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Anglo-Zulu War
British colonial war in 1879
The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in present-day South Africa from January to early July 1879 between forces of the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Two famous battles of the war were the Zulu victory at Isandlwana and the British defence at Rorke's Drift.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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