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Start of WW!
Britain declares war on Germany in response to the invasion of Belgium -
Battle of ypres
54,000 casualties for the British in a battle which lasted till the 22 November.
Germany tried to break down the front lines. -
Conscription is introduced in Britain
Britain needed a large army so conscription was introduced to do just that. -
World War One ends when Germany signs an armistice
Germany signed an armistice to end the war at 11 on the 11/11/1918 causing an end to the great war. -
Paris Peace Conference
The big 3 made treaties such at the TOV and decided the fate of Germany. -
the failure of appeasement
Nevile Chamberlain met Adolf Hitler and gave Hitler the Sudetenland.
Gave Hitler the power the needed to start war. -
Britain declares war on Germany in response to the invasion of Poland
Honoured the Anglo-Polish treaty.
War with Germany -
Winston Churchill becomes PM
Chamberlain had lost all home support. -
Evacuation of Dunkirk
thousands of British soldiers were trapped on a small pocket of "safe" land. Evacuation back to England was needed desperately. German Luftwaffe attacked multiple times killing thousands
330,000 were saved. -
Battle of Britain begins
Operation sealion was Hitlers code name for the invasion of Britain. Luftwaffe was first used to remove the RAF. RAF even though they were severely outnumbered, defeated multiple squadrons of the Luftwaffe, saving Britain from Hitlers invasion. -
Blitz
Luftwaffe start dropping bombs across the UK as a way to damage the UKs population. By the end of the Blitz, 30,000 Londoners had been killed. -
Allied Victory
Germany had been destroyed, with Hitler committing suicide on April 30th. Germany general surrenders to Eisenhower. -
United Nations is created
Britain is a founder the United Nations.
Britain become part of the security council. -
Start of Falklands war
Argentine forces invaded the British islands off Argentina. -
End of Falklands war
Argentina surrendered after Britain captured the island back. -
British troops in Afghanistan
1,200 British troops were now in Afghanistan -
Tony Blare wins backing from parliament to invade Iraq.
Wins parliament backing to send British troops into Iraq -
Britains arrival
bulk of British armour rolled into Iraq -
Barsa secured
British generals decided to secure and take Barsa. -
Troops sent to helmand to help rebuild.
3000 troops were sent into the desert to help build and fight in city such as Helmand. They came under heavy fire and operation was increasingly more intense that first thought. -
End of Iraq war
British troops stayed in Iraq for 6 more years and helped USA capture Saadam -
Operation panthers claw
Secured canal and river crossings in Helmands. Britain bloodiest year, 109 deaths. -
Death of Bin Laden.
Bin laden was killed on 6th July. David Ca,eron then pulled out 500 armed forces to relieve war in Afghanistan. 9000 troops remained in war. -
Withdrawal
Britain handed over their main Afghanistan base, camp Bastion to Afghan forces. Britian had pulled out of the war, but some British forces are still present training Afghan forces in areas such as Kabul