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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 ...
A member of Number 9 Unit films Indian troops crossing a river during the Burma Campaign 1944–45. Meiktila, Burma, 1945. The Army Film and Photographic Unit was a subdivision of the British armed forces set up on 24 October 1941, to record military events in which the British and Commonwealth armies were engaged.
Pages in category "British Army personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,100 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The main British thrust came from the British Second Army, under the command of Lieutenant General Miles C. Dempsey. The objective of the army was to advance across northern Germany and push on to Berlin. The British came across little resistance compared with the Americans further south and advanced at a steady and fast pace.
The grave of an unknown soldier at Arnhem, photographed by a British Army sergeant after the liberation of the city in 1945; the sign says "Unknown English Soldier" in German. The Allies withdrew from the southern bank of the Rhine and the front remained on "the island" between the Rhine and Waal rivers.
Nazis executed by the British military by firing squad (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "People executed by the British military by firing squad" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The British army began the war with a paper force of 900,000 men 232,000 active regulars, 185,000 regular reserves, 34,000 in the militia, 428,000 in the territorial army and 21,000 in the territorial army reserve however of the many non active regular formations a total manpower amount of 480,000 was available in September 1939 thus the actual ...
British army corps did not only just control British forces. On the eve of the Second Battle of El Alamein , the Eighth Army contained three corps and was a multi-national force. XIII Corps contained British and French formations, X Corps contained only British troops, while XXX Corps consisted of Australian, British, Indian, New Zealand, and ...