I was skeptical about using the game for documentary graphics, but this is much, much better than a handful of reenactors!

@cinematicbattles559

2 ай бұрын

Thanks I’m glad you liked it😁

@CBGSR

2 ай бұрын

Same! I've not seen an army toe battle done this way before, but the air and sea battles I've seen rarely come out looking good. I really enjoyed this.

@Alfie-ft3bx

2 ай бұрын

@@CBGSR do you not remember time commanders where they got people to fight in a battle using this as a game?

@malcolmmitchell6529

2 ай бұрын

Technology being used for educational purposes, sensibly narrated by a human being? Some mistake surely.

@malcolmmitchell6529

2 ай бұрын

Shome mishtake shurely.(yootyoob keep altering it.

Something fitting about one of the most notorious defeats of the British Empire, the empire on which the sun never sets, happening during an eclipse.

@penderyn8794

2 ай бұрын

Before the 1700s the word British was used in a derogatory sense for the British Celts.... Welsh and Cornish speakers. There political reasons the term British was hijacked by the English establishment to try to make the Scottish feel more part of English domination.... Even though it was supposed to be an equal Union

@kapitankapital6580

2 ай бұрын

@@penderyn8794 do you have a source for that? All the old works I can find only use "British" to refer to a combined Anglo-Scottish polity, for example Geoffrey of Monmouth writing about mythical "kings of Britain" or 17th Century Irish pamphlets referring to "British Protestants". I can't find it used derogatorily to refer to Celts. This would be quite surprising given the fact that "Welsh" is already a fairly derogatory exonym for those peoples (coming from the Anglo-Saxon for foreigners).

@neiltaylor513

2 ай бұрын

@@kapitankapital6580 he sounds like someone with a chip on his shoulde

@mpb6491

2 ай бұрын

​@@neiltaylor513if he is British. We all do, it's a unequivocal part of being British. To have a chip on ones shoulder 😂

@jamiediver2945

23 күн бұрын

Rule Brittania.

In case you are wondering about the "the Zulu... ...put an end to a great dynasty" part of the ending quote by Prime Minister Disraeli, he is referring to the death of Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial, the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France. Who was killed by a Zulu warrior on June 1, 1879.

@andreainzaghi7373

2 ай бұрын

thank you very much

@makisp.1428

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! But I have to ask. Why is a Frenchman fighting the Zulus? Nevermind... I looked it up.

@stvdagger8074

2 ай бұрын

@@makisp.1428 In 1870, Emperor Napoleon III declared war on Prussia. He lead the main French Army into defeat and was captured. The French people deposed him and he went into exile in England. His son went to Sandhurst, a British military academy. In 1877, most of his classmates graduated and some were sent to fight the Zulu. The Prince volunteered to go to. He got an Assegai in hi s guts.

@FuckGoogle2

2 ай бұрын

@@stvdagger8074 Everyone did, the zulu disemboweled every enemy as they believed opening up the stomach let out the spirit so it could not linger and cause harm, playing dead wouldn't have worked.

@CBGSR

2 ай бұрын

I never would have guessed anything close to that. Thanks for sharing.

Referring to the total eclipse that afternoon, the Zulus interpreted it as a sign that victory was at hand. In the lore that followed it is known as 'the day of the dead moon'. Pretty apt and eerie.

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

Yes I thought that too, what are the odds that there is an eclipse during a major battle? thanks for watching again bro

@jason200912

3 ай бұрын

They could interpret anything as a sign of victory even if a thunderbolt struck their king

@DaveSCameron

2 ай бұрын

Sounds similar to Emperor Constantine and his vision of The Cross.

As a Zimbabwean of British stock, one of my ancestors was a redcoat soldier who was sent to retrieve the Queen's colours from the battlefield. I believe that same flag was later presented to Queen Victoria. I salute both armies. Good, brave men on both sides.

An American general split his forces three years before and look what happened to him.

@4catsnow

3 ай бұрын

Britain had bad luck in these little flare ups...lot of the places they tried to colonize.. the locals really got an attitude...

