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30 April 2009 – British Army withdraws from Iraq, Operation Telic continues mainly by Royal Navy personnel. 10 July 2009 – Five men from 9 Plt, C Coy, 2 RIFLES died and ten were wounded, over half of the entire patrol, in what was the worst casualty toll for a British foot patrol during the war in Afghanistan.
The Time line of the British Army since 2000, lists the conflicts and wars the British Army were involved in. . Sierra Leone Civil War (2000); Yugoslav wars (ended 2001); Iraq War (2003–2011)
This category contains historical military operations which were planned or executed by the United Kingdom (1801–present). Please see the category guidelines for more information. Subcategories
History of the British Army from the Norman Conquest to the First World War (1899–1930), in 13 volumes with six separate map volumes. Available online for downloading; online volumes; The standard highly detailed full coverage of operations. Haswell, Jock, and John Lewis-Stempel. A Brief History of the British Army (2017). Higham, John, ed.
The Time line of the British Army 1900–1999 lists the conflicts and wars the British Army were involved in. Boxer Rebellion ended 1901; Anglo-Aro War 1901–1902; Second Boer War ended 1902; World War I 1914–1918; Easter Rising 1916; Third Afghan War 1919; Irish War of Independence 1919–1921; World War II 1939–1945; Greek civil war 1946 ...
A history of the British army (19v 1899–1930) online; Higham, John, ed. A Guide to the Sources of British Military History (2015) 654 pages excerpt; Holmes, Richard. Redcoat: the British soldier in the age of horse and musket (WW Norton & Company, 2002). Usher, George. Dictionary of British military history (A&C Black, 2009).
Decolonisation was never a major election issue; Labour was not officially in favour of decolonisation when it was elected in 1945. With violence escalating in India after the war, but with British financial power at a low ebb, large-scale military involvement was impossible.
Military operations of World War I involving the United Kingdom ... Timeline of the British Army 1800–1899; ... (1945–1946) W.