Explanation: Technically speaking, Gurkha just an archaic word for Nepalis, but it’s most often used in reference to military units in countries that aren’t Nepal who recruit from ethnic Nepali.
In particular, the British Empire used Gurkhas widely after a hard-fought conquest of Nepal, and both the UK and several former British colonies also maintain Gurkha units, still recruited from ethnic Nepali to this day. Gurkhas have a reputation for… being eager for combat, and good at it.
My grandpa mentioned when he was on the front, they had to tie thier boots a very specific way.
He recalled one night, he could feel someone running thier fingers over his boot laces. I guess they were really good at sneaking around at night, and if they weren’t sure if they’d found friends or foes, they would check the boots. If they were tied like Germans, they had some kinda throat slitting knife.
That’s exactly what he described! That big curved blade!
He was very fond of those dudes. Vicious in battle but very disciplined and overall good guys.
There were a few OTHER groups he fought with who he was not a fan of. In Italy, he was issued a Thompson and given orders that if he came across any allied troops trying to rape, to just mow them all down.
War is fucked up.
