Rorke s Drift and Isandlwana

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Rorke s Drift and Isandlwana

Author	: Ian F. W. Beckett
File Size	: 50,5 Mb
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 02 May 2024
ISBN	: 9780198794127
Pages	: 252 pages

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Rorke s Drift and Isandlwana by Ian F. W. Beckett Book PDF Summary

The story of Isandlwana, the battle that shocked the British empire at its zenith, and Rorke's Drift, which immediately followed it and went some way to restoring wounded British pride: how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today.

Rorke s Drift and Isandlwana by Ian F. W. Beckett

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The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic episodes in military history. In the morning, 20,000 Zulus overwhelmed the British invading force in one of the greatest disasters ever to befall a British army.Later the same day, a Zulu force of around 3,000 warriors turned their attention

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