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Hace 5 días · British army, military force charged with the defense of the United Kingdom and the fulfillment of its international defense commitments. England’s first standing army was formed by Oliver Cromwell in 1645.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 2 días · The accumulated tensions in European relations finally broke out into the hostilities of the First World War (1914–1918), in what is recognised today, as the most devastating war in British military history, with nearly 800,000 men killed and over 2 million wounded.
Hace 2 días · The First World War was the most devastating in British military history, with nearly 800,000 men killed and over two million wounded. Early in the war, the BEF was virtually destroyed and was replaced first by volunteers and then by a conscript force.
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Hace 4 días · British soldiers were viewed by many as an occupying force little better than the Germans. Because France resembled a ‘demographic no man’s land’, women were drawn to British soldiers because they were either short of money or they craved companionship.
Hace 3 días · Lt Col Radclyffe is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, alongside 20,609 names of British and Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave. The Battle of Loos (September 1915 – October 1915) was the largest British attack of 1915 and the first time the Army used gas, but ultimately resulted in a defeat.
Hace 4 días · The Battle of Britain was the successful defense of Great Britain against the air raids conducted by the German air force in 1940 after the fall of France during World War II.
Hace 4 días · This collection is an index to soldiers of British army regiments who deserted their units from Her/His Majesty’s Service and whose names were published in the UK Police Gazette between 1812 and 1927.
