Thousands of heroes have arisen

• Verfasst von: Bassi, Sukwinder Singh [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Thousands of heroes have arisen
• Titelzusatz: sikh voices of the great war 1914-1918
• Verf.angabe: Sukwinder Singh Bassi
• Verlagsort: Warwick
• Verlag: Helon & Company Limited
• E-Jahr: 2019
• Jahr: [2019]
• Umfang: 414 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 25 cm
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 404-208 und Index
• ISBN: 978-1-911628-98-9
• ISBN: 1-911628-98-4
• Schlagwörter: (s)Erster Weltkrieg / (s)Sikh
• Schlagwörter: (k)Britisch-Indien / Army / (s)Sikh
• Dokumenttyp: Quelle
• Dokumenttyp: Anthologie
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: World War (1914-1918)
• Sach-SW: Diplomatic relations
• Sach-SW: Great Britain
• Sach-SW: India
• K10plus-PPN: 1670541738

Abstract

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 population. Although they made up approximately 1-2% of the Indian population they made up 20% of the British Indian Army at the beginning of the Great War.0The Great War was truly a global conflict for the Sikhs, who fought in every arena of the war including the Western Front, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, Persia, Africa, Palestine and the Far East. Their contribution in manpower to the war effort reached over 100,000 men by the end of the conflict