Frontier Assault: The North Staffordshire Regiment in the Third Afghan War 1919

Afghanistan invades British India...
Published to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Third Anglo-Afghan War 1919 In May 1919, as the world recovered from the First World War, Afghanistan invaded British India. A daring move, the invasion took the British and Indian governments by surprise. To repel the Afghans, they launched a massive land and air campaign, mobilising a third of a million troops. Despite facing this military might, the Afghans - aided by the North-West Frontier tribes ...