@ElChimpy

2 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

@andreainzaghi7373

2 ай бұрын

indians had more fire arms and bows but a few ZULUS had fire arms it is not entirely true that ZULU could defet British on with spears

@Stephen-lx9nm

2 ай бұрын

​@jasonyork9966If your a septic ,might want to worry about the ending of your occupation 😂

@Stephen-lx9nm

2 ай бұрын

​@@4catsnowNot quite has bad as the septicss Canada phillipines ,korea ,vietnam ,somalia Afghanistan 😂😂😂Paper tiger😂

Great vid! Thank You!

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

This was immensely informative and fun to watch

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

Thanks glad you enjoyed 😊🙏

I'm watching this on my big telly and I have to say I'm impressed. Great graphics and good story telling. Should do a battle scene from all the wars lol well done 10/10

@cinematicbattles559

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot I'm glad you enjoyed watching

Good to hear Sgt Bourne making comments

@DJCoachCookie68

2 ай бұрын

Colour Sergeant Bourne! Lol 'Alriight then! Nobody told you to stop working'

@checkpointcharlie1788

2 ай бұрын

"...That's right sir, a prayer's as good as a bayonet on a day like this..."

@Bromley68

2 ай бұрын

Hitch...Hitch? I've seen you Hitch, you're alive

Watched a docu about this battle years ago and it was suggested that a lot of the British muskets jammed during the battle, a design flaw exacerbated by dust and prolonged firing. By the end it was spears versus rifle butts at which the Zulus were far more skilled.

@ryansta

2 ай бұрын

@ranica47 Remember hearing the same thing. Was told the continuous firing caused some parts to expand within the mechanism due to the heat and the cartridges jammed. That along with the gun powder residue. Brutal days

@JumboCod91

2 ай бұрын

These were not muskets, but breach loading Martini Henry Rifles, which could therefore be fired fairly quickly which would certainly cause overheating problems in prolonged encounters like this one. This battle took place 5 years before the creation of the famous Maxim machine gun. There is no doubt that had this force been equipped with them, the outcome would have been much different.

@ryansta

2 ай бұрын

@@JumboCod91 Absolutely you're quite correct, hadn't noticed the OP had referred to them as muskets. The other info re them getting too hot after so much firing and the problem of the Martini action jamming as a result is relevant though as far as I know.

@Alfred5555

2 ай бұрын

@@ryansta I've never heard anything about the guns jamming, just days later there was the Battle of Rourke's Drift, where the British fired the same rifles 10X as rapidly and continuously and fought off the Zulu army inflicting massive casualties. The official line I've always heard about the disaster at Isandlwana was essentially because the British were caught during camping, a sort of surprise attack, which the British didn't follow proper procedure to defend themselves. Mainly that they didn't make it a priority to pull down their tents and clear the field so proper formations could be formed. Causing a situation where the long range British troops are hemmed in their "urban" environment of tents, without a clear open long range view of targets, while the skilled foot warriors of Zulus could flood into the cramped environment and cut the British down in hand to hand combat. Unlike at Rourke's Drift were more standard urban fighting tactics were employed to great success since they knew what to expect, the Isandlwana army were expecting a sort of open field set piece battle.

@penderyn8794

2 ай бұрын

Typical English cope. The Zulus were incredibly brave for attacking with only spears against very modern weaponry

I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

Thanks that’s great to hear 😊

Another great video

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

Thanks man I appreciate it 😁

An incredible victory. I own a Marini Henri and tho I haven't fired it, it is so easy and fast to load/reload and aim that charging against lines of them took some mighty big balls. Great job bud

@cinematicbattles559

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching bro 🙏

Outstanding!

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Impressive showcase!

Terrifying to have a solar eclipse kn middle of battle

@Alfred5555

2 ай бұрын

It's things like that, happening fairly regularly to the British army due to it's widespread across the world and frequent skirmishing in the empire, that likely contributed to a lot of the ideas of the British Empire being a semi-mystical thing.

Thanks. ✌🏻👊🏼

The Zulu's had an odd belief about the afterlife. To them if the entrails of a corpse were cut out the soul would be trapped as a ghost on Earth and could not ascend to heaven. This was why after the battle the Zulus cut open the stomachs of the British and gutted them. This gives one a insight how high the hatred level existed for the Zulu's against the British and this was not just a battle in a classical sense that would exist in Europe but a contest where the hatred was so total that they wished to damn their opponents as shades for eternity.

