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.

Excellent commentary. It would be nice to show aerial views - so that the lay of the land, position of forces, etc. etc. is more easily discerned.

@simontemplar1

22 күн бұрын

google earth it

@ElChocoLoco

22 күн бұрын

@@simontemplar1 I meant it would be good to see the animations from an aerial view.

Your animation and commentary are excellent. Thanks.

@cinematicbattles559

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed

@arnoldbioursckii6639

27 күн бұрын

Each rifled soldier could have used 2 6 shot pistols for close range.

@ArmyJames

4 күн бұрын

Not bad for a computer voice.

So windy that rifles were tumbling through the air.

@TheLucanicLord

Ай бұрын

Perhaps they're _air_ rifles?

Excellent!

I am British, but was rooting for the Zulu........such brave men

@scouseaussie1638

16 күн бұрын

We won in the end

@doctorshawzy6477

6 күн бұрын

Degenerste

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

@travisdonaldstanley6420

8 күн бұрын

Or ending the buffoonery of the Reds.

Spectacular vid👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@cinematicbattles559

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

This was one of the most engrossing sims yet. Well done. Communication is really really important. Doctor Stone is a Japanese Cartoon. He talks about how Communication is the most important thing in a battle.

@cinematicbattles559

3 күн бұрын

Thanks !

Great channel by the way. Good idea.

@cinematicbattles559

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot :)

nice made video, thank you. But what are these greenish things flying in the air?

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

24 күн бұрын

Locusts probably.

I saw the original film with Michael Caine that's was just jaw dropping but honestly u should make a remake of it im sure that it will b awesome great graphics 👌

@whiteprivilege912

17 күн бұрын

Yeah, the remake could be race swapped with blacks playing the British and whites playing the zulus because, ya know, DIVERSITY! 🤷‍♂😆

@MichaelWillby

16 күн бұрын

All fluid gender cast ?

@peterwallace7015

16 күн бұрын

You mean the movie Zulu ?. That started with the battle at Isandhwana where all the British were slaughtered then moved to Rorkes Drift Jan 1870. These battles were after that.

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

GREAT GRAPHICS! It makes History come alive!

Damn how on earth did you manage to get those two horses shot and then have wood escape on his own. That must be quite difficult.

@cinematicbattles559

Ай бұрын

You can change the unit size in the preferences file ;)

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.

@hiramabiff2017

Ай бұрын

The Irony of laughing at the British when they just come and wipe you out forever.

@Fatherofheroesandheroines

17 күн бұрын

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...

An interesting video. I'm glad I wasn't there.

The British seemed to underestimate the strength and tenacity of their enemy

@HonchHeado

27 күн бұрын

Actually no, they knew what they were up against, followed orders anyway.

@Redandranger

22 күн бұрын

"The British seemed to underestimate the strength and tenacity of their enemy" ---- AGAIN.

@arthurbrumagem3844

19 күн бұрын

@@CaptainJimNoss it’s those damn bag pipes 😂

Nice work except for the video editing, specifically the debris floating through the screen. Adds NOTHING to the presentation.

So, no artillery in the battles ?

Excellent storytelling.

@cinematicbattles559

Ай бұрын

Many thanks!

War is soooooo exciting ... !

This style of warfare is up close and personal. As is most warfare!!!!!

this is like a bad horror movie script. lets all split up, run upstairs, get killed off 1 at a time and make sure that we aren't paying attention to the dangers around us so it's even easier for them to sneak up on us.

@travisdonaldstanley6420

8 күн бұрын

Yeah, and then seeing the zombie horde down in the valley. This was a very engrossing sim. Absolutely junk scouting. I wonder if the landscape was that open in real life. You could see for dozens of miles.

Seemed like the Red Coats greatly underestimated the emy, and had horriable scouting. How hard is it to keep up with 20K?

Just curious, which TW game is this?

@cinematicbattles559

Ай бұрын

game is Napoleon Total War and I'm using the Khartum and Zulu Mod

Yes that's the one, ✌

Imagine what it was like to feel the ground well before you heard the enemy approaching? 20K? Wow.

What's with all of the debris flying through the air?

@notsocc

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, looks like someone is mowing the grass on a very windy day

Don't be called will on the Battle field 😮

HTF can that many zulus surprise that many soldiers?Lookouts anyone?

@wisconsinfarmer4742

18 күн бұрын

same prejudice that bought Custer his ticket in 1876.

Why did they order everyone to fire at poor old Will?

incredible. Now... imagine if it had been a fair fight!!!

@kingston163

Ай бұрын

If it could be fair the British would not be there.

@LennyMadona-jm8yq

20 күн бұрын

Neither the Zulu’s since they were the original invaders…. Like most African tribes, until the great African Map displacements. But you’d know they if you wasn’t some backwards Golly-wog me ole China plate. 😑

@scouseaussie1638

16 күн бұрын

We won 🇬🇧 in the end

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

@jonathanraven5939

Ай бұрын

Who gives a *****

@rolandhawken6628

Ай бұрын

@@jonathanraven5939 I give up . Who does give a @@@@?

