Why did the Zulu troops taunt and test the fire from the British? also the skirmishers on the hill seemed unnecessary.
Did the Zulu commander have all his men at the battle site together or was he awaiting reinforcements from further away?
I would have surrounded the base and hit them from all sides and pressed the attack until a breech was made then shifted the majority of the men to the breech. There's no reason to fall back when you outnumber the enemy 26 times.
@oddersisadog testing the fire was a common tactic by the Zulu to try and get a rough estimate of how many guns you have in an area,AKA how many guys are defending that spot.
its a basic tactic to take the higher ground and shoot down at an opponent, any time you can kill them and not loose as many guys, its generally a good idea.
the warriors falling back is not because the commander said, but because they don't want to die by trying to charge over a wall into a line of muskets.
@oddersisadog The skirmishers on the hill are keeping a good portion of the Brits down while they attack another part of the line. It's called a feint and is standard practice, it's been done for as long as there've been armies. The Zulu commander wasn't waiting for reinforcements, his regiment had not shared in the carnage at Isandlwana a few hours before and so sallied forth to get some - RD seemed like an easy target, and quite close. They also had more firearms than the Brits.
Today, Sunday 22 January 2012, is the two hundred and thirty third anniversary of the battle of Rorke's Drift. Actually, because it was a night battle, Monday 23 January 2012 is also the two hundred and thirty third anniversary of the battle of Rorke's Drift. At the end of the battle Chard and Bromhead, who, despite the movie, actually got on like a house on fire, celebrated with a bottle of Chard's beer. I will settle for a few shots of rum like private Hook
The Zulus fought couragously. The entire Zulu war was the result of one mans over zealous desire for political glory. The Zulu warriors and the British soldiers fought as warriors not as politicians. Both sides displayed incredible bravery and tenacity
Brtish Army at its best. Vastly outnumbered, superbly trained, well disciplined and well equipped. Vitally: well lead. The Zulus never stood a chance. to be honest.
@Paganfuckingsexgod they could have won the battle if they attacked in the end you know...the British wouldn't have stood a chance then, all they could do was fight on for as long as they could. then die. preferably surrounded by dead enemies. thankfull for them the Zulu showed incredible honor by, you know, not killing them all despite they could. the zulus were fantastic fighters, but its hard to beat an enemy that can efficiently slaughter you far beyond your range.
@daneredaxe No they couldn't. The battle was fought mainly at night 22nd-23rd and not as portrayed here. After they'd shot their bolt, they saw a relief column on it's way to Rorke's Drift and left. So they couldn't "have won the battle if they attacked again", you know. You might prefer "Zulu Dawn" - you can see the Brits losing for a change.
@DDFF232 there is not cohesive "white race" you've got welsh, saxon, scott, irish, german, gael, norman, slav, lap, swede, circassian, and a host of others, and don't be so damn naiive, other races have almost no recorded history so of course wars between "white" peoples suffer more scrutiny than wars between savage nations. One more thing, human beings are the same flawed creatures the worl over regardless of culture or skin color. We are genetically almost Identical to each other.
@DDFF232 yes because NOBODY killed each other before the white man showed up. as we all know Africa, middle east, and the Americas were COMPLETELY peaceful before the white man. and all the fighting in Africa and the middle east only happened because of the white man.
If you do not kill nigger, nigger will kill you. According to another does not happen. Choosing: to kill nigger or die himself together with his country.
30 dislikes these people don't know a good movie when they see one, this movie is a classic. This war took the lives of many on both sides with the British being victorious at the end
@JimbobHarrigan1984 back in the day the British just like a alot autocratic countries wanted to dominate other countries, which always in history led to brutal civil wars.
does anyone know that most of these soldiers are using lee enfeilds rather than martini henrys??notice how they reload on this shot they use a bolt not a lever as it should be.....ive got alot of time on my hand i know....lol
its worth pointing out that the zulus were defending their homeland. People fight bitterly and passionately when they are defending their homes and families from invaders.
@IHATEGAYFAMILYGUY They're Zulus warriors, At the Battle of Rorke's Drift 4 Zulu regiments of 4,000 men attacked a missionary station commanded by Lt John Chard of the Royal Engineers defended by about 500 men and were almost overrun. The Zulu use a tactics called the Horns of the Buffalo, they attack from the front and from both sides.
@AUG351 The number of Brit soldiers fit for duty at the hospital at Rorke's Drift was 140, not 500. The Zulus didn't use the horns of the buffalo (i.e.flanking maneuver) as it wasn't that type of open battle.
@TheJackiemoon33 Please don't get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for the British military, then and now. But most of what you see in this movie is complete fiction. There were no massed charges, no "counting of rifles," no volley fire. The REAL battle was mostly at night. Most British casualties came from gunfire. Attacks were short rushes from cover.
@TheJackiemoon33 "This movie really demonstates the excellent training of the British soldier."
Now that raises an interesting point. Chard was good hearted and bone idle, Bromhead as deaf as a post. They were just the sort of officers that Sir Garnet Wolseley didn't want in the British army. But come the day they did what they could with what they had and not only saved their command but knocked a serious hole in the Zulu army. So Sir Garnet had no choice but to grit his teeth and make..
@supersmash43 It's a great movie so it doesn't need someone else to see if they can make another one that's as good, it isn't a contest. There are plenty of good stories/screenplays out there - remakes are a form of plagiarism.
South Africa should be a British dominion. That way, they would attract greater investment from business and the poorest in that country would be better off.
Yay for 19th century British imperialist jingoism. I feel sorry for both sides, the Zulus who were merely defending their homes and the British soldiers who were dumped in that godforsaken rock by Lord Henry Frere
@ImperialistRunningDo the Zulu got most of their guns from savaging the left over of raided British camps. Even though they had more guns, they weren't as proficient at using them as the Brits.
@supersmash43 The war had just started and the Zulu hadn't had a chance to raid any British camps. Later in the war, the British would get shot at with rifles looted at Isandlwana and Intombe, but not here. Most of the guns the Zulus had at Rorke'd Drift would have been muskets.