@byznt7447

2 ай бұрын

Or maybe the zulus were just unpleasant people

@joycekoch5746

2 ай бұрын

@@byznt7447 They were brave and noble in some ways but terrible as well. Their undoing was they had many enemies by the time the British showed up not unlike the Aztecs facing the Spanish.

@catocall7323

2 ай бұрын

@@joycekoch5746 Thanks for mentioning that, people don't understand that the most powerful weapon Cortes used against the Aztec were other Aztec armies in dispute ver the Aztec succesion and the surrounding tribes that loathed and despised the Aztecs for the regular atrocities the Aztecs inflicted upon them. Gunpowder and horses were just shock weapons that the Spanish employed at opportune moments but they didn't have enough of either to achieve victory through those means alone.

So enjoy these posts. Thank you.

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy them!

I only wished this would’ve popped up on my recommended earlier. This is so cool. Also, who’s the narrator? You? And did you use any cinematic mods? And what PC is bro using? And is this OBS recorded?

@WildMorgan

2 ай бұрын

AI narrator

The cinematic presents an erroneous depiction. The British were not form in a line abreast, but in a skirmish line and too far away from camp to receive ammunition resupply. That is the main reason why superior firepower was not achieved, unlike at Rorke's drift.

Great video. I only want to say for a more authentic environment, using Napoleon TW, the battle should have been done somewhere in southern Spain to more closely resemble where the battle took place

Well, this was something. Great. Thought it was the end of the Zulu war content on the channel. Even the channel saw the comment I made, said it was the end of the content following the Battle of Kambula. Maybe he tricked me. A prank. I think of this battle moreover than the Little Bighorn with Custer three years before the Zulu war. This battle had twice as many men killed in Custer's last stand. Overconfidence was a factor in the British loss. Chelmsford thought that a well-discipline force such as his would beat back an enemy armed with spears and shield. Chelmsford expected to be a easy victory. This was not the case.

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

Haha thanks, I thought I was not going to be able to make these due to some mod issues but I managed to get them all sorted. I will hopefully be releasing more in the near future as I really enjoy this topic 🙂

People invented pointy things and then they invented stabbing, before long everybody was stabbing each other, it caught on!

The British decision to leave their heavy machine guns at base … created the opportunity for Zulus to prevail due to force of numbers !!

@egay86292

2 ай бұрын

likely. but i think Teutonic arrogance was far more deadly.

@Alfred5555

2 ай бұрын

​@@egay86292 I don't know if it was arrogance, since days later at Rourke's Drift the disaster at Isandlwana was repaid with miracle. From what I've heard the army at Isandlwana just didn't follow proper procedure in general, mainly the collapsing of tents so to form proper formations, etc, leaving behind guns could of just as easily been tactical incompetents of thinking it's not worth carrying them, rather than arrogance. It's not like British weren't well aware of the reality of fighting skilled foot warriors with guns, it was major news across the Empire were a British square was broken by I think Mameluks in Egypt, Kipling even commemorated in a famous poem.

Is this a mod!? This looks amazing

Can you make a video about the Battle of Imjin River during the Korean War?

The soldier with the trumpet just doesnt give a fuck

@cinematicbattles559

2 ай бұрын

He’s a different breed

@saltygamesmith

2 ай бұрын

Englishman

🧐 "i say perkins, that zulu chaps waving his spear at you" 😮 "Thats not his spear sir" !!

@Paulftate

3 ай бұрын

😂

@user-co5qo8eb2r

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@bowriver1

3 ай бұрын

lol

@juda8054

2 ай бұрын

😂

@Agent1W

2 ай бұрын

A Braveheart moment?

A highly trained, more advanced military underestimating and disregarding a much larger, less advanced military and getting slaughtered... it's amazing how similar this battle is to the battle of little bighorn.

@OriginalNiceButOdd

2 ай бұрын

And the whole Vietnam War

@arthriticgrandpa2875

2 ай бұрын

Although it’s important to note that the Zulu forces still suffered heavier casualties here.

I always find it hilarious that the one empire who claimed to be the strongest would lose wars against natives and pissed off farmers.

Some of the British officers fled the scene on horseback claiming they were guarding the colors .. later awarded bongs for “bravery. “

@MrMAC8964

2 ай бұрын

so the British officers were pot heads ?

