I lived for a while in Zululand as a boy in the 1970’s. It was interesting to go up certain Koppies and find cemeteries of British dead. Nothing was left there - except the cemeteries. Almost all died due to disease. I hope these graves were left in peace. The Zulus are a proud people and most brave foe. They took on the Europeans largely with no modern weapons. They still posed a huge military risk even with just spears (assegai) and shields. A most mobile, disciplined, fit, strong and brave people. As a young child I was looked after by a Zulu man and lady who I still love to this day. They looked after me like their own. I pray their souls rests in peace. April and Agnus - thank you so much! God bless you!
Well, this was something. It's the different from the first one. That one had no commentary. Ulundi was the death knell for the Zulu kingdom. "An assegai has been thrust into the nation. There aren't enough tears to mourn for the dead." Said Cetshwayo.
Glad you remember the original😁I’ve decided to remake these as I didn’t think the old ones were that good and I absolutely love this subject, thanks for watching
That’s why the victory at iswanda (sorry for misspelling) was a false victory that came at a cost. It was. Chelmsford arrogance that lost him that and 2nd time time round it would be a different story . A total massacre
Buller's instincts proved correct and consequential while Chelmsford's rush to salvage his reputation was both darkly comical yet unsurprising. Him handing command to Wolseley after this victory was the ultimate snub even if he never commanded again. The Zulus as usual where mad brave charging those volleys.
These are just pixels on a computer screen, 1' and 0's. But the fact remains, each of those characters was a real person. In real life. Who lived. They grew up being cared for by mother and father, the partied, they had friends, and fell in love. They had dreams and aspirations. All of that was blown to smithereens on that battlefield. It's easy to be disassociated from the horror because of the simple representation. But if you take a moment to contemplate all that loss of life. It's insane.
You have to admire the Zulus’ bravery but the insanity of charging a well set-up and well-armed defensive position of firearms is hard to fathom. No guile, no playing to their own strengths, nothing unexpected. Madness.
This is questionable.Hadnt the spaniards no Business in America where oll prople around the Aztecs were being hunted and killed in barbaric canibalistic rituals ? What did the Zulus to another tribes around? No caritable works. Who have rediscovered indianer culture in India? Not indians. You should read more but no woke leftist garbage .
The Zulus needed to have been led by Ndlambe / Maqoma. I mean, they had a taste of British guns at Sandlwana. Why on earth would they charge at the British in broad day light. That was madness. They had no situational awareness
cetshwayo was a tactician as well. His strategy was to lure the enemy in and use buffalo horn strategy. They ignored his orders in kambula and ulundi and paid the price
@@subzeromidnight5388 Generally trying to close the distance with stealth and topography then simply charge enmasse and overwhelm their enemy with shear numbers as in Isandwana.
I read where he beat his shoes to meet with Queen Victoria and Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli to convince them of his innocence regarding the Islandwana disaster placing full blame upon Brevet. Colonel Anthony Durnford. Dead men tell no tales. I'm sure he didn't go into the splitting of his column in the face of an unknown number of enemy force and that he left the Islandwana camp with Brevet Lt. Colonel Henry Pullein who wasn't an infantry officer. He was experienced as a supply and "organizer."
He was one of Queen Victoria's merry band of imported German adventurers and knew how to kiss her ass. He died wealthy and full of honors on the eve of World War 1. A good example of what Ecclesiastes and Proverbs describe as the wicked prospering and the righteous suffering in this wicked, fallen world.
Because it was separated in 3 firing lines; the first line of kneeled soldiers would fire, then the second would fire while the first one reloaded, then the third line would fire while the second reloaded. This processs would repeat over and over again, requiring high discipline and training, but it never failed in hundreds of years and wars for the British.
@@paulofelipebbraga9634 Conquered a quarter of the land mass of Earth with this technique. Then August 1914 rolled around, and it didn’t work quite as well.
@@HunterBiden. trench warfare and technological advances in mobile armour , tanks and artillery. I think nearly 100 thousand men were wiped out by machine gun fire on the 1st day in the battle of the somme
Zulus must have been real geniuses, sending massed infantry (armed with spears too!) against arty and gatling guns, they didn't even have cav which could have at least tried to pester the gunners and supply lines, no wonder the Brits kept an Empire on the cheap over a hundred years! Thanks for the clip!
