Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The British made a commitment on 21 April 1939 to provide an army of six regular and 26 Territorial divisions, introduced equipment scales for war and began conscription to provide the manpower. [11] In February 1939, the first four regular army divisions of the Field Force had been promised to the French, scheduled to reach the assembly area ...
After Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, France and the British Empire declared war on Germany and imposed an economic blockade. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was sent to help defend France. After the Phoney War of October 1939 to April 1940, Germany invaded Belgium, the Netherlands, and France on 10 May 1940.
In 1939, some officers of the British Expeditionary Force who were stationed in France tried to set up recreational hunting to pass the time. They imported packs of foxhounds and beagles, but were thwarted by French authorities who refused to make the countryside available.
The Administration of Justice (Emergency Provisions) Act reduces the size of juries from 12 to 7 in most cases and abolishes trial by jury in most civil cases. 2 September – British Expeditionary Force headquarters formed. 3 September – World War II
The period of the First World War and its aftermath in the 1920s saw expeditionary warfare established as a systematic and planned type of operations with larger scope than simple transportations of troops to the theatre, such as the British Expeditionary Force in 1914, Russian Expeditionary Force in 1916, and the American Expeditionary Forces ...
3 September 1939 – Britain enters the Second World War when it declares war, along with its Allies, on Nazi Germany. September 1939 – British Expeditionary Force begins to land in France. 17 May 1940 – The Local Defence Volunteers (later the Home Guard) is formed. 20 May 1940– In France, British armoured units counter-attack at Arras.
British Expeditionary Force (World War II): to France and Belgium (1939–1940) Canadian Expeditionary Force : to France and Belgium (1914–1920) Chilean Expeditionary Force in War of the Pacific (1879–1883)
British Expeditionary Force (World War II), the British field force sent to France in World War II Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with the same title.