@stevetheduck1425

2 ай бұрын

They died. The attempt is shown quite realistically in 'Zulu Dawn'. Some of Durnford's Horse got to Rorke's drift but didn't stop, some of the Natal Native Contingent as well. In fact the Zulus who crossed the river and attacked Rorke's Drift did so against their King's orders. The whole British attack on Zululand was the idea of a businessman who managed to convince Chelmsford that an attack was a good idea, and it flew in the face of agreed treaties.

@MrMelmott

2 ай бұрын

@@stevetheduck1425 they were awarded Victoria crosses for their attempt to escape the field of battle “saving the colours “ 😝

Total war games are just fantastic. Shogun 2 is my fave close 2nd is rome 2

Amazing you got this film footage of the battle, The men walked a bit jerky though.😁

@abstraqtphilosophy7357

2 ай бұрын

😂 did you think it was real footage? You've never watched cartoon or played video games in your life?

@superhans85

2 ай бұрын

You've never heard of a joke or sarcasm? ​@@abstraqtphilosophy7357

@daveyboy6985

2 ай бұрын

@@abstraqtphilosophy7357 you mean it's not real🤭😲🥴

@daveyboy6985

2 ай бұрын

@@abstraqtphilosophy7357 jokes aside, yeah I know it's not real.

@egay86292

2 ай бұрын

i thought color was invented in the 1940s.

Excellent work as always. 7:20 "OK! Time to go!"

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

Thanks glad you enjoyed 😁

Do Blood River or Rorkes Drift next

@cinematicbattles559

2 ай бұрын

I have done both of those but they are older videos so the quality may not be as good but check them out and let me know what you think!

Looks very much like a video game. I'd play this!

@wtfpatrick9975

2 ай бұрын

It’s called empire total war the units are a mod

@cinematicbattles559

2 ай бұрын

Yes it is😁the game is napoleon: total war and I’m using the khartum and Zulu mod

Would have been cool if you added Lt Melvill & Lt Coghill carrying the Queens colours out of battle and loosing their lives in the river saving the flag

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

Yes you are right I should have added this

glorius battle

Peter O Toole played the arrogant Chelmsford to a tee. He was dismissive of the Zulus and didn't leave behind a strong commander. The results speak for themselves.

It seems other people don't like it when you invade their lands. We never learn.

@untitled55354

2 ай бұрын

The Zulu had done that as well during its empire building - albeit on a much smaller scale.

@ejakeulater4990

2 ай бұрын

Why do you think they were a warrior society? It wasnt ti have afternoon tea. Invading nation gets invaded its the circle of life

@YunsAvatar

2 ай бұрын

You need to actually look up the Zulu a little then. They invaded and destroyed (or forced joining of their warrior society) essentially all of their fellow African neighbors. Also, the British were there at the plea of the Dutch Boer settlers that were in increasing conflict with the Zulu. Finally, the straw that broke it all was that a group of Zulu refugees that had fled to British land were hunted down and killed by Zulu warriors in a violation of accepted British territory and law.

Must have been hard for the British to fight an entire army of naked men.

Love it. Also love being British. What a proud history.

Do you use Total War Games? Which game feature this era?

@superhans85

2 ай бұрын

Most likely Napoleon Total War

@superhans85

2 ай бұрын

With mods

That's the only problem when using guns in warfare. When they're not firing.

what are you using for that documentasion

Ahh the arrogance of empire!!!! To note, we in the new world had our "Chelsford" called "Custer"! History is never learned!!!

I wonder how the Zulu Wars would have looked like if the Zulus were entirely firearm equipped. I reckon it would actually work to their detriment compared to their historical tactics, assuming no European firearm drills

@stevetheduck1425

2 ай бұрын

The armed Zulus at Rorke's Drift took a position on a hill some distance away and sniped steadily all day, doing very little. Analysis of captured Zulu firearms later suggested they had some black powder, but were firing stones and bits of iron scrap of any shape. More a prestige weapon than a battle-winning one.

After the battle, the Zulu soldiers cut each fallen British soldier open "from groin to chops". The British press used this gory detail to underline how barbaric the Zulu were. However, the truth was that this was an act of honour on the part of the Zulu. The Zulu believed that such a cut was required for the fallen British soldiers' spirits to leave their bodies and travel to the afterlife. So what seemed barbaric was in fact an act of respect.