@TheCaptscar97

Ай бұрын

Likewise I would complain that given the immense immigration into South Africa that the lack of diversity in the Zulu Forces appears unbalanced and unrepresentative of the population proportionally speaking.

@doodlekid17

Ай бұрын

Where is the diversity amongst the Zulu ranks.

@arthurbrumagem3844

Ай бұрын

Morning humor imo.

AI has come a long way. What's next?

I remember when that happened

Why use metric distances? The British didn't during the 19th century.

@jeremymerrifield7244

Ай бұрын

Because it is 2024

@jeremymerrifield7244

Ай бұрын

Because it is 2024 and people use Metric far more

@duncanhastings389

Ай бұрын

I am 120 miles from London and have never see distance measures in kilometres in the UK ever

@naradaian

23 күн бұрын

Neither Zulus or Brits use or used metric - which is French

I am amazed at the bravery by the Zulu!

Come on boys, jump in the van! Awoooooo!

People don’t understand that the Impi was the standard operating procedure for most of Africa. The men fought,the women looked after the households,and the children looked after the livestock. As the men were only warriors their numbers were less than those of the women so they had two or more wives. This went on for many hundreds of years creating a race of men who were fearless ,doughty warriors,as we see in the number of successful Black Boxers. The downside is that they are genetically keyed to be more aggressive and to treat women as chattels,something we in the West refuse to accept despite the evidence which is overwhelming.

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

24 күн бұрын

Many of the Zulus were only part-time warriors. They spent most of their time hunting and farming.

@Redandranger

22 күн бұрын

"...... creating a race of men who were fearless ,doughty warriors,as we see in the number of successful Black Boxers. The downside is that they are genetically keyed to be more aggressive and to treat women as chattels,something we in the West refuse to accept despite the evidence which is overwhelming." Never finished HS did you?

@petercollingwood522

18 күн бұрын

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 They did not farm. That was womens work.

Where are the bayonets?

@HonchHeado

27 күн бұрын

They forgot them lol

which total war is this

@MasonBryant

Ай бұрын

I assume it's empire total war

@cinematicbattles559

Ай бұрын

Napoleon total war, im using the Kartum and Zulu mod too

@gerardhogan3

Ай бұрын

These are great graphics though....must have been hard yakka trudging all day

Hi

You would have only one country flag flying per column.

Senseless war and death..

@geordie114

24 күн бұрын

Now we just have a senseless Generation Z.

@scouseaussie1638

16 күн бұрын

@@geordie114Good one👍

@albert7311

12 күн бұрын

Just humans competing for territory. Territory is life.

Hell ! Check out the lack of DEI in the Zulu impis.

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

24 күн бұрын

Lack of diversity was their strength.

@Redandranger

22 күн бұрын

You can't see DEI you mo8on.

How brave (or stupid) must you be to stand and face 100,000 attacking Zulus?

@geordie114

24 күн бұрын

The Generation Z`s we have wouldn`t stand, you would just see a brown arsed streak running away,wondering whether to wear a pink or rainbow dress.

@taelee73

15 күн бұрын

20,000

There goes the lobsters

Dover stopsmallboats

Lieutenant - is prouncned LEF- tenant NOT Loo -tenant. These were British Troops - not Amercian.

😇😇😇

"Lootenant"?

@jeremymerrifield7244

Ай бұрын

it is actually correct because a Lootenant stood in Loo of a superior officer. Although i feel the makers of the video may not be British

@rdelrosso1973

Ай бұрын

If not "LOOtenant", then how do you pronounce "Lieutenant"?

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

24 күн бұрын

@@jeremymerrifield7244 Lieu means 'instead of' in French.

@brianferris8668

23 күн бұрын

@@rdelrosso1973 A Briton would never say Lootenant.

How about less AI and more human creatoin?

Call in the A10 warthog. Lol.

What were the war planners thinking when sending insufficient troops to slaughter against overwhelming enemy?

Period correct 🎉for period😢

Could you skip the kilometers please? Otherwise carry on.

Nope but it sure was fun .

They weren't welcomed then.

@I.M.A.Panther3619

Ай бұрын

And …… Do you understand why Britain needed to carve out more territory beyond their own small island ?

@gerardmcandrew2901

Ай бұрын

@@I.M.A.Panther3619 yes I do I uderstand, and appreciate it.

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

do the same now in Africa.

Just what in blazes did the zulus did to them to warrant all this sh- t,kind of reminds me of 1776

@naradaian

23 күн бұрын

The Zulus had an Empire….only one Empire is allowed By the Empire

@I_Don_t_want_a_handle

17 күн бұрын

The Zulus were aggressive and expansionist. They tried to muscle in on British territory and were taught a lesson. They have been quiet ever since.

