Thousands Of Heroes Have Arisen: Sikh Voices of the Great War 1914-1918 Memoirs It was irregular warfare on

It was irregular warfare on a scale that caught the United States woefully unprepared

Four empires and their subject peoples were engaged in a conflict that ranged from modern Kenya in the north to Mozambique in the south

Recognizing that “The Great War was the psychological turning point

while others simply make for a good telling

USN units saw hard service before the Armistice of November 1918

Thousands Of Heroes Have Arisen: Sikh Voices of the Great War 1914-1918 Memoirs It was irregular warfare onDescription by Sukwinder Singh Bassi Paperback After the annexation of the Punjab in 1849, the British were quick to acknowledge the fighting prowess of the proud Sikh nation and started to recruit Sikhs into the British Indian army. This soldiering tradition continued into the early 20th century and when the Great War commenced in 1914, Sikhs were in high demand. They came forward in their thousands and enlisted in numbers disproportionate to their