Questions tagged [english-army]
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Why did only the English adopt, evolve and use the longbow en masse in war?
The bow was a relatively common weapon on dark age battlefields as Harold's arrow in the eye at Hastings will attest. But shortly after is was largely superseded by the crossbow, partly because pretty ...
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How did the British Army unit size and structure in WWI change from 1915 to 1918?
Preface: For obvious reasons, we will assume ideal conditions for the purposes of this question. For convenience's sake, we will also ignore the original British Expeditionary Force that was almost ...
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What was the process to join the army in WW2 England?
I'm currently (at the beginning of) researching the process people would go through for joining the British army (including the RAF and navy) during WW2 in England for a story I'm writing.
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