《 Battle Of The ISANDLWNA 》( 1879/01/22 )

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  • Опубликовано: 31 дек 2011
  • The Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Eleven days after the British commenced their invasion of Zululand in South Africa, a Zulu force of some 20,000 warriors attacked a portion of the British main column consisting of about 1,800 British, colonial and native troops and perhaps 400 civilians.
    The Zulus were equipped mainly with the traditional assegai iron spears, iklwa and cow-hide shields, but also had a number of muskets and old rifles though they were not formally trained in their use.
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  • @hazemetz7896
    @hazemetz7896 3 года назад +2732

    This and Waterloo are the only times I feel truly immersed in the true scale of these engagements.
    Real people real costumes will always look and feel more real then CGI battles

    • @samspade2657
      @samspade2657 3 года назад +63

      See the Russian version of "War and Peace" done in the 1960's especially the Battle of Borodino. All done with the Russian Red Army. It's a 4 part movie and total of 7 hours long. Lots of detail. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace_(film_series)

    • @rocksandforestquiver959
      @rocksandforestquiver959 3 года назад +36

      Waterloo's even funnier because it's the Red Army
      Also just saw the comment above

    • @6timesbabyyy996
      @6timesbabyyy996 2 года назад +7

      @@btd6enthusiast106 🤔

    • @stevemurray4122
      @stevemurray4122 2 года назад +11

      Fighting in that hot sun Zulu in there bikinis British wrap up in heavy uniform it’s a learning thing not a actual battle .

    • @6timesbabyyy996
      @6timesbabyyy996 2 года назад +6

      @@stevemurray4122 What are you on about?

  • @mcwbrasil
    @mcwbrasil 2 года назад +1594

    In the 1950s my father used to frequent a pub in Wiltshire where an ex-soldier aged over 100 also drank. He'd been a professional soldier and fought in the Boer Wars, the Zulu war and then later WWI. He described how in one of the battles against the Zulus there were so many coming to attack and banging their shields rhythmically that the stones on the ground were jumping long before they could be seen or heard. Enough to make one's blood run cold, I should imagine.

    • @Johnconno
      @Johnconno Год назад +90

      And to make one permanently drunk for ever after. I should imagine.

    • @kelvinhow1965
      @kelvinhow1965 Год назад +18

      damn

    • @nooneasked.9451
      @nooneasked.9451 Год назад +12

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    • @kelvinhow1965
      @kelvinhow1965 Год назад +18

      @@nooneasked.9451 bro wtf!?

    • @nooneasked.9451
      @nooneasked.9451 Год назад +10

      @@kelvinhow1965 it's nothing¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @vincentlok8894
    @vincentlok8894 Год назад +314

    This battle took place in 1879. Up until 1871, British officers still purchased commissions, meaning that many high ranking officers most likely had bought their way into the officer corp. This meant that they were not necessarily officers because they were promoted due to merit or education, but because they came from rich families.

    • @retriever19golden55
      @retriever19golden55 Год назад +18

      I've read in Col. Snook's book on Rorke's Drift that Color Sgt. Bourne was offered a commission after the battles, but was unable to accept because he couldn't afford it. If commissions were no longer being purchased after 1871, could that have referred to outfitting himself befitting an officer?

    • @l.cressey6806
      @l.cressey6806 Год назад +10

      @@retriever19golden55 I know that all the way till ww1 (and perhaps beyond that) British officers privately purchased almost every element of their kit from boots, uniform, and leather equipment to their service revolver and sword.

    • @Maverick619-CA
      @Maverick619-CA 9 месяцев назад +9

      You'd think that people that spent money to gain the position would spend time to become proficient in it lest it simply become a waste of money

    • @loidenandenga2454
      @loidenandenga2454 9 месяцев назад

      1879 to 1871?

    • @loidenandenga2454
      @loidenandenga2454 9 месяцев назад +1

      Time travel

  • @grahammorris6235
    @grahammorris6235 Год назад +38

    This film was lambasted at the time, however, just the fact that the action scenes were directed without CGI makes it a great action film.

    • @blackkite65
      @blackkite65 21 день назад

      What did the British fight in Africa for? For the motherland?.

    • @grahammorris6235
      @grahammorris6235 20 дней назад +1

      @@blackkite65 Imperialism. England during this period wanted to keep hold of all she owned.

    • @thx1138thecrane
      @thx1138thecrane 15 дней назад

      @@blackkite65 It was the Rothschild's desire that the hegemony of strong Africans, Asians, Eurasians, and the Russ be made weak to be made more pliable and amiable towards being dispersed in later generations. It has always been their desire to send forth these races into white societies thus weakening the West. The Rothschilds are Zionists, their intentions have never been for the good of Western nations but all for their so called greater purpose of bringing forth prophecy towards end times. They have worked as leaders in a coalition of Zionist Christians and Zionist Jews alike towards the goal of the Jews seeing their Messiah (who the Christians think is the eventual Anti-Christ) and the Christians seeing that as a final sign of the eventual coming of Jesus Christ's return. They're fooled by the Devil though. As it was written and as it has been said, that neither the hour may be chosen nor the hand of God may be moved save but for only him. It is a great trick of the Devil that makes mere mortals think they can have any effect on such things in or with God's favor. Zionist Christians are not real Christians and Zionist Jews are not real Jews. Woe to them both, for they have forsaken all of humanity and the true God. True history when sifted through finely enough can back this easily.

  • @Dibleydog
    @Dibleydog 5 лет назад +5752

    A young British officer escaped from this battle, his name was Smith-Dorian and he went on the be a general in the 1914/18 war. Just think of the changes he saw ! From red coats to airplanes, cavalry charges to tanks.

    • @thevenator3955
      @thevenator3955 5 лет назад +574

      Otherwise known as world war one

    • @stewartnicol3028
      @stewartnicol3028 5 лет назад +320

      From perhaps half a hundred or so slaughtered on a bad day (not including natives of course) to 60,000 or so on the first day of the Somme......

    • @thevenator3955
      @thevenator3955 5 лет назад +96

      This was a bad day, and i feel like there were a lot more than 50 casualties ;-)

    • @Dibleydog
      @Dibleydog 5 лет назад +194

      @@thevenator3955 1,300 British troops died and between 1,000 and 2,500 Zulus, a bad day indeed.

    • @thevenator3955
      @thevenator3955 5 лет назад +123

      @@Dibleydog and to think that number pales in comparison to the battles that would take place just 35 years later...

  • @shashisingh6227
    @shashisingh6227 4 года назад +1053

    I am South African. Upon my visit to Isandlwana I stood on the slopes of the "koppie", the white stones marking the British graves scattering the hillside. The energy there is palpable. You can feel a tangible loneliness and desolation there....very sad....as with "Ngcome" (Blood river) (Bloed Rivier)....

    • @shashisingh6227
      @shashisingh6227 3 года назад +17

      @magic8 thanks

    • @russel2352
      @russel2352 3 года назад +23

      I have been there and Blood River, also S African and agree. Spion Kop and Isandlwana are the most haunting battle grounds I have been to. Blood River not so much to me.

    • @rc59191
      @rc59191 3 года назад +43

      I'd love to visit it someday to pay my respects to the dead of both sides. Soldiers and warriors like them should always be revered.

    • @russel2352
      @russel2352 3 года назад +3

      @@johnedington6083 It was indeed.

    • @marchillis6079
      @marchillis6079 3 года назад +13

      I'd like to see that place if I ever travel. I would also like to see the Little Bighorn battlefield in Montana. These events were the among the last tribal battles which one over modern armies of the time.

  • @thomasgumersell9607
    @thomasgumersell9607 Год назад +90

    Never underestimate ones opponent. The Zulu were very brave and tenacious fighters. This battle was a massacre of an entire regiment of British Soldiers. Then they went after Rorke's Drift that was a great battle and victory by a small number of British Soldiers. 💪🏼🙏🏻✨

    • @SuperMariusMaximus
      @SuperMariusMaximus Год назад

      LOL the British were not victorious at Rourke's Drift. They were all slaughtered. The British public were impressed at their valor in the face of certain death, and a number of Victoria Crosses were awarded after the battle - every single one posthumously, since everyone was dead.

    • @thomasgumersell9607
      @thomasgumersell9607 Год назад +37

      @@SuperMariusMaximus i don't know where you learned about Rorke's Drift? I must inform you that you are quite wrong. The battle of Rorke's Drift January 22-23 1879. Saw the British with a garrison of approx 150 officers and men. Fight a Zulu force of upwards of 4,000 warriors. The British losses were 17 killed and 10 wounded. The Zulu losses were approx 500 killed. After two days of fierce battle. The Zulu's withdrew from Rorke's Drift Due to the Great victory by the British garrison at Rorke's Drift. The Victoria Cross was awarded to 11 of the British Defenders of Rorke"s Drift. That is an overwelming victory by the British Soldiers. That is the true history of the Battle of Rorke's Drift. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨

    • @bunkerkorpf1440
      @bunkerkorpf1440 Год назад +18

      @@SuperMariusMaximus Dude wtf are you talking about. Rorke drift was a brit victory, Isandlwana was a brit defeat, they are different battles

    • @whitetroutchannel
      @whitetroutchannel Год назад +1

      @@SuperMariusMaximus youve been hammerin the steroid injections again marius havent you?

    • @justinthebeau2590
      @justinthebeau2590 Год назад +6

      The lasted rorkes drift veteran died in the 1950s

  • @J.I.64
    @J.I.64 Год назад +163

    10:23 the most logistical soldier in the entire battle
    10:29 the most unlogical soldier in the entire battle

    • @generalcheese7002
      @generalcheese7002 Год назад +10

      Fr

    • @josecarranza7555
      @josecarranza7555 8 месяцев назад +1

      What do you mean?

