ZULU DAWN PRE BATTLE scene

The battle of Isandlwana. 25000 zulu warriors outnumber the british 16 to 1. Causing the British empire's worst military loss ever. And also for a modern day army.

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Film & Animation

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• zulu
• dawn
• war
• british
• army

[Alcaldemb]

The definition of an empire is a nation built off the conquest of other nations, in that regard both the Aztecs and Zulus were empire, albeit technologically backward ones. Zulu dominion extended over many conquered peoples, regardless of if those conquered peoples are all currently found in South Africa and Zimbabwe, at one point they were independed before being gobbled up by a genocidal meglomaniac named Shaka.

[slideharp1]

@gtk4158a It was the British, not the English. "What insults the British the most is these Zulus were deemed inferior the The English in all ways". No, they Weren't.... WTF are you talking about??

[beccatwilightfan]

we were watching this in history me and my friend felt sick of seeing the dead people and straight after the movie finished there was a power cut

[whatdouthink96]

@TheGroundedAviator Me - Attempting to make a joke!

You - Have to state facts that ruin the point of the joke

Me - *facepalm*

[TheGroundedAviator]

@whatdouthink96

Zulu - We also have an eclipse, your spread out thin and there's un-even terrain.

British - Fuck! Uh our ammo wasn't well dispest.

Zulu - Recent archology showed ammo boxs remains spread all over the place.

British - ,,,,,,,,,,

[ImperialistRunningDo]

@TalonMercenary By the time this film was made, Martini Henry rifles were becoming expensive. So they handed the cheaper carbines out to the extras.

[TalonMercenary]

What rifles do the British use in this video? They are shorter than the standard Martini Henry. Carbines perhaps?

[whatdouthink96]

British - Yes! We have the power of guns!

Zulu - And? We've got 25,000 people

British - Crap...

[ImperialistRunningDo]

@gtk4158a The Battle of Intombe (really no more than a skirmish) was an embarrassment. The officer in charge, Captain David Moriarty, had been given orders to take a proper defensive position; Moriarty failed to do so. He was the first to be killed that night. Lieutenant Henry Harward, Moriarty's second-in-command, grabbed a horse and bolted, abandoning his men to their fate.