As a white man who has never been in the army and never had to face death I can only be proud of these warriors both black and white who had to face each other and prove their metal.Ps sorry I didn't mention I enjoyed this animation and I enjoyed the narration better,well done.
@@dallasreid7755 I prefare metal myself which is what most soldiers have to face like cold steel( metal) shrapnel ( metal) Bullets( metal) Tanks (metal) and all things like that which is what I was commenting on but not Mettle as in courage or bravery or lack of, these are mental things and thoughts that do not help you really on a battlefield full of METAL
Cetshwayo was taken to Britan and put on trial for the 'crime' of Isandlwana. When it was determined at said trial that Zululand was invaded by the British/Lord Chelmsford and that Cetshwayo was doing his duty as King of the Zulus and responding to the invasion of their homeland he was subsequently aquitted of all charges, sent back to Zululand and reinstalled as King once again. Although never as powerful or influential as they had once been, the Zulus had a live and let live relationship with the British, Boers, & neghboring tribes. Their days of conquest over for good.
Very few for the most part. At this point in history the entire regular British army was only 130,000 strong. In terms of just its army numbers the UK barely ranked as a small European power of the time. Prussia had half a million men in uniform, France had even more, and Russia had over a million. But of course, that wasn't the whole story. Britain made massive use of locally raised forces. Hundreds of thousands of native troops were maintained around the world, some fighting traditionally, some trained to British army standards. Rather more pertinently, the Royal Navy held a total choke hold on the world's oceans, and could casually F up any other navy on the planet were it needed. The philosophy was that the army needed to be able to be transported and deployed to any point on the planet at short notice, or as Admiral Jackie Fisher put it, the British Army was a projectile to be fired by the Royal Navy. For that reason a small but highly trained force was preferable over bloated conscripted numbers like other powers of the day.
Chelmsford was one of those commanders that cared only about his reputation and looking successful regardless of the cost to anyone else. I saw a few of those when I was in the military and thanked God I never went into action under any of them. His tactics were good but his strategy stunk. If the Zulus had moved to his rear, cut him off from supply and reinforcements and resorted to a guerilla campaign he and his command might have been toast.
He and Frere were straight up crooks. They were under orders from Whitehall not to screw with the Zulu as there was a treaty in place, but they were determined to make a name for themselves in the annals of history. Chelmsford had chronic main character syndrome, and it is actually a shame he wasn't at Isandlwana when the army got annihilated.
Britain confronted the Zulus at the request of other tribes (who had by agreement, British Protection) Zulus were not innocent . They made a living out of raiding other tribes stealing cows , crops women and children.
While a force is organized and fighting it is much more effective at protecting itself, especially when compared to a force that has been routed and/or is retreating. In this example each British soldier would on average have killed about 15 Zulu soldiers. If they spent 5 hours to do so, that equates to an average of one every 20 minutes, which is feasible. Apparently being mounted with better weapons, chasing a scared person on foot in open terrain, is quite an advantage. As difficult as charging Gatling guns, cannons and packed rifle fire must have been, the Zulus would probably have been much better off had they pressed their attack. I imagine morale played a big part. The Zulu warriors knowing they were going into a fight with an enemy that can beat then from a distance with little risk to themselves. must have demoralized them before the battle even began.
@@TacoTomtheBomb Observing numerous comrades being struck down before even nearing the enemy surely inflicted a significant blow to morale. It likely felt as though years of rigorous training amounted to nothing in the face of advanced weaponry.
@@raftai665 Yeah. A militaristic society, with a true warrior class like the Zulus, mentally prepares a man during life to face death in battle, even with the odds against them. I think that witnessing the gruesome realities of multiple groups one's comrades being slaughtered wholesale must have been terrifying for some, with the ensuing spread of the panic overwhelming their ability to fight cohesively.
The Zulu didn't use cavalry at Ulundi or anywhere else. The horse didn't exist in sub-Saharan Africa until brought there by the Dutch and the Zulu never learned to use them.
@@brianvernon7754 If you're referring to the movie ZULU with Michael Caine, that's not the battle of Unlundi. It was about the battle of Rorke's Drift.
