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Severely underestimating the size and organization of that ZuluKingdom, the British walked into a massacre at the Battle of ______ when 1800 British soldiers were overwhelmed by 20,000 Zulu

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The Battle of Isandlwana. This battle occurred on January 22, 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, and it indeed resulted in a disastrous defeat for the British forces, who underestimated the strength and tactics of the Zulu Kingdom.
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