    • @safiahukamdad2022
      @safiahukamdad2022 7 месяцев назад +10

      @@josecarranza7555uh, the white soldier was allowed to take bullets.. but the black soldier was not allowed to take ammunition

    • @josecarranza7555
      @josecarranza7555 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@safiahukamdad2022 Elaborate please

    • @KorporaalHax
      @KorporaalHax 6 месяцев назад +16

      ​@josecarranza7555 You're supposed to give bullets to all soldiers when you're losing this bad, regardless of regiment

  • @vaynervayner387
    @vaynervayner387 3 года назад +1007

    Fun fact: This battle is closer to the outbreak of WW2 than it's closer to the end of Napoleonic War.

    • @callumwilliams1449
      @callumwilliams1449 2 года назад +168

      @RollandB It's not a meme. It's a fun fact...

    • @xertx1177
      @xertx1177 2 года назад +79

      @RollandB Fun fact: It's not a meme.

    • @erichvondonitz5325
      @erichvondonitz5325 2 года назад +47

      @RollandB Fun fact: A fun fact is just a fact, either that or just sarcasm

    • @2_572
      @2_572 2 года назад +10

      @RollandB Fun fact: Hi is the most used word.

    • @interestedbystander196
      @interestedbystander196 2 года назад +4

      @@2_572 "the" and "a" are the most common in English...

  • @G31M1
    @G31M1 3 года назад +1777

    Crazy how this was actually just 35 years before WWI broke out!

    • @daniellastuart3145
      @daniellastuart3145 3 года назад +234

      And 64 years after the end of the Napoleonic wars

    • @aebemacgill
      @aebemacgill 3 года назад +33

      Was actually a battle connected to it's continuance in WW1. Germany vs Britain.

    • @barfazoid5773
      @barfazoid5773 3 года назад +107

      @@aebemacgill The people fighting the british here were the Zulus, not the Germans

    • @hod2116
      @hod2116 3 года назад +83

      @@barfazoid5773 yeah think he got confused with the Germans arming the boars a few years later

    • @barfazoid5773
      @barfazoid5773 3 года назад +4

      @@hod2116 yeah

  • @larry1824
    @larry1824 Год назад +149

    Great sweeping epic with a staggering cast. No cgi junk here and the accuracy in firearms and uniforms is as good as it gets. A tribute to heroism on both sides and to a sense of duty.

    • @JohnWintergreen-vu5ws
      @JohnWintergreen-vu5ws 4 месяца назад +2

      This is the real invasion of my country

    • @malirstar
      @malirstar 3 месяца назад

      “As good as it gets” smh why is the infantry carrying the cavalry carbine version of the Martini Henry and why are the cavalry carrying the full length infantry version?

    • @ernestojr.valenzuela4062
      @ernestojr.valenzuela4062 26 дней назад

      ​@@JohnWintergreen-vu5ws And you're from where exactly?

  • @rashatroblox1371
    @rashatroblox1371 Год назад +168

    Can we just appreciate how the cameraman recorded this footage and survived the war without dieing to publish it onto RUclips?

    • @poopdeckpappy2658
      @poopdeckpappy2658 Год назад +4

      I thought this was highlight film from the last Viking football loss.

    • @Astrogamezz
      @Astrogamezz Год назад +2

      This is a movie…

    • @rashatroblox1371
      @rashatroblox1371 Год назад +11

      @@Astrogamezz r/whooooosh

    • @Ofna211
      @Ofna211 Год назад +7

      Real question is how did he charge his batteries? How did they do it in the bush?

    • @El-VULTURE.LOCO13
      @El-VULTURE.LOCO13 Год назад +1

      He had a steady hand in combat and never got a bad angle respect 🫡

  • @philip013
    @philip013 5 лет назад +2256

    A shortage of ammunition in the face of a 20,000 Zulu warriors is no reason to jump the queue.

    • @romelnegut2005
      @romelnegut2005 5 лет назад +131

      That ammo should have been distribute asap.

    • @radrook4481
      @radrook4481 4 года назад +116

      I think that an immediate retreat would have been wiser.

    • @renownedhonor
      @renownedhonor 4 года назад +17

      3k Actually

    • @SwitchTF2
      @SwitchTF2 4 года назад +8

      Mickey Drago excellent essay, I rarely see well sourced material here

    • @draco_1876
      @draco_1876 4 года назад +11

      @Kelp Farming shut up pussy

  • @fatninjafatninja9713
    @fatninjafatninja9713 3 года назад +612

    charging barefoot, if only the brits had lego pieces to scatter around, the zulus would ve been no match for them...

    • @terrasolaris5104
      @terrasolaris5104 3 года назад +8

      Hehe

    • @ezra5629
      @ezra5629 3 года назад +58

      Nah bro they be stepping on thorns and shit imagine how strong they feet are

    • @huberticusrex
      @huberticusrex 2 года назад +18

      They're called caltrops and they hurt more than Lego! I would imagine lol

    • @tigertank06
      @tigertank06 2 года назад

      @@terrasolaris5104 😂😂😂.

    • @ImTooAddictedHelp
      @ImTooAddictedHelp 2 года назад

      Yeah they sure would ._.

  • @peteford4388
    @peteford4388 Год назад +31

    There's an amazing book call Washing of the Spears, which gives an incredible amount of background to the participants on both sides of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift.

    • @wereham
      @wereham Год назад +3

      I think the book zulu by Saul David is a more accurate and more enjoyable read personally.

    • @retriever19golden55
      @retriever19golden55 Год назад

      Morris' Washing of the Spears was considered definitive at the time, but Col. Mike Snook, a serving officer of The Royal Regiment of Wales (formerly the 24th, the regiment depicted in the films), stationed in South Africa who calls a number of Zulu his friends, wrote a pair of books: How Can Man Die Better (Isandlwana), and Like Wolves on the Fold (Rorke's Drift). He has the military experience to decode the clues about the action, and the friendships with Zulu people to interpret the primary sources. I believe he is much more accurate than Morris. Morris has Pulleine writing a letter in his tent when he's killed, which is unbelievable for a field commander, while Snook has found evidence that Pulleine's body was found on the left front of the camp where the 1st Battalion was attempting to rally, and right where Maori Browne later identified his body. He died a soldier, not hiding in a tent while all around him his troops were fighting and dying...I find this much more credible, personally.

    • @Bullseyearchery
      @Bullseyearchery 6 месяцев назад

      I have that book. A bit of light reading, eh?
      The battles anniversary is on my birthday, 22nd January.

    • @MarlboroughBlenheim1
      @MarlboroughBlenheim1 3 месяца назад

      Washing of the spears is outdated massively

    • @MarlboroughBlenheim1
      @MarlboroughBlenheim1 3 месяца назад

      @@retriever19golden55Ian Knight is the leading historian.

  • @derekstocker6661
    @derekstocker6661 Год назад +17

    Wonderful re-enactment in this great film, some superb acting by some very good actors, very well done and absolutely rivets youto your seat. Thanks so much for this, very well done.

    • @julianhodgson1961
      @julianhodgson1961 Месяц назад

      Yes but obviously this film is a complete work of fiction - there’s no way you ever lose a battle when your army has Bob Hoskins in its ranks just as Zulu was so obviously a complete work of fact because you’d never see an army with Michael Caine in its ranks lose either.

  • @DialgaMarine3
    @DialgaMarine3 2 года назад +194

    I’ll always respect military leaders that refuse to eat until the soldiers in their charge already have.

    • @honestabe1940
      @honestabe1940 2 года назад +9

      As a platoon sgt. Would always piss me off in the field when one of my soldiers was draging ass to the chow line cause I couldn't eat till they did!

    • @smoothlady1983
      @smoothlady1983 2 года назад

      Quite!

    • @jessefisher1809
      @jessefisher1809 2 года назад +2

      @@honestabe1940 Are you always so obnoxious? You must be really bad for morale.

    • @honestabe1940
      @honestabe1940 2 года назад +1

      @@jessefisher1809 said the delicate little snowflake!

    • @jessefisher1809
      @jessefisher1809 2 года назад +3

      @@honestabe1940 What is your basis for that statement?

  • @scipioafricanus3324
    @scipioafricanus3324 3 года назад +448

    It has always been crazy to me how these old movies choreographed hundreds of people.

    • @thredligut2288
      @thredligut2288 3 года назад +8

      Ikr, I always ask that question

    • @tamlandipper29
      @tamlandipper29 3 года назад +29

      One part good extras. Five parts terrifying second assistant director.

    • @hyacinthlynch843
      @hyacinthlynch843 3 года назад +5

      And yet, they managed to accomplish it with impressive results.

    • @wulfengel
      @wulfengel 2 года назад +5

      oh its never crazy for me, if the old romans could muster a Legion fifteen to twenty thousand strong and co ordinate them on march and in battle then a film with a few thousand extras with modern radios and film cameras and phones to ring up the ones who are late aint surprising. It would surprise me more if they were incapable of doing that.

    • @munsterbraum2792
      @munsterbraum2792 2 года назад +19

      Because back then it was about making films for people who love films.
      Today its corporations churning out garbage for $$$.

  • @SCPFoundation5609
    @SCPFoundation5609 Год назад +17

    Props to the guy who went back in time to record this

  • @topcat4759
    @topcat4759 Год назад +35

    Always amazes me how they used to be able to produce films like this back in the day. Filmed in 1979 doubt they could do the same today, an all star cast and location would cost millions before they even starting filming. Always wished they would make a film of the Battle of Ulundi where the Brits finally won the day and the Zulu wars ended.