I find it weird that the British high command which had all this experience from the native wars through the years and its own tactics of massed firepower against a charging enemy decimating it, didn't learn their own lessons and in world war 1 sent our soldiers over the top against entrenched well armed troops with massed firepower
The same Zulu Mickey mouse that had the guts to fight against British Soldiers armed with rifles with only spears and and caused the British some casualties. Your level of ignorance is Disgusting
Ghengis Khan? The Romans? Alexander the Great? I’m not sure who said it but I was once quoted “there’s no righteousness in the world, just varying degrees of depravity.” You’re the tail end of an ancient bloodline the same as every human on earth, at some point your ancestors will have done something you wouldn’t be proud of by modern standards.
Been waiting for this one mate. Those Zulus had some balls. Nothing changes tho, everything the English did back then is done by the US now. A shame that we don't ever learn from history. Great job as always!!
Ill never understand the battle set up of line up. Even when it's gun vs gun. Just standing in a line taking turns shooting each other. Dudes should be coming from all sides
There was a movie about the Zulus when i was a kid. It showed the thousands of Zulus and even as a kid i knew the British were all dead. I could not watchh that ending. Scared me.
Interesting how the video makers always make the British soldiers images showing dark features, almost Iberian types Must be something with treading carefully with the various immigrant groups who've arrived since 1945. No blonde hair blue eyes eh? Not PC eh?
The modders usually don't bother much with hair colour. It's all about uniforms looking right and good from a reasonable birds eye distance. But I see your point.
Hard to imagine the bravery of those redcoats, miles from home…imagine sending the new generation we have now to accomplish those deeds. Wouldn’t even make the sea voyage.
That's kind of disrespectful to those bravely serving in the British army today who are that 'new generation' you speak of. Not to mention those Ukrainian boys who are daily humbling an army man times their size and strength. Ironically, the Victorians had precisely the same attitude as yourself, and considered the youth of the late 19th century as becoming too slovenly and unruly to make good soldiers. (They also were very concerned that public health was so bad that it was making the enlistment pool too small - and on that point they were correct and was an impetus to health reforms). Every generation has the same hang-ups. They get to a certain age, look at the youth growing up around them, and think they're too soft and not cut out for the 'real world'. Heck, even a Roman author in the 2nd century AD said the same of their own children! The truth is you give some wet behind the ears kid a gun, drill them and train them to kill and they'll bring out that innate human impulse for murderous violence just as effectively as any generation before them.
Zulu should have begun a guerilla war e.g cutting off supply lines,poisoning water and defending safe water supplies for themselves,snipers and small night attacks -but such is the power of military tradition...Chelmsford finally got his just desserts
There's absolutely no glory or honour waging war on an opponent who has only a spear & his incredible courage in the face of gattling gun & cannon. In the words of Sir Michael, "I feel ashamed. "
Then they should have surrendered. The onus was on the Zulu leaders not the British. War is about breaking the most things and killing the most men. Brutal but the way of this world from the beginning.
@@BrianMcCarthy-z9lkingdom? lol they massacred the indigenous people then were defeated by the British. The only reason they were given power is because of the west
The zulus where primarily armed with spears, if they had been on the defensive then they would’ve just been sitting there while the British shot them hundreds of feet away
Zulu, had no chance against cannon and Gatling gun. I, am surprised the Gatling wasn't present at previous encounters with the Zulu. Response to video only.
We absolutely had business being there. We needed coaling stations and trading posts in Southern Africa. All right then….nobody told you to stop working.
I lived for a while in Zululand as a boy in the 1970’s. It was interesting to go up certain Koppies and find cemeteries of British dead. Nothing was left there - except the cemeteries. Almost all died due to disease. I hope these graves were left in peace. The Zulus are a proud people and most brave foe. They took on the Europeans largely with no modern weapons. They still posed a huge military risk even with just spears (assegai) and shields. A most mobile, disciplined, fit, strong and brave people. As a young child I was looked after by a Zulu man and lady who I still love to this day. They looked after me like their own. I pray their souls rests in peace. April and Agnus - thank you so much! God bless you!
