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The size of the British Army peaked in June 1945, at 2.9 million men. By the end of the Second World War some three million people had served. [13] [7] In 1944, the United Kingdom was facing severe manpower shortages. By May 1944, it was estimated that the British Army's strength in December 1944 would be 100,000 less than it was at the end of ...
The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France, followed by the UK's Dominions, Crown colonies and protectorates on Nazi Germany in response to the invasion of Poland by Germany. There was ...
[12] [13] The Fourteenth Army, which fought in British India and Burma, was the largest British army-level formation assembled during the war. It commanded around one million soldiers from Britain, British India, and the British African colonies. [14] [15]
British Army generals of World War II (1 C, 369 P) British Home Guard officers (89 P) British Home Guard soldiers (101 P) J. Jewish Brigade personnel (53 P) L.
Bombing of Bahrain in World War II; Aerial warfare during Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Bologna; Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan; Battle of Belgium order of battle; Bernhardt Line; Battle of Bir Hakeim; Black Friday (1945) Operation Boomerang; Battle for Brest; Battle of Bréville; Battle of Bukit Timah
The following is a list of British military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. This also would largely apply to Commonwealth of Nations countries in World War II like Australia, India and South Africa as the majority of their equipment would have been British as they were at that time part of the British Empire.
British army corps did not only just control British forces. On the eve of the Second Battle of El Alamein , the Eighth Army contained three corps and was a multi-national force. XIII Corps contained British and French formations, X Corps contained only British troops, while XXX Corps consisted of Australian, British, Indian, New Zealand, and ...
The British contingent was to come from the expanded Territorial Army and the regular army divisions based in the UK. [15] By May 1940, the BEF contained only 13 divisions. [ 16 ] During the latter stages of the campaign, the Beauman Division was raised ad hoc from rear-area personnel. [ 17 ]