Medals from one of the last-known survivors of the legendary Battle of Rorke's Drift - immortalised in the film Zulu - will go on sale next month. The medals of Alfred Saxty, who was just 22 at the ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Wars Across the World: Zulu 1879 Zulu 1879 recreates the British military campaign leading up to the destruction of the belligerent Zulu kingdom in South ...

Introduction : the stakes of war -- Grounds for aggression -- The Zulu polity and the ultimatum -- Opposing armies -- The Battle of Islandwana -- The Battle of Rorke's Drift -- Defeat on the coast and ...

There has always been something of a debate about the Anglo-Zulu Wars of 1879, particularly with regard to the numbers of Welsh soldiers involved in the Battle of Isandlwana and at the defense of ...

pt. 1. Prologue -- The Bantu -- The rise of the Zulu nation -- Port Natal -- Dingane -- Mpande -- pt. 2. Confederation -- The coming of the war -- Preparations ...

The desperate defence of Rorke's Drift, a tiny outpost of Queen Victoria's empire, by 139 men against more than 4,000 marauding Zulus led to the award of 11 Victoria Crosses (VCs). That defiance and ...

'The Real Story of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift With Historian Saul David' In this video, Dan Snow talks to Saul David - historian, broadcaster and author - about what was arguably the most brutal and ...

Queen Mpumi and head of KwaZulu culture Gugu Ngcobo attended the dinner. Members of the Zulu royal family are completing a visit to Wales ahead of next year's 140th anniversary of the Anglo-Zulu War.

On Jan. 22, 1879, an annular solar eclipse passed over parts of South America and Africa. The same day, the second major battle of the Anglo-Zulu War was fought at the foot of a hill called Isandlwana ...

The Anglo-Zulu War was one of the great 19th-century battles that played out in what is known today as KwaZulu-Natal. In 1879, British forces invaded Zululand to control the kingdom, which was then ...

Queen Mpumi and head of KwaZulu culture Gugu Ngcobo attended the dinner. Members of the Zulu royal family are completing a visit to Wales ahead of next year's 140th anniversary of the Anglo-Zulu War.