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Défense de Rorke's Drift - Battle of Rorke's Drift - Wikipedia - 7 views

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      This painting shows the battle between British and Zulus of the Defense Rorke's Drift, the Zulus used spears and shields to fight the British in the Anglo-Zulu war and the Boers used firearms but they were still defeated by the Zulus.
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'War Can't Be Made with Kid Gloves': The Impact of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 on the Fa... - 5 views

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      During the war there was a lot of bloodshed from British's side. To destroy the Zulus they burnt 23 out of 27 of their huts, leaving them homeless.
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      The British did not end in burning Zulu huts, they captured the livestock that belonged to the Zulus. According to the British they wanted to leave Zulus weak and defeated.
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      The Anglo-Zulu War had a negative impact on the Zulus more, it caused more damage for the Zulus. The economy deprived as Zulus suffered huge losses of livestock and were left homeless
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Natalia 39 pp28-36 C.pdf - 7 views

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  • There has been some speculation that Frere and Lord Chelmsford spent June and July of 1878 cooking up a dastardly plot to attack the Zulus and circumvent the findings of Bulwer’s boundary commission; in fact they were engaged on a survey of the possible measures for the defence of the Cape peninsular from a Russian attack. 1
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      Without the knowledge of the Zulus, Frere plotted with Shepstone against the Zulus, causing conflict between the Zulus and the British.
  • the Zulus had looked on the British as allies against the Boers and now, feeling completely betrayed, began to take a much more robust attitude to both the Boers and the British
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      As Zulus owned the Transvaal, they did not expect the British to take it over. According to the Zulus, the British was allied with them. When Shepstone told them that the Transvaal was under the British, the Zulus felt the need to try and get their land back.
  • At the same time, however, Cetshwayo was definitely against going to war with the British and hoped to maintain his friendship with them as an ally against the
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      King Cetywayo had hoped that the friendship between his people and the British would not come to an end, but Frere caused the conflict and brainwashed the British into believing that the Zulus were a threat to the future as the Zulus had a strong army which could be a threat to the British.
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  • Boers. We can probably say that the Zulus as a nation had no intention of going to war with Britain in 1879 but that they were a potential threat for the future. However , the war happened in 1879 because Sir Bartle Frere made it happen.
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The Zulu Kingdom/ Wars - 21 views

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    Tactics and Strategies Zulus used in Wars
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Imperial Strategy and the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.pdf - 11 views

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  • y 1879, the British army suffered its worst colonial defeat of the nineteenth century when 1,500 men armed with the most modern weapons then available were wiped out at the battle of Isandlwana by a Zulu army—an impi—of 25,000 warriors armed
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      The British army wanted to expand its region to the Indian side which was controlled by Zulus. The British planned on overthrowing the Zulus and take control of the Indian ocean side. There was an outbreak of the Anglo-Zulu war in 1879, as Zulus did not want to willingly give up on their land without a fight. Zulus used Spears and Shields and won the battle against the British.
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      In this part, The Transvaal government which was under the Boers feared and invasion of the Pedi people, as they suspected the the Pedis had collaborated with the Zulus to overthrow them.
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  • Southern Africa during the nineteenth century against the opposition of indigenous peoples and the original Dutch settlers, the Boers, while at the same time repudiating any desire for an increase in territory or responsibility. What the British wanted was c
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      The British were plotting against the Boers, both colonizers wanted land in the same areas of Zulu-land. While Dutch wanted to increase their territory to the Indian side, the British also wanted to control the Indian route, this caused conflict.
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