Since I was little I have heard stories of the famed Gurkha’s who served with the British armed forces.
They are probably the British armies most feared unit.
The British people love Ghurkhas. They have served in every armed conflict the British army has been involved in for over 200 years. Including in Tunisia during WW2.
I suggest if you have never heard of Gurkha’s to do a little reading and you will not be disappointed by their awe inspiring feats of heroism and gallantry.
Just to give you an idea - The Victoria Cross is the UK’s highest possible military honour.
“Since the Victoria Cross was introduced it has been awarded to Gurkhas or British officers serving with Gurkha regiments 26 times.”
What I’d love to see is Gurkhas added into the game as part of British units in Tunisia as either a Trooper 2 unit or an Assault Squad. This would bring more recognition to those who have never heard of the Gurkhas.
Their motto is: "Better to die than be a coward"
Please like or comment on this post in the hopes the devs see it and implement it into the game.
The martial tradition, training, and dominating warrior spirit of Gurkhas means they will do things in a fight that wouldn’t occur to even the most seasoned combat veterans. Gurkhas will fight outnumbered; they will fight outgunned. They hold their positions against impossible odds and often come out on top.
One of these stories of Gurkha heroism comes from Lachhiman Gurung in Burma after he was taken by surprise when Japanese troops opened up on him and his men and lobbed some grenades into their trench. Gurung picked up two of the grenades and threw them back to the 200 Japanese soldiers waiting in the darkness.
The third grenade blew up in Gurung’s hand.
He lost a few fingers, most of his right arm, and took shrapnel in his face and leg. Partially blind, bleeding profusely, and struggling to move, Gurung did something only a Gurkha would do: he pulled his Kukri knife with his good hand, stabbed the ground, and told the Japanese in a booming voice that none of them would make it past that knife
He then picked up his rifle — a bolt-action Lee-Enfield Mk. III — chambered a round, and invited the enemy to “come fight a Gurkha.”
With his friends dead or dying, Gurung fought for hours, firing his bolt-action Lee-Enfield with one hand and killing anyone who entered his trench. He would lie down until the Japanese were on top of his position, kill the closest one at point-blank range, chamber a new round with his left hand, and then kill the enemy’s battle buddy.
Gurung killed 31 Japanese soldiers this way, fighting until morning the next day.
When an austrian guy, who rules Germany together with a georgian guy, who rules USSR, declared war on Poland so you as a hindi have to fight with Italians in the Egypt because British told you to.
[WW2 in one sentence.]
I didn’t know Gurkhas participated battles of Tunisia, but it sound very good idea!
Also, if implement Pacific campaign (eg. Burma front), Gurkhas will be very interesting squad. At Burma front, they were most feared troops by the Japanese troops.
Fun fact: after the war, Gurkha soldiers used to defend the Imperial Palace in Tokyo instead of the Japanese imperial guards for a while.
You can see film of them at NHK’s this video (5:10~) ニュース映像 戦後編 第３１号｜ニュース映像｜NHK 戦争証言アーカイブス
