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Quote by: Duke1985  I'm just going to throw this in here, I believe the only country to successfully march on the middle east was the British. Other than that every other country that has tried has failed. Some historian told me that the other day. |
In the the First Anglo-Afghan War in 1838, the British with an army of up to 30,000 mixed troops marched victorious into Afghanistan scattering the local tribes before them. When they retreated in 1842, there was only one survivor.
Interesting commentary on foriegn armies in Afghanistan.