Osprey's Campaign title for the Zulu War (1879). In the late 1870s the British Imperial administration in the Cape colony in southern Africa began to view the Zulu kingdom as a challenge to their authority.To contain this perceived threat, they engineered a war. The early campaigns went terribly wrong, with the decisive Zulu victory at Isandlwana. Ultimately however, the British won the war. The Zulus, primarily reliant on their skill with the stabbing spear, had no real defence or retaliation against the massed firepower of professional British soldiers. Ian Castle examines the British-Zulu war and its two key battles, Isandlwana and Khambula, with excellent black and white photographs accompanying the clear and detailed text.
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Highly visual guides to history's greatest conflicts, detailing the command strategies, tactics, and experiences of the opposing forces throughout each campaign, and concluding with a guide to the battlefields today.
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Ian Knight was born in 1956. He was a freelance writer on military history for ten years before studying Afro-Caribbean History at the University of Kent. He has written widely on Zulu history and travelled extensively in Zululand. Ian was the editor of the Victorian Military Society journal for many years, and has written several books for Osprey. Ian Castle is a founder member of the Napoleonic Association, and is still very involved in their activities both in Britain and mainland Europe. Ian began writing over ten years ago and besides having numerous articles published in military magazines and journals, he has written or co-written eight books, four of which for the Osprey Campaign series.
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When the final shot had been fired at the battle of Ulundi on 4 July 1879, the Zulu army, which had been buoyed up by the great victory at Isandlwana at the start of the war, but then demoralized by the crushing defeat at Khambula, finally accepted that it was beaten, and that the war was over. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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When the final shot had been fired at the battle of Ulundi on 4 July 1879, the Zulu army, which had been buoyed up by the great victory at Isandlwana at the start of the war, but then demoralized by the crushing defeat at Khambula, finally accepted that it was beaten, and that the war was over. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ian Knight Collection, Rorke's Drift, Zulu War, Lord Chelmsford, Centre Column, South Africa, King Cetshwayo, Royal Artillery, Natal Native Contingent, Light Infantry, Frontier Light Horse, National Army Museum, Queen's Colour, Natal Mounted Police, Prince Dabulamanzi, Natal Native Horse, Rai England Collection, Redvers Buller, Royal Engineers, Sir Garnet Wolseley, White Mfolozi, Wynn Owen Lang, Brevet Colonel, Fort Thinta, Hlobane Mountain New!
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- Zulu War (General Military) by Ian Knight on 4 pages
- The Washing Of The Spears: The Rise And Fall Of The Zulu Nation by Donald R. Morris on page 93
- The War Correspondents The Anglo-Zulu War by Professor John, and Ian Knight Laband on page 90
- Washing of the Spears by Donald Morris on page 93
- Field Guide to the War in Zululand by John Laband on page 93
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- The War of the Roses: 1455-1485 (Essential Histories) by Michael Hicks in Back Matter
- The Zulus (Elite) by Ian Knight in Back Matter
- The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871 (Essential Histories) by Stephen Badsey in Back Matter
- Zulu 1816-1906 (Warrior) by Ian Knight in Back Matter
- The Suez Crisis 1956 (Essential Histories) by Derek Varble in Back Matter
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