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History Of The British Army
The history of the British Army spans over three and a half centuries since its founding in 1660 and involves numerous European wars, colonial wars and world wars. From the late 17th century until the mid-20th century, the United Kingdom was the greatest economic and imperial power in the world, and although this dominance was principally achieved through the strength of the Royal Navy (RN), the British Army played a significant role. , there were 92,000 professionals in the regular army (including 2,700 Gurkhas) and 20,480 Volunteer Reserves. Britain has generally maintained only a small regular army during peacetime, expanding this as required in time of war, due to Britain's traditional role as a sea power. Since the suppression of Jacobitism in 1745, the British Army has played little role in British domestic politics (except for the Curragh incident), and, apart from Ireland, has seldom been deployed against internal threats to authority (one notorious exception being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Conflicts In Europe
This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European State (polity), states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, Militarized interstate dispute, militarized interstate disputes, and global conflicts in which Europe was a Theater (warfare), theatre of war. There are various Boundaries between continents#Europe and Asia, definitions of Europe and in particular, there is a significant dispute about the eastern and southeastern boundaries, specifically about how to define the countries of the former Soviet Union. This list is based on a wide definition that includes much of the interface between Europe and Western Asia. BC Pre-500 BC *c. 5000 BC Talheim Death Pit *c. 5000 BC Massacre of Schletz *c. 5000 BC Massacre at Kilianstädten *c. 1300 BC Tollense valley battlefield *c. 1200 BC Trojan War *c. 1104–900 BC Dorian invasion *c. 753–351 BC Roman–Etrus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
