Incompetent British leadership cost the British a major defeat at Isandlwana in 1879. 15 years after his hugely successful Zulu, Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn. 1879 Battle of Isandhlwana, British troops defeated by locals 16-to-1. In the title scene, King Cetshwayo's effervescent African village life contrasts with General Lord Chelmsford's (Peter O'Toole) aristocratic artifice. With an ultimatum evidently issued to give his troops something to do, Chelmsford starts the tragic war. His aloofness leads to mistakes.
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Incompetent British leadership cost the British a major defeat at Isandlwana in 1879. 15 years after his hugely successful Zulu, Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn. 1879 Battle of Isandhlwana, British troops defeated by locals 16-to-1. In the title scene, King Cetshwayo's effervescent African village life contrasts with General Lord Chelmsford's (Peter O'Toole) aristocratic artifice. With an ultimatum evidently issued to give his troops something to do, Chelmsford starts the tragic war. His aloofness leads to mistakes.
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