Rorkes Drift: A True Underdog Story

In January 1879, in the aftermath of the disaster at Battle of Isandlwana, around 150 British soldiers found themselves defending a tiny mission station at Battle of Rorke’s Drift against thousands of Zulu warriors.

It should have been a massacre.

Instead, it became one of the most famous last stands in British military history — barricades made of biscuit boxes, a hospital turned into a death trap, and 11 Victoria Crosses awarded in the aftermath.

In this episode, we separate myth from reality and unpack how one desperate night in southern Africa became legend — and what it cost both sides.