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I’ve been reading about Rorke’s Drift, and still can’t wrap my head around how 140 defending British held off 4,000 Zulus. Have new perspectives emerged as to how this was done, apart from the standbys I’m learning about concerning barricades and the shock of volley fire?

by /u/SucksToYourAssmar3 in /r/AskHistorians

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