Why were the Zulus such fierce fighters?

Because they were fighting a foreign invader with thunder drums.

they were supported by their family, society, religion and comrades, everything in their world revolved around doing their part

>>1910476

If the white man had stolen your ancient Egyptian heritage, you'd fight fiercely against them too.

>>1910476
Because they were unemployed and uneducated, and instead spent their entire lives running around hunting animals and killing each other in tropical heat.

If they spent their entire lives landscaping, they'd probably be pretty damn good at that too.

>>1910476
They werent
The fact they only fought other Zulus and Brits (renowned for their shitty land army) give that impression

>>1910476
zulus vs aztec empire... who wins?

>>1910724
>renowned for their shitty land army
Wew

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>>1910744
Zulu.

Steel > Obsidian (although obsidian excels against light armor and unarmored foes).

>>1910476
They weren't any fiercer than other tribes surrounding. You can thank better tactics/leadership (contentious as it may've been) for the snowballing of power that took place.

>>1910744
Zulus had better tactics and weapons, but the Aztecs had numbers, battle fursuits and an actual education system

Or
>The world

>>1910476
They had better tactics and unit cohesion then any other primitive tribes / peoples that Europeans fought in Africa. African warriors in general were all fierce, and often incredibly brave. Their problem was machine guns and rifles don't give two shits about your bravery if you can't close to contact.

Societies that base their entire world view around fighting tend to have incredible discipline and usually a good martial tradition. (As in individual capability, and possibly but not necessarily strategy or group tactics.) That discipline creates the kind of fighting force that will accept incredible casualties before retiring/retreating if they think it will help them win. If you're looking for Western equivalents the Prussian/Imperial German and Imperial Japanese (and maybe Republican Roman) armies produced similar martial cultures of discipline and accepting hardships.

>>1910476

how is a leather hide shield suppose to protect you in battle? also didnt zulus get btfo by a small english brigade?

I understood that they were pretty great skirmishers/in sneaking

"Fierce" is another term for stupid. Same as "Brave". When your opponent tries to fight you with spears and shield when you have machine guns/cannons/modern bombs/etc, you can either call that "fierce" or "brave" or simply put retarded.

>>1910744
The Aztecs, a lot better logistical and had greater numbers, tactics and armor. The Zulu had better weapons (they short assegai) but they dind't have any armor outside a leather shield while the Aztecs had a cotton and wood armors plus they shields. Also one of the reason the Zulus got mighty in they zone was than they obtained maize and could support more people, so without Messo-America they would be another tribals nobodies.

>>1910934
Spoken like a true Brit
Shouldn't you be taking an English leave at Dunkirk, mounting a coalition or surrendering Singapore right now?

Vikings of Africa

>>1911005
The Vikings had better Naval Tech than they competitors. The Zulus shortened they spears.

>>1910744
The white man

They were the Russians of Africa and pretty much zerg rushed the enemy until he ran out of ammo.

>>1910476
I don't mean to blithely just "Great Man of History" this thread, but Shaka did come along at the right time and make the most of it. The Zulus weren't inherently that different from many other local tribes before him.

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>>1910476
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke%27s_Drift

>british victory

>>1910873
>japanese
>western

I swear i've seen it all.

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>>1911151

Nice meme, you watched enemy at the gates too?

>>1910476
The Zulus are overrated shit and would have got rekt by most African polities. They're famous because of Anglo bullshit, not because they were great.

>>1911005
this.

>>1910724
Yeah, nah, you're a cunt.