The Zulu soldiers at Isandlwana were given specific orders to only kill the British soldiers in red coats, which means that the regular rank and file were slaughtered to the last man, but the officers (who wore black coats) were mistaken for non-combatants and allowed to walk free.
@IAmTheStig320 "The Zulu soldiers at Isandlwana were given specific orders to only kill the British soldiers in red coats"
I've never heard of that before. Many officers were also killed at Isandlwana including: field commanders Pulleine and Durnford.
No one was "allowed to walk free" at Isandlwana. Officers and rank and file alike were chased and either killed or escaped (not many escaped). Lt. Melvill and Lt Coghill were chased and were subsequently killed.
@Godzplp123 Guns are the quickest ways to win wars smart one.... If the British had to fight the Zulus at their time period, then they would have won in no time with their broad metal swords and Calvary. Upper stupidity is the way to get you killed, that's how most countries fall and get conquered. I dare you to try and kill man with a club while he fires lead into your body.
@relentless4g63t read about it on wikipedia, and winning a battle does not mean wiping out the enemy, generally that means tactical retreat or peace treaty. Yes the British did win against 4000, not overated since its true
@canadamonster They were on the border between Zululand and Natal, and this was a hospital/mission station. But then of course the Zulu's massacred the wounded. And if you look into Zululand itself you will see the Zulus had as much right to rule it as the British. They had moved down from the north dispossessing and butchering the native inhabitants, stealing their cattle and conquering the African equivalent of an empire. They were feared by all neighbouring tribes
@thebigJM92 its was good the british took the time to help the earth on their peace keeping missions. like taking the poor african men to the usa to help pick cotton.
@canadamonster We'll discard the fact they stopped slave trading more than 70 years before this, that they were one of the last European countries to join it and the first country to stop it, that they then preceded to ensure other countries stopped doing it etc. The fact that they did it at all was indeed bad, but that doesn't make what the Zulus did less bad. I didn't say that the British were the good guys, merely that the Zulus weren't the good guys either. In this war there was none.
@supersmash43 'Cause those who fired can reload their rifles and same time cover with the bayonet those who are aiming and firing, and crouched save themselves from friendly fire, and last, because soldier must advance not retreat before the enemy. Awesome tactic.
@Godzplp123 The zulus had rifles too you think cunt, Plus the British had about 150 men at this battle and the Zulus had 4,000 whilst this was in AFRICA, Also at this time Great Britian had 1/3 of the world population under its control, So who's the real pussy? Im going to assume your an "American" who calls themself an "African-American" without actually ever visiting Africa and standing by any of its heritage or its culture. Whilst smoking weed and calling your "homies" Niggas, Idiot.
@arsenaljsutliffuk no they didnt, n numbrz dnt mean anything! itz all mttr who has da best weapons which r da british who were pussies n had rifels while da africans were charging them which prob made the 4,000 numbr go dwn rapidly!....but ass we got close to you guys like face 2 face combat ? all hell broke loose n we 'africans' tore u guys up!
@Godzplp123 They had Martini-Henrys, not bloody machineguns, fact is number is more than a fair counter here. And are you stupid? If you had a rifle, are you going to drop it in favour of a spear?! Of course not! In war, you make use of any advantage you have, that's just how it works.
Just accept the fact the Zulu were badly beaten in this battle
@Godzplp123 ahem... go on wikipedia and type "anglo-zulu war" in the article's right hand side table you will see "British victory; End of the independent Zulu nation". Make what you want out of this
@Godzplp123 Again, war is never fair. You really think a SUPERIOR nation like the British would dump all their technological advances to fight a fist battle with the Zulus?! Are you stupid? If you really think this would ever happen, then you truly ignorant about how politics and war go
@Godzplp123 Ahem... the zulu live in what you could call pre-historical conditions, the British were up to date in terms of technology. Of course, the British are MUCH MORE superior in terms of technology (thousands of years of difference!). And no, by the time of the Anglo-zulu war, the British were already using rifles, not muskets!
@Godzplp123 No, use common sense anyone would have looked towards technological advancement if they had the opportunity. Proof is, Zulu had guns and did use them. Technology =/= cowardice
@Godzplp123 yeah like all the ones who fought in the trenches in WW1, you moron...plus I don't see what makes them a "pussy" considering they dominated countries at this time and pretty well ruled the world. Spearchucking won't do much good against a line of redcoats, you don't fuck with the thin red line!! as these spearchuckers found out...don't think they were good with hand to hand fighting with bayonets either, these were real soldiers.
@Godzplp123 Rifles and cannon. Well only rifles at this battle actually because it was being used as a hospital and was on the border so they weren't expecting an attack. The British army had rifles, artillery pieces, machine-guns, and a rocket battery
@lubi125 You're right, apparently the kid's never heard of The Arms Race. And if he did he'd probably think it was some type of Olympic event. "God isn't on the side with the biggest battalions, he's on the side with the best shots".
@Godzplp123 The Zulus had 4000 men at this battle and hundreds of guns of varying age that had been sold to the Zulus before the war (some old muskets, some rifles). Many of the British casualties were actually caused by gunfire, not from the assegai or club. The British by contrast had one company of troops and a habberdash of wounded (39) and civilians to defend the old mission station. As for how the war ended I refer you to the Battle of Ulundi...
@lubi125 The ironic thing is that the Zulus were really getting a taste of their own medicine. Under Shaka Zulu and ever since then they had been aggressively expanding, using innovative 'new' (for the area) tactics and weaponry- (the assegai was a great improvement over the previous clumsy spear). Thanks to these improvements, and an aggressive leader, they had absorbed or destroyed most neighbouring tribes. They also were not native to that part of Africa but came down from further north.
@Godzplp123 YES THEY DID, "we aficans(Your American) tore you up" they lost the battle dipshit. also these were not machine guns you retard they were single fire rifles, plus the Zulus had more rifles than us you idiotic twat. If the British are pussies why are we one of the most glourious and powerful nation on earth who had the biggest empire the world has ever seen? When Africa is nothing more than a shithole and you third world vermin come crawling to white countrys.