Well, this was something. It's the different from the first one. That one had no commentary. Ulundi was the death knell for the Zulu kingdom. "An assegai has been thrust into the nation. There aren't enough tears to mourn for the dead." Said Cetshwayo.
Glad you remember the original😁I’ve decided to remake these as I didn’t think the old ones were that good and I absolutely love this subject, thanks for watching
That’s why the victory at iswanda (sorry for misspelling) was a false victory that came at a cost. It was. Chelmsford arrogance that lost him that and 2nd time time round it would be a different story . A total massacre
Plus no surprise this time
Buller's instincts proved correct and consequential while Chelmsford's rush to salvage his reputation was both darkly comical yet unsurprising. Him handing command to Wolseley after this victory was the ultimate snub even if he never commanded again. The Zulus as usual where mad brave charging those volleys.
Zulu were very SILLY to bull rush rifles and cannon with spears and shields.
These are just pixels on a computer screen, 1' and 0's.
But the fact remains, each of those characters was a real person. In real life. Who lived.
They grew up being cared for by mother and father, the partied, they had friends, and fell in love. They had dreams and aspirations.
All of that was blown to smithereens on that battlefield.
It's easy to be disassociated from the horror because of the simple representation. But if you take a moment to contemplate all that loss of life. It's insane.
It's also a good demonstration of White Supremacy in action.
It's easy to be indifferent to loss of life when all involved in the battle are murderers
Agreed.
They murdered our keen, and had the audacity to call us savages
You have to admire the Zulus’ bravery but the insanity of charging a well set-up and well-armed defensive position of firearms is hard to fathom. No guile, no playing to their own strengths, nothing unexpected. Madness.
There are no bad soldiers, only bad generals.
Never pick a fair fight
What would you expect? 😊
English never won any battle against any compatible army in the World outside England .Cowards and bullies
@robinaboya ,English driven hate,Cowardice and Genocides against people is cultural disease
Never bring a spear to a gunfight… real intellect there
One of the reasons there were no cities in dark Africa
When your land is being invaded by a foreign power, you use whatever is at hand.
@@darkgalaxy5548 darwinism wins everytime
This is questionable.Hadnt the spaniards no Business in America where oll prople around the Aztecs were being hunted and killed in barbaric canibalistic rituals ?
What did the Zulus to another tribes around? No caritable works.
Who have rediscovered indianer culture in India? Not indians.
You should read more but no woke leftist garbage .
All right then……. Nobody told you to stop working.
The Zulu had by this point already massacred the other tribes in the region. They lived by the sword.
That’s not woke! They lived in peace among other groups until the white settlers appropriated their land. And their culture. And their…
No they didn't
Hey, try reading. It helps against ignorance😉
Zulu's 👍👍👍👍👍
Karma is a bitch Zulu.
The Zulus needed to have been led by Ndlambe / Maqoma. I mean, they had a taste of British guns at Sandlwana. Why on earth would they charge at the British in broad day light. That was madness. They had no situational awareness
Drugs.
cetshwayo was a tactician as well. His strategy was to lure the enemy in and use buffalo horn strategy. They ignored his orders in kambula and ulundi and paid the price
@@subzeromidnight5388 Generally trying to close the distance with stealth and topography then simply charge enmasse and overwhelm their enemy with shear numbers as in Isandwana.
So good to see Chard that was awesome.
Best part for me lol. Lovely surprise that was
Nice job, though I suggest that you add a battle map of sorts.
Yeah, nobody told you to stop working!
Loved the details about Zulu tactics!
Sure looks like someone enjoyed the wind simulator
I'm surprised the were no flying horses
Surprising that Chelmsford wasn't court-martialed for disregarding direct orders, regardless of the outcome.
I read where he beat his shoes to meet with Queen Victoria and Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli to convince them of his innocence regarding the Islandwana disaster placing full blame upon Brevet. Colonel Anthony Durnford.
Dead men tell no tales.
I'm sure he didn't go into the splitting of his column in the face of an unknown number of enemy force and that he left the Islandwana camp with Brevet Lt. Colonel Henry Pullein who wasn't an infantry officer. He was experienced as a supply and "organizer."
