Season 1 (2002)
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Episodes 3
1
The Road to Isandlwana
January 1, 2002
• 50m
The first episode in the series sets the scene and tells the fascinating story of the origins of the war and explains how Sir Henry Bartle-Frere engineered the British invasion of Zululand.
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The Washing of the Spears
January 1, 2002
• 50m
The appalling disaster at Isandlwana was received with horror in Britain and the Government did all it could to maximise the news of the momentous events at Rorke's Drift.
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3
Twilight of the Zulus
January 1, 2002
• 50m
This episode tells the story of the bloody second and final phase of the war during which the British exacted terrible retribution on the Zulu nation and humiliated King Cetshwayo.
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