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| 11 Mar 2012 08:22 PM |
| Thousands of heavily armed Brits lost to hundreds of natives with spears in First major battle of Zulu war. |
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tomato12
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| 12 Mar 2012 11:31 AM |
| Does it matter? France has failed throughout history in many different ways. |
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Dralin
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| 12 Mar 2012 12:09 PM |
| They both wern't all that particularly fine. |
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logmanjr
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| 12 Mar 2012 03:54 PM |
1500 englishmen men with cannons,horses and rifles that can shoot the speared zulu from afar from the arrows being the long range weapon of the zulu.
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| 12 Mar 2012 07:59 PM |
| @logmanjr I didn't know that the enemy of any given faction likes to stand in the open and get picked off. Some abstract tactics you have going on there. |
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| 12 Mar 2012 08:10 PM |
1500 englishmen men with cannons,horses and rifles that can shoot the speared zulu from afar from the arrows being the long range weapon of the zulu. ___________ Musket's aren't accurate.
Nor are they greatly reliable.
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| 12 Mar 2012 08:11 PM |
Oh wait....
Nevermind They had rudamentary bolt action's... |
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mandown
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| 14 Mar 2012 04:19 PM |
| They weren''t using muskets by the late 1800's. They were using bolt-action rifles, revolvers, even machine guns (Look up the Maxim gun if you don't believe that part) |
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loppolh
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| 14 Mar 2012 10:05 PM |
Eh, but they still can't defeat guerilla tactics.
"Knowledge talks, wisdom listens." |
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Asassin37
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| 14 Mar 2012 10:07 PM |
>British
But that adjective means "failing" or "unsuccessful".
How can it be used to describe an Empire? |
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mage11561
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| 14 Mar 2012 10:17 PM |
@Asassin,
I think you have the terms "British" and "French" mixed up. |
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Asassin37
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| 14 Mar 2012 10:22 PM |
| Aren't they the same meaning? |
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mage11561
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| 14 Mar 2012 10:42 PM |
As long as you aren't complementing France I don't really care.
Darn snail eaters... |
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loppolh
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| 15 Mar 2012 02:40 AM |
| French are always enemy's. |
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Asassin37
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| 15 Mar 2012 09:23 AM |
French and British really mean the same thing.
Losing to every rebellion at all costs. |
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| 15 Mar 2012 11:59 PM |
Yes, reading these last posts, I must join the bandwagon and agree with you fine fellows. :P The British Empire of course did have its moments under Queen Elizabeth, and even anti-Franks must admire the tactical genius of Napoleon Bonaparte, but other than that, the exemplary United States of America pretty much trumps all else. |
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| 16 Mar 2012 08:30 AM |
All empires failed miserably and lots of people died for nothing.
End of story. |
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| 16 Mar 2012 08:50 AM |
@vallindell
Bonaparte was good, but when he tried to take over that one country, you gotta admit it was an epic fail. I think it was Europe. |
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logmanjr
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| 16 Mar 2012 08:53 AM |
| My empire shall be great for it shall be based on one continent! Then we shall rule the world from Africa! |
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| 16 Mar 2012 08:57 AM |
^wtf
Hey guys remember when french wanted to keep their vietnam in their iron grasp but failed spectacularly and a few years late yanks came and failed spectacularly? |
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logmanjr
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| 16 Mar 2012 09:06 AM |
| Remember that the French lose 80% of the time? |
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