The British Army is the land warfare branch of the British Armed Forces. The English Army was founded in 1660, was succeeded in 1707 by the new British Army,[note 2] incorporating the existing Scottish regiments. It was administered by the War Office fro
The government of India’s immediate military support was of vital importance in bolstering the Western Front, and an expeditionary force, including two fully manned infantry divisions and one cavalry division, left India in late August and early September 1914. They were shipped directly to France...
On the outbreak of the Second World War, the British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, agreed to send a British Expeditionary Army to France. Under the command of General John Gort, the force included four regular infantry divisions and 50 light tanks....
The Army was professional… Continue reading A.11, Infantry Tank Mk.I, Matilda A.22, Infantry Tank Mk.IV, Churchill NA 75 United Kingdom (1944) Infantry Tank – 200 Converted The NA 75, a workshop improvised Churchill variant, is a testament to the ingenuity of one British officer, ...
Focuses on expanding the army, establishes the air force and gives elite infantry divisions. Great Indian Peninsula Railway branch Focuses on building infrastructure, naval dockyards, and gives extra research slots. Technology[编辑|编辑源代码]
This article discusses the methodology used in the project and then analyses (for the duration of the war) data for the six original British Expeditionary Force infantry divisions (1-6) and the first two cavalry divisions (1-2) to arrive in ...
Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicles. (Image: WFEL Ltd.) What is this Strike thing? Despite the wealth of information made public by the British Army, and others, there continues to be much confusion about the Strike Brigade in terms of what it does and how it operates. Where possible, this...
They knew the mercenary capabilities of at least the Muslims. b. Even in regular Bengal Army Infantry they trusted even the Muslims and particularly the Hindustani Muslims and Ranghars to allow creation of “All Muslim” and mind you “All Hindustani Muslim/Ranghar” Infantry Regiments. This is...
Over the course of four years the changing nature of modern battle led to the composition and organisation of infantry divisions being gradually altered. The number of horses declined from 5594 in 1914 to 3838 in 1918; the number of machine guns increased from 24 in 1914 to 400 in 1918. ...
Cunningham and Fry had been infantry corporals. I had endured plenty of O.T.C. as well as two years in the ranks in France. Daly was trained by the Irish Republican Army, as was Kit Conway, who led our Irish contingent with the first company. Copeman and Wilde had the Navy's ...