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Afghanistan Siege: The Gurkhas’ Stand at Now Zad

Reflections from Colonel Dan Rex MVO   “Nowzad was twenty years ago, yet at times it feels as though it happened yesterday. Only recently has it begun to...

Life on the Line: The Gurkhas on the Western Front, 1914-1915

Introduction Between September and October 1914, six Gurkha battalions arrived on the First World War’s Western Front to help reinforce the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)....

After Victory IV: The Occupation of Japan

Introduction On the morning of 2 September 1945, the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allied powers. At 0900 hrs in the morning, a delegation...

Desert Victory: Gurkhas in the Liberation of Tunisia

The Second World War’s Tunisian Campaign began in November 1942, in the wake of the Allied victory at El Alamein. With his forces defeated, German...

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