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The Battle of Hlobane | Zulus Vs British | Total War Cinematic Battle

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The Battle of Hlobane (28 March 1879) took place at Hlobane, near the modern town of Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War.

00:00 The British invade Zulu land
01:13 The Zulus on the hill
01:46 The British invasion stalls
02:40 A British company is attacked
03:40 The Zulus gather their forces
04:34 The British march on the Zulus
06:01 The British engage the Zulus
07:37 Captain Campbell attacks the Zulus
08:26 The Zulu reinforcements arrive
08:56 British movements
09:42 Captain Barton fights the Zulus
10:27 The British fight to get through Devils Pass
11:47 The British escape Devils Pass
12:33 Aftermath

20 Comments

@MikeLuzzo-qd6jd 1 year ago

The real lesson can also be well motivated local militia living off local conditions and provinder.

@firstwavepuresoul 1 year ago

Nigel Green is immortalized forever by his shouts of 'Alright then' and 'Nobody told you to stop working' from his lines in the movie 'Zulu' got to smile.

@drgeoffangel5422 1 year ago

The fiasco started when the invading force split into 3 columns! Obviously no one in the British army had heard of the axiom, " united we stand, divided we fall" especially when the British hadn't a clue of how many warriors faced them, and their deployment!

@petegarnett7731 1 year ago (edited)

Bartle-Frere and Chelmsford acted unilaterally. The orders from London were NOT to cross the river into Zululand. Chelmsford was clueless as a military commander, particularly fighting a nation where everyone had to be a warrior. They were both later censured for their actions, but wars are easier to start than to stop and contact with England was at ship pace.

@MrCompo13 2 years ago

I would like to complain about the lack of diversity in the Zulu ranks

@zach7193 2 years ago

The battle foretold the defeat at Kambula. Ending the winning streak of the Zulus.

@richardfrank8956 2 years ago

My G-Grand dad fought in the Zulu campaign. Was full of the drama of it until his life.

@Dracsmolar 2 years ago

Zulu warriors besides their shield carried two assegais one a long one for throwing a shorter one for stabbing along with a club known as a knobkierie. They were trained to engage the enemy in pairs.

@nicevideomancanada 11 months ago

I was born because all these men died. Good going lads

@infoscholar5221 2 years ago

That Colour Sergeant, there right at the end...sounded awfully familiar....

@jorgemontefusco650 1 year ago

Very interesting way to learn about history. Should put it in every school.

@davidirvine991 2 years ago (edited)

12:51 First movie i ever saw was ZULU the sound of the Zulus attacking Rorke's Drift shouting Zuuu zuuu zuuu Brave men holding out against the odds never forget and will always watch it when it pop's up on the box

@shauncorless8965 2 years ago

Don't be called will on the Battle field 😮

@manuelacosta9463 2 years ago

The irony, scorning Zulu marksmanship only to have a horse shot under and an officer killed next to him. That was a near Sedgwick incident.

@hoodatdondar2664 1 year ago

“Fire at will!”

Will: Noo!

@andynewman835 2 years ago

So windy that rifles were tumbling through the air.

@ghostdogfelton9789 1 year ago

I remember watching this movie has a high school student theses were very smart warriors and had a leader who was very intelligent and underestimated by the British people who outnumbered them 6 to 1

@elsadado1051 2 years ago

I am retired U.S. military. The Zulu used a brilliant attack formation called "The Horns of the Bull." Which was a semi-circle covering the flanks and center.