"Punishing the Afghans - 1920s style" Topic
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Tango01  | 04 Oct 2022 9:53 p.m. PST |
" Today I popped over to Matt's for some back of beyond action with Afghans vs British beyond the Khyber Pass. These punishment raids were common place in the late 19th and early 20th Century and they followed a common theme. Tribesmen would stir up trouble with unreasonable demands, like freedom and self determinaton, and the British would relatiate by attacking the village, at which point the Afghans would melt away, then blowing up the watch tower and stealing the wood (a precious resource in that part of the world). The Britsh would then start to retreat and all hell would break loose as the Afghans reappeared and attacked. So that was the scenario. Matt was the British and I was the Afghans. I would start with a handful of units and recieve significant reinforcements at random locations during the battle…"
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| Legionarius | 05 Oct 2022 1:30 p.m. PST |
Afghanistan, where war is the norm… |
| Tango01 | 05 Oct 2022 4:01 p.m. PST |
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