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2. Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II

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   The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France, followed by the UK's Dominions, Crown colonies and protectorates on Nazi Germany in response to the invasion of Poland by Germany. There was ...

3. British Army during the Second World War - Wikipedia

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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 ...

4. Category : Regiments of the British Army in World War II

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   R. Raiding Support Regiment; Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 108 Regiment Royal Armoured Corps; 109th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps; 110th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps

5. List of Royal Armoured Corps Regiments in World War II

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   This is a list of regiments within the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps during the Second World War.. On the creation of the corps in 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, it comprised those regular cavalry and Territorial Army Yeomanry regiments that had been mechanised, [1] together with the Royal Tank Regiment. [2]

6. List of British corps in World War II - Wikipedia

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   Pringle, D.A. (1997). "Airborne Forces in India in World War II". The Military Historical Society. 48 (Bulletin Issue 189): 24–29. OCLC 19086500. Stacey, Charles Perry (1948). An Official Historical Summary. The Canadian Army 1939–1945. Ottawa: King's Printer. OCLC 1052805687. "The Royal Engineers Journal". The Royal Engineers Journal. 81 ...

7. United Kingdom casualties of war - Wikipedia

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   Military Dead Civilian Dead Total Dead Note World War II: 1939 1945 383,700 67,100 450,900 World War II deaths; includes deaths from the Crown Colonies: Arab revolt in Palestine: 1936 1939 262 262 Iraqi revolt against the British: 1920 1920 1,000 1,000 Tauber, E., The Formation of Modern Syria and Iraq, pp. 312-314 Anglo-Irish War: 1919 1921 ...