    • @Kaiserboo1871
      @Kaiserboo1871 Год назад +7

      If they did make a movie about Ulundi, I want it to be made in the same spirit as this movie and Zulu.
      It would be the perfect trilogy.
      First movie is about the British defeat.
      The second movie (Zulu) would be about the “turning point” at Rorke's Drift.
      The third movie would be about the British triumph. Of course paying respect to the Zulus and their bravery.
      And for the love of God, don’t make the movie woke, both sides were imperialist powers you don’t need to sympathize with any of them.

    • @everettduncan7543
      @everettduncan7543 Год назад

      ​@@Kaiserboo1871Right. In the case of the Zulu they were trying to resist being put into a confederation that had been planned by the colonial secretary

    • @Kaiserboo1871
      @Kaiserboo1871 Год назад +5

      @@everettduncan7543 The Zulu Empire was just as imperialistic as the British. Both wanted to conquer lands and expand their empires.

  • @MrVonKruger
    @MrVonKruger 9 лет назад +288

    Gawds I love these older movies. Simply because there is *NO CGI*, every single one of those men are real. No director is looking at it going "Oh add in a few hundred more Zulu over here..."

    • @frannydarko2698
      @frannydarko2698 5 лет назад +24

      The old movies are the best..

    • @philh8288
      @philh8288 5 лет назад +7

      @@frannydarko2698 they are!! and This is a underrated classic

    • @ChristopherCudworth
      @ChristopherCudworth 3 года назад +2

      The battle scenes in LOTR were so absurd that way. And where did Arrow Boy refill his quiver?

    • @eazye3542
      @eazye3542 3 года назад +2

      I feel like the old sound just makes a difference as well

    • @interestedbystander196
      @interestedbystander196 2 года назад +1

      Actually no. There was some "practical effects" trickery, where they used dummies and cardboard cutouts for some of the long shots to bulk out the numbers. But you're right, no CGI (it hadn't been invented yet)...

  • @doa_824
    @doa_824 3 года назад +2275

    Fun fact: Most of the actors as generals are ww2 veterans. 👍😁

    • @TimStamper89
      @TimStamper89 3 года назад +138

      @@SimplyZero it was about the right time for many older men to have served in the second war
      Sir Michael Caine served in Korea as part of his national service I believe

    • @wozzer3wa
      @wozzer3wa 3 года назад +10

      Which actors please

    • @ghop3878
      @ghop3878 3 года назад +19

      They seem a little too young to be a ww2 general in my opinion

    • @doa_824
      @doa_824 3 года назад +80

      @@ghop3878 Lol this movie was made in the early 1960’s and all the generals look like in their 50’s and 60’s! Wdym “tOo YoUnG”!?!?

    • @tanegashima5395
      @tanegashima5395 3 года назад +27

      @@ghop3878 the op meant the officers they are playing most likely fought in ww2

  • @Ziggy831Salinas
    @Ziggy831Salinas Год назад +9

    7:03 hype moment and the drums 🥁 playing in the background is 🔥

  • @equine2020
    @equine2020 3 месяца назад +11

    Can't understand why people don't like history. It's fascinating. I love it.
    And it educates one in reality. And nowt to repeat the errors made.

  • @DLAU2886
    @DLAU2886 4 года назад +2206

    When you have no money to upgrade your units in civilization...

    • @mogwaiman6048
      @mogwaiman6048 4 года назад +34

      Lol

    • @CatholicWeeb
      @CatholicWeeb 4 года назад +131

      With enough ancient warrior units it is possible to take a city, you would need hundreds and thousands of warriors (I call it the Soviet Strategy, Strength in numbers)

    • @stickfigureproductions2734
      @stickfigureproductions2734 4 года назад +10

      Their technology was bad and not a lot of knowledge they would win with tactics

    • @realone4993
      @realone4993 4 года назад +33

      @eyup can what r u on about

    • @camquest6108
      @camquest6108 4 года назад +5

      ŞAİRİ AZAM you make no sense

  • @ancalites
    @ancalites 9 лет назад +764

    There's two great ironies about this scene:
    1. The British did not fight in tight groups as depicted here. Instead they were thinly dispersed across a wide area, severely reducing the amount of firepower they could unleash at a given moment. If they had been arranged as seen here, their volleys would have been far more effective.
    2. The Zulus were smart fighters who were fully aware of the British superiority in armaments. Therefore, they did not attack in massive human waves, but rather advanced tactically in relatively small groups, using cover and concealment where possible to reduce the effect of British gunnery as they closed with them (of course many were still killed in the actual assaults). If they had simply all come forward in a huge formation, their casualties would have been far higher.
    Basically, the movie's depiction of the battle is what you'd expect to see if the British had won instead of the defeat they actually suffered.

    • @ancalites
      @ancalites 9 лет назад +86

      Dick Chappy
      Where is your 6k figure from for the Zulus? All sources I've ever seen quote a figure of around 1000-3000 Zulu casualties, in other words, roughly comparable to what the British suffered.
      Also, their losses were fairly high because despite outmaneuvering the British force, they were still going up against trained troops with repeating rifles and artillery. Obviously they were going to lose a lot of men whether they won or not.
      Note that the ~1500 British dead represented almost their entire force. So it's not just a case of one army losing 1500 and another losing maybe 3000. It case of one army suffering almost 90% casualties vs the other taking about 15%. It means the British lost hard . . .

    • @johnbertrand7185
      @johnbertrand7185 9 лет назад +41

      ancalites Actually, this is a fairly accurate representation of the battle, much more so than in "Zulu" where the mass attacks were inaccurate. As shown the Zulus cleverly used folds in the ground to approach the British camp in large numbers.
      The British also fought as companies grouped together so that's right as well. Also the numbers used in the film seem to be much smaller than the actual numbers in the battle with about 200-300 British, there were 1,500, and about 2,000-3,000 Zulu extras when there was 25,000.

    • @Mahrah2
      @Mahrah2 9 лет назад +4

      ancalites british lost in most parts and the Zulus live there they know the land and british just wanna conquer Zulus r smart fighters by the way

    • @wolliveryoutube
      @wolliveryoutube 8 лет назад +2

      But that isn't as cool to watch, is it?

    • @RajBala1982
      @RajBala1982 8 лет назад +10

      Dick Chappy The Brits only won because they used missionaries to infiltrate and decimate the Zulu's from within - divide and control, then eventually win. The Brits could never have beaten the Zulu's otherwise.

  • @YOUSEFTECALB
    @YOUSEFTECALB 11 месяцев назад +1

    Love how the banging of the Zulu drums morphs into the drums of the soundtrack. Nicely done.

    • @armann04
      @armann04 11 месяцев назад

      it their shields they are banging that making drum like sound. their shields are like thick leather that can be bang to frighten their enemies

    • @JustaKidwithADHD
      @JustaKidwithADHD Месяц назад

      @@armann04the shields were made from cow pelts

    • @ernestojr.valenzuela4062
      @ernestojr.valenzuela4062 26 дней назад

      ​@@JustaKidwithADHD Yeah which is a type of leather. It doesn't matter which animal it came from in the end of the day it's still leather.

  • @showtimetv6327
    @showtimetv6327 Год назад +3

    the bravery from all these men is truly mind blowing

  • @wedgeantilles4712
    @wedgeantilles4712 5 лет назад +540

    This is what happens when you hugely underestimate your enemy and see them as a joke. As Peter O' Tooles character does.
    The worst defeat a technogical superior army has suffered by technogical inferior one.
    But the british also had the tactic that secured them a empire... The volley fire. And at Rorkes drift, it was displayed with devastating effect.
    The british lost at Isandlwana because they underestimated the Zulus and the Zulus lost at Rorkes drift because they underestimated the british.

    • @radrook4481
      @radrook4481 4 года назад +17

      It happens in boxing as well.

    • @duncanshaw1256
      @duncanshaw1256 4 года назад +31

      Also the Zulus had the overwhelming numbers of thousands, whereas the British were limited to about 200 to 300. The battle was also out in the open with no convenient cover, except for trenches and that wasn't enough.

    • @wedgeantilles4712
      @wedgeantilles4712 4 года назад +21

      At Isandlwana the british force were stronger than it was at Rorkes drift. But true, the Zulu force was still massively outnumbering the british.
      The british force at Isandlwana was around 1000 - 1500
      At Rorkes drift it was about as low as 300 (maybe even as low as 150)
      Zulu forces was at 15.000 - 20.000 strong.
      At Rorkes drift it was a force of 4000 Zulus.
      Also, at Rorkes drift, the Zulus prefered tactic the horns of the buffalo was rendered ineffective, which also contributed highly to the Zulus loss at Rorkes drift. Unlike here, where it was highly useful.

    • @wolfthequarrelsome504
      @wolfthequarrelsome504 4 года назад +13

      There British are good at setting records for military defeat
      The fall of Singapore was a doozy.

    • @rebornstillborn
      @rebornstillborn 4 года назад +45

      @@wolfthequarrelsome504 It's bound to happen when you've fought everyone, everywhere at least twice. Some of those fights are going to be losses. What's remarkable is how many of them were wins.

  • @dabouras
    @dabouras 3 года назад +250

    "we are well supplied with ammo Sir, 10.000 rounds!" " There are 25,000 Zulus !" " Oh... "

    • @Bikavin
      @Bikavin 3 года назад +38

      Its almost similar like germany vs soviet union meme

    • @Nikola95inYT
      @Nikola95inYT 3 года назад +5

      @@Bikavin germans smashed superior numbers of soviets in summer 41 no problem.