@albert7311

12 күн бұрын

I heard the bantu (Zulu) had been murdering their way down Africa for hundreds of years. Killing off the original tribesmen as they went. When the Dutch arrived the purchased land from the Zulu who had recently won the land from its ancient inhabitants.

Que mentalidad tan preponente de los ingleses, se sent+ian dueños de cualquier espacio que les gustara y más si temnía tierras abundantes y minas igual que occidente con los pueblos nacionales ya que llegaron con la avaricio del oro pero pagaron con sangre sus fechoias.

@tomellis4750

26 күн бұрын

The Spanish in the Americas?

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

24 күн бұрын

There was nothing in Zululand that the British wanted except for the Zulus to stop attacking and enslaving their neighbouring tribes.

@PatrickTyrrell-jd5zy

23 күн бұрын

And the French colonialists?

Apparently the zulus had british rifles (captured) or black market---not the shields and spears they had at the1st encounters

Subdued,. You mean murdered.

@I.M.A.Panther3619

Ай бұрын

On the Serengeti, and everywhere else, the survival of the fittest and the cruel un-caring natural selection process is in effect. Guns vs low grade metal ore spears happened. Yet the strong natives preserved despite the cost of way-to-many young men. Great Britain exhausted the natural resources of their island nation. They needed resources beyond their isle to survive and to feed their people. They knew what they needed to do to survive. Yet people like you want to shout …” oh how awful, dreadful and inhumane.” This was all about survival. That’s an no holds bared situation.

@naradaian

23 күн бұрын

Nah - it was an Colonial war and the Zulus were very very good at fighting it - it was never easy or a cake walk for the Brits

@scouseaussie1638

16 күн бұрын

Killed in warfare is not murder

@harrybond1485

16 күн бұрын

@@scouseaussie1638 They were trying to take away thier land.

Now go to Croydon …

@jeremymerrifield7244

Ай бұрын

Why Eric. Prayer tell

@Eric-qm5xw

Ай бұрын

@@jeremymerrifield7244 lol ..I’ll let ya have a guess.

Was it really important to invade Zulus

@naradaian

23 күн бұрын

Their constant stealing of cattle across a border and refusal to accept our hegemony aka Queen Victoria was what led to these raids…they liked stealing cattle from other people more than they loved peace or diplomacy

The Zulus were the true heroes, charging the British modern army with just spears and shields. It was a total massacre but they kept on charging. They have earned my respect and my salutes.

Empire wasn't so great was it?

@taelee73

15 күн бұрын

A third of the globe.

Should really learn how to pronounce the names properly!

@cinematicbattles559

11 күн бұрын

My apologies the narration was generated using AI

Need a British accent when telling these stories. Otherwise it just sounds like a standard non emotional National Geographic's programme.

@cinematicbattles559

Ай бұрын

Yes I agree

@nab1uk

27 күн бұрын

Yes a proper Cockney accent will do the trick

boogaloooo

Английские войска цже в Украине За ними на подходе уже и Францйцузские------

stick your kilometres😡😡

And remember since the American Revolutionary War the ideals was blacks would never make good soldiers tell the British that in this battle LOL

Hum , load of rubbish. Yes Zulu did surprise and kill many horsemen, but this was not a battle more a reconnaissance in force which was surprised and lost many horsemen, but lead to the TOTAl defeat of the Zulu’s . This was a one sided war with only one silly mistake. Ps why do you keep playing that ridiculous words from the film Zulu by a sergeant, who in reality was the complete opposite of the actor in the film

@taelee73

15 күн бұрын

It’s known as the battle of Holbane.

Friendly Zulu.Thwy were beaten and forced slaves. They had little choice.

@PureTexan

28 күн бұрын

By other African tribes, yes

@harrybond1485

16 күн бұрын

@@PureTexan sometimes, nowhere near always.

@PureTexan

16 күн бұрын

@@harrybond1485i never said “always”. However, I disagree with sometimes. History would show MOST of the time haha

Disgusting, absolutely disgraceful.

Great show. Historically all that was for Rhodes and his public school chums and Jewish merchants. Rather like we are seeing now globally.

@cinematicbattles559

3 күн бұрын

Thanks!

In today’s digital age this video is rubbish

@cinematicbattles559

28 күн бұрын

Cheers

The Brit regulars were RASIST !

@urgumskurgum7570

26 күн бұрын

Awww , dont cry you big baby 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@shumardi1

25 күн бұрын

Spell much?

@JohnSeman-uq4yl

25 күн бұрын

So we're the zulus

@brianferris8668

23 күн бұрын

As were the Zulus.

Racist

@albert7311

12 күн бұрын

Not enough diversity in the Zulu ranks?

The pronunciation of Hlobane is atrocious. Is it an AI voice?

@seanautilis15

Ай бұрын

yes