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The British Army during the First World War fought the largest and most costly war in its long history. [1] Unlike the French and German Armies, the British Army was made up exclusively of volunteers—as opposed to conscripts —at the beginning of the conflict. [2] Furthermore, the British Army was considerably smaller than its French and ...
e. The United Kingdom was a leading Allied Power during the First World War of 1914–1918. They fought against the Central Powers, mainly Germany. The armed forces were greatly expanded and reorganised—the war marked the founding of the Royal Air Force.
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, at sea, and in the air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany. Previous armistices had been agreed with Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary.
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Harte Keatinge Butler, KCB, KCMG (28 August 1870 – 22 April 1935) was a British Army general during the First World War.He was chief of staff to First Army for much of 1915, then deputy chief of staff to the British Expeditionary Force from the end of 1915 to the start of 1918.
A 1917 poster designed by Robert Baden-Powell encouraging civilian participation in the war effort. This is a timeline of the British home front during the First World War from 1914 to 1918. This conflict was the first modern example of total war in the United Kingdom; innovations included the mobilisation of the workforce, including many women ...
At the beginning of 1914 the British Army had a reported strength of 710,000 men including reserves, of which around 80,000 were professional soldiers ready for war. By the end of the First World War almost 25 percent of the total male population of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had joined up, over five million men.
The British Grand Fleet then returned to its bases. [13] On 16 August, there was another clash between the Royal Navy and the High Seas Fleet. After a short battle with only minor damage on both sides, the Germans withdrew to Wilhelmshaven. This was the last time that the German fleet made such a long advance northwards.
Maximum speed. 3.7 mph (6.0 km/h) maximum [1] British heavy tanks were a series of related armoured fighting vehicles developed by the UK during the First World War. The Mark I was the world's first tank, a tracked, armed, and armoured vehicle, to enter combat. The name "tank" was initially a code name to maintain secrecy and disguise its true ...