Eyewitness to the true heroism of Zulu: Major John Chard's memoir
Even after 141 years and two World Wars, it remains one of the most celebrated actions in British military history. Thanks in no small part to the 1964 classic film, Zulu — starring Stanley Baker and a young, plummy-toned Michael Caine — the Battle of Rorke’s Drift has become a byword for standing firm in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Military cadets still study the day, in January 1879, when a small South African mission station turned supply depot, manned by 135 British soldiers — a quarter of them sick and bedridden — came under attack from 4,000 Zulu warriors. Just ...
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