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Osprey's Campaign title for the Zulu War (1879). In the late 1870s the British Imperial administration in the Cape colony in southern Africa began to view the Zulu kingdom as a challenge to their authority.To contain this perceived threat, they engineered a war. The early campaigns went terribly wrong, with the decisive Zulu victory at Isandlwana. Ultimately however, the British won the war. The Zulus, primarily reliant on their skill with the stabbing spear, had no real defence or retaliation against the massed firepower of professional British soldiers. Ian Castle examines the British-Zulu war and its two key battles, Isandlwana and Khambula, with excellent black and white photographs accompanying the clear and detailed text.
Table of Contents
Opposing Strategies
The Commanders
The Armies: Isandlwana Campaign
The First Phase of the War
The Aftermath of Isandlwana
The Second Phase of the War
Aftermath
The Battlefields Today
Chronology
A Guide to Further Reading
Wargaming the Zulu War
Product details
| Published | Jan 30 1992 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 96 |
| ISBN | 9781855321656 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 73 b/w; 19 col |
| Dimensions | 10 x 7 inches |
| Series | Campaign |
| Short code | CAM 14 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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