You are possibly the biggest idiot i have ever come across, the Anglo-Zulu war ended with British victory, the fall of the Zulu nation, and over 6,000 Zulu's killed. Oh yeah, and if Africans are so superior then why the fuck is Africa as a continent the worst on earth at the moment?
@Rorylfc3 ur fukn dum ass if u thnk africa is gonna be shyt forevr....it will rise 1 day i promise u tht..........nd if u thnk the british all strong nd shyt cus they had guns against a army tht had spears than ur fukn stopid......blackz r one of the mst Intimidating lukin nd strongest race ever walking on this planet nd u kno it sooo stfu
@Godzplp123 It's a shame really. If Africa had had the sense to wait to become independent after allowing the Europeans to modernise it it could already be like India now with a roaring economy and an intelligent middle-class. Had they waited only a few more decades they would have been more advanced than they will be even in 30 or 40 years. At least a few African countries are starting wise up and realise that in exchange for economic dominance China will do what Europe would have done
@thebigJM92 c we wld let u guys hlp us....but if we do you guys r gonna sit ther nd say oh ye we hlpd u 2 become what ur......we africans dnt want tht we do it r self....but sum countries n africa r gettn hlp by europeans nd itz jus not the whites doin it itz the blacks nd whites hlpn it grow.....
@Godzplp123 We're not interested in "helping you" - I would've thought that was pretty obvious, even to a bum like you. Boy, you are one Dumb mutt. We're leaving Africa to the tender mercies of the Chinese. It'll be a ton of fun while they strip-mine the shit out of it, leaving only a dog's breakfast and a shitload of A.I.D.S. Oh BTW, they are promising to "build hospitals and schools". For some reason, the Africans aren't capable of doing this for themselves. On to the 21st century!
Wasnt 1812 the reason because we freed you guys OUR Mercs said follow the FUKING NORTH STAR but alot of them got killed cause of your NIGGas incompetance you got alot of them killed I wish it never happened we would have to loose great lives for your AND YES YOU NEEDED HELP LOL they needed from the start anyway KEEP in mind WE WANTED to. The Confederation (south0 wanted you back but the North said NOOO to slavery so did We! so just admit YOU needed halp then you need help now!
@Godzplp123 you think you were superior what a bout the french back then NAPOLEON WAS SUPERIOR IN AFRICA THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DUDE YOU NEED SUPIRIORITY HISTORY on who was supirior you think Zulu can defeat NAPOLEN if he was still alive REALLY ZULU HAD NO CHANCE AGAINST FRANCe if the frence and brits actually worked to get to fend you ZULUS off OH BOY not a single zulu would be running away and whats with your peopel shouting ZULU ZULUZULZLZUZLZULZUULZULZUL is fuking anooying
@john79341 dode ur retared....blacks were n egypt nd persia and mst of blackz were immortals..............................nd letz c if naploens white ass is tuff witout his lil pistol and musket.....the zulus r wayyyyy more fitted than those fat pigs....the zulus r well built phyiscaly
@Rorylfc3 ur kiddn righ? savage africans r fuking insane....a viking prob hunts deers nd shyt while savage beast ass africans fukn hunt lions nd fuking elephants....ur the 1 handicappd
Elephants are docile as fuck, Rhinos are ridiculously slow. The Polar Bear is the largest land carnivore on earth. Plus the Scandinavians/Vikings were immensely physically strong, their average height was around 5ft11/6ft which was considered giant for people back in those days, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about and have been reading a lot of bullshit regarding Black Superiority.
@Rorylfc3 r u fuking stupid?! savage africans wer surrndn by danger in the wild evryfuking time frm beast as animals.......A RIHNO WILL FUKING MURDER A POLAR BEAR DODE!!!!! a rihno can run up 2 40mph nd itz skin is stuff as fuk...ther not a joke nd svage africans huntd those beast........find a vid of a rihno nd ull thnk twice of a polar bear fuking with it......nd oh by the way a rihno stands 13 feet talll while a polar bears stands only 8ft talll wen standn......
@Godzplp123 now all tht fightn happens n the african savannah now lets go to the jungle where the real african beast ass savages r aht....thes niggaz fight fukin gorillas bro!!!! nd fukn jaguars......
@Godzplp123 itz n r blood were quick nd vry vry strong no viking can fuk with tht oh nd 1 more thng (AFRICANS R PART GORILLA BY NATURE) y u thnk we luk lik em 0.0
Outstanding that one British man sent to build a bridge can manage to hold off a army with such a small force.
oddersisadog 3 days ago
Why did the Zulu troops taunt and test the fire from the British? also the skirmishers on the hill seemed unnecessary.
Did the Zulu commander have all his men at the battle site together or was he awaiting reinforcements from further away?
I would have surrounded the base and hit them from all sides and pressed the attack until a breech was made then shifted the majority of the men to the breech. There's no reason to fall back when you outnumber the enemy 26 times.
oddersisadog 3 days ago
@oddersisadog testing the fire was a common tactic by the Zulu to try and get a rough estimate of how many guns you have in an area,AKA how many guys are defending that spot.
its a basic tactic to take the higher ground and shoot down at an opponent, any time you can kill them and not loose as many guys, its generally a good idea.
the warriors falling back is not because the commander said, but because they don't want to die by trying to charge over a wall into a line of muskets.
daneredaxe 3 days ago
@oddersisadog The skirmishers on the hill are keeping a good portion of the Brits down while they attack another part of the line. It's called a feint and is standard practice, it's been done for as long as there've been armies. The Zulu commander wasn't waiting for reinforcements, his regiment had not shared in the carnage at Isandlwana a few hours before and so sallied forth to get some - RD seemed like an easy target, and quite close. They also had more firearms than the Brits.
slideharp1 1 day ago
133 years since the battle was won 1879
SuperMikey1960 4 days ago
Typical day in the south.
