History of South Africa podcast · Desmond Latham
Episode 253 - The order of Battle Before Isandlwana and Nyezane and ‘ukhuni’ Wood Heads North
December 13, 2025·22 min·1 clip
Had Godide struck that night, he would have found an open road stretching before him to Pietermaritzburg, to Durban.
As heard by us
A dense campaign briefing that makes Zululand's moving parts easy to follow.
This episode gives the British advance in Zululand a clear, disciplined shape, showing how separate columns moved, what they could support, and how quickly a bad assumption could become expensive.
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