    • @Bikavin
      @Bikavin 3 года назад +7

      @@Nikola95inYT but in later years like 1943-1945 the soviet union is outnumbered germany and manage to win because germany is weaken by the allied

    • @FH-tg4yh
      @FH-tg4yh 3 года назад +3

      @@Bikavin Soviet Union after battle of Kursk had the T34-85 which could kill the tigers and panzers easily.

    • @Bikavin
      @Bikavin 3 года назад +1

      @@FH-tg4yh its not easily but more easier

  • @christopherrodriguez9448
    @christopherrodriguez9448 Год назад +5

    Great recreation of Military Battle
    action!
    Definitely a very riveting and thrilling War Movie.

  • @user-bf2bl8fx7m
    @user-bf2bl8fx7m 9 месяцев назад +9

    The interesting thing that Isandlwana and Rorke's drift basically happened next to each other and were the opposite results Isandwlwna, the Brits outnumbered lost against local forces. Rorke's drift, the Brits were seriously outnumbered... but won the battle against a local enemy. Two similiar situations with completley different results.

    • @ramonoutesrivera7845
      @ramonoutesrivera7845 9 месяцев назад

      Superados en número.rifles contra flechas

    • @ernieellan5694
      @ernieellan5694 7 месяцев назад

      Well that depends. At isandlwana there were supposedly 2500 brits vs 80000 Zulo with little to no defensive fortifications. At rorkes drift there were around 400 brits(with around 40 wounded and 40 non-combatant) vs 4000 zulu. Rorkes had some defensive fortifications and a smaller front allowing greater concentration of fire.

    • @user-bf2bl8fx7m
      @user-bf2bl8fx7m 6 месяцев назад

      @@ernieellan5694 that's incorrect. At Isandwhahla, there were 20,000 Zulus and 2500 brits.... but the brits also had artillery.
      At Rorkes drift, according to wikipedia, there were only 152 British soldiers against 4000 zulus..there was cavalry at the beginning, but they left.
      So the odds were a lot worse for Rorke's drift, though I agree, having defenses helps!

    • @onastick2411
      @onastick2411 6 месяцев назад +1

      I did read, that the Zulu's at Rorkes drift were led by a cousin of the Zulu king, who had ambitions, so needed a victory to continue with his kingly ambitions, he was, and the Zulus were specifically ordered not to attack the British in defensive positions, as, well you know the end result.

  • @Traipu00
    @Traipu00 4 года назад +1803

    I liked it when the zulu's said: Wohuooowowooohouuhowuwuohohohoh

    • @johnc.5600
      @johnc.5600 4 года назад +145

      I liked how the zulus were all in the end given British passports since diversity is a strength.

    • @christina7215
      @christina7215 4 года назад +25

      Miles Bennet Dyson 😭😭😭 no get them out!

    • @vidarodinson9142
      @vidarodinson9142 4 года назад +1

      I liked it too.

    • @shuliu4804
      @shuliu4804 4 года назад +33

      They were just saying “Zulu” so rapidly it sounds like WOHWOHWOHWOWHWOHWOHWOHW

    • @craigham93
      @craigham93 4 года назад +4

      @@wesdavies9500 yeah and they liked it a few months later at Ulundi....

  • @johnfellows2867
    @johnfellows2867 6 лет назад +187

    Visited this battlefield last year, a very moving experience. There was'nt a sound, no wind, no bird song, no crickets.
    Just trying to imagine what had taken place there made me feel very humble.

    • @norfangl3480
      @norfangl3480 5 лет назад +2

      @@edcurant you seem salty... over nothing?

    • @elongatedmuskrat7675
      @elongatedmuskrat7675 5 лет назад +2

      ed curant Oh really, I mean it is not like the British had superior technology and better weaponry while the Zulus were stuck with wooden stakes and cow hide shields.

    • @samanth.
      @samanth. 2 года назад

      @@elongatedmuskrat7675 they are not wooden they are iron

    • @Evan8787
      @Evan8787 2 года назад +1

      Colonials got slaughtered. It was wonderful.

    • @bananacat4998
      @bananacat4998 Год назад

      @@Evan8787 yes it is

  • @dodgerdog9089
    @dodgerdog9089 Год назад +12

    Fun fact: did you know the actors for the Zulus are actually Zulu tribesmen playing themselves

    • @roblestako8221
      @roblestako8221 Год назад +1

      they played their ancestors

    • @paulneedham9885
      @paulneedham9885 Год назад

      another fun fact: Everybody already knows your not so fun fact 😂 😂

  • @dancingdanny8811
    @dancingdanny8811 Год назад +70

    5 famous native forces victories you will love:
    1. Battle of Iswandala: 1879 (Zulu victory over British empire)
    2. Battle of Adwa: 1896 (Ethiopian victory over Italy)
    3. Battle of Little Big Horn: 1876 (Sioux Nation victory over United States)
    4. 1st battle of Tenochtitlan aka "La Noche Triste": 1520 (Aztec victory over Spanish empire)
    5. Siege of Yogyakarta: 1825 (Javanese victory over Dutch empire)

    • @samanth.
      @samanth. Год назад +8

      Basotho gun war against British

    • @jimmyohara2601
      @jimmyohara2601 Год назад +1

      Yeah, how many colonies did said tribes form worldwide ?? 🤔🤐

    • @eaglesfan226
      @eaglesfan226 Год назад

      Except Ethiopia was never colonized. Just occupied by the Italians. Especially by Mussolini and his goons.

    • @davidrobertson5700
      @davidrobertson5700 Год назад

      Yorke's Ridge ?

    • @patriotenfield3276
      @patriotenfield3276 Год назад +5

      Add some more
      6)1st and 2nd Anglo Mysore war
      7)1st Anglo Maratha war
      8)Maratha Portuguese war
      9)First Anglo Afghan war

  • @mxferro
    @mxferro 2 года назад +585

    The failure to secure an effective defensive position, the poor intelligence on the location of the main Zulu army, Chelmsford's decision to split his force in half, and the Zulus' tactical exploitation of the terrain and the weaknesses in the British formation, all combined to prove catastrophic for the troops.

    • @XXXTENTAClON227
      @XXXTENTAClON227 Год назад +30

      All their guns jamming often was the biggest blow by far… no point having a gun if it doesn’t work 💀

    • @charles7443
      @charles7443 Год назад +23

      Dead on. Everyone wants the one thing that makes the difference, but its generally a combination of failures that causes a cascade...

    • @grahamjordan1040
      @grahamjordan1040 Год назад +4

      If you had been there as a tactical genius it would have been different 🤣

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian Год назад +32

      It was the ingenuity of the Zulus fighting for their homeland that proved British cowardice. Nothing more.

    • @jute6317
      @jute6317 Год назад +5

      Plus the fact Chelmsford rode off with the ammunition keys

  • @MrBigBoy1245
    @MrBigBoy1245 3 года назад +326

    Fun Fact: Every person in the making of this film is an actual human being, not CGI

    • @hyacinthlynch843
      @hyacinthlynch843 3 года назад +39

      Another fun fact: The actors in this movie can act!

    • @MrBigBoy1245
      @MrBigBoy1245 3 года назад +27

      @@hyacinthlynch843 Yup! The film also does not condone racism, even though at the time of this film being made that was absolutely fine. I'm pretty sure some people even got angry that the in the film the zulus won at islandawanda and not the british

    • @hyacinthlynch843
      @hyacinthlynch843 3 года назад +3

      @@MrBigBoy1245 Yes.The fact that an advanced British fighting force was defeated by Zulu warriors, with primitive weapons, probably irked some Brits when this movie was released.

    • @jakeweberzwier8655
      @jakeweberzwier8655 3 года назад +5

      @@MrBigBoy1245 if it's so racist why did all those black guys act in it?
      Also it's not racist it's historically accurate.

    • @MrBigBoy1245
      @MrBigBoy1245 3 года назад +13

      @@jakeweberzwier8655 I never did say it was racist, quite alot of the warriors were actually from the zulu tribe.

  • @pauldarlington9157
    @pauldarlington9157 3 месяца назад +4

    Watched this for years but only recently appreciated the Zulus were just defending their homeland.

  • @armstronggermany2995
    @armstronggermany2995 3 года назад +416

    How we lost this battle and were wiped out with Burt Lancaster and Peter O'Toole on our side is quite unbelievable.

    • @Dawsonguidroz8538
      @Dawsonguidroz8538 3 года назад +22

      They were outnumbered

    • @markm2092
      @markm2092 3 года назад +32

      @@Dawsonguidroz8538 and they were fighting zulus

    • @bob9396
      @bob9396 2 года назад +15

      @@markm2092 also they did not have enough Ammunition

    • @interestedbystander196
      @interestedbystander196 2 года назад +23

      @@bob9396 They had plenty of ammo. They just could not distribute it fast enough.

    • @NapoleonBonaparte-of4sl
      @NapoleonBonaparte-of4sl 2 года назад +14

      @@interestedbystander196 they did but just not enough to kill 25000 zulu i think

  • @peterware6115
    @peterware6115 2 года назад +198

    Lucky enough to have stayed in the lodge looking over the battlefield. Amazing experience. White cairns mark the fallen. Last British soldier to die was in a small cave on the higher ground, you can see the bullet holes where the Zulus were shooting at him. Went on to visit Rourke’s Drift, they have marked out where the mealie bags defence wall was - not as big as you would imagine and the lay of the land vastly different to the film.

    • @chrisholland7367
      @chrisholland7367 2 года назад +4

      Did you feel the presence of the fallen. It must have been an extremely spiritual experience. I believe those who died in extremely violent circumstances never left that place.