@crowmagpie

2 ай бұрын

Yeah right 😂

@mjribes

2 ай бұрын

@@crowmagpie What do you mean?

@crowmagpie

2 ай бұрын

@@mjribes you really believe that?

@mjribes

2 ай бұрын

@crowmagpie If you're referring to the gutting, it's a pretty well-known fact. Google it. If you're referring to the Beitish propaganda, that's documented in news articles from the time.

@crowmagpie

2 ай бұрын

@@mjribes you're the only one spouting "British propaganda "

Uhhh can I play this? Is this a mod for total war?

Decisive Battles Industrial Era: Isandlwana.

Ima a huge total war buff, what game and mod is this?

@cinematicbattles559

16 күн бұрын

This is Napoleon total war with the khartum and Zulu mod

Bullets and cannon against spears.

which game and mod did you use ?

@cinematicbattles559

2 ай бұрын

Napoleon total war and the Khartum and Zulu mod

The fact there was an eclipse is mindblowing to me 😳

@cinematicbattles559

2 ай бұрын

I know right... what are the odds such a creepy thing to happen during a battle

@BipoIarbear

2 ай бұрын

@@cinematicbattles559 both sides would have probably been like "we caused it"🤣

I refuse to watch AI narrated videos, otherwise I am sure I would have liked this.

No many mentioned of the supply of ammunition which caused a reduction of the rate of fire, allowing the Zulu's to surge forward.

@pauls064

3 ай бұрын

Because it never happened. One of the old wives tales raised by pseudo historians on history channel etc…

@David1701G

3 ай бұрын

@@pauls064 It is claimed, Chelmford ordered the supply boxes bolted down , there have been claimed the '45 round casing were of poor quality. Plus the columns were too far from the supply wagons

@pauls064

3 ай бұрын

@@David1701G “it’s claimed” yes, by cable tv revisionists who want to make dramatic “documentaries". But all battlefield evidence and eyewitness accounts indicate no troops on the firing line, or anywhere on the field at isandlwana ever ran low on ammo. Younghusband’s band on the far left fired until their final charge, durnford on the right fell back because the left horn flanked them.

@abstraqtphilosophy7357

2 ай бұрын

​@@David1701Gwithout their guns and canons, the British forces were useless. Horrendous hand to hand combatants. What would European and American warriors be without guns? Nothing.

@michael3088

2 ай бұрын

@@abstraqtphilosophy7357 Thats not remotely true, usually in european warfair they fire a few volleys and close in with bayonets for a reason and officers were extrextremely well trained in swordsmanship. What did them in was the british were outnumberd 10-1. There's a very good book called 'Swordsmen of the British Empire' which is filled with lots of first hand accounts of men who had combat experience, that discribes many native sword styles around the empire and how british officers often cross trained the martial arts with their own military sabre style.

The Brits were very disturbed about the bodies of their soldiers being disemboweled but the Zulus were just doing their spirits a favour,

It was a victory for the Zulu but at a very high cost. Almost 3 times as many KIA than the British. Zulu couldn’t keep up with those loses.

@arthriticgrandpa2875

2 ай бұрын

That was a big trend of the Zulu war really.

Like wolves on the fold, And how can man die better, by Mike Snook. If you want a great book on this.

Tactically speaking, the British might have had a better chance if the whole group had formed square with their artillery and supplies in the center. The Zulus would have had a harder time breaking through.

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

Yes you are right, the British did eventually perform this tactic against the Zulus, the next video that I'm making will cover this battle ;)

@patsmith8523

3 ай бұрын

@@cinematicbattles559 Actually, I was thinking about Isandlwana. Had they laagered the camp and formed square or manned defensive positions inside, (I think it was mentioned that Chelmsford decide not to) the British might have survived. I misspoke earlier.

what mods are used in this?

@cinematicbattles559

6 күн бұрын

Khartum and Zulu mod

What mod is this? and what total war game is this? is it napoleon total war? or total war empire?

@cinematicbattles559

5 күн бұрын

This is Napoleon Total War with the Khartum and Zulu mod

Alllright then!!!

This is very different to the historical texts

The robotic voice absolutely spoils it , why is it so popular?

Could you please tell me what the game is called?

