An Army of 16,500 Left Kabul. One Man Arrived Alive.
British Imperial Era

An Army of 16,500 Left Kabul. One Man Arrived Alive.

A British army of 16,500 people retreated through an Afghan mountain pass. One man arrived alive.

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British EmpireAfghanistan19th CenturyMilitary DisasterSouth AsiaColonial WarfareSurvival

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