    • @peterware6115
      @peterware6115 2 года назад +6

      @@chrisholland7367 it was indeed, conical hill was the strangest thing on the battlefield… seemed totally out of place (look it up)

    • @db9631
      @db9631 Год назад +1

      Fugitive's Drift?

    • @jaredelizardo201
      @jaredelizardo201 10 месяцев назад

      Yo@peterware6115 there's a difference between rocks and bags mealie meal aka corn for one rocks r harder than bags bruh# bags of grain isn't going too protect you from Rifle bullets/Spears

    • @allanchurm
      @allanchurm 7 месяцев назад

      thank you for that explanation

  • @JOHNMcVICAR-jh5bp
    @JOHNMcVICAR-jh5bp Месяц назад +2

    THE LAST THING I THINK THE BRITISH WERE THINKING WAS WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE WE DOING HERE 🇬🇧

  • @aa-up4sf
    @aa-up4sf Год назад +13

    The British army is legendary but has suffered many defeats that don't get talked about.. just sort of reinforces it actually was the navy which helped Britain create the biggest empire.

    • @averagejoe8358
      @averagejoe8358 Год назад

      Every army has suffered a major defeat. It happens.

    • @andrewaustin6369
      @andrewaustin6369 Год назад

      Yes they were defeated many times but they didn't stay defeated and came back again and again till they won navies don't build empires boots on the ground do.

    • @airvicemarshalsirgeorgemas2083
      @airvicemarshalsirgeorgemas2083 Год назад

      ​@@andrewaustin6369like marines?

    • @andrewaustin6369
      @andrewaustin6369 Год назад

      @@airvicemarshalsirgeorgemas2083 Craphats included in the boots on the ground.

  • @coffinsmoke1385
    @coffinsmoke1385 4 года назад +1046

    You have to love the British. Oh shit thousands of enemies heading our way. Lets have some tea. Lol.

    • @nathangarland9453
      @nathangarland9453 4 года назад +166

      Of course we drink tea first.we ain't stupid it might be the last time we get one for a while.

    • @coffinsmoke1385
      @coffinsmoke1385 4 года назад +57

      @@nathangarland9453 That's the best and truest answer I have heard 👍

    • @lambert2332
      @lambert2332 3 года назад +41

      @@nathangarland9453 that reminds me of a line from Waterloo, "Gin up boys, get it while you can, the french will have it out of you any minute anyway", but gin instead of tead because y'know, soldiers instead of officers haha

    • @lambert2332
      @lambert2332 3 года назад +25

      @@howardthealien2606 in the battle of waterloo, the soldiers are having gin in the middle of the battle, and the offices make toast with brandy right before. It just reminded me of it, sorry if it doesn't make sense to you

    • @jacobwelch9915
      @jacobwelch9915 3 года назад +5

      Coffinsmoke there welsh..

  • @rabbishekelstein255
    @rabbishekelstein255 4 года назад +1908

    Teacher: we’re going on a trip to South Africa
    Girls: OMG I can’t wait to see lions and the beautiful nature
    Boys:

  • @lucax2300
    @lucax2300 9 месяцев назад +1

    That's a lot of extras! That's mighty impressive! 😳

  • @salamanca1954
    @salamanca1954 6 месяцев назад +7

    The British commander divided his forces in the looming, but undetected presence of the Zulu army, and the contingent left at Isandlwana made a huge mistake in failing to laager their wagons in a traditional Boer defensive circle. Being fully exposed with no redoubt, they were vulnerable to being overrun, which the Zulu impi did, with alacrity. At the Rourke's Drift mission station, Chard prepared a defense in depth, a series of barrier walls, with a final redoubt, which proved crucial during that battle.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 5 месяцев назад

      That's a rewriting of actual events.
      Chelmsford split his force because the recon patrol encountered a couple thousand Zulu and requested assistance. This was assumed to be the lead elements of the Zulu impi. No other large formations of Zulus were seen anywhere else before.
      Chelmsford ordered those at the camp to keep their forces drawn in and act only on the defensive.
      No laager was needed at Isandlwana. There were 1,000 riflemen, after Durnford was sent for to reinforce. Had they defended right at the camp in a tighter defensive perimeter they likely would have held out.
      Durnford, however, started dispersing forces out far and wide away from the camp and he pressured Pulleine into supporting him.
      If Durnford had followed his orders, and those given to Pulleine, there probably wouldn't have been a disaster.
      It was actually Durnford who split his forces. Durnford split his 2nd Column and sent both halves out on the attack. Chelmsford actually didn't do that.

    • @salamanca1954
      @salamanca1954 5 месяцев назад

      There's a lot of ifs in your analysis and apology for a serious blunder of intelligence and defensive competence. You seem to be rewriting as well.
      @@lyndoncmp5751

  • @trolldrool
    @trolldrool 2 года назад +418

    Something I see in a lot of movies from the last 3 decades is that the heroes, or at least the defenders, meet the enemy with stone cold defiance. Showing absolutely no fear and ready to die where they stand no matter the odds.
    Here the British soldiers and officers consistently look like they're about to piss themselves and it makes the battle feel much more immersive.

    • @jamesmills4850
      @jamesmills4850 2 года назад +59

      The 24th stood their ground and fought bravely to their end. The Zulus own accounts of this Battle says the British firing line was professional to the last man and they all died as warriors. The firing line was made up of veterans of the 24th and they showed no fear in the thick of Battle according to the victorious Zulu, many of 24th made brave but futile bayonet charges into the Zulu regiments.

    • @oscarhampson9181
      @oscarhampson9181 2 года назад +39

      @@jamesmills4850 Even battle hardened veterans might look a bit worried seeing thousands of enemy soldiers barrelling towards them.

    • @jamesmills4850
      @jamesmills4850 2 года назад +24

      @Oscar Hampson I've no doubt that some veterans may look 'a bit worried' when faced with a determined enemy, and some may desert...Being only human. Yet, Looking a bit worried and looking like you are about to piss yourself are very different. The 24th were perhaps a bit worried but fought through any apprehensions they might have had to perform with professionalism. This is a good definition of bravery. Men described as looking like they were about to piss themselves would likely be no use under pressure and would likey become a cowardly rabble very quickly. We have reliable accounts of the battle from the British camp survivors who observed the British firing lines defeat and the accounts from the victorious Zulu's and which matched in detail and do not contradict the other. Both accounts reveals the British firing line fought a well ordered retirement trying to get back to their camp supplies. That could only be done by men who did not panic or outwardly show fear. After the Zulu's cut off the ammunition supplies the British formed squares and fought bravely to their ends, many of whom shook hands with their compatriots and bayonet charged the Zulu's in a glorious last stand. Not something you could do if 'pissing' yourself with fear. They were warriors whom the Zulu 's respected. To portray soldiers, for dramatic effect, as looking likey to piss themselves in battle is fine. But to portray specific soldiers like this when it is known to be historically inaccurate is no less than a slur on these brave mens characters.

    • @trolldrool
      @trolldrool Год назад +1

      @The Richest Man In Babylon You mean that in the comment where I used the word movie, in the first sentence no less, I wasn't actually aware that I was talking about movies?

    • @garyturner5739
      @garyturner5739 Год назад +1

      @The Richest Man In Babylon no you don't say.

  • @kparcparc4230
    @kparcparc4230 8 лет назад +358

    The British Army had suffered its worst defeat against an indigenous at The Battle of Isandlwana. What the British force did the next few days at Rorke's Drift was just incredible.

    • @ImperialistRunningDo
      @ImperialistRunningDo 8 лет назад +22

      Lord Chelmsford was hated in Horse Guards, but he had friends in Buckingham Palace. When he returned after the Zulu War, he was promoted to Lt. General in 1882, and full general in 1888.

    • @okechukwua.7799
      @okechukwua.7799 7 лет назад +13

      Rorke's Drift was a minor skirmish. This was the big enchilada.

    • @djrocksgaming6255
      @djrocksgaming6255 6 лет назад +14

      kparc Parc They were surrounded entirely and surrender was impossible unless they wanted to he tortured. Animals always fight incredibly hard when defending themselves and backed into a corner into a life or death situation. Had the British not been surrounded entirely and attacked by people that were ferocious in battle then they might have loss. You should never blatantly surround an enemy that most likely will not surrender due to you treating prisoners like shit or not taking prisoners. That's a tactic that's pretty well known but usually never realized. Boxing your enemy in makes them much more dangerous. Still impressive that they managed to survive for so long against seemingly impossible odds and is inspiring but the zulus could have wiped them out still but were ordered to retreat since they weren't supposed to attack to begin with and used poor tactics.

    • @alwaysdisputin9930
      @alwaysdisputin9930 6 лет назад +13

      That's an interesting theory: the Zulus might have won at Rorke's Drift if they had given the British an escape route

    • @radrook4481
      @radrook4481 6 лет назад +1

      Especially when 33 of them were hospitalized leaving approx just 77 to defend.

  • @francishargreaves2475
    @francishargreaves2475 Год назад +1

    My name is 'Frankie'.
    Handed down from my 2nd great uncle.
    He signed up to serve with The SOuth Wales Borderers. No doubt because he had heard of their derring do deeds in Africa and they came on a recruitment drive to my city of Liverpool in 1916.
    He wa 16 and a half.
    He fought and lived thru the Somme.
    He died two weeks before the end of the war.
    As a South Wales Borderer. From Mile End. Liverpool.
    My father was named francis in his honour...and then myself. Then my eldest son.
    I am proud to carry his name x

  • @mwichekakusa1787
    @mwichekakusa1787 7 месяцев назад

    It's such movies that are highly deserved of Oscar awards and the like.

