https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/89bvkr/podcast_episode_5_edit.mp3 For ios devices you can download Episode 5 of The Redcoat History Podcast here. You can also stream online here or simply google The Redcoat History Podcast. Hallo old man, welcome to my bell tent. Put your bundhook over there and feel free to rest a little. You boys of the northern column have … Continue reading Podcast Episode 5: Zulu Broken – the battles of Ntombe, Hlobane and Kambula.
PODCAST LINK ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-redcoat-history-podcast/id1464633664 PODCAST LINK ON PODBEAN: https://redcoathistory.podbean.com/e/anglo-zulu-war-part-4-the-siege-and-relief-of-eshowe/ The Anglo-Zulu war is so much more than the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift. They may get all of the attention but there were many other battles and engagements - some of them almost forgotten now. The column that was so badly mauled at … Continue reading Podcast Episode 4: The siege and relief of Eshowe
The most famous engagement of the Victorian era. 11 Victoria Crosses won during a few hours of vicious hand to hand fighting, forever immortalised on film. But how much do most of us really know and understand about the battle? Was the film historically correct? In episode three of the Redcoat History Podcast, I take … Continue reading Podcast Episode 3: The Battle of Rorke’s Drift
Hurrah, you've made it to my website. Perhaps I may surmise that you have come via my new Redcoat History podcast? If so I wish you a hearty welcome. Here - take my canteen, slip off those old leather boots and warm your hands by the fire. https://youtu.be/ZY3J3Y_OU0w Actually, scrap that - a runner has … Continue reading Podcast Episode 2: The battle of Isandlwana
After the British were defeated at the battle of Isandlwana a few hundred survivors made a dash for the Buffalo River in an attempt to escape from the victorious Zulus. Take a walk with me as we explore that story and examine the terrain of the battlefield.
I am fascinated by the Anglo-Zulu war but have always been confused about the reasons for it and why Britain invaded. In this short "5 minute history" I try to give an explanation as to why the war happened.
This video looks at the battlefields of the Coastal column during the British invasion of Zululand. Nyezane, Eshowe and Gingindlovu are little known battles but fascinating and well worth a visit.
In the latest of my battlefield tour videos I take you for a walk around Rorke's Drift and try to explain a little of the history.
In this video Christian Parkinson gives a tour of the battlefield at Isandlwana, site of one of the British army's worst and most well known defeats.