He was one of Queen Victoria's merry band of imported German adventurers and knew how to kiss her ass. He died wealthy and full of honors on the eve of World War 1. A good example of what Ecclesiastes and Proverbs describe as the wicked prospering and the righteous suffering in this wicked, fallen world.
results count in the military, dude you sound like you have never served
@@seanautilis Isandlwana wasn’t a, ‘Result’ it was a disaster.
the voice and animations is absolutely stunning as well as educational on a whole other level!
Thanks a lot! I'm glad you enjoyed
Vastly superior to robotic American voiceovers.
@@malcolmmitchell6529 Yes it was a good choice to change
Sono stupende ma nn educative... mi scuso ma è il mio pensiero. 😢
@malcolmmitchell6529
It still used American pronunciation though such as "dee-poh"!
Why are sticks an leaves constantly flying through the air.
Must have been VERY windy!
Outstanding how far the thin red line could reach and be effective. Amazing .
Because it was separated in 3 firing lines; the first line of kneeled soldiers would fire, then the second would fire while the first one reloaded, then the third line would fire while the second reloaded. This processs would repeat over and over again, requiring high discipline and training, but it never failed in hundreds of years and wars for the British.
@@paulofelipebbraga9634 Conquered a quarter of the land mass of Earth with this technique. Then August 1914 rolled around, and it didn’t work quite as well.
Why didn't it @@ArmyJames
@@HunterBiden. trench warfare and technological advances in mobile armour , tanks and artillery. I think nearly 100 thousand men were wiped out by machine gun fire on the 1st day in the battle of the somme
The thin red line was not used in this battle.A square was formed to face the Zulus with British cavalry to the left,right and rear of the square
The amount of fire power was devastating.
As long as the ammo held.
All right then. Nobody told you to stop working.
Really?
Zulus must have been real geniuses, sending massed infantry (armed with spears too!) against arty and gatling guns, they didn't even have cav which could have at least tried to pester the gunners and supply lines, no wonder the Brits kept an Empire on the cheap over a hundred years! Thanks for the clip!
BRILLIANT African tactics
WE WUZ GENIUSES AN SHEIT
As a white man who has never been in the army and never had to face death I can only be proud of these warriors both black and white who had to face each other and prove their metal.Ps sorry I didn't mention I enjoyed this animation and I enjoyed the narration better,well done.
Thanks a lot🙏😁
Just for the satisfaction of ego... so many lives... how to justify... oh man..
Actually mettle not metal.
@@dallasreid7755 I prefare metal myself which is what most soldiers have to face like cold steel( metal) shrapnel ( metal) Bullets( metal) Tanks (metal) and all things like that which is what I was commenting on but not Mettle as in courage or bravery or lack of, these are mental things and thoughts that do not help you really on a battlefield full of METAL
The good ol days
😂😂😂
Lol
Very interesting and unusual presentation! Thanks. Really enjoyed it!
I wanted a direct confrontation of two armies, really not enjoyable in this order of battle
Thanks I’m glad you did 😊I was aiming for something a bit different
Cetshwayo was taken to Britan and put on trial for the 'crime' of Isandlwana.
When it was determined at said trial that Zululand was invaded by the British/Lord Chelmsford and that Cetshwayo was doing his duty as King of the Zulus and responding to the invasion of their homeland he was subsequently aquitted of all charges, sent back to Zululand and reinstalled as King once again. Although never as powerful or influential as they had once been, the Zulus had a live and let live relationship with the British, Boers, & neghboring tribes. Their days of conquest over for good.
The British were very brave they went around the world and brought guns to knife fights.
Running barefoot toward a Gatling gun. What could go wrong?
From this Yank, God bless her majesty and The Crown.
Thanks
@@PaulGregory-y9t
We have a King now.
RIP QEII.
'I am astonished ...'. Pretty serious stuff!
5:22 Begging for a sound clip from Zulu.
OBSERVATION...its amazing the logistics and number of men Britain had around the world
Most of British Forces were local ..
Very few for the most part. At this point in history the entire regular British army was only 130,000 strong. In terms of just its army numbers the UK barely ranked as a small European power of the time. Prussia had half a million men in uniform, France had even more, and Russia had over a million.
