Anglo-Zulu War: Difference between revisions

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In response a Zulu force of 40,000 was mobilized against the British expeditionary force of 2000. Underestimating Zulu numbers and capabilities met with bad leadership as the British lost the initial Battle of Isandlwana. Immediately after this, 139 British soldiers managed to hold off three to four thousand Zulus attacking their garrison until relief arrived in the Battle of Rorke's Drift, which resulted in eleven Victoria Crosses being awarded, a record for a single action unsurpassed to this date.