  • @hugosophy
    @hugosophy 2 года назад +84

    @3:09 I know they tried to get as many extras as realistically possible but in reality there was probably 6 or 7 times the number of Zulu warriors. There was c. 15,000 warriors in 3 battle groups so the real number of Zulu would cover the whole screen until the horizon that's visible plus 2 more battle groups on the wings that wouldn't be visible in this shot. Crazy..

    • @zuluuyasabeka9303
      @zuluuyasabeka9303 Год назад +2

      @The Richest Man In Babylon Impi just translates to “war” which the English chose to call amaZulu regiments that. The actual Zulu word for Regiments is “amabutho” and just “ibutho” for just 1 regiment.

    • @Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
      @Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Год назад

      There was around 4,000 extras there.

    • @JosephGibson
      @JosephGibson 4 месяца назад

      The film does its best to throw you in there but in reality, it would certainly test your spirit... and those men knew exactly what the Zulu were, unlike many on here. Yes, the Zulu were formidable warriors, a warrior nation - ravaging Southern Africa and enslaving - would have likely taken over if it were not stopped.

  • @welshpete12
    @welshpete12 3 года назад +348

    About 20 years ago they did an archology dig on the sight of this battle . They found many bent screws from the ammunition boxes . A screw driver was needed to open them . In desperation the soldiers had used their rifle butts to force them open, when none was available . Where these were found , it was possible to work out where the troops stood. They were not as shown here . But in a line about 20 paces apart .

    • @1p4142136
      @1p4142136 3 года назад +28

      After an Earthquake in Mexico tons of food & supplies were delivered in cans but no can openers. The moon astronauts were unable to take off because they needed a long thin screw driver to reset a circuit breaker.

    • @andrewaustin6369
      @andrewaustin6369 3 года назад +21

      Yes the defensive line was too far forward diluting the firepower advantage add to that the fact that after prolonged firing the martini cartridges would expand and have to be manually removed and the disaster is guaranteed.

    • @stevesmith2171
      @stevesmith2171 2 года назад +40

      @@andrewaustin6369 the cartridges did expand but the expansion of the metal in the actions on the rifles was the problem. Cartridges naturally expand when they are fired and this is allowed for in the extraction process. Competition shooters who reload their own ammo call them"fire formed brass"and after trimming to case length prefer them to new cases. Metal expands when heated and I imagine by the time "fire at will" was given those actions were quite hot but if they were having extraction problems it is more likely it was from fouling from the black powder used at the time and the heated actions combined. I'm a reloader and a metalworker and I'm just trying to pass along a little knowledge I have on the subject.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 2 года назад +5

      Andrew Austin
      That was Durnford deciding to make a last stand some one mile out. Pulleine was obliged to support him and had to keep his infantry companies out there.
      If Durnford didn't decide to make his stand so far out, Pulleine would have undoubtedly pulled his infantry companies in closer. He wouldn't have had a choice. The Zulu left horn would have threatened the rear of the firing line. However, Durnford halting the Zulu left horn for a while actually ultimately lead to the battle being lost. That is the irony.

    • @jamesmills4850
      @jamesmills4850 2 года назад +12

      The ammunition boxes and bent screws are a red herring. A screwdriver was not needed to open ammunition boxes at all. YT channel Britishmuzzleloaders South Africa series demonstrates with an example of such an ammunition box from this period which was easily opened with a strike by rifle butt to the top of these boxes and this was very well known to the infantry who used them. Ammunition only became an issue when the firing line was cut off from camp supplies by the enveloping right and left horns of the Zulu battlefield manoeuvres.

  • @ezioauditoredafirenze3501
    @ezioauditoredafirenze3501 Год назад

    I absolutely love how some zulus we’re using the Martini Henry’s.

  • @Tee-Dot-Tv
    @Tee-Dot-Tv Год назад +8

    Very interesting, from this reenactment (although I must not to take sides) the zulu warriors had numbers, stamina and were battle hardy; whereas the British used intelligence and sequences.

  • @litmemes921
    @litmemes921 3 года назад +376

    I love how civilized they were in the camp while a giant army as running at them

    • @tjgumede
      @tjgumede 3 года назад +8

      But that's not how it happened

    • @ronaldburns7877
      @ronaldburns7877 3 года назад +28

      @@tjgumede Where you there

    • @jazminetothicc7021
      @jazminetothicc7021 2 года назад +16

      Arrogance

    • @tjgumede
      @tjgumede 2 года назад +10

      @@ronaldburns7877 did you study history?

    • @stephenolan5539
      @stephenolan5539 2 года назад +33

      There were two different camps.
      The movie switched from one to the other.

  • @bhekaninhleko9237
    @bhekaninhleko9237 3 года назад +533

    As Zulus we still commemorate the battle of Sandlwane those are our fallen heroes, proudly Zulu

    • @jan-lucam5977
      @jan-lucam5977 3 года назад +94

      That's pretty cool that you're Zulu. I hope your culture will be preserved

    • @Meadows-tg3tv
      @Meadows-tg3tv 3 года назад +60

      Okay but you got yours arses kicked at Rorksdrift by a small British army but 🇬🇧😂

    • @bhekaninhleko9237
      @bhekaninhleko9237 3 года назад +131

      @@Meadows-tg3tv come on guys you were using advanced weapons what were you expecting.

    • @bhekaninhleko9237
      @bhekaninhleko9237 3 года назад +74

      @@jan-lucam5977 yes our culture will never die in South Africa Zulus are the strongest when it comes to cultural practice,the music,language and traditional attire

    • @Meadows-tg3tv
      @Meadows-tg3tv 3 года назад +16

      @@bhekaninhleko9237 hello , My name is Michael Caine , not many people know that .

  • @christopherrodriguez9448
    @christopherrodriguez9448 Год назад +2

    One of the Cinema's best military movies.

  • @johnbryson1019
    @johnbryson1019 Год назад +5

    " Learn nothing from that Irishman " O Toole would have relished saying that line.

    • @Rowlph8888
      @Rowlph8888 Год назад

      He would never remember doing it. He was pisssed up, violent thug every 2nd of his life. Amazing actor, though

  • @wontondragon7139
    @wontondragon7139 4 года назад +514

    Britain's own Battle of Little Bighorn

  • @alanmountain5804
    @alanmountain5804 4 года назад +57

    This is one of the best battle scenes ever filmed. Its such a shame the movie is so hard to get hold of in bluray.

  • @blaisembunga-mputu419
    @blaisembunga-mputu419 2 месяца назад +1

    Ta vidéo est trop bien

  • @John_7775
    @John_7775 Год назад +7

    There was an eclipse during this battle as well. Very interesting. I am unsure of the astrological significance but this was the only battle the Zulu's won. After that they were subjugated and their Chief was taken to Britain as a trophy.

  • @patsmith8523
    @patsmith8523 4 года назад +654

    There is one huge error in this movie. It was not the lack of ammo that destroyed the British army in this battle, but the fact that their rifles jammed up after 20-24 shots. This was due to the powder from their bullets caking onto the rifle mechanism. This plus the additional fact that the British soldiers were too spread out.

    • @parktol02
      @parktol02 4 года назад +12

      That’s cool to know. Is there any good literature on this that you would recommend?

    • @patsmith8523
      @patsmith8523 4 года назад +44

      @@parktol02 Nothing that comes to mind right away, but there is an excellent documentary with a demonstration of what happened when they used this particular black powder formula in live action. It showed that the rifles internals were caked with the powder residue with the consistency of cement. They averaged 20-24v shots before their weapons jammed and were unusable.

    • @carabus0354
      @carabus0354 4 года назад +63

      @@patsmith8523 Nonsense, don't believe TV. Also there were no issues with the rounds getting water ingress.
      Only a year later at Maiwand, with the same ammunition, rifles, ammo boxes but with far hotted climatic and dusty conditions the 66th fought out a three hour engagement, firing as many (if not more) rounds than the 24th, one company alone under Lt Beresford Pierse fired in excess of 5000 rounds. Lt Bray mentions hot rifles and the men were using the ammunition wrappers as temporary heat shields, but it did not slow the rate of fire. over 97,000 roounds were officially recorded.
      There are books on it. Quote: "what I found in the Enfield archives at Kew..sums it up in a nutshell. an unfired Martini Henry cartridge, collected from the battlefield debris at Isandlwana, was sent by Major General Evelyn Wood back to the Royal Small Arms Factory. Lt Colonel Brackenbury had the cartridge tested in the proof Martini Henry of the Royal Gunpowder factory at Waltham Abbey on 5th October 1880. After over 17 months lying in the Veldt, under the burning South African sun, the torrential rains of summer and the freezing winter, the cartridge went of first time and achieved a velocity of 1313 feet per second."

    • @idodo9597
      @idodo9597 4 года назад +32

      I think too spread out is the major issue. Less British soldiers fought off the Zulu in a small post after this.

    • @patsmith8523
      @patsmith8523 4 года назад +17

      @@idodo9597 That too was mentioned in the documentary I mentioned earlier. There was also other factors involved. Some believe the attack took place during an eclipse (I don't if this was true) and another (possible factor) was that the Zulus were loaded on some sort of drug. The documentary mentions both of these events. The idea of drugs being used is not uncommon among tribes around the world.

  • @kawythowy867
    @kawythowy867 3 года назад +19

    ZULU!!!!! One of my favorite movies. One of the first movies I remember me and my dad watching late at night.

  • @maculatus67
    @maculatus67 Год назад

    My cousin was the location doctor and played a small cameo as a chef when the galley tent is overrun.