But of course, that wasn't the whole story. Britain made massive use of locally raised forces. Hundreds of thousands of native troops were maintained around the world, some fighting traditionally, some trained to British army standards. Rather more pertinently, the Royal Navy held a total choke hold on the world's oceans, and could casually F up any other navy on the planet were it needed. The philosophy was that the army needed to be able to be transported and deployed to any point on the planet at short notice, or as Admiral Jackie Fisher put it, the British Army was a projectile to be fired by the Royal Navy. For that reason a small but highly trained force was preferable over bloated conscripted numbers like other powers of the day.
Chelmsford was one of those commanders that cared only about his reputation and looking successful regardless of the cost to anyone else. I saw a few of those when I was in the military and thanked God I never went into action under any of them. His tactics were good but his strategy stunk. If the Zulus had moved to his rear, cut him off from supply and reinforcements and resorted to a guerilla campaign he and his command might have been toast.
He and Frere were straight up crooks. They were under orders from Whitehall not to screw with the Zulu as there was a treaty in place, but they were determined to make a name for themselves in the annals of history. Chelmsford had chronic main character syndrome, and it is actually a shame he wasn't at Isandlwana when the army got annihilated.
Britain confronted the Zulus at the request of other tribes (who had by agreement, British Protection) Zulus were not innocent . They made a living out of raiding other tribes stealing cows , crops women and children.
......and the British stole half of their continent. Totally justified........
Absolutely fantastic remake of the battle really enjoyed it in the end. The Zulu could not stand up to the Henry Martini rifle. ☺️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
The Zulu’s actually had some of their own, but mostly they had muskets.
I worked and lived in these areas and still do,very different now
Reading is precisely what prompted my comment. Perhaps you might give it a go sometime. Try “The Washing of the Spears”.
The Zulus🎉 lost 500 from 15,000 soldiers?? How did 1000 horsemen hunt and kill the rest of them?
While a force is organized and fighting it is much more effective at protecting itself, especially when compared to a force that has been routed and/or is retreating. In this example each British soldier would on average have killed about 15 Zulu soldiers. If they spent 5 hours to do so, that equates to an average of one every 20 minutes, which is feasible. Apparently being mounted with better weapons, chasing a scared person on foot in open terrain, is quite an advantage. As difficult as charging Gatling guns, cannons and packed rifle fire must have been, the Zulus would probably have been much better off had they pressed their attack. I imagine morale played a big part. The Zulu warriors knowing they were going into a fight with an enemy that can beat then from a distance with little risk to themselves. must have demoralized them before the battle even began.
@@TacoTomtheBomb Observing numerous comrades being struck down before even nearing the enemy surely inflicted a significant blow to morale. It likely felt as though years of rigorous training amounted to nothing in the face of advanced weaponry.
@@raftai665 Yeah. A militaristic society, with a true warrior class like the Zulus, mentally prepares a man during life to face death in battle, even with the odds against them. I think that witnessing the gruesome realities of multiple groups one's comrades being slaughtered wholesale must have been terrifying for some, with the ensuing spread of the panic overwhelming their ability to fight cohesively.
Panic, unorganized retreat. And on foot vs mounted lancers.
@@TacoTomtheBomb - Soldiers are people who die for a living.
Mate, in war vengence is the prime reason for war crimes. I know because I've been in one.
Nice video dan
Cheers bro
The Zulu didn't use cavalry at Ulundi or anywhere else. The horse didn't exist in sub-Saharan Africa until brought there by the Dutch and the Zulu never learned to use them.
Chelmsford should have been court marshalled and stripped of his rank for his incompetence
The upper classes like the civil service never pay for their mistakes they just get promoted.
@@fus149hammer5 So very true.
Not to mention his insubordination and failure to follow direct orders.
@ArmyJames... Which led to a crushing victory!!!... Some people are never happy! 😏
@@englanduk6131 Tell that to the 1200 men massacred at Isandlwana
This was well done. Except weren’t the British in square ?
Well put-together vid.
Bit of Zulu movie speech mixed in there
your work is excellent, thank you
Thanks I’m glad you enjoyed 😁
@@cinematicbattles559is there any mods involved? this is sick
And what does the region look like now?
They need to make a movie on this
your 60 years late
@@brianvernon7754 If you're referring to the movie ZULU with Michael Caine, that's not the battle of Unlundi. It was about the battle of Rorke's Drift.