lol4dead 1 week ago
Today, Sunday 22 January 2012, is the two hundred and thirty third anniversary of the battle of Rorke's Drift. Actually, because it was a night battle, Monday 23 January 2012 is also the two hundred and thirty third anniversary of the battle of Rorke's Drift. At the end of the battle Chard and Bromhead, who, despite the movie, actually got on like a house on fire, celebrated with a bottle of Chard's beer. I will settle for a few shots of rum like private Hook
oarfrost 1 week ago
The Zulus fought couragously. The entire Zulu war was the result of one mans over zealous desire for political glory. The Zulu warriors and the British soldiers fought as warriors not as politicians. Both sides displayed incredible bravery and tenacity
dogman1117 1 week ago
guns>swords
TheAndron55 1 week ago
Brtish Army at its best. Vastly outnumbered, superbly trained, well disciplined and well equipped. Vitally: well lead. The Zulus never stood a chance. to be honest.
Paganfuckingsexgod 1 week ago
@Paganfuckingsexgod True, the British army pwned the niggers that had no guns. Ha ha!
JuliusIsMe 1 week ago
@JuliusIsMe Zulus had more guns than the 139 soldiers at the missionary
underdog111111111111 6 days ago
@Paganfuckingsexgod they could have won the battle if they attacked in the end you know...the British wouldn't have stood a chance then, all they could do was fight on for as long as they could. then die. preferably surrounded by dead enemies. thankfull for them the Zulu showed incredible honor by, you know, not killing them all despite they could. the zulus were fantastic fighters, but its hard to beat an enemy that can efficiently slaughter you far beyond your range.
daneredaxe 3 days ago
@daneredaxe No they couldn't. The battle was fought mainly at night 22nd-23rd and not as portrayed here. After they'd shot their bolt, they saw a relief column on it's way to Rorke's Drift and left. So they couldn't "have won the battle if they attacked again", you know. You might prefer "Zulu Dawn" - you can see the Brits losing for a change.
slideharp1 1 day ago
Moral of the Story: The White Man's organizational genius skills versus the dumb chaotic savages.
cirosuperiore 1 week ago 2
@cirosuperiore blacks are still savages to this day! exterminate all the spooks!
bunyonb 1 week ago
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@cirosuperiore "Moral of the Story: The White Man's organizational genius skills versus the dumb chaotic savages".= Epic,purely epic
MultiNaxx 1 week ago
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1987Challenger3 2 weeks ago 2
Shame shit what happend all them years ago is happening today.
In Afghanistan
Shame on the white man...
We have killed more people than any other race.........
DDFF232 2 weeks ago
@DDFF232 u jealous
stinnetbennet 2 weeks ago
@DDFF232
Not our fault we can evolve.
We used to live like them, in tribes, but we had the brains to create, to venture and create.
We went from tribal, to being able to sent a rocket to the moon, to power whole houses through tiny little wires.
That's what I call advancement, you think they could even get close to it?
PerfectLight007 2 weeks ago
@DDFF232 there is not cohesive "white race" you've got welsh, saxon, scott, irish, german, gael, norman, slav, lap, swede, circassian, and a host of others, and don't be so damn naiive, other races have almost no recorded history so of course wars between "white" peoples suffer more scrutiny than wars between savage nations. One more thing, human beings are the same flawed creatures the worl over regardless of culture or skin color. We are genetically almost Identical to each other.
1eagleboy1 1 week ago
@DDFF232 yes because NOBODY killed each other before the white man showed up. as we all know Africa, middle east, and the Americas were COMPLETELY peaceful before the white man. and all the fighting in Africa and the middle east only happened because of the white man.
daneredaxe 3 days ago
Michael Caine,Jimmy Saville,ODB,Mr T and Chuck Norris killed all the zulus..then he called the rest of te A-TEAM to do the clear up job..end of.
countrywideboy 2 weeks ago
BRITAIN FOR EVA!
thekillabeevids 3 weeks ago
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If you do not kill nigger, nigger will kill you. According to another does not happen. Choosing: to kill nigger or die himself together with his country.
anonovich 3 weeks ago
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It right. Unfortunately niggers multiply, so that without the atomic bomb and chemical weapons are not enough.
anonovich 3 weeks ago
more people die in this movie than died in the battle it portrays......but still a kick ass movie
DukeCaleb 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@DukeCaleb British 10 dead 15 wounded, Zulu 650 at least
JimbobHarrigan1984 3 weeks ago
30 dislikes these people don't know a good movie when they see one, this movie is a classic. This war took the lives of many on both sides with the British being victorious at the end
stretch4859 3 weeks ago
@stretch4859 a war the British started on a stupid pretext
JimbobHarrigan1984 3 weeks ago
@JimbobHarrigan1984 back in the day the British just like a alot autocratic countries wanted to dominate other countries, which always in history led to brutal civil wars.
stretch4859 2 weeks ago
lmao the greatest historic bullshit of all time, a movie about "heroic" colonists depicted as if they were defending themselves from a greater power
thSannin 3 weeks ago
@thSannin how would you describe it then?
TheGorbash123 3 weeks ago 2
does anyone know that most of these soldiers are using lee enfeilds rather than martini henrys??notice how they reload on this shot they use a bolt not a lever as it should be.....ive got alot of time on my hand i know....lol
goggloski 3 weeks ago
zoulu mania
houria5050 3 weeks ago
I love this moment in Zulu love the tactics makes me want to play Empire Total War!
Gazza660 4 weeks ago
bitch if u step n the sun ull get liver spots on ur skin nd fuk skin cancr nd shyt.....
Godzplp123 4 weeks ago
british (victorian) army
basiclly Ghenigs Khan+Navy SEALS
alekzander2010 4 weeks ago
Fuck war.
