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[QUOTE]Originally posted by zarahan- aka Enrique Cardova: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [qb] I would also like to hear more about how so-called "primitive" African armies were able to defeat more "advanced" European armies. I understand this has happened more than once during the European colonization of the continent. The most famous example being the Battle of Isandlwana where Zulus defeated British forces. Obviously such incidences highlight the effectiveness and ingenuity of indigenous African military forces. [/qb][/QUOTE]See the Wiki articles mentioned above: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_military_systems_to_1800 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_military_systems_1800-1900 [IMG]http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/2056412-L.jpg[/IMG] Yeap- extensively cited in the 2 above articles. good book. Originally posted by Djehuti: [b]One important reason was that the Zulus employed a tactic called the 'bull's horns' onto the British regiments.[/b] YEap- numbers seldom tell the whole tale. In the Blitz onf WWII, the combined French and British armies outnumbered the GErmans substantially on paper, including more tanks and aircraft. But they lost to the Wermacht. The Zulu faced cannon, artillery rockets, rifles and later in the war machine guns but armed mostly with spears and shields they outmaneuvered the British, advancing by stealth to a very good attack position. And while one half of the British army was off searching for the so-called Zulu "main army" the said "main army" materialized behind their backs to attack the other half of the British forces, left in the camp at Isandhlwana. THe Zulu killed more British officers at Isandhlwana, than Napoleon killed at Waterloo. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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