  • @ClassicCallofDuy99
    @ClassicCallofDuy99 Год назад

    that scene of the brit swinging his long gun like a baseball bat to him just flailing down the gully screaming cracks me up everytime

  • @johnfellows2867
    @johnfellows2867 3 года назад +79

    Went to the actual battlefield, and also Rorkes Drift December 2016, amazing experience !

    • @dfsrztop
      @dfsrztop 4 месяца назад

      so did i

  • @redactedagentdataexpunged9431
    @redactedagentdataexpunged9431 3 года назад +45

    When the Zulus said "WOHUHOHOHWHUH"
    I felt that

  • @bryantimms9143
    @bryantimms9143 Год назад +2

    Two of my maternal grandfather's ancestors were members of the second battalion 24th foot. One died one survived. I have a roll call of those that died, and his name is there.

  • @Cybermat47
    @Cybermat47 Год назад +2

    The fact that the Zulus managed to defeat a technologically advanced British force is a credit to the tactical skill and fighting spirit of the Zulus and a condemnation of the mind-numbingly idiotic hubris of the British leadership.
    It’s no wonder that modern Zulus still sing songs of their ancestors’ triumph.

  • @rogertheartfuldodger
    @rogertheartfuldodger 5 лет назад +1309

    When the doors open at Walmart on Black Friday.

  • @Speleomimus
    @Speleomimus 5 лет назад +208

    "Our sideburns shall surely carry the day, eh gents?"

  • @hassanfrancis1
    @hassanfrancis1 8 месяцев назад +2

    The Zulus do get credit for being one of the few African tribes to defeat what was a modern British battalion at that time✊🏾

  • @k.lascotbean3644
    @k.lascotbean3644 Год назад +1

    와...전쟁영화 묘사 수준이 장난 아니네요..

  • @mikearmstrong8483
    @mikearmstrong8483 2 года назад +233

    Considering that this came out before CGI, and therefore featured several hundred or even a couple thousand extras, all apparently physically fit and well coordinated, it is interesting to muse upon the possibility that the Zulus could still raise a frightening army of spear wielding warriors to overrun a smaller modern combat unit.

    • @daves6394
      @daves6394 Год назад +10

      but machine guns mortars land mines etc

    • @siyabongamngomezulu9743
      @siyabongamngomezulu9743 Год назад +19

      Unfortunately yeah. The Zulu army attacked a British army besieging the capital Ulundi(Ondini). Many warriors attacked but the British army there had machine guns in addition to the infantry's breech loaded rifles.

    • @ImperatorArantau
      @ImperatorArantau Год назад +3

      @@daves6394 uh what-

    • @brianmccarthy5557
      @brianmccarthy5557 Год назад

      Modern Zulu have modern arms, at least as much as the hostile ANC government will let them. These days they're more likely to side with the Boers in civil conflict than with the Communist government.

    • @mazambane286
      @mazambane286 Год назад +8

      Most of the extras on the British side were South African Army national servicemen. Hence they would be fit and coordinated.

  • @williampoole1742
    @williampoole1742 6 лет назад +244

    One thing I really wish they'd shown were the multiple bayonet charges the British made into the masses of Zulus. Those were men right there.

    • @odinmasel3494
      @odinmasel3494 5 лет назад +50

      Um well listen up, I stay in South Africa and im Zulu
      Well check this out the bayonet charges were futile against the Zulu due to the Zulus being superior on 1on1 hand combat and SHEER NUMBERS now the men who charged knowing they would die show that they kept their orders and are better than those who ran away.
      But still I dont respect wat they did(colonising South Africa) but I do think with out them we wouldnt have been the richest country in Africa, I love em black and white ppl and I got no prob with them I just have a problem when ppl are racist both black and white ppl

    • @caractacusbrittania7442
      @caractacusbrittania7442 5 лет назад +55

      @@kennedy072 and yet zulus survivors of the battle,interview by henty and Melton prior all state
      The dread in which the zulu feared the bayonet....
      Their are eyewitness testimony to lone redcoats at the battles peak being surrounded by zulu of the mbonambi and ngobamakhosi regiments ,being unable to be bought down by the zulu because everytime a warrior tried they were fixed through the beck with the bayonet.....
      One zulu recounts how they could only be killed by throwing spears at them instead of standing toe to toe....
      These men...the zulu said......fought like lions.
      One redcoat charged alone down the hill.....his long knife whirling above his head......it is fire the zulu said to each other. ..he alone attacked the zulu massed ranks until he was killed.
      Know your subject before spouting off and confirming your a twat.

    • @caractacusbrittania7442
      @caractacusbrittania7442 5 лет назад +24

      @@odinmasel3494 ridiculous statement.
      The zulu testimony of survivors
      Says otherwise.
      The martini Henry with a 2 foot lunge was around seven feet long a zulu assegai around 3 foot.
      The 24th were seasoned veterans of the wars along the frontiers in Africa for many years.
      The mbonambi and ngobamakhosi witness statements taken by henty and prior state how the zulu dreaded the bayonet....
      Your making it up as you go along
      Thinking everyone is just going to swallow your crap because you claim to be zulu and that entitles you to a superior and more correct opinion......it does not
      Your statements at best are fantasy at worst deliberate lies
      Which is it?

    • @K_R87
      @K_R87 5 лет назад +5

      Odin masel what’s it like talking that none sense and then getting called out on it?

    • @kelharper7971
      @kelharper7971 5 лет назад +9

      @@kennedy072 Who said anything about "defeating" them? A bayonet charge can be made without ever coming into hand-to-hand combat range. It means the men fixed bayonets and advance on the enemy, rather than staying stationary and firing. They could have advanced with bayonets on the Zulus and forced them to withdraw a little one or two times without changing the outcome of the battle. If you think this is impossible, it's because of YOUR bullshit Zulu Warrior Fantasy that makes them all peerless warriors and above everyday things like fear, panic and shock. You'd probably also tell me that it is impossible for less than a company of men to make a bayonet charge of several regiments, and make them break and flee, while taking numerous prisoners...yet that happened on Little Round Top at Gettysburg. Here again, note that Joshua Chamberlain's men made a bayonet CHARGE. It never says that they got anywhere near enough to actually fight with the enemy, The idea is mostly to make them break or fall back, and it's especially successful when the enemy is first intimidated, or _when it's unexpected_ . A group of men, especially under loose discipline, advancing on a smaller group, flush with excitement, sensing imminent victory, suddenly sees the defeated foe instead fixing bayonets and advancing like they are eager to come to combat. It makes men stop, makes them panic and think they must have been mistaken, or they missed something. Panic is contagious. This has happened numerous times in history, I see no reason it couldn't have happened in isolated moments at Isandlwana. At the very least, the British advancing with bayonets would likely have checked the advance of the Zulu for a time, until the British fell back again. Like they don't show in this film, the cannons and the rifles held the Zulu center back for more than 2 HOURS until ammo ran low, and elements began to be flanked and destroyed. The British were trained soldiers, as much or more than the Zulu were trained warriors (or "soldiers" is probably more accurate in both cases), and bodies of men behave in certain ways. The bravery of every single individual doesn't always add up to the same as the sum of the bravery of a unit. A unit full of individually brave men can still be shocked and halted, or even suddenly broken, by the right impact. That's how war worked, especially back then.

  • @RonOside
    @RonOside 2 месяца назад +2

    The British rifles overheated after 20 shots and froze up. There was a TV documentary showing the metal expanded and prevented the rifle from being cocked. The 2000 estimated Zulus who died were killed by that barrage of shots before the rifles seized up.

    • @whiteknightcat
      @whiteknightcat 2 месяца назад

      The overheating resulted in the crude brass cartridges jamming in the breeches. Adding to that was the type of black powder propellant used, which produced a lot of obscuring smoke and heavy soot buildup in the barrels.

  • @antoniobandieri2485
    @antoniobandieri2485 Год назад +8

    A Battle played without a risk, whenever considering the real Force of the enemies.

  • @christopherrodriguez9448
    @christopherrodriguez9448 Год назад +1

    Military Movie with a plot chalked-full of combat action.Truely thrilling. - An intriguing true CinemaThrill.Very much fun to experience and behold.

  • @gravygraves5112
    @gravygraves5112 5 лет назад +103

    Courageous warriors on both sides. British for standing against such an overwhelming number and the Zulu for fearlessly charging at an opponent they know can strike them down long before they would even get a chance to throw a spear.

    • @balyeetbhagaloe6416
      @balyeetbhagaloe6416 5 лет назад +9

      Andrew Graves nothing courageous about a guns vs spear fight

    • @humpparri2053
      @humpparri2053 4 года назад +8

      @@Thewoodyrg Spears vs Guns its a non contest, not even close.....Fair fight could have been 1000 British soldiers vs 1000 Zulus no weapons involved......I mean you tough guys right?

    • @lwazimorris4973
      @lwazimorris4973 4 года назад +6

      @@humpparri2053 if the war was hand to hand, none of Zulu's would have dead and all British people would.

    • @Dragon-jn4jd
      @Dragon-jn4jd 4 года назад +5

      Jeb Bush Nothing pathetic about the men who stood and fought to the last man ,they stood no chance against over twenty thousand brave Zulu warriors.The word should be tragic like so many wars ,but I think that would pass you bye !

    • @bengunn3698
      @bengunn3698 4 года назад +4

      @@balyeetbhagaloe6416-- War is not about a ''fair fight'' you dickhead.

  • @lambokr3497
    @lambokr3497 3 года назад +404

    lets take a moment of silence for the guy who got killed by his Buddys bullet

    • @private59029
      @private59029 3 года назад +2

      Oof

    • @justinbriggs7560
      @justinbriggs7560 3 года назад +20

      Probably rather die by that than a bunch of spears

    • @chrisholland7367
      @chrisholland7367 2 года назад +8

      He was a boy bugler possibly early teens. Even though he was shot by a British bullet the Zulus would have in ecordence with post battle traditions disembowled him .Anyone else think this is funny.

