It Happens With Gurkhas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook It Happens With Gurkhas write by J P Cross. This book was released on 2016-08-01. It Happens With Gurkhas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Gurkhas have served with the British for almost 200 years, first with the army of the East India Company, then with the Indian Army of the Raj, and then in 1947 becoming an integral part of the British Army. This anthology of articles from The Kukri, the Gurkha regimental journals, by J.P. Cross covers much of the past sixty years of their history, taking in the last days of the Second World War and the Indonesian Confrontation in the 1960s, and also gives an insight into the everyday life, culture and beliefs of these renowned soldiers. As a Gurkha officer, J.P. Cross had many unusual experiences in his long career: in 1945, for example, he was attached to a Japanese battalion in Indochina that was fighting for the British against the Viet Minh, and the only photograph taken of this Japanese unit finally laying down its weapons appears in this book. Later, he just managed to resolve a potentially deadly dispute between an offended Gurkha and a visiting South Vietnamese trainee at the Jungle Warfare School. He also describes several seemingly supernatural experiences whilst serving with troops from a culture where such things are firmly believed in. This is a unique anthology of articles drawn from an equally unique military career and a relationship with the Gurkhas that has lasted for over half a century.
The Gurkhas
The Gurkhas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Gurkhas write by William Brook Northey. This book was released on 2001. The Gurkhas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With Forward By C.G. Bruce. Lllustrations From Photographs By Author.
Valour
Valour - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Valour write by E D Smith. This book was released on 2016-10-21. Valour available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since the short and bloody war between Nepal and Britain in 1814-15, Gurkha volunteers, ever mindful of the their motto, 'It is better to die than be a coward', have fought and died for Britain, including in recent years in the Falklands, Afghanistan and Iraq. In the Second World War an astonishing quarter of a million Gurkhas fought aginst Germany and Japan. They have been awarded thirteen Victoria Crosses. Includes detailed appendices include all regimental changes and battle honours.
Ayo Gorkhali
Ayo Gorkhali - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ayo Gorkhali write by Tim I Gurung. This book was released on 2023-03-13. Ayo Gorkhali available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nepal, 1767. The tiny kingdom of Gorkha is on the ascendant under its ruler Prithvi Narayan Shah. Over the next few decades, his Gorkhali army establishes a mighty kingdom, the borders of which extend from Kangra in the west to the Teesta river in the east. The territory encompasses a large part of present-day Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and almost all of present-day Nepal and Sikkim. When they are eventually reined in by the mighty British army in 1815, it sparks off a new engagement between the imperial power and Nepal. Impressed by the fighting abilities on display, the British army begins recruiting them. The Gurkhas (the prevalent spelling today) go on to serve with distinction in many theatres of war over the next hundred-odd years, their exploits in World War I and II earning them a number of bravery medals. With Indian independence in 1947 comes further change: the Gurkhas are now split across three armies: the British, Indian and the Nepalese. Ayo Gorkhali by Tim I. Gurung, a former British Gurkha, is the first work of history by a member of the community and brings alive the story of a people who have served flags other than their own with honour, even as they have attempted to keep their native warrior traditions alive in letter and spirit. The history of the Gurkha serviceman is one that goes beyond soldiering and bravery-it is in equal measure a story of the resilient human spirit, and of a tiny community that carved for itself a niche in world history.
Gurkha Warriors - The Inside Story of The World's Toughest Regiment
Gurkha Warriors - The Inside Story of The World's Toughest Regiment - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gurkha Warriors - The Inside Story of The World's Toughest Regiment write by Robert Crew. This book was released on 2004-05-31. Gurkha Warriors - The Inside Story of The World's Toughest Regiment available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Throughout our recent and not-so-recent history, the understated, fearless and hearty Gurkhas have served the British loyally and without complaint. For more than a hundred years, this bloodthirsty regiment has followed the British Army around the globe - from Gallipoli to the jungles of Burma in World War II, from Palestine to the Falklands and the Gulf War. This text tells the story of this regiment. It tells of the Gurkha blood running through the veins of British military conquests for more than two centuries, from the founding of the brigade by the terrifying, extraordinary Johnny Gurkha through to the amazing feats that put Gurkhas in the same distinguished company as the British Paras, the Commandos, the Guards and the Black Watch.