@cinematicbattles559

2 ай бұрын

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

@daftdinosaur5627

2 ай бұрын

@@cinematicbattles559 Thank you, also how did you make the game look so good

Could you imagine how regressive a Total War produced game on this era would be? They'd have zulu warrior women with AK74N's and no moral break, 99 attack, 99 defence, and call it balanced.

Which bishops were converted? What were they converted to?

@stvdagger8074

2 ай бұрын

Probably a reference to John Colenso, Anglican Bishop of Natal. He developed some controversial religious opinion, some of which appeared to be influenced by African religious practices, which resulted in attempts to excommunicate and depose him. He also opposed the invasion of Zululand. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Colenso

@stvdagger8074

2 ай бұрын

n case you are wondering about the "the Zulu... ...put an end to a great dynasty" part of that quote by Prime Minister Disraeli, he is referring to the death of Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial, the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France. He was killed by a Zulu warrior on June 1, 1879.

20000 v 4000 is abit outnumbered,which school did these officers go to??

what mods?

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

Victoria at war mod for napoleon total war

0:35 wtf with the bugler.

British are awesome warriors

What game is this? And or mod?

@cinematicbattles559

2 ай бұрын

Napoleon total war with the Khartum and Zulu mod

@Im-Red-Faction

2 ай бұрын

@@cinematicbattles559 thank you very much! This game looks fun! Is it like a sandbox game like ultimate battle simulator is?

I dont get it, couldnt archers easily take out rifle troops like those

The regiment were likely not the 24th 24th wearing green facings not yellow

Some of the script copy pasted from wikipedia.

is this empire total war? or a different total war

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

Napoleon total war with the Victoria at war mod installed 👌

What game is this?

Is the movie based on "Fall of the Samurai" or "Empire"?

@cinematicbattles559

2 ай бұрын

This was based on a movie called "Zulu Dawn"

@user-rq9cz7nu9m

2 ай бұрын

@@cinematicbattles559 I know, thanks, but what I want to know is what version of Total War are you using?

what is this mod man this is insane

@cinematicbattles559

23 күн бұрын

The Khartum and Zulu mod , it’s great

@scriptzaddy

23 күн бұрын

@@cinematicbattles559 thanks mate

Pulliene was a Lieutenant Colonel, not a Lieutenant!🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

mid modern age virgins vs early bronze age chads

There is so much WRONG with this video. Although it has a lot of commendable elements it totally misses the most important aspects of and reasons for this defeat of a British force by an African army. This discredits both the British and the Zulus btw. If you want to understand this battle then please read a book, or ten books and dont be misled by this video. look at 9:30 which shows zulus suddenly in close combat with the British line with no explanation and an impression that they simply ran up to them. ridiculous. A very poor and lazy part of an otherwise ok video. Vitally important to any explanation of this battle is that first the rate of fire the British line slowed down. This gave the zulus in the chest of their army some hope that they could rush them but it wasnt enough on its own for the zulus to stand up and rush them. This wasnt because the British 'ran out' of ammo but it is because they were getting low and the zulus had gone to ground (crawling slowly through the grass) and were no longer advancing boldly towards the British. Still this encouraged the Zulus who saw it as a good sign. Second and most importantly to this whole battle is that the Zulu left wing or 'horn' attacked and wiped out the most extreme right wing company of the British line after Durnfords sudden and unexpected retreat. The zulus didnt simply attack the centre of the British line unsupported, they attacked the right side of the line and began to roll it up and only when the chest of the zulu army saw this they charged forward into the centre of the British line to join those who had attacked the British right. This flank attack only happened because the Zulu left horn had ran quite far to outflank the British line and they were being held off by Durnford on his own. BUT and most crucially Durnford had not made any arrangements for getting ammunition to his men and unforgivably he retreated back to the camp without warning Pulleine or any other British officer. This sudden gallop back to the camp allowed the left horn Zulus to rush towards the extreme right flank of the British line and wipe them out. That said Pulliene should have seen the danger and reinforced Durnford or withdrawn his long line before the retreat happened. This leads to a very important detail which is that Pulleine foolishly tried to defend the same line that Chelmsford had laid out for 4000 men. Pulleines smaller force was too thin to defend such a long line and so the men in the right wing companies were standing several yards apart from each other, not shoulder to shoulder. When the zulus closed with them from their right and rear they were overwhelmed in seconds. If someone doesnt understand these details which are not in this video then they cannot possibly understand the battle. Also may I say that the British companies shown here are HUGE. In reality a company of the 1st Battalion 24 foot at Isandlwhana was about 90 men not the 2 or 3 hundred shown here and those on the right of the line were in very open order not closed order as shown here. I could go on and on but I will stop here. I only write because the comments here dont seem to understand that the important details of this battle are left out for some reason. Personally I love the history of the two invasions of Zululand in general. I have casually researched it for about 40 years. I have forgotten more than most know about it but the important things I remember really should have been in any video that wants to explain what happened and why.