    • @addictedtofamilyguy7627
      @addictedtofamilyguy7627 2 года назад

      @@chrisholland7367 well they deserve it

    • @chrisholland7367
      @chrisholland7367 2 года назад +4

      @@addictedtofamilyguy7627 did they ?

  • @antonioledda8386
    @antonioledda8386 Месяц назад

    Magnifico film👏👏👏

  • @paulcrombie9623
    @paulcrombie9623 3 года назад +93

    I always felt for that little lad, breaks my heart that he was so far away from home and gets killed by a bullet from Birmingham!
    I am sure that more little kids died in battles like this, I just hope they rest in peace, and God has a nice place for them.
    I really felt for him, my most moving part of this film.

    • @dingus6506
      @dingus6506 2 года назад +2

      Im not british so correct me if im wrong
      But all the scenes in historical movies are true they just add it so maybe the boy being shot is just an extra
      Again, correct me if im wrong

    • @paulcrombie9623
      @paulcrombie9623 2 года назад +4

      @@dingus6506 it's good you ask this, but it is fact that Children even as young as 12 years old were sent into battle.
      They were mostly Drummer Boy's, (banging on the drum) as the soldiers fought, unarmed they were often a target, to lower the morale of the fighting men.
      Even as recent as World War One, some young men were only 14 years of age, and they were "fighting men".
      The youngest fighting soldier in modern history was just 8yrs old, he was Russian, this was during WW2, again, not that long ago.

    • @dingus6506
      @dingus6506 2 года назад

      @@paulcrombie9623 ok

    • @The_OneManCrowd
      @The_OneManCrowd Год назад +1

      @@paulcrombie9623 No he was Serbian, in WW1 Momcilo Gavric.

    • @paulcrombie9623
      @paulcrombie9623 Год назад

      @@The_OneManCrowd Thanks for that info mate.

  • @screweu4840
    @screweu4840 3 года назад +263

    Those zulus were blatantly ignoring the social distancing rules.

  • @USSResolute
    @USSResolute Год назад +1

    Peter O'Toole makes the quintessential British officer in every role he takes. Absolutely smashing choice.
    This looks a bit like the UK's version of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

  • @xxxxxx-tq4mw
    @xxxxxx-tq4mw Год назад +3

    Damn, it was 20,000 Zulus with iron tipped spears, cowhide shields, and a few muskets and antiquated rifles, against 1,500 British, Colonial, and native troops with Martini-Henry breech loading rifles, a couple of 7 pounder mountain, field artillery pieces and primitive Hale rocketry. What else could’ve been expected ?

  • @jamesking278
    @jamesking278 3 года назад +37

    My great Grandfather Cpl Henry Berry survived this battle. He was mounted. His great grandfather spent 22 years qith the 65th in India,

    • @boriszawotski1392
      @boriszawotski1392 2 года назад +3

      To heroes like him we salute

    • @light279
      @light279 2 года назад +1

      Who careS?. They were in a land that did not belong to them ..... and killing African people.

    • @ReMpFreddie
      @ReMpFreddie 2 года назад

      Fuck your great Grandfather

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian Год назад +1

      Good riddance, racist shithead.

  • @themutualfriend5286
    @themutualfriend5286 3 года назад +833

    Just think how effective the zulus would be if they used guerilla tactics at night.

    • @wt380
      @wt380 3 года назад +283

      Yh and besides they have night camouflage

    • @norbertomilan1906
      @norbertomilan1906 3 года назад +68

      @@wt380 that comment was corny

    • @jamie8032
      @jamie8032 3 года назад +117

      they did, and it's just as terrifying as you can imagine.

    • @ELJSON1
      @ELJSON1 3 года назад +38

      They had a vary Modern way of fighting they used encirclement tactic and such

    • @markberry3494
      @markberry3494 3 года назад +7

      @@jamie8032 but! They didn't like it up them lol

  • @rhernangonzalez4517
    @rhernangonzalez4517 Год назад +1

    Muy bonita historia los felicito Raúl chileno 🇨🇱💯🇨🇱

  • @ALf-mn3qe
    @ALf-mn3qe 3 месяца назад

    This movie is very impressive when you are very young and have never seen a black person on the street in your life.
    The execution of the final battle is impeccable
    Greetings from Spain

  • @375GTB
    @375GTB 4 года назад +267

    A decade later and they would have had .303 Lee-Metford repeaters with 10 rounds per box.
    A hard lesson...

    • @7979Army
      @7979Army 4 года назад +7

      375GTB wasn’t even that can’t shoot if you have no ammo

    • @plymouth5714
      @plymouth5714 4 года назад +39

      @ALBassMaster: the main problem at Isandlwana wasn't actually the supply of ammunition although that surely played a part, it was the TYPE of ammunition. In the film they are loading drawn brass cartridges like a modern firearm would take, the original Martini Henry round however, as used in the battle, was formed of a brass shim about as thick as baking foil. It was coiled around a former and attached to an iron base with the primer attached. With the rapid firing the guns soon over-heated and the foil cartridges would stick in the breech, the extractor simply pulling the iron base off which meant the soldier had to use the cleaning rod to force the brass part out of the breech before he could load again. It was the inquiry into this battle that resulted in the adoption of the 'modern' drawn brass cartridge - after those were introduced stoppages due to cartridge failure became very rare. The last thing you need with 20,000 Zulus charging at you is your rifle suddenly converting itself into a short pike!

    • @stevewinn6393
      @stevewinn6393 4 года назад +9

      That's like saying had Hitler waited a year or 2 he would of had a enough jet air craft to fight the battle of Britain with.

    • @cglees
      @cglees 3 года назад +4

      Would they have upgraded the weapons if this battle had not occurred? You can say the same thing today, would the Army have the V shaped hull armoured vehicle’s if it were not for the Snatch Land Rovers failing in Afgan?

    • @duncanshaw1256
      @duncanshaw1256 3 года назад

      @wavygr Gatling guns are clumsy to move, they are not all that portable to begin with. Besides what good are Gatling guns when they run out of ammunition? I would have kept the Gatling guns at the rear and the flanks. More effective strategy that way to give covering fire for the soldiers using rifles and pistols.

  • @starcorpvncj
    @starcorpvncj 2 года назад +45

    Read the bood 'The Red Soldier'. I read this when I was in SA. It's and incredible story of the 24th Foot, South Wales Borders and gives a very readable account of the Zulu campaign and how they found the remains of Durnford and other brave men still lying on the battlefield long after the battle had ended.

  • @unknownstudios9573
    @unknownstudios9573 Год назад +1

    Shoutout to the cameraman for staying with the British during the battle ✊

  • @brianmccarthy5557
    @brianmccarthy5557 Год назад +1

    This is from the movie "Zulu Dawn". According to many sources the British weren't fighting in close ranks as shown but were forced to be in open order, about five feet between each man, due to the vast expanse of camp Colonel Pulleine decided to defend based on Chelmsford's dispositions.
    Chelmsford, who was largely responsible for the brutal slaughter of his men (and in fact for starting the war in the first place) suffered no long term effects. He retained the favor pf his fellow Germans in the Royal Family, was awarded honors many times, achieved even higher rank, and died full of honors at a billiard table at his club at an advanced age on the eve of WWI. The wicked prosper in this world.

  • @exokc6967
    @exokc6967 3 года назад +163

    Damn, they had good cameras back in 1879. Props to him for not getting killed somehow!

    • @kimdondwix6950
      @kimdondwix6950 3 года назад +7

      He also had to run far distances to get from one end of the battle to the other!

    • @berzec
      @berzec 3 года назад +3

      The cameraman is actually a skilled fighter who is helping the brits disguised as a cameraman

    • @kawythowy867
      @kawythowy867 3 года назад

      @@berzec no freakin way!

    • @sabotaje4174
      @sabotaje4174 3 года назад +3

      Plot twist: the cameraman was zulus

    • @V1xtory
      @V1xtory 3 года назад +2

      nOOo! tHiS waSn’t fILmeD at 1879 tHiS iS a MoViE yOu IdIOttt!!!1!1!!1!11!

  • @tundralou
    @tundralou 3 года назад +97

    What a feeling in their stomachs when they saw all the warriors heading their way

    • @souadelamraoui2813
      @souadelamraoui2813 3 года назад +13

      They are not warriors they are the owner of their land stolen by the colonizers

    • @gsg9205
      @gsg9205 3 года назад +4

      @@souadelamraoui2813 pay back at Rourke's Drift!

    • @drejade7119
      @drejade7119 3 года назад +29

      @@souadelamraoui2813 LOL no, they're both colonizer fighting each other.
      It's just that one is more advanced than the other.

    • @light279
      @light279 2 года назад

      @@souadelamraoui2813 At last..... a sensible comment. Thank you.

    • @light279
      @light279 2 года назад +2

      @@drejade7119 Bullshit. Only one colonizer.........the British

  • @user-jx4ip1oh5l
    @user-jx4ip1oh5l 3 месяца назад

    El epiko this kind of movies..viewers luv it..

  • @michaelmckean7152
    @michaelmckean7152 Год назад +2

    "But bullets run out. Them bloody spears don't ..."

  • @sierrapundit
    @sierrapundit 7 лет назад +23

    Of course, if you have a 10:1 numerical advantage the "horns of the buffalo" strategy is pretty easy to implement.

    • @Kage342
      @Kage342 5 лет назад +7

      And was a strategy that they had been using for nearly 100yrs by this time.