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Zulu War VCs : Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Zulu War 1879 by James W. Bancroft (2018, Hardcover)

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Title Zulu War VCs. The conflict has never left the public's imagination, and continues to stir hot debate among military historians and enthusiasts. Format Hardcover.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPen & Sword Books The Limited

ISBN-10152672264X

ISBN-139781526722645

eBay Product ID (ePID)28038376663

Product Key Features

Book TitleZulu War Vcs : Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Zulu War 1879

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAfrica / South / General, Military / General, Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Military

Publication Year2018

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorJames W. Bancroft

FormatHardcover

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Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-439873

SynopsisThe Anglo-Zulu War lasted only six months in 1879, but in that relatively short time twenty-three men were awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry under most trying and dangerous circumstances. Zulu warriors gave no mercy and expected none in return, yet half of the awards were given to men who went back into the midst of fierce fighting to rescue stranded comrades, well-aware that they risked suffering a particularly brutal death. Two men received posthumous awards for their efforts to save the Queen's color of their regiment after the disastrous engagement against overwhelming numbers of warriors at Isandlwana, and perhaps the most famous of all awards of the Victoria Cross were the eleven gained for the immortal defence of Rorke's Drift, the battle brought back to the public consciousness by the motion picture _Zulu!_ The conflict has never left the public's imagination, and continues to stir hot debate among military historians and enthusiasts. With information compiled over four decades by James W. Bancroft, a well-known and respected historian and author of several publications on the subject, this book brings together more information about the men than has ever before been collected together in one publication., The Anglo-Zulu War lasted only six months in 1879, but in that relatively short time twenty-three men were awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry under most trying and dangerous circumstances. Zulu warriors gave no mercy and expected none in return, yet half of the awards were given to men who went back into the midst of fierce fighting to rescue stranded comrades, well-aware that they risked suffering a particularly brutal death. Two men received posthumous awards for their efforts to save the Queen's color of their regiment after the disastrous engagement against overwhelming numbers of warriors at Isandlwana, and perhaps the most famous of all awards of the Victoria Cross were the eleven gained for the immortal defence of Rorke's Drift, the battle brought back to the public consciousness by the motion picture _Zulu _ The conflict has never left the public's imagination, and continues to stir hot debate among military historians and enthusiasts. With information compiled over four decades by James W. Bancroft, a well-known and respected historian and author of several publications on the subject, this book brings together more information about the men than has ever before been collected together in one publication.

LC Classification NumberDT1882