The Zulu War: A Pictorial History (1980)

by Michael Barthorp

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The most powerful warrior tribe Africa has ever known -- disciplined, fearless, highly mobile and familiar with the terrain. Opposing them stood a handful of well-armed British regiments hampered by supply and transport problems, lack of intelligence, etc.

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All over excellent. Nice pictures, great text, very interesting to read. Written from a British perspective, but with admirable respect for the courage of the opponent, the Zulu-warriors. (

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1980

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Redvers Buller

Cetshwayo

Frederick Thesiger, Lord Chelmsford

Bartle Frere

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Lower Tugela Drift

Natal, South Africa

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Transvaal, South Africa

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Zulu War (1879)

Battle of Blood River, South Africa

Battle of Isandlwana

Battle of Kambula

Battle of Rorke's Drift

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To my wife,
who walked the fields of
Isandhlwana, Rorke's Drift
and
Ulundi.

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Although a century has passed since the Zulu War of 1879, its dramatic events and the courage displayed by men of both sides have continued to exercise a peculiar fascination which has not been eclipsed by the much greater conflicts that have occurred since.

A hundred years ago the biggest threat to the security of the British Empire was believed to be the expansion, outside Europe, of French and above all Russian influence.

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