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Ian F. W. Beckett

Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana

Great Battles

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The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879, the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War, witnessed the worst single day's loss of British troops between the battle of Waterloo in 1815 and the opening campaigns of the First World War in August 1914. Moreover, decisive defeat at the hands of the Zulu came as an immense shock to a Victorian public that had become used to easy victories over less technologically advanced indigenous foes in an expanding empire.The successful defence of Rorke's Drift, which immediately followed the encounter at Isandlwana (and for which 11 Victoria Crosses were awarded), averted military disaster and went some… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-19-251296-3
  • EAN: 9780192512963
  • Produktnummer: 29634428
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 240 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 3'239 KB
  • Abbildungen: 24 black and white halftones; 4 maps

Über den Autor


Professor Ian F. W. Beckett retired as Professor of Military History at the University of Kent in 2015. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he is internationally known for his work on the history of the British Army in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and on the First World War. Previously, he held chairs in both the US and the UK, including as Major General Matthew C Horner Distinguished Professor of Military Theory at the US Marine Corps University,Quantico, Virginia. He was Chairman of the Council of the UK Army Records Society from 2001 to 2014.

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