British forces
Commonwealth armed services
British forces refers to the military services of the United Kingdom—the Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force.
The term appears in news coverage of military operations and historical accounts: British forces landed at Normandy, British forces were deployed to the region.
It emphasizes national identity rather than specific branch.
- ArmyOrganized military body
- GurkhasNepalese military recruits
- SASThree-letter acronym, multiple meanings
- commando raidsSudden attacks by special forces
- desert ratsHardy wilderness prospectors
Napoleonic Wars · Battle of Britain · D-Day · Royal Marines · World War II · Royal Navy · Counter-terrorism · Falklands War · Dunkirk · Boer War · redcoats · boots on the ground · stiff upper lip · Crimean War · Gulf War · Queen's Guard · trooping the colour · Sandhurst
- military forcesarmy, soldiers, troops, militias, reserve army
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
- Revolutionary WarsFrench Republic, revolutionary army, Napoleon Bonaparte
- War of 1812War of 1812, Andrew Jackson, Battle of New Orleans, Fort McHenry, Lake Erie
- WWII MediterraneanAfrika Korps, Rommel, Montgomery, Tobruk, Tunisia
- YorktownCornwallis, surrender ceremony, capitulation, George Washington, Washington
British forcesAmerican forces
Troops serving under Washington
German forces · opposing forces · US military · Red Army · Wehrmacht
British forcesNazi Germany
Hitler's fascist dictatorship
Wehrmacht · Luftwaffe · Axis forces · German forces · Zulu warriors
British forcescolonial resistance
Opposition to occupying powers
independence fighters · freedom fighters · insurgents · revolutionaries · rebel forces