Most people know the story through the 1964 classic ZULU starring Michael Caine and Stanley Baker. But what really happened? On the anniversary of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift (January 22nd-23rd, 1879), Adam dissects the real battle step by step, going over the characters from both sides of the conflict.
CHAPTERS
- 0:00 – Intro
- 1:25 – The Zulu Plan
- 3:25 – The British Plan
- 4:36 – Horns of the Buffalo
- 6:59 – Invasion of Zululand
- 7:58 – Rorke’s Drift
- 10:25 – Morning, January 22, 1879
- 12:39 – Afternoon, January 22, 1879
- 23:25 – Evening, January 22, 1879
- 35:50 – Fight for the Hospital
- 41:45 – Nightfall, January 22-23, 1879
- 45:45 – January 23, 1879
- 48:00 – Aftermath
MAIN SOURCES
“Battle of Rorke’s Drift”, BritishBattles.com, accessed January 05, 2022. https://www.britishbattles.com/zulu-war/battle-of-rorkes-drift/
Chard, John, “Report to Queen Victoria” from rarkesdriftvs.com, accessed January 05, 2022. http://rorkesdriftvc.com/vc/chard_account.htm
Hitch, Frederick, “Frederick Hitch and the Defense of Rorke’s Drift”, Military History Journal, Vol. 2, No. 6, December, 1973. http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol026mb.html
Hook, Henry, “Private Henry Hook’s account,” Royal Magazine, accessed January 05, 2022. http://rorkesdriftvc.com/vc/hook_account.htm
Line of Fire: Rorke’s Drift 1879. History Channel, 2002
Parkinson, Christian, “Podcast Episode 3: The Battle of Rorke’s Drift”, Red Coast History Podcast. Podcast audio. July 01, 2019, https://redcoathistory.com/2019/07/01/podcast-episode-3-the-battle-of-rorkes-drift/
“Rorke’s Drift – The Anglo-Zulu War”, Sabaton History, No. 038 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYKncIlQnaw&t=310s
“The Battle of Rorke’s Drift”, from History with Hilbert, June, 23, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYOCVPIl0Cg&t=374s
Music:
- Men of Harlech, Lyrics by John Oxenford
- Zulu Usuthu Usuthu, Amagugu Akwazulu
- Confrontation, Yuki Kajiura
- Drums of War, James Murray
- Earthquake, James Murray
- Centurion, Ben Hayden
- Tiger, Ben Hayden
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