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The first major encounter between the British Army and Zulu Kingdom, and one of Britain's greatest military disasters. On January 22, 1879, a 20, 000-strong Zulu army attacked 1, 700 British and colonial forces. The engagement saw primitive weapons of spears and shields clashing with the latest military technology. However, despite being poorly equipped, the numerically superior Zulu force crushed the British troops, killing 1, 300 men, while only...
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Two pivotal moments in British military history, separated by more than a century, yet both with decisive impacts on Britain's national identity and power overseas. At Isandlwana, South Africa, as at Goose Green in the Falkland Islands, British commanders underestimated local forces and found themselves unprepared for the full extent of combat on the ground. One engagement ended in disaster and a total rethinking of tactics. The other, thanks to hard...
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