Gurkha regiments are an awesome part of commonwealth country armies, guess UK and India have full fledged regiments in war theaters. UK had them in Afg and Ind has them in Kashmir. Respect for Nepal.
had the priveledge to parade on anzac days, 1962/63 as a member of the cardiff rsl memorial club pipe band. i was one of the original members. we started with literally nothing. what a young band. what mates. what mentors. what great memories. god bless australia, made me the man i am today.
in reply yo brecconable, major loss to australia was when they cut the gurkha regiments loose and the aus govt could have had a fully trained elite regiment incorporated into australia's military. and they nwould be valuabl;e citizens and not illegals
YES, ABSOLUTELY AGREE!! Australia screwed up when they dropped the idea of having Gurkha regiments patrolling in the north of Australia. Gurkhas are the world's best soldiers - and wonderful, good-natured people outside of the battlefield. 👍
They are at least as brave as the British or American forces, so why should they be forced to take partial pensions while the Brits get full pensions? Sounds like the things havent changed too much in the old British empire in the last 300 years! Still using someone else to fight their own battles (the tough battles), then paying them squat for it! How honorable! I dont blame the Gurkhas for leaving, why would you stay and be treated as 2nd class citizens after fighting THEIR battles?
barracuda7018 Throughout 1942 British Comonwealth troops were fighting, or seriously expecting to be attacked, in French North Africa, Libya, Egypt, Cyprus, Syria (torn between expecting airborne assault, and preparing to reinforce Turkey if that country was attacked), Iraq and Iran (German invasion from the north was attracting more British troop deployment until after Stalingrad than those facing Japan and Rommel combined), Madagascar (fighting the Vichy French to prevent them from inviting the Japanese in as they had done in Indochina), Ceylon (at the time of the Japanese naval raid that looked like it might prefigure and invasion), India, Burma, outposts of the East Indies, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and other Pacific Islands. A total of 30+ divisions in combat, and another 30+ expecting imminent attack. (This does not include yet another 30 odd British and Canadian divisions in the UK.) Apart from the Philippino forces surrendered early in the year, the Americans had a couple of divisions in action at Gaudalcanal after August, one in New Guinea by November, and late in November a few arrived in French North Africa.
barracuda7018 The war against Japan is even more deceptive, particularly if you fall for the fantasy that it was a ‘Pacific’ war. Leaving aside the supposed millions of Chinese, the British Empire and Commonwealth already had more than a million men at the front in India, Burma, Malaysia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and in the Pacific Islands, before the Americans had introduced more than a few divisions. Again, it is almost 1945, less than 10 months before the Japanese surrender, before the Phillipines campaign actually saw an entire American army (the 6th) deployed at a single time, instead of just a division fighting on this island for a month, and two or three on that for a few months. Until well into 1943 the Australian Army alone deployed more ground fighting troops against the Japanese than the Americans. The Americans never put more troops into combat against the Japanese at any point than just the Indian Army (which had a total of 32 divisions at its height, several in Europe or the Middle East, but many of which eventually faced Japan).
barracuda7018 On a worldwide scale, the point at which the Americans fielded more troops than just the other Western allies (leaving aside the Russians and Chinese, the Hungarians, Rumanians, Yugoslavs, and all the others who fought the Axis), was… well never. The British Commonwealth alone fielded over 100 divisions in 1942 (though admittedly many were weaker garrison forces than proper mechanised field divisions), compared to the American total of 88 by the end of the war. The French had fielded 100 in 1940, and were to field 20+ again just in France by the end of the war. In fact the largely forgotten minor allies, the Free Poles, the Free Italian combat Groups, the Brigades of Free Greeks, Belgians, Dutch, etc, and the South African divisions, the New Zealand divisions, and the Brazilian division, had between them outnumbered the total American commitment to combat in Europe before the last four months of 1944. Add in the British, Canadians and Free French, and the American commitment before mid 1944 looks rather less impressive than is justified by the hype.