@johnbuggy9121

2 ай бұрын

Great post. Very informative.

@eunicearcilla2321

2 ай бұрын

I guess details like these are hard to replicate using a videogame

@bieituns

2 ай бұрын

Make your own video if you think you can do better

@alexc8209

2 ай бұрын

@@bieituns childish comment.

@bieituns

2 ай бұрын

@@alexc8209 It's your comment that's childish. Can't stand the critics and armchair generals. Only too happy to criticise others and point out how things should be done but never do anything themselves.

I'm much more interested in the names of the Zulu Leaders

what´s the name of the game?

@cinematicbattles559

2 ай бұрын

Napoleon total war , I’m using the Khartum and Zulu mod

So where were the British Gatling Guns ?

@downlink5877

2 ай бұрын

They didn’t have any at Isandlwana

@Paris__

2 ай бұрын

They left them behind at camp!

@downlink5877

2 ай бұрын

The Gatlings were with the Royal Navy detachment at Eshowe

If the British had Colt single action revolvers, Winchester repetition rifles , and some Gatling machine guns they might have done better . Their equipment was obsolete compared to what the US was producing at the time.

@thomasferguson2193

2 ай бұрын

Revolvers and Winchester’s didn’t help Custer all that much at Bighorn. Gatling guns might have helped but the had been assigned to a different outfit in the locality during the prelude to the battle. The loss had more to do with bad intelligence/overconfidence

Wich mod?

@cinematicbattles559

Ай бұрын

Khartum and Zulu mod for napoleon total war

what is the name of the game?

@cinematicbattles559

2 ай бұрын

Napoleon total war and I’m using the Khartum and Zulu mod

6:53 that British flag lol 🤣🤣

This was not a decisive victory for the Zulus at all. It was an embarrassing loss for the British, but nothing more than that.

HOW could the casualties be approx the same? 1300 Brits and 2000 Zulu? If the Brits had been firing rifles and canons at the Zulus for HOURS, there should have been disproportionate losses to Zulus....??????

@kithall3925

3 ай бұрын

They missed?!! 😅

@richardstephens5570

2 ай бұрын

That's only Zulus killed. There were thousands more wounded.

@LennyMadona-jm8yq

2 ай бұрын

If you read the book or watch the film, the Quatermasters loggies(logistics) refused to hand out ammunition to the levies (African contingent) numbering 4/500 men… then they couldn’t get many of the ammo boxes open, so in the end it was bayonet against spear. The Brits are the most highly trained and most professional army in the world but 30 plus to 1… I don’t like them odds so they meet the maker.

@krismurphy7711

2 ай бұрын

@@LennyMadona-jm8yq No doubt they were doomed, but I had thought the difference in killed was significant....it is almost equal. THAT begs an explanation. You would assume trained soldiers with easily reloaded RIFLES, against natives with spears would be 5-1...10-1

Good - but why are the distances used not in miles?!

@terminallydrunk1900

2 ай бұрын

That's a american thing

@gcm747

2 ай бұрын

Are you aware of how measurement is done outside of America?

@Livinginlanguage

2 ай бұрын

@@gcm747 - I am. I don't live in America. I also know what measurements were used there at the time. You know - history. Do you?

@Livinginlanguage

2 ай бұрын

@@terminallydrunk1900 - what is 'an American thing'? I'm English. We use miles and we used miles then. It's an historical thing. :)

@Livinginlanguage

Ай бұрын

@@terminallydrunk1900 - I'm English; and it's 'an American thing'. ;)

Hi

Invasion?

didn't they even fix bayonets?

Zulus!............. Fousands of 'em.

Excuse me, sir. A strange message from Vereker, my lord. It would seem that Pulleine has a battle on his hands. No details. No intelligence.