British forces crossed the Irrawaddy River in Burma and engaged a Japanese force, north of the Prome-Taungup road. With the ...

The men were taken prisoner and the Gurkhas unsheathed their huge curved "kukri" knives. The incident is Captain Rai's most abiding memory of the war. He said: "The Argies were terrified that we ...

Captain Ganesh: My father was my inspiration. He was a Gurkha and he fought so many important battles in Second World War time. I can remember that he was injured in one of the battles in Italy ...

At its peak, during World War Two, 112,000 men were in the Gurkhas. More than 230,000 fought across both world wars, but their numbers have fallen dramatically since. Currently, there are about ...

The lasting impact of Hong Kong's Jewish community The Gurkha soldiers’ roots can be traced back to the Himalayan mountains of Nepal. During the Anglo-Nepal war in 1812, their resilience during ...