Japanese Soldiers Couldn't Believe One 'Unarmed' Gurkha Killed 200 of Them — With One Hand

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May 12, 1945. A muddy trench in the Burmese jungle. A grenade exploded in Rifleman Lachhiman Gurung's hand, destroying his right hand and eye. Two hundred Japanese soldiers charged his position, screaming, throwing grenades, determined to overrun the most forward post of the British defensive line. Gurung was bleeding, half-blind, missing most of his hand. Every rule of warfare said he should surrender or die. Instead, he grabbed his rifle with his left hand and started killing. This is the untold story of the greatest one-man stand in World War Two history. From the mountain village in Nepal where a boy joined the British army to escape poverty to the Burma campaign where the Imperial Japanese Army learned what happened when they attacked a Gurkha who refused to die, from the moment a grenade destroyed his hand to the four hours of hell where he held his trench alone, discover how one rifleman with one hand killed thirty-one Japanese soldiers and proved that courage doesn't require two hands—it just requires refusing to quit. Thirty-one kills. Four hours. One hand. One eye. And a Victoria Cross that proved the impossible was possible. #worldwar2 #ww2history #ww2 #wwii #ww2records