Why This Country Hired Foreigners to Fight Their Wars

history and geopolitics

Transcript

00:00You won't believe this. There's a country that hires soldiers from another nation to fight its

00:05wars. And they've been doing it for over 200 years. Meet the Gurkhas, fierce warriors from

00:13the mountains of Nepal. In the early 1800s, they fought so fiercely against the British Empire

00:19that the British decided not to defeat them, but to recruit them. Since then,

00:25Gurkhas have fought in both World Wars, Afghanistan, Iraq, and even the Falklands for the British Army.

00:34They're not just soldiers. They're a symbol of loyalty, bravery, and raw courage. Their motto?

00:41Better to die than be a coward. Thousands of them still serve the UK today,

00:46even though they're not British citizens. They go through brutal training,

00:50and many risk their lives, far from their homeland.