barracuda7018 Infantry divisions - British 284 months in combat, Indian 282, Australian 183, Canadian 44, African empire troops 68, South Africa 33, New Zealand 35 (Commonwealth total 935 months in combat). Also Free French 75, Free Poles 34, Free Italians 28, Brazilians 10 and Free Czechs 6, + Greeks, Jews (Palestinian Jews), etc. (Total of minors 153+). Total of just the infantry divisions of the non American Western Allies comes to almost 1,100 months in actual combat. (Although the Americans come up with almost 500 months ‘in Europe’, and 312 ‘in Pacific’, it would be extraordinarly generous to suggest that the total number ‘in combat’ came to more than 60% of that. In real terms it is unlikely that the American total in combat came to half of everyone elses 1,100 months.) How about armour? British armoured divisions/brigades 245 months ‘in combat’, Indian 18, Australian 25, Canadian 31, New Zealander 9, Free French 27, Free Poles 18, Free Czechs 6. (Total 379 months in combat.) American armoured divisions 158 months ‘in Europe’. Again, even being hugely generous, the American total ‘in combat’ is unlikely to be much more than a third of everyone elses.
barracuda7018 But over the total course of the war the United Kingdoms of the British Isles alone had more divisions actually at the front for more combat months than the Americans, as indeed did the French Army before their collapse in 1940… In fact India and Australia combined probably put in more divisional combat months than the US, and throwing in either the South Africans, or the Canadians, or even the New Zealanders, let alone all of them, would make it a certainty. (The Americans should be grateful that the Poles collapsed within a few weeks in 1939, because otherwise they too would have contributed more to the total divisional combat effort in the war than the Americans in Europe too.
Soon there won't be a Gurkha regiment in the British Army either, two reasons they have priced themselves out of the Army with full British pensions instead of partial pension as cost of living in Nepal is lower and rights to settle in the UK, The Nepalese (Maoist) government want to scrap the treaty that enabled the Gurkha to join the British Army and remain Nepali citizens, they want to stop their own people from joining up.
Gurkha regiments are an awesome part of commonwealth country armies, guess UK and India have full fledged regiments in war theaters. UK had them in Afg and Ind has them in Kashmir. Respect for Nepal.
We are not in common wealth btw....
Nepal is not on commonwealth countries.
had the priveledge to parade on anzac days, 1962/63 as a member of the cardiff rsl memorial club pipe band. i was one of the original members. we started with literally nothing. what a young band. what mates. what mentors. what great memories. god bless australia, made me the man i am today.
Gurkha pride
Nepalese Pride
Jai gurkha, Jai Nepal
Didn't know that we had gurkhas in our army..thank you for your service to our country!
To my knowledge the Australian Army does not have Gurkhas in a single formation sadly.
Proud of Gurkhas and their valor!
Proud to have them in Indian Army !
All these people are bonded together by the British heritage, that's just impressive
Thanks for posting. It was a pleasure to watch the diggers on parade.
I thin this would have been my grandfathers last anzac day parade.
highly appreciated
God save the Queen and the Commonwealth!
God Bless the Commonwealth!
in reply yo brecconable, major loss to australia was when they cut the gurkha regiments loose and the aus govt could have had a fully trained elite regiment incorporated into australia's military. and they nwould be valuabl;e citizens and not illegals
YES, ABSOLUTELY AGREE!! Australia screwed up when they dropped the idea of having Gurkha regiments patrolling in the north of Australia. Gurkhas are the world's best soldiers - and wonderful, good-natured people outside of the battlefield. 👍
0:28 SAS vet in the tan beret
Jay mahakali ayo gorkhali " jay nepal
They are at least as brave as the British or American forces, so why should they be forced to take partial pensions while the Brits get full pensions? Sounds like the things havent changed too much in the old British empire in the last 300 years! Still using someone else to fight their own battles (the tough battles), then paying them squat for it! How honorable! I dont blame the Gurkhas for leaving, why would you stay and be treated as 2nd class citizens after fighting THEIR battles?
check your facts
GORKHA WAS born IN Nepal
It was the Commonwealth and Russia that won WW2 .....
barracuda7018 Throughout 1942 British Comonwealth troops were fighting, or seriously expecting to be attacked, in French North Africa, Libya, Egypt, Cyprus, Syria (torn between expecting airborne assault, and preparing to reinforce Turkey if that country was attacked), Iraq and Iran (German invasion from the north was attracting more British troop deployment until after Stalingrad than those facing Japan and Rommel combined), Madagascar (fighting the Vichy French to prevent them from inviting the Japanese in as they had done in Indochina), Ceylon (at the time of the Japanese naval raid that looked like it might prefigure and invasion), India, Burma, outposts of the East Indies, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and other Pacific Islands. A total of 30+ divisions in combat, and another 30+ expecting imminent attack. (This does not include yet another 30 odd British and Canadian divisions in the UK.) Apart from the Philippino forces surrendered early in the year, the Americans had a couple of divisions in action at Gaudalcanal after August, one in New Guinea by November, and late in November a few arrived in French North Africa.
