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8 November 1942 saw the first great amphibious assault of World War II. In Operation Torch , an Anglo-American force landed on the shores of Algeria and Morocco . However, even in Algeria, despite having a large British content, the allies maintained the illusion that this was an American operation in order to reduce possible resistance by the ...
British Allied victory. Kuwait regains its independence Bosnian War (1992–1995) UNPROFOR NATO Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia. Military stalemate. Dayton Accords. Operation Desert Fox (1998) United States United Kingdom Iraq: British Allied victory. Objectives largely achieved Kosovo War (1998–1999) United States United Kingdom
Formation Badges of World War 2. Britain, Commonwealth and Empire. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 978-0-85368-078-9. Crew, Francis Albert Eley (1962). MacNalty, Arthur (ed.). The Army Medical Services, Campaigns. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Medical Series. Vol. IV: North-West Europe. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
The British Official History records total British casualties were 260 and Italian losses were estimated at 2,052. [128] Battle Area of the Western Desert Libya and Egypt. Two months after the fall of France the North African Campaign commenced with the Italian invasion of Egypt begun in September 1940. [129]
The History of the Second World War is the official history of the British contribution to the Second World War and was published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO). ). The immense project was sub-divided into areas to ease publication, United Kingdom Military Series, the United Kingdom Civil Series for the civilian war effort; the Foreign Policy series, the Intelligence series and the ...
The British Fleet air arm in World War II. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 9781846032837. Barnett, Correlli (1991). Engage the Enemy more Closely: the Royal Navy in the Second World War. New York City: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-02918-2. Brown, Kevin (2019). Fittest of the Fit Health and Morale in the Royal Navy, 1939–1945. Barnsley: Pen & Sword.
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 776 [7] 898 [7] 1,674 Military includes Royal ...
At the outbreak of World War II, the British Indian Army numbered 205,000 men. Later during World War II, the British Indian Army became the largest all-volunteer force in history, rising to over 2.5 million men in size. Indian soldiers earned 30 Victoria Crosses during the Second World War. It suffered 87,000 military casualties (more than any ...