Regional1838 – 1840 · 2 years

Voortrekker–Zulu war

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South Africa

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

War between the Voortrekkers and Dingane's Zulu kingdom, including Blood River.

Belligerents4

Boers
Zulu Kingdom
Zulu Empire
Massacre

ON THE MAPZulu Kingdom

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 5

Battle of Bloukranz1838
Battle of Ethaleni1838
Retief Massacre1838
Battle of Tugela1838
Battle of Veglaer1838

Sources

Derived from HCED child battles; see Wikipedia
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Voortrekker–Zulu war (1838 – 1840). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/voortrekker-zulu-war · Sources & methodology