With the Gurkhas in the Falklands
Seear, Mike2017
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Regarded by many as the world's finest infantry soldiers, the Gurkhas' fierce reputation for battlefield aggression and stealth combined with the adroit use of their famed kukri knife, injected great fear into the occupying Argentine troops on the Falkland Islands in 1982. As the British Task Force's largest unit, the 711-strong 1st Battalion, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles embarked on board the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 on 12 May to depart from Southampton to the South Atlantic with the remainder of 5 Infantry Brigade. But even before their departure, the Gurkhas' reputation had been working overtime, and was already causing an increasingly debilitating psychological concern amongst their 'dush' (enemy). The Argentine media spun a plethora of totally untrue stories about these Nepalese troops during the next few weeks. Even today the latter's perceived 'bestial' reputation continues to live a life of its own in Argentina.
Main title:
With the Gurkhas in the Falklands / Mike Seear.
Author:
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2017.
Collation:
360 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9781526721266 (paperback)
Dewey class:
997.11024997.110
Language:
English
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BRN:
2153469