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Ayo Gurkhali!

October 12, 2013June 18, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'Ayo Gurkhali', 'Rambahadur Limbu', 'Sungei Koemba', Gurkha, Kukri, Maunsell, Sukarno

Seldom in the history of warfare has an enemy so won the admiration of its opponents that it gets invited

Wars, Battles & Campaigns

Operation Barras

October 12, 2013June 18, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'Gberi Bana', 'Revolutionary United Front', 'sierra leone', 'West Side Boys', 'West Side Niggaz', Kallay, Magbeni, UNAMSIL

Sierra Leone is a former British colony in West Africa, about the size of Scotland and has been wracked by

Wars, Battles & Campaigns

The Heights of Abraham

July 29, 2013July 21, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'plains of abraham', 'seven years war', howe, montcalm, quebec, Vaudreuil, westerham, wolfe

In 1759, Britain was locked in a struggle with the French for control of Eastern Canada. The French had established

Wars, Battles & Campaigns

The Start of the Sikh Wars

July 2, 2013June 18, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'east india company', 'Maharajah Duleep Singh', 'sikh wars', 'Sir Harry Smith', 'Sir Henry Hardinge', 'Sir Henry Lawrence', 'Sir Hugh Gough', 'Tej Singh', 'Treaty of Bhyowal', 'Vizier Lal Singh', colonialism, Ferozepur, khalsa, Kirpan, sepoy, surat

When Ranjit Singh, Maharajah of Punjab died in 1839, the empire he had built gradually became disordered and descended into

Wars, Battles & Campaigns

Trafalgar

November 28, 2012June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'admiral nelson', 'hms victory', 'lord nelson', 'naval battle', 'naval warfare', trafalgar

With the French and their Spanish allies preparing to invade England, only the wooden walls of the British navy stood

British street patrol in Aden

Wars, Battles & Campaigns

Operation Stirling Castle

November 21, 2012June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders', 'operation stirling castle', aden, crater

When the British government announced their intention of withdrawing from their Aden Protectorate, a number of guerrilla groups emerged to

Wars, Battles & Campaigns

Rorke’s Drift

November 3, 2012June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'john chard', 'rorke's drift', Cetawayo, Isandlwhana, zulu

The battle for this little known outpost and the deeds of its heroic defenders has become an undying example of

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