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Evil Harry's avatar

When I was in the military, I had to assist with someone else's lecture on the Rorkes Drift battle and the men involved.

I only knew what I had seen portrayed in the film

The Zulus had already massacred over 1000 troops at Isandlwana outpost and now Rorkes Drift was in their path.

Their bravery cannot be denied, but the saddest thing for me was that many of the survivors, died in poverty after their return to Britain.

While our country wanted it's men to fight for the glory of the empire, it abandoned them completely afterwards.

I hadn't previously realised that the Zulu attacks were in response to British troops invading Zululand and forcing Cetshwayo to act.

I can no longer watch films like Zulu, or the Great Escape, as I've grown to realise that we caused many of the wars we so "gloriously" won.

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Tom Yanks's avatar

Joseph Levine was the executive producer.

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