OT-Battle Movies

[Roadkill]

"The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879, Donald R. Morris"

Reviewer: Kenneth Brittian from Louisville, USA:
This book is truly sprawling, interesting chronicle of the history of the Zulu nation. It spans from the rise of warrior king Shaka Zulu to the final destruction of Shaka's empire at the hands of the British army. While the sheer size of the tome may be a daunting prospect for many to tackle, the book will reward those who read it with a knowledge of the most colorful portions of African history. For instance you will be acquainted with the largest defeat ever suffered by the British army at the hands of natives. You'll also learn about the incredible stand at Rourke's Drift of 103 British soldiers against 4,000 Zulus. If you liked the movies, "Zulu", "Shaka Zulu", or "Zulu Dawn", read this book.

Check out the 1949 movie "Battleground" starring Van Johnson, was about the Battle of the Bulge, had a great Luger scene, they didn't know if they were going to be overrun or not, conversation was that anyone caught with a captured pistol would be immediately shot with it, one took out a Luger, asked if anyone wanted it, no reply, he threw it in a snow bank. Very accurate for the time.

http://www.moviefolio.com/movies/Battleground_1949.cfm

Reference "All quiet on the Western Front", this is the original 1929 version, obviously B&W, extremely realistic, filmed in the "Sgt York" style, I think filmed in original battlefield locations using WWI vets.

http://www.bestbuy.com/movies/Produc...10293066&m=270

later Ya'll

rk

[Dwight Gruber]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Roadkill:
<strong>"The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879, Donald R. Morris"
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Can't second this recommendation strongly enough. Its a whopping good epic story, and a whopping good read. I've owned this book for 30 years, read through the whole thing more than once, and still drag it out every so often to read passages--particularly any time "Zulu" or any of the other Zulu wars movies show up on Teevee.

--Dwight

[Thor]

WHERE EAGLES DARE!!!! Just became available for preorder in DVD Widescreen from AMAZON.com I just ordered the very first copy, lol!!!! Ol Thor is a happy camper! This one has great Luger closeups, PPKs, and P.38s as well as MP-40s and some Machine guns too! "Broadsword calling Danny Boy!" "We got company" Ol Clint shooting one MP-40 in each hand is pretty cool! "Go ahead.....Make my SCHLOSS ADLER!!""" <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" />