WWI Factions: The British Army
12,623Faction: The British Army
The First World War
At the start of the 20th century the British Army was a small body of volunteer regulars.
The Boer War had provoked British war minister Richard Haldane, to create the (BEF) or the ‘British Expeditionary Force’, in case it was necessary to take part in a foreign war.
British Commonwealth factions
WWI Factions: The Canadian Army
https://youtu.be/CfrqlKwh66Y
WWI Factions: The Indian army
https://youtu.be/Li0Ld55qcn0
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