HISTORY, BOOKS, VIDEOS on the Anglo-Sudan war and Anglo-zulu war

[panzerschreck]

SOME VIDEOS ABOUT ZULU WAR:

documentary on Rorke's drift

documentary on Isandwana


and this interesting 5 parts documentary: it's in spanish, if you don't understand you can look to pictures!











Humourous videos
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Zulu CHANTS


Movies you have to see to be in the zulu war mood
(beware! these 3 are very very good)
the film zulu dawn:

the film zulu

the serie Shaka zulu, shaka united the zulus and made of it a military nation (before the anglo zulu war)



+anglo-zulu war:

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[General Gordon]

Sudan Wars Khartoum Video summary of the movie:




About the Zulu movie on Isandhlwana:

http://blip.tv/file/3253380

[ClanMcAllister]

Some more Victorian-era movies:

Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Beau Geste**
The Real Glory
The Roughriders
Zulu
Zulu Dawn
55 Days at Peking
The Sand Pebbles*
Khartoum
Rogue's March
The Man Who Would Be King
Gunga Din
The Four Feathers**
Charge of the Light Brigade* **
The Wind and the Lion
The Lost Patrol*
Outpost In Morocco*
Legionaire*
Breaker Morant
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (Series 1963)
Young Winston
Gangs of New York
Pony Soldier (RCMP)
Two Mules For Sister Sarah
Morenga
The African Queen*
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
Northern Frontier (1935)
The Man Who Would Be King
The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey (2005)
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
Prestige (1932)
Royal Flash


* = not strictly in period, but helps viewer understand historical background, character
** = several film versions

[cinco]

i could never "get into" the mood for this kind of mod. the stuff is great, it's just a bunch of black people aren't really appealing to my tastes. gj anyway.

[panzerschreck]

i could never "get into" the mood for this kind of mod. the stuff is great, it's just a bunch of black people aren't really appealing to my tastes. gj anyway.

just look the film "zulu dawn" and after, I am sure you will want to play

[ClanMcAllister]

Or Sir Ralph R. in Korda's "The Four Feathers". Or "Khartoum", for that matter

Some more of my favorite films that attempt to capture the spirit of the Victorian Period (IMHO):

Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Beau Geste**
The Real Glory
The Roughriders
Zulu
55 Days at Peking
The Sand Pebbles*
Rogue's March
Gunga Din
Charge of the Light Brigade* **
The Wind and the Lion
The Lost Patrol*
Outpost In Morocco*
Legionaire*
Breaker Morant
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (Series 1963)
Young Winston
Gangs of New York
Pony Soldier (RCMP)
Two Mules For Sister Sarah
Morenga
The African Queen*
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
Northern Frontier (1935)
The Man Who Would Be King
The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey (2005)
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
Prestige (1932)
Royal Flash







* = not strictly in period, but helps viewer understand historical background, character
** = several film versions

[ClanMcAllister]

Oops, just realized I already posted this here. Sorry.

[jp1747]

What books would you recommend as the definitive one volume treatments of the Anglo-Sudan and Anglo-Zulu Wars? I would like them to be objective or lean slightly towards the British perspective and not be the sort of PC anti-Western kind of stuff you often see nowadays. Right now it looks like Michael Asher's "Khartoum: The Ultimate Imperial Adventure" is getting the best reviews for that campaign. The possibilities I'm looking at for the Zulu War are "Brave Men's Blood: The Epic of the Zulu War 1879" by Ian Knight and "The Washing of the Spears: The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation" by Donald Morris. What is everyone's opinion on these books? Keep in mind I would like them to be very objective or British-leaning in viewpoint rather than the other way around.

[TheRomanRuler]

RIdiclous! I couldn`t see 7 vids. Need update

[IronDuke99]

Anyone intersted in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 must read 'The Washing of the Spears' by Donald R. Morris, a really fabulous history book that reads like a novel. After that I recommend three authors -look them up on the net- Ian Knight, John Laband and F. W. D. Jackson. Enough to get started.
Ted

[Isandlwana]

This might be of interest to you guys as well

1. Cool period stuff
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Colenso, Frances E.: History of the Zulu war and its origin. (1880)
http://thinredlinemod.blogspot.com/p/books.html
It's well written and gives a great insight. Has much and detailed information on all British troops involved in the Anglo-Zulu War.

