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Ian Beckett, professor emeritus of military history at the University of Kent and author of Rorke’s Drift and Isandlwana, joins the show to talk about the two most famous battles of the Anglo-Zulu War.
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Times
• 01:58 Introduction
• 02:22 British interests in Zululand
• 06:52 The Zulu system
• 09:55 The British plan
• 13:12 The horns of the buffalo
• 16:49 Isandlwana
• 26:44 Innate warriors
• 29:14 Aftermath
• 33:18 Movies and myths
• 42:11 Rorke’s Drift
• 48:38 Firepower wins out
• 53:56 A western way of war?
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Ian Beckett, professor emeritus of military history at the University of Kent and author of Rorke’s Drift and Isandlwana, joins the show to talk about the two most famous battles of the Anglo-Zulu War.
▪️
Times
• 01:58 Introduction
• 02:22 British interests in Zululand
• 06:52 The Zulu system
• 09:55 The British plan
• 13:12 The horns of the buffalo
• 16:49 Isandlwana
• 26:44 Innate warriors
• 29:14 Aftermath
• 33:18 Movies and myths
• 42:11 Rorke’s Drift
• 48:38 Firepower wins out
• 53:56 A western way of war?

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