Ghurka Appreciation Friday

[Hoji]

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/g2173/10-amazing-gurkha-stories/

Badasses. Absolutefuckingbadasses.

 

[Hoji]

They say “You do not want to be the enemy when the Ghurkas unsheathe the kukri.”

This story is full of awesome!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...r-Afghanistan-battle-cleared-return-duty.html

 

[Hoji]

https://www.businessinsider.com/gurkha-fought-japanese-troops-bolt-action-rifle-2016-10

 

[Frank59]

Cool stuff. They've left their mark on every major battlefield since WWII. That's what I got from the first link. Will read the rest when I get time.

 

[AustinN4]

https://qz.com/india/1301738/trump-kim-singapore-summit-will-be-guarded-by-gurkhas-from-nepal/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-06/bravest-of-the-brave-who-are-the-fierce-gurkhas/9839746

 

[pronstar]

https://www.businessinsider.com/gurkha-fought-japanese-troops-bolt-action-rifle-2016-10

More detail to the story than I had heard before.

“You will not get past this knife!”
Unbelievable fighting spirit


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[Hoji]

Cool stuff. They've left their mark on every major battlefield since WWII. That's what I got from the first link. Will read the rest when I get time.

Goes back a lot further than that. If the British had had them in their ranks in 1775, we would probably still be British subjects.