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- 11 Sep 2007
amy_jackson reviewed Rorke's Drift 1879 in Kwazulu, South Africa

Iconic stand of a tiny British force against much bigger numbers
Not far from Isandlwana, and days afterwards, 139 British troops held out against 4000 Zulus in an engagement which resulted in 11 Victoria Crosses and inspired the film 'Zulu'. There's a…"

First engagement of the Anglo-Zulu Wars; a catastrophic defeat for the British
A much smaller British force assumed that they would easily defeat a much larger but less well equipped Zulu army led by King Cetshwayo. Errors in tactics turned this into a…"