Instead of getting a Master of History Degree, I’ll save my $100K and listen here weekly. I hope this channel gets popular enough that the creator is able to do this full time, so we get twice a week videos 😊

I watched a multi-part documentary on the Anglo-Zulu War years ago. If I remember correctly, after the war the British carved Zululand up into smaller chiefdoms. They hoped to keep the Zulus divided and weak, but the removal of King Cetswayo created a power vacuum which the newly-minted chiefs rushed to fill. Most of the high-ranking Zulu veterans of Isandlwana were killed in the civil war which followed. For the Zulus the Anglo-Zulu War was the end of their world, while for the British Empire it was Tuesday.

@americanpig-dog7051

10 ай бұрын

Well, yeah, when you're not evolved past being cavemen you're going to get steam rolled.

@pedromiguel3227

9 ай бұрын

@@americanpig-dog7051 150 terrified and courageous British soldiers held back 3000 - 4000 angry Zulu warriors. They must have felt doomed, but they were determined to go down swinging. They managed to win one of the most one-sided battles in history: The battle of Rorke’s Drift.

@americanpig-dog7051

9 ай бұрын

@pedromiguel3227 If you want to see more lopsided battles look up the Rhodesian bush wars and some of their battles. It was ridiculous.

@pedromiguel3227

9 ай бұрын

@@americanpig-dog7051 I used to work with some old Rhodesian guys in the Canuku offshore oilfield near Angola. They were fantastic people. It was a privilege to sit with them and hear their stories. I watched some good footage on them on KZread. They were bad asses. Rhodesia went downhill fast after the rebels took over. Just like South Africa.

@embersuhnuhk346

8 ай бұрын

​@@americanpig-dog7051this explains a lot in the Philippines. Prior to WWII this Asian nation was the most advanced and wealthy among its neihbor nations. Being given their independence by McArthur in 1946 it became a nation without adult supervision. The corrupt nepotism of the Chinese-Filipino family dynasties have robbed & bankrupted the population. And here we are 77 years later with little to no progress for the poor & unemployed.

I grew up watching the movie "Zulu". The story still fascinates me. Great detail here! Thank you!

As a Brit, I know this story well but you included some facts I didn't know (or had forgotten) and told the story well. Thanks!

Hello from Cebu,Philippines

Holy CRAP!!! Thank you HOKC!!! I literally have nothing controversial or snarky to say this time! This is one of my favorites! This is the British Little Big Horn! I'm geeking out! I encourage everyone reading this to go check out "Carnage and Culture" by Victor Davis Hanson and immediately read the brilliant chapter covering this engagement! Best video EVER HOKC 🤘

@texasbonn257

10 ай бұрын

Islandawana was surely their LBH.

Alot of big battles fought in south Africa between Zulus, Boers and the British after that the border wars and now south Africans fight each other. War never stopped

Absolutely great show!!!! Love em’. Please play More Boer & Zulu history. The English were pretty hard on the Boer, the latter of which is arguably as indigenous to South Africa as the Zulu. The Koi-Koi are the real South Africans. Thanks for your work!❤

@lyndoncmp5751

9 ай бұрын

The Boer were pretty hard on the blacks (they moved away from British control when Britain abolished slavery) and the Boer descendents, the Afrkaaners then established Apartheid and South Africa was banished from the Commonwealth.

Nice to see he got a proper grave of his own, I was shown his original pauper grave in philips Park cemetery many years ago. His name of all the people in the grave was always clean and bright. Somebody always placed a poppy every armistice day on the grave stone, very fitting.

I started to watch several other videos on this and stopped watching in search of a better video. Your video is so much better and the one i watched in its entirety. Well done.

Excellent! Thank you. Your portrayal of the human experience of these events should set a standard for others to follow. One shortcoming of other accounts of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift have been not giving the Zulu's their proper due for the horrific casualties they suffered attacking forces that had technologically far superior weaponry. Looking forward to your accounts of other historical events.

I like how you don't waste any words in your narrative, ever word builds a picture.

You should cover the Battle of Blood River. Most people are unaware of the rich military history of South Africa.

@alitlweird

10 ай бұрын

Most people… as in nearly 100% of people alive today. LoL (I’m becoming fascinated with it)🤓

@jacobitediver

9 ай бұрын

​@@alitlweirdnot 100% but most...

@jacobitediver

9 ай бұрын

As a descendant of the Boers I think Blood River would be epic covered by HOKC

@donbongz4732

6 ай бұрын

​@@alitlweird a gross overstatement. Anyone who knows anything about colonial England knows of the anglo-zulu conflicts. And it's the people with no interest in history at all that don't. And you couldn't expect them to even remind you what colonialism was.

@alitlweird

6 ай бұрын

@@donbongz4732 there would be no Zulu wars or Boer wars if not for British Colonialism.