Sardatheist 1 month ago
@Sardatheist Yeah,Y'right..fuck it...
gyrofoam1 4 weeks ago
i watched this yesterday on more 4!
commando1776 1 month ago
cctv footage from footlocker London 26.12.11
brickbat44 1 month ago
Learned about this in history
noobie1890 1 month ago
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its worth pointing out that the zulus were defending their homeland. People fight bitterly and passionately when they are defending their homes and families from invaders.
AusEngPhil 1 month ago
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AusEngPhil 1 month ago
How bravely they faced one...
kerstmanneke82 1 month ago
Great. Now I have to find Godzip123's comment... Wish me luck!
GeorgeTheBrown 1 month ago
I watch this on TV every time it comes on...One of the all time classics...
radbcc 1 month ago
lol those native are like hoo hoo hoo hoo and run around like bunch of idiots instead of focus on charging the enemy.
IHATEGAYFAMILYGUY 1 month ago
@IHATEGAYFAMILYGUY They're Zulus warriors, At the Battle of Rorke's Drift 4 Zulu regiments of 4,000 men attacked a missionary station commanded by Lt John Chard of the Royal Engineers defended by about 500 men and were almost overrun. The Zulu use a tactics called the Horns of the Buffalo, they attack from the front and from both sides.
AUG351 1 month ago
@AUG351 The number of Brit soldiers fit for duty at the hospital at Rorke's Drift was 140, not 500. The Zulus didn't use the horns of the buffalo (i.e.flanking maneuver) as it wasn't that type of open battle.
gyrofoam1 1 month ago
What kind of gun did the British use?
EastGunzSide 1 month ago
@EastGunzSide A Martini-Henry rifle, tho' some of the ones seen in the movie are Lee-Enfields as there were not enough period M.H.s available.
gyrofoam1 1 month ago
@EastGunzSide P.S. "guns" usually refers to artillery. A soldier's personal weapon was a musket or rifle, depending on the time/period.
gyrofoam1 1 month ago
@gyrofoam1 thank you for replying!! (^__^)
EastGunzSide 1 month ago
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EastGunzSide 1 month ago
This movie really demonstates the excellent training of the British soldier.
TheJackiemoon33 1 month ago
@TheJackiemoon33 Please don't get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for the British military, then and now. But most of what you see in this movie is complete fiction. There were no massed charges, no "counting of rifles," no volley fire. The REAL battle was mostly at night. Most British casualties came from gunfire. Attacks were short rushes from cover.
I love this movie, but it is no documentary.
ImperialistRunningDo 1 month ago
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@ImperialistRunningDo "But most of what you see in this movie is complete fiction. "
Rubbish, every word of the movie is true! There was a battle on 22-23 January 1879 and...and...
Mmmh, maybe you have a point.Anyway, I am waiting for the Mel Gibson version where Cetawayo wins and marries Queen Victoria
oarfrost 3 weeks ago
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@TheJackiemoon33 "This movie really demonstates the excellent training of the British soldier."
Now that raises an interesting point. Chard was good hearted and bone idle, Bromhead as deaf as a post. They were just the sort of officers that Sir Garnet Wolseley didn't want in the British army. But come the day they did what they could with what they had and not only saved their command but knocked a serious hole in the Zulu army. So Sir Garnet had no choice but to grit his teeth and make..
oarfrost 4 weeks ago
@oarfrost various sour comments as Lord Chelmsford pinned VCs onto the two officers chests.
oarfrost 4 weeks ago
I sure they don't try to remake this classic
TalonMercenary 1 month ago
@TalonMercenary the reason they might not want to remake this classic movie is because of alleged charges of "racism".
supersmash43 1 month ago
@supersmash43 Good point. Probably the reason this isn't show on TV much anymore -_-
TalonMercenary 1 month ago
@TalonMercenary when was the last time you saw this MOVIE on TV btw?
supersmash43 1 month ago
@supersmash43 in august tom on film 4, i recorded it on the box :D
8Ball2221 1 month ago
@8Ball2221 but it is still possible to find the full version of this video on Youtube.
supersmash43 1 month ago
@supersmash43 i doubt it mate
8Ball2221 1 month ago
@8Ball2221 lol I have the full movie on my channel in my favorites.
AUG351 1 month ago
@supersmash43 its bound to be in a dvd store somewhere, i think its on the PS store under movies for a couple of quid :D
8Ball2221 1 month ago
@8Ball2221 yeah lol, saw it was on but forgot to record :(
TalonMercenary 1 month ago
@TalonMercenary Tesco, ASDA etc,....£3-5
gyrofoam1 1 month ago
@supersmash43 Now you say it, it was on a few weeks ago but i missed it, but before that, must have been a good few years :/
TalonMercenary 1 month ago
@supersmash43 It's a great movie so it doesn't need someone else to see if they can make another one that's as good, it isn't a contest. There are plenty of good stories/screenplays out there - remakes are a form of plagiarism.
gyrofoam1 1 month ago
South Africa should be a British dominion. That way, they would attract greater investment from business and the poorest in that country would be better off.
TheLiberalKnight 1 month ago
Can't we view the film as the art work it is
loopy977 1 month ago
@loopy977 Spot-on. Movies are an art-form - that's why there are so many bad ones. This is a good one.
gyrofoam1 1 month ago
Yay for 19th century British imperialist jingoism. I feel sorry for both sides, the Zulus who were merely defending their homes and the British soldiers who were dumped in that godforsaken rock by Lord Henry Frere
tachikoma747 1 month ago
the streets were much safer everywhere before the negro got his hands on the gun.
GorillaCriminals 1 month ago
Fantastic movie,one of my favourites.
1815ish 1 month ago
@ImperialistRunningDo the Zulu got most of their guns from savaging the left over of raided British camps. Even though they had more guns, they weren't as proficient at using them as the Brits.
supersmash43 1 month ago
@supersmash43 The war had just started and the Zulu hadn't had a chance to raid any British camps. Later in the war, the British would get shot at with rifles looted at Isandlwana and Intombe, but not here. Most of the guns the Zulus had at Rorke'd Drift would have been muskets.
ImperialistRunningDo 1 month ago
NOW! That's how you take down a mutha-fucka!
