The Day the Zulu Army Destroyed a British Regiment in 2 Hours

[00:00:00]Did you know an African army completely destroyed a British Imperial regiment in under 2 hours and Britain spent the next century trying [music] to make people forget it? January 22nd, 1879, South Africa. Over 20,000 Zulu warriors moved through the hills surrounding Isandlwana in near silence. The British had no idea what was coming. The Zulu commanders used a formation called the Buffalo horn. A massive chest of warriors pinned the enemy forward while two curving horns swept wide around both flanks, encircling them completely. It was not a charge. It was a trap, perfectly executed. Over 1,300 British soldiers died that day. An entire regiment wiped out by midday. The British Empire had conquered a quarter of the globe. It had never seen anything like this. The Zulu did not win because of luck. They won because their commanders read the terrain, controlled [music] the timing, and out-thought a professional army at every step. Britain called it a disaster. The Zulu called it a victory. Both were right.