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Belgian Historian Exposes How Britain Used Indian Soldiers As Cannon Fodder At Ypres

The ਸੋਚ (Sōch) Podcast by Ramblings of a Sikh

Jun 15, 202600:37:05Society & Culture

On 26 April 1915, 444 men of the 47th Sikh Regiment went over the top at the Battle of Ypres. By nightfall, 347 could not answer roll call, a 78% casualty rate in a single day. Their names? Barely 16 or 17 appear on the...