PicturesqueVids 1 month ago
Come tell us how you slew
Them ol' Arabs two by two,
Like the Zulus they had knives and bows and arrows;
Of how bravely you faced one with your sixteen-pounder gun,
And you frightened all the natives to the marrow.
Come out you black and tans,
Come out and fight me like a man,
Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders;
Tell her how the IRA made you run like hell away,
From the green and lovely lakes of Killeshandra.
rapid37 2 months ago
@rapid37 You sad, self-pitying eejit. Get a feckin life.
gyrofoam1 1 month ago
@IAmTheStig320 So THAT Explains it.. Thx!
Superj109rox 2 months ago
lol I am here to have fun
eloisecasey12500 2 months ago
@Blacklce3190 There were still about 15 British still alive after Isandlwana, Because I have a list of everyone who fought in BOTH battles.
Superj109rox 2 months ago
@Superj109rox
The Zulu soldiers at Isandlwana were given specific orders to only kill the British soldiers in red coats, which means that the regular rank and file were slaughtered to the last man, but the officers (who wore black coats) were mistaken for non-combatants and allowed to walk free.
IAmTheStig320 2 months ago
@IAmTheStig320 "The Zulu soldiers at Isandlwana were given specific orders to only kill the British soldiers in red coats"
I've never heard of that before. Many officers were also killed at Isandlwana including: field commanders Pulleine and Durnford.
No one was "allowed to walk free" at Isandlwana. Officers and rank and file alike were chased and either killed or escaped (not many escaped). Lt. Melvill and Lt Coghill were chased and were subsequently killed.
BritishJanner 2 months ago
Looks like "civilized" country at work
dachicagoan 2 months ago
sad tragedy wish it never happend, just for our countries wealth.
EeryHam 2 months ago
@Godzplp123 Guns are the quickest ways to win wars smart one.... If the British had to fight the Zulus at their time period, then they would have won in no time with their broad metal swords and Calvary. Upper stupidity is the way to get you killed, that's how most countries fall and get conquered. I dare you to try and kill man with a club while he fires lead into your body.
JohnyFilms20 2 months ago
@lubi125 dont believe the hype.
relentless4g63t 2 months ago
this bullshit is overated 150pale faces kill 4000zulus yeah right.
relentless4g63t 2 months ago
@relentless4g63t Just like your pessimistic diatribe. You have nothing new or inspiring to offer to the rest of humanity
cosmictimes 2 months ago
@relentless4g63t read about it on wikipedia, and winning a battle does not mean wiping out the enemy, generally that means tactical retreat or peace treaty. Yes the British did win against 4000, not overated since its true
lubi125 2 months ago
why did the british kill all those people?
canadamonster 2 months ago
@canadamonster Because "all those people" were attacking the British....
thebigJM92 2 months ago
@thebigJM92 they were in england?
canadamonster 2 months ago
@canadamonster They were on the border between Zululand and Natal, and this was a hospital/mission station. But then of course the Zulu's massacred the wounded. And if you look into Zululand itself you will see the Zulus had as much right to rule it as the British. They had moved down from the north dispossessing and butchering the native inhabitants, stealing their cattle and conquering the African equivalent of an empire. They were feared by all neighbouring tribes
thebigJM92 2 months ago
@thebigJM92 its was good the british took the time to help the earth on their peace keeping missions. like taking the poor african men to the usa to help pick cotton.
canadamonster 2 months ago
@canadamonster We'll discard the fact they stopped slave trading more than 70 years before this, that they were one of the last European countries to join it and the first country to stop it, that they then preceded to ensure other countries stopped doing it etc. The fact that they did it at all was indeed bad, but that doesn't make what the Zulus did less bad. I didn't say that the British were the good guys, merely that the Zulus weren't the good guys either. In this war there was none.
thebigJM92 2 months ago
@canadamonster Just so you know Africans kidnapped and sold other Africans to everyone.
TheMartinftw 1 month ago
@TheMartinftw ohh that makes it all ok
canadamonster 1 month ago
@canadamonster Yes. That makes it all O/K.
gyrofoam1 1 month ago
HAAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
xxarmaniixx 2 months ago
I don't think there'll be a remake!
Conradical247 2 months ago
this is preetty cool
i lov the british
stormhawkification 2 months ago
this is preetty cool
stormhawkification 2 months ago
Awsome
jimjamas123 2 months ago
4000 Zulus versus just over 100 fit-for-duty Redcoats - the kinda odds the Redcoats relished...
;-p
nigee1970 2 months ago
erm i will make you doing things
cindycute001 2 months ago
@cindycute001 why are they moving towards the advancing Zulu instead of moving backwards?
supersmash43 2 months ago
@supersmash43 Its called fire and advance
paintballKid545 2 months ago
@supersmash43 'Cause those who fired can reload their rifles and same time cover with the bayonet those who are aiming and firing, and crouched save themselves from friendly fire, and last, because soldier must advance not retreat before the enemy. Awesome tactic.
Sonoriuxo 2 months ago
my great great grandfather fought at Rorke's drift. Those were some tough men.
1eagleboy1 2 months ago
@1eagleboy1 Which zulu village was he from?
38dragoon38 2 months ago
@1eagleboy1 Is he zulu or british
ismolaitelaVevo 2 months ago
@ismolaitelaVevo He was scottish
1eagleboy1 1 week ago
Blacks getting pwned as usual.
CuriosityRoads 3 months ago 18
@CuriosityRoads Didn't the British get pwned a few hours earlier, and only a dozen miles away?
ImperialistRunningDo 3 months ago
@ImperialistRunningDo Yes, this is true. The British were massacred at the battle of Isandlwana a few hours before this battle.
