Where were the Gurkhas on D-Day?
In June the nation comes together to commemorate the anniversary of Operation OVERLORD, the historic Allied landings on the Normandy beaches. These landings, famously known as D-Day, not only ...
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Gurkhas and the Battle for Hangman’s Hill, Monte Cassino, March 1944.
Between January and May 1944, a series of four battles unfolded in Monte Cassino, Italy. These battles witnessed the Allied Forces engaged in some of the most gruelling combat of the Second World ...
The Anglo-Nepal Treaty of 1923
Celebrating and reflecting upon one hundred years of an enduring friendship “There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the Governments of Great Britain and Nepal, and the two ...
The story behind this Gurkha family
Recently we were sent an image online asking if we could identify who was in it and its story. The only lead we had was the caption given to it by the National Army Museum. ‘Photograph, India, ...
Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives by Peter Caddick-Adams
Paperback Two men came to personify British and German generalship in the Second World War: Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel. They fought a series of extraordinary duels across several theatres ...
Gurkhas and the Fall of Tobruk – 21st June 1942
The port city of Tobruk in Libya, North Africa, was of crucial strategic importance to both the Allied and Axis forces in the region during the Second World War, as it offered a deep, safe harbour ...
Who are the Gurkhas?
Over 200 years of bravery and loyal service to the British Crown. With: Major General Craig Lawrence CBE For over 200 years, Gurkha soldiers, recruited from Nepal, have loyally served this ...
Subedar Lalbahadur Thapa V.C. and the Battle of Wadi Akarit
The first award of a Victoria Cross to a Gurkha soldier during the Second World War was to Subedar Lalbahadur Thapa of 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles). The action ...
Uncle Bill
William ‘Bill’ Slim is most often remembered for his command of 14th Army in Burma during the Second World War, but the undoubted skill of this command was underpinned by the professionalism ...
