Acquaintance with history of creation of the British army, its fighting achievements in wars in the Gulf, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland. The characteristic of a modern condition of Army: formation, structure, categories, distinctions, special forces.
Among these actions were the Seven Years" War, the American Revolutionary War, the Napoleonic Wars, the First and Second Opium Wars, the Boxer Rebellion, the New Zealand land wars, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the First and Second Boer Wars, the Fenian raids, the Irish War of Independence, its serial interventions into Afghanistan (which were meant to maintain a friendly buffer state between British India and the Russian Empire), and the Crimean War (to keep the Russian Empire at a safe distance by coming to Turkey"s aid). With native and provincial assistance, the Army conquered New France in the Seven Years" War and subsequently suppressed a Native American uprising in Pontiac"s War. In addition to battling the armies of other European Empires" (and of its former colonies, the United States, in the American War of 1812), in the battle for global supremacy, the British Army fought the Chinese in the First and Second Opium Wars, and the Boxer Rebellion; Maori tribes in the first of the New Zealand Wars; Indian princely forces and British East India Company mutineers in the Indian Mutiny; the Boers in the First and Second Boer Wars; Irish Fenians in Canada during the Fenian raids; and Irish separatists in the Anglo-Irish War. The vastly increasing demands of imperial expansion, and the inadequacies and inefficiencies of the underfunded, post-Napoleonic Wars British Army, and of the Militia, Yeomanry, and Volunteer Force, led to the Cardwell and Childers Reforms of the late 19th century, which gave the British Army its modern shape, and redefined its regimental system. Outside of the services, soldiers are generally known as squaddies by the British popular press, and the general public.Another nickname which applies only to soldiers in Scottish regiments is Jocks, derived from the fact that in Scotland the common Christian name John is often changed to Jock in the vernacular.Throughout history it has seen action in almost every corner of the globe, and employs soldiers from many different areas of the commonwealth including Australia, India, Ghana, South Africa, the Republic of Ireland and the famous Nepalese Gurkhas. There are approximately 100,000 regular personnel and 26,000 territorial army soldiers currently deployed as part of the British Expeditionary Force and as United Nations peacekeepers in many countries worldwide, including Cyprus, Iraq, Afghanistan , the Balkans and Germany. The British Army has always been at the cutting edge of military technology, and currently uses some of the most high-tech and effective equipment available including state-of-the-art Challenger 2 battle tanks, WAH-64D Apache gunship helicopters and the much improved SA80A2 Rifle.
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The British Army was formed in 1707 with the unification of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Throughout history it has seen action in almost every corner of the globe, and employs soldiers from many different areas of the commonwealth including Australia, India, Ghana, South Africa, the Republic of Ireland and the famous Nepalese Gurkhas. There are approximately 100,000 regular personnel and 26,000 territorial army soldiers currently deployed as part of the British Expeditionary Force and as United Nations peacekeepers in many countries worldwide, including Cyprus, Iraq, Afghanistan , the Balkans and Germany.
The British Army has always been at the cutting edge of military technology, and currently uses some of the most high-tech and effective equipment available including state-of-the-art Challenger 2 battle tanks, WAH-64D Apache gunship helicopters and the much improved SA80A2 Rifle.
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Bibliography
1. Charles Heyman, "Armed Forces of the United Kingdom".
2. ED Griffin, "Encyclopedia Modern British Army Regime"
3. Carver, M., "The Seven Ages of the British Army"
4. General H. Landlois, "The British Army in a European war"
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