One of the best, if not the best documentary on this battle that I have ever watched. Thank you👍👍

@historyattheokcorral

9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Fantastic episode. Hopefully we hear more accounts from the Anglo Zulu war or battles with the Dutch Boers.

Awesome content. This channel gets better and better

HOKC, enjoying the history and battles from all over the world, Keep up the great content!

An excellent retelling of a monumental battle. My thanks for the well researched, and highly documented story of the event.

Another great history lesson. Saw the movie with Michael Cain in it they portrayed the missionary as a drunk I read an article on this fight only good things were said of him.

@lyndoncmp5751

9 ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with getting drunk.

Honestly, I can’t give enough credit and thumbs up! Your videos are of the highest quality! Thanks

so under rated channel..but so well presented stories and tales of epic history through the ages..keep up the good work..your narration has a nice cadence and rhythm..

Great history lesson. Thanks a lot.

Brilliant!!! Well Done!!!!

I admit that for me being American I have only learned the history that impacts my country. First time hearing about the British against the Zulu. Thanks!

great video this was cool, I heard a lot about the Zulu wars, but never had a battle so detailed! plus the story was cool poor Williams.

Your videos are great mate 👍 I would love it if you could consider doing the eureka stockade in Australia

Wow! A great account of the battle!

Im not sure why but this one is by far my favorite episode. Listening to it for the fifth time now.

Excellent!

I used to live a couple of hundred yards from Philip's Park, Manchester. My girlfriend and I would walk our dog there frequently. Yet didn't know of William Jones VC's exploits and burial within the adjoining cemetery. Thank you for making me aware. I'll be sure to visit his grave site in the park cemetery next time I'm nearby.

Another excellent episode H.O.K.C. If I could make only one more contribution, and that's the observance of a Zulu Shepard boy post Isandlwana battle: They were all dead, the wagons were dead, and even the shadows were dead.

another banger!

I'm very pleased with the way you opened this, with the story of William Jones in Buffalo Bill's show. A very different slant on the story!

wow what an amazing piece of history.

Thank you for the lesson Sir. I 💛 history the way you tell it. Much appreciated!

Another great episode... Shout out from the suburbs of Detroit...

@historyattheokcorral

10 ай бұрын

Shout out to Detroit! Best pizza in the land.

@mikeyh4406

9 ай бұрын

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Best account of the battle I've heard. Really didn't expect this from a colonial 😂, great job, very immersive👍

Incredibly courage on both sides. RIP to all...except those who caused both those terrible slaughters with their egos while they stayed out of danger.

A "work house" in England at the time is *not* a place for people who cannot care for themselves as you said. It was a place you were sent to pay off debt. Similar to debtors prison but you worked and your wages went to pay off debts. It makes a big difference bc you made it sound like a nursing home.

@Frisbinator

10 ай бұрын

Excuse me, how large of a difference does it make, and why is that difference large? Please clarify, thank you.

@rdwwdr3520

10 ай бұрын

@@Frisbinator One makes him sound infirm and vegetative, the other implies he fell on very hard times financially. It's a totally different kind of ending to the man himself. Both are grim circumstances but financial hard times has a whole script that goes with it. Doc Holiday died in the hospital of tuberculosis but imagine if he had died in the street, destitute and penniless. Does it change the vibe of the story at all ?

@allenschmitz9644

9 ай бұрын

social prison like a nut house.

What was the kill ratio of British vs Zulu? I think I read somewhere this battle was the largest kill ratio for any army in a battle such as this. I don't remember the number but is was 25+ to 1 or something? If so, this was not a Zulu victory at all, but a total sacrifice of brave warriors by a worthless commander. Does anyone know the accurate kill ratio number?

@allenschmitz9644

9 ай бұрын

Guessers Know.

@lyndoncmp5751

9 ай бұрын

17 British dead vs circa 500 Zulu dead in the immediate vicinity of the battlefield. Probably more Zulus died later of their wounds.

I enjoyed this story of fighting on the African veldt. I battles between white settlers in Africa was not much different than that of white settlers in North America. Keep up the good work.

Small correction if I may the British lost 700 regular soldiers at Isandlwana along with 300 native contingent and 200 allied forces around 1200 men were lost not 1800. Zulu casualties were around 5000 with around 2000 dead. Sorry to be a pain your narration is fantastic.

@lyndoncmp5751

9 ай бұрын

Mike Snook in How Can Man Die Better gives a figure of approximately 1,320 dead on the British side, including 500 plus natives (circa 480 in the Natal Native Contingent and nearly 30 in the Natal Native Mounted Contingent under Durnford). He gives a detailed breakdown on all units. Cheers 👍

@SuziQ499

9 ай бұрын

@@lyndoncmp5751 Does that include those that escaped when calculating the numbers?.

