Talk:History of the British Army

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I'm not sure if the article is too large (I personally don't think it is). I incoroprated some text from the British Army article and did my best to keep the article size to a reasonable size. The article still needs more photos', something in the region of one to two photos per section/sub-section, just like History of the Royal Navy. Sorry if I screwed up anyones intention of creating this article. I just thought it really needed to be created, and at least people with much better knowledge than me now have an article to improve :-) SoLando 07:53, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RFC AIRCRAFT STRENGTH IN 1918

Is there a source for your claim that the RFC numbered 4000 aircraft at the end of 1918? I've seen many places that the number was several times that figure.

[edit] 1989 Defence Review

It seems Alan Clark did an unofficial Defence Review in 1989 (which wasn't put into practice); if anyone's interested, here's the introduction from the MOD and the actual paper. Not very long, but some pretty provocative ideas for the time - BAOR to one division! - that might be worth mentioning as a counterpoint. Shimgray | talk | 15:18, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Crimean War - Operations

How can the Crimean War be described as the first war in Europe for over 50 years? Waterloo wasn't fought until 1815, and they were vairous conflicts in Spain and Portugal after this (some of which involved small numbers of British forces). David Underdown 10:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

For the purpose of clarity, it should be amended to say that the Crimean War was the first major conflict the British Army had fought in since Waterloo. Saying that, however, the entire article desperately needs a rewrite. SoLando (Talk) 21:08, 6 April 2006 (UTC)