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Wales, as part of the United Kingdom [i], participated as part of the allies in World War I (1914–1918) and the allies in World War II (1939–1945). Just under 275,000 soldiers from Wales fought in World War I, with 35,000 combat deaths, in particular at Mametz Wood and Passchendaele.
List of Cardiff based ships lost during the war; World War II Timeline; BBC World War II People's War Archived 19 April 2013 at archive.today; BBC World War II People's War Archived 19 April 2013 at archive.today; Luftwaffe Air raid Attacks on South Wales; Roy Noble narrates a documentary on the Cardiff Blitz and war effort.
Wales in World War II (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Military history of Wales" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The term Thankful Village was popularised by the writer Arthur Mee in the 1930s; in Enchanted Land (1936), the introductory volume to The King's England series of guides, he wrote that a Thankful Village was one which had lost no men in the war because all those who left to serve came home again. His initial list identified 32 villages.
Returning Welsh soldier (2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh) greeted by his son. In 2018, there were 3,280 military and civilian personnel based in Wales composed of 2,210 military personnel and 1080 civilian staff. [3] Out of the armed services, the Army has the largest presence in Wales, with over 1,400 personnel based there.
The Welsh National War Memorial (Welsh: Cofeb Ryfel Genedlaethol Cymru) is situated in Alexandra Gardens, Cathays Park, Cardiff. The memorial was designed by Sir Ninian Comper and unveiled on 12 June 1928 by the Prince of Wales .
World War II sites in Wales (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Wales in World War II" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
An outbreak of influenza also claimed the lives of 80 soldiers at the barracks. [2] In early 1919, small instances of looting broke out in the camp before, on 4–5 March 1919, the Kinmel Park mutiny broke out, [4] in which 20,000 war weary soldiers expressed their anger at their treatment. The riot broke out in the Canadian section of the camp ...