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Sir Francis Younghusband\u2019s band of British troops reached Lhasa on 3rd August, 1904. Along the way, they\u2019d massacred thousands of bewildered Tibetans - but justified their incursion with the (false) claim that Russia had been manipulating Tibet to gain ground in British India.\nDespite the disastrous violence wrought by his men, Younghusband was considered by many back home as an explorer and adventurer - and, later, as a man of peace and friend of Gandhi.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly pore through Younghusband\u2019s private letters to his father; try and explain the 18 pairs of boots and shoes he brought to the Himalayas; and consider his conversion to \u2018mysticism\u2019 following the flawed invasion he lead\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Sir Francis Younghusband's 1903 Invasion Of Tibet\u2019 (HistoryExtra, 2017):\nhttps://www.historyextra.com/period/edwardian/francis-younghusband-1903-invasion-tibet-expedition/\n\u2022 \u2018Parshotam Mehra: Beginnings of the Lhasa Expedition: Younghusband's Own Words\u2019 (Cambridge Univesity Press, 2009): http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/bot/pdf/bot_04_03_02.pdf\n\u2022 \u2018With the Younghusband Tibet Expedition 1903-4: the diary of Lt Harvey Kelly - Christoph Baumer\u2019 (Royal Society for Asian Affairs, 2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCi4h1DGh2Y\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices