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Hace 23 horas · The Royal Air Force ( RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. [5] It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by merging the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). [6]
Hace 23 horas · See also Category:British generals – note that a "Brigadier" is not classed as a "general" in the British Army, despite being a NATO 1-star equivalent rank. Prior to the mid to late-1990s, British ranks used a hyphen.
Hace 23 horas · John Simms. Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet, GCB, DSO (5 May 1864 – 22 June 1922) was one of the most senior British Army staff officers of the First World War and was briefly an Irish unionist politician. Wilson served as Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley, and then as Director of Military Operations at the War ...
Hace 23 horas · The Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special operations capable commando force, [6] one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, [7] and provide a company strength unit to the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG). [8]
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Hace 23 horas · Gurkhas, however, operate in dedicated Gurkha units of the British Army (specifically units that are administered by the Brigade of Gurkhas) and the Indian Army. Although they are nationals of Nepal, a country that is not part of the Commonwealth, they still swear allegiance (either to the Crown or the Constitution of India ) and abide by the rules and regulations under which all British or ...
Hace 23 horas · British 8th Army and U.S. 5th Army attempt unsuccessfully to break into the north Italian plains. • Battle of Arnhem: The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. • Battle of Peleliu: A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific.
Hace 23 horas · 16 January 1990: the IRA was blamed for two letter bombs defused at Aldershot Garrison in Aldershot, England, both addressed to senior British Army officers. [15] [16] 17 January 1990: the IRA detonated a car bomb in the multi-storey car park of the Victoria Shopping Centre on Chichester Street, Belfast.