Also quite interesting; written by a colonial commandant participating in the campaign.
Hamilton-Browne, G.: A lost legionary in South Africa. (1912)
http://thinredlinemod.blogspot.com/p/books.html

Written by the one of the officers who commanded the force at Rorke's Drift
Chard, J.: The defence of Rorkes drift. (1879)
http://thinredlinemod.wordpress.com/...es-drift-1879/

Chadwick, G.A.: The Battle of Isandlwana and the defence of Rorkes drift. (1978)
http://samilitaryhistory.org/misc/isangc.html

Holt, H.P.: The Mounted Police of Natal (1913)
http://thinredlinemod.blogspot.com/p/books.html

An online museum of authentic Victorian-era British military photographs.
http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/pa...uthAfrica.html

Testimonies of the surviving officers of the force engaged at Isandlwana
http://thinredlinemod.blogspot.com/p...-accounts.html

2. Websites and modern articles
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana

The list of casualties
http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/bri...a_casualty.htm

Notes on the Composition of the British Force at Isandlwana by Lt. Col. Mike Snook
http://www.empressminiatures.com/BritishForces.pdf

http://www.britishbattles.com/zulu-war/isandlwana.htm

[General Gordon]

Another video about "stuff" related to General Gordon and the Sudan Wars:

Khartoum and Gordon - Stuff



direct link to video in case embedding not working here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZwd1T3n8Zc

[Incendio]

Let me to recommend you some amazing books about Zulu War:


1) Isandlwana 1879. The Great Zulu victory - Ian Knight, Illustrated by Adam Hook. Osprey Publishing. Campaign Series. https://ospreypublishing.com/isandlwana-1879-pb


2) Zulu War 1879 Twilight of a Warrior nation - Ian Knight, Ian Castle. Osprey Publishing. Campaign Series. https://ospreypublishing.com/zulu-war-1879-pb


3) Rorke's Drift 1879 - Pinned like Rats in a Hole. Ian Knight. Osprey Publishing. Campaign Series. https://ospreypublishing.com/rorke-039-s-drift-1879-pb


4) Zulu War - Volunteers, Irregulars, - Auxiliaries. Ian Castle, Illustrated by Raffaele Ruggeri. Osprey Publishing. Men-at-Arms Series. https://ospreypublishing.com/zulu-wa...auxiliaries-pb


5) British Infantryman in South Africa 1877–81. Ian Castle, Illustrated by Christa Hook. Osprey Publishing. Warrior Series. https://ospreypublishing.com/british...ica-1877-81-pb


6) British Fortifications in Zululand 1879. Ian Knight, Illustrated by Adam Hook. Osprey Pubhlishing. Fortress 35. https://ospreypublishing.com/british...luland-1879-pb


7) British Forces in Zululand 1879. Ian Knight, Illustrated by Richard Scollins. Osprey Publishing. Elite Series. https://ospreypublishing.com/british...luland-1879-pb

[General Gordon]

There are several Public Domain books regarding the Sudan Wars which can be downloaded in pdf, kindle and many other formats:
1) Link: https://archive.org/details/fireswordinsudan00slatiala
Fire and sword in the Sudan : a personal narrative of fighting and serving the Dervishes, 1879-1895
by Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von, 1857-1932
2) This one don't know if it's PD but it can be downloaded in PDF; read it and very good presentation including Hicks expedition: Three Sudanese Wars (can't find the download link now ....)
3) Ten Years in Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp, Father Joseph Ohrwalder Link: https://archive.org/stream/tenyearsc...ge/n7/mode/2up
4) Too Late for Khartoum: Link: https://archive.org/stream/toolatefo...ge/n8/mode/2up
5) Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4943 The River War, Winston Churchill - subtitled the reconquest of Sudan but contains extensive initial chapter about the first wars in 1883-85.
There's a few more out there. Non-free books about Sudan Wars and Zulu Wars are plenty if you look around, starting with Osprey.

And although the thread is titled "History, Books, Videos..." I think it is relevant to include a mod I just made for Civilization III Conquests, see my signature.