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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.
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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 ...
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.
Masterdom (1945–1946) — French and British Armies operation against Viet Minh in Indochina after the Liberation from Japan. Mouette (1953) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina. Papillon (1947) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
Redesignated as 3 Commando Brigade, on 6 December 1944. The brigade was withdrawn to British India in 1945, to prepare for operations to liberate British Malaya. But the war ended so this operation did not occur. With the surrender of Japan, the brigade sailed to re-establish British rule in Hong Kong. [23] 4th Special Service Brigade: November ...
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.
The history of the British Army spans over three and a half centuries since its founding in 1660 and involves numerous European wars, colonial wars and world wars. From the late 17th century until the mid-20th century, the United Kingdom was the greatest economic and imperial power in the world, and although this dominance was principally achieved through the strength of the Royal Navy (RN ...