BritishJanner 2 months ago
@CuriosityRoads But this time WE have the guns ;]
IxXxillo0sionsxXxI 2 months ago
@CuriosityRoads PUSSY ASS WHITEMEN USEIN GUNS HAAA!!!! THEY GET THER ASS KICKED IF THEY DIDNT HAV WEAPONS
Godzplp123 2 months ago
@Godzplp123 The zulus had rifles too you think cunt, Plus the British had about 150 men at this battle and the Zulus had 4,000 whilst this was in AFRICA, Also at this time Great Britian had 1/3 of the world population under its control, So who's the real pussy? Im going to assume your an "American" who calls themself an "African-American" without actually ever visiting Africa and standing by any of its heritage or its culture. Whilst smoking weed and calling your "homies" Niggas, Idiot.
arsenaljsutliffuk 2 months ago
@arsenaljsutliffuk We had only 139 at Rorke's Drift of which only 80 were fully fit for active duty.
BritishJanner 2 months ago
@BritishJanner Yh i knew my figure wasn't right, But i knew it was around 150, Cheers for clearing that up.
arsenaljsutliffuk 2 months ago
@arsenaljsutliffuk no they didnt, n numbrz dnt mean anything! itz all mttr who has da best weapons which r da british who were pussies n had rifels while da africans were charging them which prob made the 4,000 numbr go dwn rapidly!....but ass we got close to you guys like face 2 face combat ? all hell broke loose n we 'africans' tore u guys up!
Godzplp123 2 months ago
@Godzplp123 They had Martini-Henrys, not bloody machineguns, fact is number is more than a fair counter here. And are you stupid? If you had a rifle, are you going to drop it in favour of a spear?! Of course not! In war, you make use of any advantage you have, that's just how it works.
Just accept the fact the Zulu were badly beaten in this battle
lubi125 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@lubi125 ya "battle" but we won the war.
Godzplp123 2 months ago
@Godzplp123 ahem... go on wikipedia and type "anglo-zulu war" in the article's right hand side table you will see "British victory; End of the independent Zulu nation". Make what you want out of this
lubi125 2 months ago
@lubi125 dode if it was all fist we wld ROCK! u fukn pussies
Godzplp123 2 months ago
@Godzplp123 Again, war is never fair. You really think a SUPERIOR nation like the British would dump all their technological advances to fight a fist battle with the Zulus?! Are you stupid? If you really think this would ever happen, then you truly ignorant about how politics and war go
lubi125 2 months ago 18
@lubi125 u act lik the british had fukn laser swords n shyt lol, all they had were muskets and cannons...kool!
Godzplp123 2 months ago
@Godzplp123 Ahem... the zulu live in what you could call pre-historical conditions, the British were up to date in terms of technology. Of course, the British are MUCH MORE superior in terms of technology (thousands of years of difference!). And no, by the time of the Anglo-zulu war, the British were already using rifles, not muskets!
lubi125 2 months ago
@lubi125 no the whiteman lookd to upgrade technolgy n weapons cus ther pussies
Godzplp123 2 months ago
@Godzplp123 No, use common sense anyone would have looked towards technological advancement if they had the opportunity. Proof is, Zulu had guns and did use them. Technology =/= cowardice
lubi125 2 months ago
@Godzplp123 yeah like all the ones who fought in the trenches in WW1, you moron...plus I don't see what makes them a "pussy" considering they dominated countries at this time and pretty well ruled the world. Spearchucking won't do much good against a line of redcoats, you don't fuck with the thin red line!! as these spearchuckers found out...don't think they were good with hand to hand fighting with bayonets either, these were real soldiers.
chrisbc29 2 months ago
@Godzplp123 Rifles and cannon. Well only rifles at this battle actually because it was being used as a hospital and was on the border so they weren't expecting an attack. The British army had rifles, artillery pieces, machine-guns, and a rocket battery
thebigJM92 2 months ago
@lubi125 You're right, apparently the kid's never heard of The Arms Race. And if he did he'd probably think it was some type of Olympic event. "God isn't on the side with the biggest battalions, he's on the side with the best shots".
gyrofoam1 1 month ago
@lubi125 Exactly!!
TalonMercenary 1 month ago
@lubi125 We are Great Britain...you bitch nigger ...shine ma shoes now boy...
countrywideboy 1 month ago 12
@countrywideboy His Master must be generous letting him on a computer...
P1LGY 4 weeks ago
@countrywideboy Britain sucks
TheImperialistStates 3 weeks ago
@Godzplp123 The Zulus had 4000 men at this battle and hundreds of guns of varying age that had been sold to the Zulus before the war (some old muskets, some rifles). Many of the British casualties were actually caused by gunfire, not from the assegai or club. The British by contrast had one company of troops and a habberdash of wounded (39) and civilians to defend the old mission station. As for how the war ended I refer you to the Battle of Ulundi...
thebigJM92 2 months ago
@Godzplp123 Does your Master know your on his computer?
P1LGY 4 weeks ago
@P1LGY wah? thts 1800s brah wer n 2012
Godzplp123 4 weeks ago
@lubi125 The ironic thing is that the Zulus were really getting a taste of their own medicine. Under Shaka Zulu and ever since then they had been aggressively expanding, using innovative 'new' (for the area) tactics and weaponry- (the assegai was a great improvement over the previous clumsy spear). Thanks to these improvements, and an aggressive leader, they had absorbed or destroyed most neighbouring tribes. They also were not native to that part of Africa but came down from further north.
thebigJM92 2 months ago
@Godzplp123 Actually, most of the Zulu casualties at Rorke's Drift were caused by the bayonet, not bullets.
BritishJanner 2 months ago
@Godzplp123 hey, type properly please, you fuckin asswipe.
TheSparkbomber 2 months ago
@TheSparkbomber I wonder from which part of the Earth he comes from...
lubi125 2 months ago
@Godzplp123 YES THEY DID, "we aficans(Your American) tore you up" they lost the battle dipshit. also these were not machine guns you retard they were single fire rifles, plus the Zulus had more rifles than us you idiotic twat. If the British are pussies why are we one of the most glourious and powerful nation on earth who had the biggest empire the world has ever seen? When Africa is nothing more than a shithole and you third world vermin come crawling to white countrys.
arsenaljsutliffuk 2 months ago
@Godzplp123
You are possibly the biggest idiot i have ever come across, the Anglo-Zulu war ended with British victory, the fall of the Zulu nation, and over 6,000 Zulu's killed. Oh yeah, and if Africans are so superior then why the fuck is Africa as a continent the worst on earth at the moment?
