Did the Zulus stand a chance?

[SPJ]

Is there any likely way that the the outcome of the Anglo-Zulu war could have ended in a Zulu victory? Perhaps not a decisive one but one at least similar to the Red River Rebellion that ends with the British making a treaty meeting the Zulus desires.

[Elfwine]

Originally Posted by SPJ

Is there any likely way that the the outcome of the Anglo-Zulu war could have ended in a Zulu victory? Perhaps not a decisive one but one at least similar to the Red River Rebellion that ends with the British making a treaty meeting the Zulus desires.

Only if the British have something better to do, in which case there's probably not an Anglo-Zulu war to begin with.

[CandyDragon]

I don't believe so.

[Georgie Porgie]

Not with the Gatling / Maxim guns the British had.
It is iron age technology against industrial age, no hope unless they were supported by another indrustial country.

1879 - may be Prussia / Russia?

[SPJ]

Originally Posted by Georgie Porgie

Not with the Gatling / Maxim guns the British had.
It is iron age technology against industrial age, no hope unless they were supported by another indrustial country.

1879 - may be Prussia / Russia?

How could they go about doing that?

[lucaswillen05]

The Zulus had little chance of victory. By the way Elfwine the British had another magor colonial conflict starting at the sam time, the Second Afghan War of 1879 - 1881. Yet the British, despite a couple of seriious defeats at Isandwalna and, less well known, at Kambula, were still able to crush the Zulus through superior firepower.

[Georgie Porgie]

Originally Posted by SPJ

How could they go about doing that?

I have no real idea, except by working with the Boers (which would be ironic to say the least). The Prussians supplied the Boers with guns for the Boer wars, it MAY be possible for the Prussians to do the same to the Zulu's?

[Alamo]

Originally Posted by Georgie Porgie

Not with the Gatling / Maxim guns the British had.
It is iron age technology against industrial age, no hope unless they were supported by another indrustial country.

1879 - may be Prussia / Russia?

The Boers were supported by the Germans - it still wasn't enough to save them.

[B_Munro]

Originally Posted by Alamo

The Boers were supported by the Germans - it still wasn't enough to save them.

Mostly moral support, no? I don't recall anything about them shipping loads of weapons to the Boers...

Bruce

[Georgie Porgie]

Originally Posted by Alamo

The Boers were supported by the Germans - it still wasn't enough to save them.

The Boers lost the war (and took massive civilian casulaties etc.) but I would argue they won the peace, hence South Africa developing the way it did.

This was made possible by the Prussians supplying the arms and ammo that defeated the Brits.