'Zulu' from 1964 about the battle of Rorke's Drift.
'Zulu Dawn' from 1979 about the battle of Isandlwana.
This is an insane way to teach military history without complicated military maps and symbols. 😊
Qhwre dud they get all those horses? Shipped them by boats?
I am certainly not an expert, but I questioned the Zulu use of horses at this point.
I find it weird that the British high command which had all this experience from the native wars through the years and its own tactics of massed firepower against a charging enemy decimating it, didn't learn their own lessons and in world war 1 sent our soldiers over the top against entrenched well armed troops with massed firepower
Great video 👍
It was thrilling to watch the Zulu Mickey Mouse Regiment in action.
The same Zulu Mickey mouse that had the guts to fight against British Soldiers armed with rifles with only spears and and caused the British some casualties.
Your level of ignorance is Disgusting
Pretty clear who the aggressor is in the history of humanity.
Ghengis Khan? The Romans? Alexander the Great? I’m not sure who said it but I was once quoted “there’s no righteousness in the world, just varying degrees of depravity.” You’re the tail end of an ancient bloodline the same as every human on earth, at some point your ancestors will have done something you wouldn’t be proud of by modern standards.
577/450 is a hell of a lot of lead. I cast my own and it takes a lot of ingots to do 100 rounds.
Ah, the good old days.
Let us also remember that this was an imbalanced war. Spears and bullets cannot be compared
The Zulu had plenty of rifles, taken at Islandawana.
Not enough rifles to make a difference & they were NOT good marksman. The British were professional soldiers & “Expert” rifleman! 🤔
Well yea when you don’t invent anything
@4:36 a zulu with an Electric Guitar 🙂
The Zulu had old fashioned battle tactics.
Do you make these with two pc-s? no way ai moves and behaves like that.
Great, video and history. i love it to much. Zulus war
Is this an Empire mod?
It’s a Napoleon total war mod!
@@cinematicbattles559 Cool thanks!
Ha! Lieutenant Chard actually looks like Zulu actor Stanley Baker
What's with all the debris flying around ???
Finally.
Lessons learned from Rorkes Drift
Been waiting for this one mate. Those Zulus had some balls. Nothing changes tho, everything the English did back then is done by the US now. A shame that we don't ever learn from history. Great job as always!!
Your accusations on the US should stay in your arse.
@@anti-Russia-sigma🤣Does the truth hurt.
As an American and student of history we took the place of Great Britain in world policing after WW2.
Glad you enjoyed thanks for the support bro
Oh whatever, get a life cupcake
Hail Nkosi Cetshwayo for standing tall. Bayede!
Ill never understand the battle set up of line up. Even when it's gun vs gun. Just standing in a line taking turns shooting each other. Dudes should be coming from all sides
Lovely boys, lovely boys Shhhuuuut Up!!!
There was a movie about the Zulus when i was a kid. It showed the thousands of Zulus and even as a kid i knew the British were all dead. I could not watchh that ending. Scared me.
Interesting how the video makers always make the British soldiers images showing dark features, almost Iberian types
Must be something with treading carefully with the various immigrant groups who've arrived since 1945.
No blonde hair blue eyes eh?
Not PC eh?
Trust me I’m not PC whatsoever 🤣 the British soldiers look like that as they were just the models on the mod
They all have beards, rather like um, oh …..
The modders usually don't bother much with hair colour. It's all about uniforms looking right and good from a reasonable birds eye distance. But I see your point.
It's like Attack of the Clones!
Hard to imagine the bravery of those redcoats, miles from home…imagine sending the new generation we have now to accomplish those deeds. Wouldn’t even make the sea voyage.
That's kind of disrespectful to those bravely serving in the British army today who are that 'new generation' you speak of. Not to mention those Ukrainian boys who are daily humbling an army man times their size and strength.
Ironically, the Victorians had precisely the same attitude as yourself, and considered the youth of the late 19th century as becoming too slovenly and unruly to make good soldiers. (They also were very concerned that public health was so bad that it was making the enlistment pool too small - and on that point they were correct and was an impetus to health reforms).
