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PaulThomas92 (talk | contribs) Result is clunky and is nonsensical. Nobody says in WW2 that the Axis "won the initial invasions" but were then defeated. |
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| caption = From left to right clockwise: The [[Battle of Isandlwana]], The charge of the [[17th Lancers]] at [[Battle of Ulundi|Ulundi]], The British defence of [[Rorke's Drift]], and the British defense of [[Battle of Kambula|Kambula]]
| date = 11 January – 4 July 1879<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=01|day1=11|year1=1879|month2=07|day2=04|year2=1879}})
| place = [[Zulu Kingdom]], present day [[South Africa]]
| territory = Partition of the Zulu Kingdom
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| combatant1 = {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[British Empire]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the Natal Colony 1875-1910.svg|23px}} [[Natal Colony]]
| combatant2 = [[Zulu Kingdom]]
| commander1 = {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Benjamin Disraeli]]<br />{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Henry Bartle Frere]]<br />{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford|Lord Chelmsford]]<br />{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley|Garnet Wolseley]]<br />
| commander2 = [[Cetshwayo kaMpande]]<br />[[Ntshingwayo Khoza]]<br />[[Dabulamanzi kaMpande]]<br />
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{{Campaignbox Scramble for Africa}}
The '''Anglo-Zulu War''' was fought in 1879 between the [[British Empire]] and the [[Zulu Kingdom]].
Following the passing of the [[Constitution Act, 1867|British North America Act of 1867]] forming a federation in Canada, [[Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon|Lord Carnarvon]] thought that a similar political effort, coupled with military campaigns, might lead to a ruling white minority over a black majority, which would provide a large pool of cheap labour for the British sugar plantations and mines, encompassing the African Kingdoms, tribal areas and [[Boer republics]] into [[South Africa]]. In 1874, Sir [[Henry Bartle Frere|Bartle Frere]] was sent to South Africa as [[High Commissioner]] for the British Empire to effect such plans. Among the obstacles were the armed independent states of the [[South African Republic]] and the Kingdom of [[Zulu Kingdom|Zululand]].<ref>Knight (1992, 2002), p. 8.</ref>
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==First invasion==
{{Main|Action at Sihayo's Kraal|Battle of Inyezane|Battle of Isandlwana|Battle of Rorke's Drift|Siege of Eshowe|Battle of Intombe|Battle of Hlobane|Battle of Kambula|Battle of Gingindlovu}}
[[File:Isandhlwana.jpg|thumbnail|upright=1.35|
[[File:Military Map of Zulu Land.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|British Army military map of Zulu Land, 1879]]
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