Meaning/origin of Bravo Zulu

Wasn't Bravo Zulu the younger brother of Shaka Zulu? Jim Brown played Shaka
Zulu in the self titled movie and Mr. T played Bravo Zulu IIRC. So there ya
have it.

A little known fact of the Zulu wars was that the British troops at the time
suffered from horrible desentary. It affected their fighting ability and
decimated their ranks. It was bad enough that they called themselves the
"Ah****s".

The African warriors made it a habit to always applaud their leader, yelling,
"Bravo!" whenever Shaka Tailfeather Zulu approached. They began to be called
the Bravo Zulus by their foes.

In a hard pressed battle near Roark's Truckstop, the sole unimpaired British
soldier manned a gatling gun, sweeping the advancing Zulus with murderous fire.
Indeed, it only took one Ah**** to wipe out a thousand Bravo Zulus.

cof

Gordon