barracuda7018 The war against Japan is even more deceptive, particularly if you fall for the fantasy that it was a ‘Pacific’ war. Leaving aside the supposed millions of Chinese, the British Empire and Commonwealth already had more than a million men at the front in India, Burma, Malaysia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and in the Pacific Islands, before the Americans had introduced more than a few divisions. Again, it is almost 1945, less than 10 months before the Japanese surrender, before the Phillipines campaign actually saw an entire American army (the 6th) deployed at a single time, instead of just a division fighting on this island for a month, and two or three on that for a few months. Until well into 1943 the Australian Army alone deployed more ground fighting troops against the Japanese than the Americans. The Americans never put more troops into combat against the Japanese at any point than just the Indian Army (which had a total of 32 divisions at its height, several in Europe or the Middle East, but many of which eventually faced Japan).
barracuda7018 On a worldwide scale, the point at which the Americans fielded more troops than just the other Western allies (leaving aside the Russians and Chinese, the Hungarians, Rumanians, Yugoslavs, and all the others who fought the Axis), was… well never. The British Commonwealth alone fielded over 100 divisions in 1942 (though admittedly many were weaker garrison forces than proper mechanised field divisions), compared to the American total of 88 by the end of the war. The French had fielded 100 in 1940, and were to field 20+ again just in France by the end of the war. In fact the largely forgotten minor allies, the Free Poles, the Free Italian combat Groups, the Brigades of Free Greeks, Belgians, Dutch, etc, and the South African divisions, the New Zealand divisions, and the Brazilian division, had between them outnumbered the total American commitment to combat in Europe before the last four months of 1944. Add in the British, Canadians and Free French, and the American commitment before mid 1944 looks rather less impressive than is justified by the hype.
barracuda7018 Infantry divisions - British 284 months in combat, Indian 282, Australian 183, Canadian 44, African empire troops 68, South Africa 33, New Zealand 35 (Commonwealth total 935 months in combat). Also Free French 75, Free Poles 34, Free Italians 28, Brazilians 10 and Free Czechs 6, + Greeks, Jews (Palestinian Jews), etc. (Total of minors 153+). Total of just the infantry divisions of the non American Western Allies comes to almost 1,100 months in actual combat. (Although the Americans come up with almost 500 months ‘in Europe’, and 312 ‘in Pacific’, it would be extraordinarly generous to suggest that the total number ‘in combat’ came to more than 60% of that. In real terms it is unlikely that the American total in combat came to half of everyone elses 1,100 months.)
How about armour? British armoured divisions/brigades 245 months ‘in combat’, Indian 18, Australian 25, Canadian 31, New Zealander 9, Free French 27, Free Poles 18, Free Czechs 6. (Total 379 months in combat.) American armoured divisions 158 months ‘in Europe’. Again, even being hugely generous, the American total ‘in combat’ is unlikely to be much more than a third of everyone elses.
barracuda7018 But over the total course of the war the United Kingdoms of the British Isles alone had more divisions actually at the front for more combat months than the Americans, as indeed did the French Army before their collapse in 1940… In fact India and Australia combined probably put in more divisional combat months than the US, and throwing in either the South Africans, or the Canadians, or even the New Zealanders, let alone all of them, would make it a certainty. (The Americans should be grateful that the Poles collapsed within a few weeks in 1939, because otherwise they too would have contributed more to the total divisional combat effort in the war than the Americans in Europe too.
maybe,just maybe,when we get out of the hated eu,we can get back with our true friends,our commonwealth
Soon there won't be a Gurkha regiment in the British Army either, two reasons they have priced themselves out of the Army with full British pensions instead of partial pension as cost of living in Nepal is lower and rights to settle in the UK, The Nepalese (Maoist) government want to scrap the treaty that enabled the Gurkha to join the British Army and remain Nepali citizens, they want to stop their own people from joining up.
You got that one wrong.
Still serving and being recruited
GORKHA WAS born IN Nepal