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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 ...
[b] The final army formed during the war was the Twelfth Army, which was created in May 1945. [9] Within the British military, armies were commanded by lieutenant-generals. For a variety of reasons, once the appointment was made, commanders could be promoted to a full general. [10]
1945 Order of Precedence of the British Army. After the Second World War the British Army was significantly reduced in size, although National Service continued until 1960. [78] This period saw decolonisation begin with the partition and independence of India and Pakistan, followed by the independence of British colonies in Africa and Asia.
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British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) was the name given to British Army occupation forces in the Rhineland, West Germany, after the First and Second World Wars, and during the Cold War, becoming part of NATO's Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) tasked with defending the North German Plain from the armies of the Warsaw Pact.
British Army, East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own), 2nd Battalion; Associated events Jewish Revolt 1940-1948, Palestine, Second World War; Associated themes British Forces in the Middle East and Mediterranean post-1945, British Army 1945-2000, Palestine 1945-1948, Terrorism; Associated keywords Training, Terrorism; Category
It does not include British Cameroon. It accidentally includes Macau and Reunion Island. The British occupation zone in Austria is inaccurate. It excludes the 1945 British and Commonwealth occupation of southern Vietnam, Borneo, Java, and west Timor. It inaccurately includes Lebanon as occupied territory in 1945, when the British were only in ...