Every generation has the same hang-ups. They get to a certain age, look at the youth growing up around them, and think they're too soft and not cut out for the 'real world'. Heck, even a Roman author in the 2nd century AD said the same of their own children! The truth is you give some wet behind the ears kid a gun, drill them and train them to kill and they'll bring out that innate human impulse for murderous violence just as effectively as any generation before them.
Zulu should have begun a guerilla war e.g cutting off supply lines,poisoning water and defending safe water supplies for themselves,snipers and small night attacks -but such is the power of military tradition...Chelmsford finally got his just desserts
that wud be advice of sun tsu renowned Chinese general.
I did not know chard was at ulundi.
Ohhh which mod ?
The Khartum and Zulu mod for napoleon total war 👌
Don't bring a knife to a Gun fight, the Zulu should have known this.
Is this done with a game engine?
its a game called Empire: Total war: , using a mod called Zulu and Khartoum Mod (the vanilla game is set at the start of the 18th century)
It's interesting to know that more men than should, die in war, because of the pride of snotty officers.
do it again in london
Careful what you wish for.
There's absolutely no glory or honour waging war on an opponent who has only a spear & his incredible courage in the face of gattling gun & cannon.
In the words of Sir Michael, "I feel ashamed. "
Then they should have surrendered. The onus was on the Zulu leaders not the British. War is about breaking the most things and killing the most men. Brutal but the way of this world from the beginning.
The battle of Isandlewana was epic.
Well, wouldn’t say that was a fair fight 👺
hvad hedder spile
the lancers shot them?
He should've had more intelligence of the whole area and how they placed in the field
Actually don't fight the redcoats in an open field , they can shoot but can't hide
The tenacity of Britian's imperialist endeavors is astonishing. Defeat, to them is inconsequential, as there are always new lands to conquer.
The British were very brave they went around the world and brought guns to knife fights.
Where is uludi please?
Eastern South Africa
what total war is this?
This is Napoleon total war with the khartum and Zulu mod
@@cinematicbattles559 Cheers man
whats the game called?
Total war
What rare satellite footage!
All ended well, the savages defeated and the incompetent commander stripped of his command.
The Zulu may have been "barbaric" but were hardly savages. The proud people and their kingdom still survive in South Africa.
@@BrianMcCarthy-z9lkingdom? lol they massacred the indigenous people then were defeated by the British. The only reason they were given power is because of the west
The Zulu’s had guns of their own by this period. They didn’t just attack with spears. 😅
They had captured guns.They didn't have the machining technology nor intellect to make their own.
@@warriorpoet193 They also had guns through trade. Obviously they didn’t make their own.
Seem like insane statagy on the part of the Zulu. Why charge a formation like that. Don't give up the defensive advantage. Make them come to you.
The zulus where primarily armed with spears, if they had been on the defensive then they would’ve just been sitting there while the British shot them hundreds of feet away
They were. The British marched in a square formation towards Ulundi. In effect they were attacking.
Zulu, had no chance against cannon and Gatling gun. I, am surprised the Gatling wasn't present at previous encounters with the Zulu. Response to video only.
I thought the Zulu invented the gun?
What?
Whaaaaaat!!
They invented the Areoplane as well
And the wheel
Don't forget, they also built Stonehenge too.
Empire Great Brittan is gone and thats good...?
Even I knew that the Zulus massed in great no's to overwhelm their opponents in the firld
The end Cavalry charge was the Best!
God bless those British solders that was awesome 😎
The British had no business being there.
It's called history...it happened...now grow up
@spam36,How about Jewish haulcost history too!? grow up ! Save The World from England
By the way , no Nation in history has done more (and paid for) agains slavery trade than Britten.
We absolutely had business being there. We needed coaling stations and trading posts in Southern Africa.
All right then….nobody told you to stop working.
Another bloody history cancelling leftie grow up
Guns against javelins…!?
Excelente presentación aunque es verdad que un mapa habría sido un muy buen complemento. Muchas gracias. Desde Argentina.
Blame sir Bartle-Freir: he was the arrogant civil servant who orchestrated the war to get rid of the Zulu power
The Zulu Nation was built upon savagery and SLAVERY of other black African tribes, the British helped to stop this.
Poor preparation for the armies and guns of the kaiser.