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| Jul 8, 2023 at 1:53 | comment | added | Earl | The British navy was not there to defend the empire, The navy was large to defend the sea lanes which made the empire profitable. The sea lanes feed raw materials to British factories in the home islands and allowed the finished goods to be shipped back over seas. How did the navy help Britannia during the Ireland troubles, or the boer wars. | |
| Jul 4, 2023 at 19:08 | comment | added | totalMongot | Very good answer: the BEF was small but good because of its professionnal troops. Still, it lacked some heavy equipment, like artillery | |
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| Jul 1, 2023 at 23:52 | comment | added | Jos | @MAGolding In 1914 the French army had 71 divisions. The BEF had 6. In 1915 the BEF was an entirely different army (volunteers; 'pal's battalions') with 29 divisions. The French had expanded to 94 divisions. There was never any doubt the BEF was the junior partner. | |
| Jul 1, 2023 at 22:45 | comment | added | Smith | I would argue that the BEF was deficient in the weapon that really mattered: artillery, and specifically the modern howitzer. | |
| Jul 1, 2023 at 15:15 | comment | added | MAGolding | What you omit to mention is that the BEF in 1914 was a professional force but the BEF in 1915 was a much larger hastily conscripted force whose members had little time for training before being sent to France. Thus the French army still had to do most of the fighting until the new BEF of 1915 was prepared. | |
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| Jul 1, 2023 at 3:14 | history | answered | Jos | CC BY-SA 4.0 |