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The Battle of Rorke's Drift

RussHy — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:57:45 -0800

This epic battle scene from Zulu was great cinema, but wasn't quite accurate historically. According to this, they didn't really sing Men of Harlech. But otherwise, they stayed pretty close to the story. The resident historian at Isandlwana Lodge tells it like this and provides a nice map. Compare it to Lt. Chard's map of the battle. MilitaryHistoryOnline.com describes the battle in great detail. Eleven Victoria crosses were awarded as a result, the largest number for a single regiment at one action.

phonetic ABCs for many languages

iconomy — Fri, 14 Feb 2003 08:44:03 -0800

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, Xray, Yankee and Zulu. Now I know my NATO phonetic ABCs, next time won't you sing with me?

The story of Soloman Linda and Wimoweh

feelinglistless — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:27:49 -0800

The story of 'Wimoweh' 'Mbube' or more popularly 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'. In which a Zulu migrante creates one of the most recorded songs of the twentieth century, but because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, failed to get any royalties and died a pauper. A contribution to the music copyright debate.