During World War II, 27-year-old Nepalese-British Gurkha soldier Lachhiman Gurung single-handedly withstood a Japanese force of 200 men with only one arm and a rifle. The Gurkhas were part of the ...
June 19 -- It was a series of bloody conflicts fought in the great hill ranges of northeastern India in the early 19th century that saw big battle losses and grudging admiration on both sides for ...
Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the armies and tactics now covers the Gurkhas, an invincible group of Hindu warriors from Nepal considered to be the most invincible ...