Rorylfc3 1 month ago 27
@Rorylfc3 ur fukn dum ass if u thnk africa is gonna be shyt forevr....it will rise 1 day i promise u tht..........nd if u thnk the british all strong nd shyt cus they had guns against a army tht had spears than ur fukn stopid......blackz r one of the mst Intimidating lukin nd strongest race ever walking on this planet nd u kno it sooo stfu
Godzplp123 4 weeks ago
@Godzplp123
And i think you'll find the us Northern Europeans/Scandinavians are far more Imposing than any Black ethnicity.
Rorylfc3 4 weeks ago
@Godzplp123 It's a shame really. If Africa had had the sense to wait to become independent after allowing the Europeans to modernise it it could already be like India now with a roaring economy and an intelligent middle-class. Had they waited only a few more decades they would have been more advanced than they will be even in 30 or 40 years. At least a few African countries are starting wise up and realise that in exchange for economic dominance China will do what Europe would have done
thebigJM92 3 weeks ago
@thebigJM92 c we wld let u guys hlp us....but if we do you guys r gonna sit ther nd say oh ye we hlpd u 2 become what ur......we africans dnt want tht we do it r self....but sum countries n africa r gettn hlp by europeans nd itz jus not the whites doin it itz the blacks nd whites hlpn it grow.....
Godzplp123 3 weeks ago
@Godzplp123 nigga your m,aking a big deal out of yourself you know i m beggining to think we shoulndt help yo ass at all.
john79341 3 weeks ago
@john79341 we dnt need ur hlp.
Godzplp123 3 weeks ago
@Godzplp123 We're not interested in "helping you" - I would've thought that was pretty obvious, even to a bum like you. Boy, you are one Dumb mutt. We're leaving Africa to the tender mercies of the Chinese. It'll be a ton of fun while they strip-mine the shit out of it, leaving only a dog's breakfast and a shitload of A.I.D.S. Oh BTW, they are promising to "build hospitals and schools". For some reason, the Africans aren't capable of doing this for themselves. On to the 21st century!
gyrofoam1 3 weeks ago
Wasnt 1812 the reason because we freed you guys OUR Mercs said follow the FUKING NORTH STAR but alot of them got killed cause of your NIGGas incompetance you got alot of them killed I wish it never happened we would have to loose great lives for your AND YES YOU NEEDED HELP LOL they needed from the start anyway KEEP in mind WE WANTED to. The Confederation (south0 wanted you back but the North said NOOO to slavery so did We! so just admit YOU needed halp then you need help now!
john79341 3 weeks ago
@Godzplp123 you think you were superior what a bout the french back then NAPOLEON WAS SUPERIOR IN AFRICA THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DUDE YOU NEED SUPIRIORITY HISTORY on who was supirior you think Zulu can defeat NAPOLEN if he was still alive REALLY ZULU HAD NO CHANCE AGAINST FRANCe if the frence and brits actually worked to get to fend you ZULUS off OH BOY not a single zulu would be running away and whats with your peopel shouting ZULU ZULUZULZLZUZLZULZUULZULZUL is fuking anooying
john79341 3 weeks ago
@john79341 dode ur retared....blacks were n egypt nd persia and mst of blackz were immortals..............................nd letz c if naploens white ass is tuff witout his lil pistol and musket.....the zulus r wayyyyy more fitted than those fat pigs....the zulus r well built phyiscaly
Godzplp123 3 weeks ago
@Godzplp123
So you believe that a zulu warrior would beat say a Norwegian Viking in hand to hand combat? You must be mentally handicapped..
Rorylfc3 3 weeks ago
@Rorylfc3 ur kiddn righ? savage africans r fuking insane....a viking prob hunts deers nd shyt while savage beast ass africans fukn hunt lions nd fuking elephants....ur the 1 handicappd
Godzplp123 3 weeks ago
@Godzplp123
Vikings hunted Polar bears in the North of Norway, nothing beats that...
Rorylfc3 3 weeks ago
@Rorylfc3 africans hunt rhinos nd elephants......oh nd lions......nothn beats tht r u kiddn?. hahahah a polar bear XD!!!!!!
Godzplp123 3 weeks ago
@Godzplp123
Elephants are docile as fuck, Rhinos are ridiculously slow. The Polar Bear is the largest land carnivore on earth. Plus the Scandinavians/Vikings were immensely physically strong, their average height was around 5ft11/6ft which was considered giant for people back in those days, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about and have been reading a lot of bullshit regarding Black Superiority.
Rorylfc3 3 weeks ago
@Rorylfc3 r u fuking stupid?! savage africans wer surrndn by danger in the wild evryfuking time frm beast as animals.......A RIHNO WILL FUKING MURDER A POLAR BEAR DODE!!!!! a rihno can run up 2 40mph nd itz skin is stuff as fuk...ther not a joke nd svage africans huntd those beast........find a vid of a rihno nd ull thnk twice of a polar bear fuking with it......nd oh by the way a rihno stands 13 feet talll while a polar bears stands only 8ft talll wen standn......
Godzplp123 3 weeks ago
@Godzplp123 now all tht fightn happens n the african savannah now lets go to the jungle where the real african beast ass savages r aht....thes niggaz fight fukin gorillas bro!!!! nd fukn jaguars......
Godzplp123 3 weeks ago
@Godzplp123 he vikings r obviusly weak.....i mean luk aht all the sports were n lik the nab luk how big the blackz r nd n the nfl.....
Godzplp123 3 weeks ago
@Godzplp123 itz n r blood were quick nd vry vry strong no viking can fuk with tht oh nd 1 more thng (AFRICANS R PART GORILLA BY NATURE) y u thnk we luk lik em 0.0
Godzplp123 3 weeks ago