Anglo-Zulu+War

In South Africa's past, natives and the settlers have fought for many reasons, including territory. Many waves of immigrants came to South Africa looking for farm land, and got increasingly getting closer to the border between Zulu-land and settlement land. The settlers did not want to stop taking land, and eventually started a conflict. The Anglo-Zulu war was fought in 1879. On one side, British settlers - On the other, African natives, like the Zulus. The war consisted of many battles, but in the end, the British settlers came up on top, winning lots territory. The battles we mostly held on the borders of the settler's and Zulu's territory.

Settlers got very greedy with the land in South Africa, they assumed that no-one would intervene with them taking land. The war started because the tension between the Zulus and the settlers got worse. The settlers gave them a 20 days to comply, to give up their land, and work for them. Or get invaded. The Zulus didn't comply, therefore a full blown war began. There were many battles, but the most surprising one was the very first battle, the settlers did not expect what happened. The Zulus strategically looked at every move in the settlers made and finally attacked. The settlers used their new guns, but after awhile they got overheated and misfired. At that point the settlers were useless. The Zulus marched on attacking the settlers "bases." The Zulus technically won but suffered major casualties, on the settler's side, only eight soldiers survived.

Although the Zulus lost the war, many influences and people are left in today's modern South Africa. Foods, languages, and culture of the Zulus still lives on, into future generations.