me, sir. A strange message from Vereker, my lord. It would seem that Pulleine has a battle on his hands. No details. No intelligence.

[@topbanana4013]

no mention of the numbers very important. its like usa vs japan in the pacific shear numbers won the battle zulu 20k troops uk 2k lol and the start is totally wrong you giving a force claim that the brits marched into battle in Colum. they was all sitting around ? on the same day zulu had heavy loses at Rourke drift and later Gingindlovu

[@RickyRyan718]

It’s a shame Africa didn’t develop the same way as the west, British forces are centuries ahead of Africa, scary thought

[@Eric-qm5xw]

I don’t know why they invented the wheel and the lightbulb and resided in the kingdom of Wakanda 😂

[@regwatson2017]

So where were the British Gatling Guns ?

[@downlink5877]

They didn’t have any at Isandlwana

[@Paris__]

They left them behind at camp!

[@downlink5877]

The Gatlings were with the Royal Navy detachment at Eshowe

[@krismurphy7711]

HOW could the casualties be approx the same? 1300 Brits and 2000 Zulu? If the Brits had been firing rifles and canons at the Zulus for HOURS, there should have been disproportionate losses to Zulus....??????

[@kithall3925]

They missed?!! 😅

[@richardstephens5570]

That's only Zulus killed. There were thousands more wounded.

[@LennyMadona-jm8yq]

If you read the book or watch the film, the Quatermasters loggies(logistics) refused to hand out ammunition to the levies (African contingent) numbering 4/500 men… then they couldn’t get many of the ammo boxes open, so in the end it was bayonet against spear. The Brits are the most highly trained and most professional army in the world but 30 plus to 1… I don’t like them odds so they meet the maker.

[@krismurphy7711]

@@LennyMadona-jm8yq No doubt they were doomed, but I had thought the difference in killed was significant....it is almost equal. THAT begs an explanation. You would assume trained soldiers with easily reloaded RIFLES, against natives with spears would be 5-1...10-1

[@mparssfo]

I refuse to watch AI narrated videos, otherwise I am sure I would have liked this.

[@fred24715]

They all have the same faces, are they all related?

[@user-yh9mc1sw6j]

Pulliene was a Lieutenant Colonel, not a Lieutenant!🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@alanwayte432]

This is very different to the historical texts

[@theoverlord1925]

If the British had Colt single action revolvers, Winchester repetition rifles , and some Gatling machine guns they might have done better . Their equipment was obsolete compared to what the US was producing at the time.

[@thomasferguson2193]

Revolvers and Winchester’s didn’t help Custer all that much at Bighorn. Gatling guns might have helped but the had been assigned to a different outfit in the locality during the prelude to the battle. The loss had more to do with bad intelligence/overconfidence

[@derek6579]

Natarl not naytal pronunciation !

[@mjribes]

After the battle, the Zulu soldiers cut each fallen British soldier open "from groin to chops". The British press used this gory detail to underline how barbaric the Zulu were. However, the truth was that this was an act of honour on the part of the Zulu. The Zulu believed that such a cut was required for the fallen British soldiers' spirits to leave their bodies and travel to the afterlife. So what seemed barbaric was in fact an act of respect.

[@crowmagpie]

Yeah right 😂

[@mjribes]

@@crowmagpie What do you mean?

[@crowmagpie]

@@mjribes you really believe that?

[@mjribes]

@crowmagpie If you're referring to the gutting, it's a pretty well-known fact. Google it. If you're referring to the Beitish propaganda, that's documented in news articles from the time.

[@crowmagpie]

@@mjribes you're the only one spouting "British propaganda "

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

The robotic voice absolutely spoils it , why is it so popular?

[@zutrue]

Nah... win, lose or draw. There NEVER was a problem getting the ZULU to Fight!!

[@LennyMadona-jm8yq]

Or surrender

[@ImperialMindMusic]

What totar war is this?

[@cinematicbattles559]

game is Napoleon Total War and I'm using the Khartum and Zulu Mod

[@Matser666777]

I'm much more interested in the names of the Zulu Leaders

[@philip013]

Zulus!............. Fousands of 'em.

[@raresaturn]

didn't they even fix bayonets?

[@bashkillszombies]

Could you imagine how regressive a Total War produced game on this era would be? They'd have zulu warrior women with AK74N's and no moral break, 99 attack, 99 defence, and call it balanced.

[@pauls064]

VO isn’t bad, but I always check pronunciation before recording. Too many ridiculous mispronunciations…

[@user-ri7ib9xf4k]

Great example of British Exceptionalism.

[@babatall1283]

Invading and colonizing that exceptionalism?

[@markantony4674]

Buh buh cry me a river !​@@babatall1283

[@reanukeeves2k77]

@@babatall1283 as every country did in those days, only the Brits were better at it

[@LuLingqi101]

​@@babatall1283zulus were invaders

[@babatall1283]

@OldHunterGehrman101 (oh come on) did zulu go to Europe and invade European, also enrich themselves from the back of European. Zulu had tribal affairs that led to conflict and invasion, which often happens. But do not compare zulu invasion to English colonist invasion.

[@fredjones2299]

Alllright then!!!

[@dannybartlett4225]

and then they killed 6000 for 10 deaths deleting the Zulus and destroying the tribe

[@wrestlingconnoisseur]

Am I correct in the presumption that this marked the only triumph of the Zulus in the Anglo-Zulu War?

[@andrescasas4519]

Ganaron los Zulus contra los invasores ?

[@bryanshaughnessy8043]

Amemrica moments ..i.e wounnded knee

[@Demonsquirrel]

Hi

[@river.m2010]

Hello, which TW game and mod is this?

[@cinematicbattles559]

Victoria at war mod for napoleon total war

[@river.m2010]

@@cinematicbattles559 for some reason I cant get that mod to work. It says theyre changing to shogun 2?

[@cinematicbattles559]

@@river.m2010 thats strange, you can always try this one (They're basically the same) : www.moddb.com/mods/the-khartum-and-zulu-mod

[@river.m2010]

@@cinematicbattles559 thank you

[@sawomirkobus4929]

Serce moje się raduje, gdy widzę zabijanych Celtów.

[@davidpatterson3612]

Rather simian character assigned to the Zulus

[@liamfoley9614]

I can't tell if this is AI or not. If you can't pronounce Natal at .49 why should I listen to the rest of this?

[@BirdmansDen]

Is that Napoleon