The Night 150 Men Held Off 4,000 Zulus | Rorke's Drift 1879

This is what actually happened at Rorke's Drift on 22 January 1879: the prince who disobeyed his king, the supply officer who talked everyone out of running, the captured rifles firing down from the hill, and the reason a defensive skirmish became the thing Britain chose to remember about the Zulu War. ▶ Watch the battle this one was built to overshadow — The Day 20,000 Zulus Destroyed a British Army: https://youtu.be/aorX0gEcI0c SOURCES Ian Knight, Nothing Remains But to Fight John Laband, Historical Dictionary of the Zulu Wars The James Stuart Archive (Zulu oral testimony, incl. Dabulamanzi and the undi corps) #RorkesDrift #ZuluWar #History #Isandlwana #MilitaryHistory