Zulu 1964 and Bridge too far
Introduction
This paper explains in details the SWOT analysis of the Zulu 1964 epic war film between the Zulu Army and the British. Besides this, it also focuses in a similar margin on the Movie Bridge too far. The clarity and analysis of the two movies is also supported by the chart diagrams entailing the strengths and weaknesses as earlier mentioned.
Zulu 1964
This is an epic war film between the British army and the Zulus in January 1879. It narrates about 150 soldiers of British who were seriously wounded in the process of Anglo-Zulu war and who successfully held a force of about 4000 Zulu warriors. Notably, the movie begins when the British army of 24th Regiment of foot uses the Missionary station of Rorkes Drift in Natal as a hospital and also a depot for storing their fire arms, food and other supplies. They take advantage of the position of the station to invade the Zululand territory (Knight, 2014).
On receiving the information, a group of 4000 Zulu warriors advance towards the station habited by the British army. Lieutenant John Chard receives the information in advance, assumes the position of the commander and leads a section of the army to safety. After a while, Chard and his army realizes that they cannot escape the Zulus together with their wounded soldiers. They therefore decide to prepare a defensive perimeter against the Zulus. Based on fact that they were outnumbered and the Zulus had collected their weapons from the dead soldiers. The attack began and continued for day and night. The British fell back as the Zulus were also withdrawing. It ended when the Zulus were singing songs of Victory, while eleven defenders receiving Victoria Cross for the defense of the Rorkes drift station (Knight, 2014).
SWOT analysis of the Zulu Community and British
As observed in the movie, the war was caused by British aggression. The British adventurers were consequently attracted to the Zulu nation few years after its emergence due to various factors that included trade and treasure. The films further depicts a scene where the Zulus are forced to surrender to the British as part of the Cetshwayo’s army. However, various factors might have led to the defeat of the Zulus in this war. In the same way, they had considerable opportunities, threats and weaknesses which affected their advancements throughout the war. On the other hand, the British also faced considerable strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats during the war.
The British
Bridge Too far
Fundamentally, this is a British-American epic war film of 1977 which narrates the failure of operation Market garden during the Second World War. As reported by Ryan (2013), it was intended to allow the allies to break through the German territories and boundaries and seize several bridges in the occupied Netherlands with the main motive of Outflanking German defenses for purposes of ending the war by December 1944. Observably, the movie begins with a montage of archival film narrated by Dutch Woman. The allied advance is being slowed by overextended supply lines. Nearing the climax of the movie, the operation begins. The airborne drops from the England side catch the entire German troop by surprise and there is less resistance. The German troop blows the Son Bridge just before the 101st airborne secures it; this is followed by the retreat of the German Field Marshal model towards Arnhem (Ryan, 2013).
The XXX Corp progress is slowed by the German resistance, the size of the highway and the need to reconstruct the destroyed Sons Bridge. They also secure Nijmegen Bridge. The film ends when Kate ter Horst and children are coaxed to abandon their bombed residence. They pack their belongings in a cart, push as they pass through their front yard which had been converted to be a Cemetery for the fallen Soldiers.
Operation Market Garden SWOT Analysis
SWOT of Germans in Bridge too far film
In the movie, the Germans faced several opportunities in the war. For instance, the shortage of transport aircraft part of the Operation Market Garden and the unsuitability of the area near Arnhem for landing offered greater opportunities for Germans to advance tremendously. The ignorance of Major Fuller's concerns also offered the Germans opportunities to counter their opponents effectively. Frequent attack from the British tremendously weakened the Germans making only handful able to counter the British.
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References
Knight, I. (2014). The Zulu War 1879. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd.
Ryan, C (2013): A Bridge Too Far: The Classic History of the Greatest Battle of World War II. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Aviation