Bravo 👏 👏 👏

What a bunch studs. Holy crap

When I saw the length of today’s video, I knew I was lucky 😏.

HOKC how’s it going fella from West Cork in Ireland

@retriever19golden55

9 ай бұрын

Would love to visit the beautiful West Cork area someday!

You should definitely do some videos on the anglo wars in india like the anglo-sikh wars.

The Zulu which attacked Rorke`s Drift were not at Isandlwana.

Please do the battle of blood River, where the zulu killed 300 women and children who were under Retief's protection, even though there was a truce . The battle that resulted was pretty cool in revenge 415 boers fought 15-25,000 Zulus. The zulus suffered +3000 casualties while the boers had 3 slightly wounded.

@chiccngeorge3058

10 ай бұрын

How is that a cool battle? One side had guns the other side had homemade knives.

@B-I-G-N-A-S-T-Y

10 ай бұрын

​@@chiccngeorge3058When Retief was betrayed he was with around 100 well armed men , they surrendered their weapons to make a deal with Dengane, Dengane betrayed them and killed them while they were unarmed. The Zulu got those guns . When the Impi attacked the envoy of 530ish people three quarters of that were women and children,that leaves atleast 100 armed men, Zulu's got those . Add to that previous trades and raids made for firearms, your looking at 200 guns minimum.

@cl0udbr3ak

10 ай бұрын

@@chiccngeorge3058 Wrong, the Zulu had muskets, old to e sure but by the time the Boers arroved in Natal about 1 in 5 warriors had powder burning weapon. Traders from Delagoa Bay and Port Natal traded weapons for animal hides among other things. How do I know this, I make my living telling the Anglo-Zulu and Anglo-Boer war stories.

@cl0udbr3ak

10 ай бұрын

@@B-I-G-N-A-S-T-Y When Dingane sent his Impi's to the Blaaukrans and Bushmen river settlmenst, they did indeed kill over 530 people. And this was indiscriminate. 182 children and 270 servants were killed. The Boer revenge was swift and telling

@B-I-G-N-A-S-T-Y

10 ай бұрын

@@cl0udbr3ak Damn, I got all excited when I started reading your comments, thanks for the additional information! I didn't know the kind of rifles they used, so thank you for that as well. Your job sounds really interesting. I've been to the Voortrekker monument in Pretoria plenty of times loved going there as a kid.

WOW! The HOCK gooes wandering. But if you enjoy the history of the United Kingdom, why not more fascinating stories about the Tlingit or the Haida? These are the really interesting tribes of the northwestern pacific theater...

@historyattheokcorral

10 ай бұрын

🤫🤫🤫 You are giving away our upcoming topics....🫡😉

So the Zulu had enough astronomical knowledge to be aware of upcoming eclipses? These are the "Dead Moons"?

@bensamuels4976

10 ай бұрын

I think the "Dead Moon" was just a mark of the lunar cycle, I believe the current term is "New Moon." The eclipse mentioned was a solar eclipse, where it gets dark in the middle of the day.

Not sure if its true or not but I read somewhere that the zulu shields wouldnt stop a bullet so once the zulus figured that out they hardened them and would try to hold them at an angle to not stop a bullet but deflect it in a way it wasnt perfect but it was at least an attempt.

LFG!!

Thank you for sharing this unique piece of history with us. Such a sad loss of life, like every worthless war. The Zulu war culture devalued the individual so much that they were noore than pieces on the gameboard. And the British Imperialism threw people into the war machine only for the sake of resource and land grab. Humanity is the most pitiable of all life.

@AlexanderosD

9 ай бұрын

​@@brandonstansberry9195 What? Laughably pitiable? Of course. We all are. We scurry around this world, trying to find meaning in meaningless things, we forget God, and we are ground to pieces by the machine we created. I am no more or less pitiable than you or the rest of us. No war is ever worth the lives lost in them. Even own personal "wars" that I "fight" and "die" in every day are not worth my life.

@lyndoncmp5751

9 ай бұрын

Shaka Zulu ordered more Zulus put to death after not enough remorse was shown when his mother died than the entire number of Zulus killed in every single battle combined during the 1879 Anglo Zulu War.

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And this apartheid began.

Got any Jack Hayes & Texas Rangers in Mexican American war stories for us?

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When it came to fighting the invading British, the Zulu were playing checkers and the Maori were playing chess.

350 killed and 500 wounded?? let us honor and correctly remember the Zulu who lost their lives that day. A battle that long against well-armed British troops... thousands not hundreds were casualties.

This conflict and isandlewana was the British equivalent of Custer's last stand , the arrogance of Chelmsford similar to Custer's, again both splitting their forces into theee columns, Rourke's drift is not to disimlar to Reno and benteens command at the bighorn. I'm glad crazy horse and sitting bull won that day, I'm glad Cetuwayu won at isandlewana. People have a right to defend themselves.

