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The British Legions in the South American Wars of Independence during the 19th century. The British Free Corps of the Waffen SS in World War II. 2,500 British fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the republicans. [8] In the Paraguay Revolution of 1922, British pilots fought in the Escuela de Aviación Militar.
Men of the Chinese Labour Corps load sacks of oats onto a lorry at Boulogne while supervised by a British officer (12 August 1917). The Chinese Labour Corps (CLC; French: Corps de Travailleurs Chinois; simplified Chinese: 中国 劳工 旅; traditional Chinese: 中國 勞工 旅; pinyin: Zhōngguó láogōng lǚ) was a labour corps recruited by the British government in the First World War to ...
The British Legion (1860) British contingent of the above; Nauvoo Legion, a significant militia in early Mormon history; List of American Civil War legions, both Confederate and Union; Guelphic Legion, Hanoverian paramilitary unit supporting George V, deposed king of Hanover, from 1866 to 1870; Carabinieri legions, the regional units of the ...
Macartney predicted that Indo-British forces could destroy the Chinese in all frontiers in a military conflict, but warned that such an offensive would be against the interests of British trade.He also rightly observed that the empire's internal stability was weak, and there could be a breaking up of the power of China, throwing the ...
The British Legion (Spanish: Legión británica) or British Legions were foreign volunteer units which fought under Simón Bolívar against Spain for the independence of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, and under José de San Martín for the independence of Peru, in the Spanish American wars of independence.
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[8] [9] Two British captains and 21 Chinese NCOs and other ranks were killed, two majors, one colour sergeant and 15 Chinese NCOs and other ranks were wounded during this campaign. [10] Two members of the regiment, Colour Sergeant Purdon and Sergeant Gi Dien Kwee were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in the Boxer Rebellion.
The 11th Army Group was the main British Army force in Southeast Asia during the Second World War.Although a nominally British formation, it also included large numbers of troops and formations from the British Indian Army and from British African colonies, and also Nationalist Chinese and United States units.