@JamesPCroad

9 ай бұрын

Yes, glad, because Native Americans and Zulus were such a peaceful bunch. This phony narrative of white people bad - anything non-white, righteous, is pathetic and ultimately damaging to understanding of history.

@lyndoncmp5751

9 ай бұрын

It was militarily sound to split up the columns instead of a massive single column. At Isandlwana, Chelmsford only went out with half the force because the cut off recon patrol got itself stuck the night before and requested assistance. Chelmsford ordered the camp to act on the defensive and to be reinforced by Durnford and his men. Had Durnford did as ordered instead of riding out to chase after Zulus then the battle likely wouldn't have been a disaster. With 1,000 rifles defending the camp in a much tighter defensive perimeter, the Zulus probably would have been stopped.

@Thomas-bw1bz

9 ай бұрын

@@lyndoncmp5751 well it wasn't all bad news for Chelmsford at isandlewana at least he remembered to bring the biscuit tins with him.

@retriever19golden55

9 ай бұрын

Durnford had more in common with Custer than Chelmsford, except Custer was actually an excellent commander, just caught in a perfect storm situation. Both Durnford and Custer were extraordinarily courageous; can't say that about Chelmsford.

@lyndoncmp5751

9 ай бұрын

@@retriever19golden55 Chelmsford was mentioned in dispatches for his military actions when younger. I actually think it was brave (if misguided) to start the invasion of Zululand without the agreement of the British government and Queen.

Ironically it might have been better for the British had they not spotted the Zulu at Isandlwana - as the British commander, lacking combat experience, ordered most of his men to line up too far from the camp for them to be supplied with ammunition quickly. Had they been just been defending the camp itself (although the camp, inexcusably, had no defences) they would have been close enough to the ammunition for a constant stream of fire to be maintained.

@lyndoncmp5751

9 ай бұрын

That was Durnford who pressured him. It was Durnford who rode out to chase after the Zulus, telling Pulleine to support him. Before Durnford arrived about 10.00 am, there was an earlier false alarm at around 8.00 am after thousands of Zulus had been sighted in the hills to the northeast. Pulleine ordered a 'stand to' just in front of the 2nd Battalion tents. He was following instructions from Chelmsford. Chelmsford ordered Pulleine to keep his forces drawn in and to act strictly on the defensive. This is exactly what Pulleine did do. It was the arrival of Durnford that changed everything. Chelmsford only ordered Durnford to get to the camp at once. Nowhere else. However Durnford flouted those orders, and those given to Pulleine, by turning a defensive situation into an attack. Durnford sent all of his Natal Native Mounted Contingent armed horsemen out to chase after 'retiring' Zulus. He also tried to get Pulleine to let two companies of the 24th Foot to follow him out. Pulleine, and Melville...the adjutant...protested and Durnford backed down. However, as he rode out Durnford turned to Pulleine and told him he expected to be supported of he got into difficulties. This is why Pulleine then had to send his firing perimeter out. To protect Durnfords line of withdrawal (and that of the rocket battery, which Durnford bizarrely ordered miles out) back to camp. Then, when Durnford fell back in the face of the Zulu left horn, but decided to make a stand at the donga a mile in front of the camp, Pulleine had no choice but to keep his firing line out, supporting Durnfords left flank. If Durnford had just ridden back to camp instead of choosing the donga, Pulleine would have undoubtedly pulled in the 24th Foot firing line. But Durnford was senior officer and Pulleine was obliged to support him.

@paulvmarks

9 ай бұрын

@@lyndoncmp5751 Thank you for explaining the matter Sir, before your account I was baffled by what Pulleine had done - now I understand, and I apologise for my harsh judgement of his conduct.

@lyndoncmp5751

9 ай бұрын

@@paulvmarks No problem. You're welcome. Yes, left to his own devises, without the interference from Durnford, Pulleine would definitely have kept his forces drawn in.

@paulvmarks

9 ай бұрын

@@lyndoncmp5751 Thank you Sir.

@lyndoncmp5751

9 ай бұрын

@@paulvmarks Such a shame that the movie Zulu Dawn shows nothing of all this.

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Just a shame how the British treat their veterans until today. The Americans are not much better. Just saying. Ludwig

@ShakeMixPoundRoll

9 ай бұрын

What right did the British have to invade South Africa? Did the ZULUS have WMDs?

Great video. Can you do the Haitian Revolution?

Typical british story, poor old jonesy in the poorhouse once he was used up by the empire, great episide tho. Cheers from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@joealp8196

9 ай бұрын

Shamefully, a legacy going back to at least the time of the Spanish Armada. But, sadly, not exclusive to the British.

@Hellbillyhok666

9 ай бұрын

@@joealp8196 aye they werenae good to the ex soldiers in the olde days eh