But even the UK's closest allies see this as fantasy, with a senior US general telling the then defence secretary ... The number of British Army combat troops has dropped from 104,000 at the ...

British forces burned Washington, D.C. in August 1814, then attempted to capture Baltimore, losing at Fort McHenry. Now, much farther ... was serving in the U.S. Army. Born in 1767, he was a ...

The entire British Army would be devastated in "six months to a year" in a major war – underlining the importance of rebuilding the UK's reserve forces, a defence minister has said. Al Carns ...

The British ... Army was asked to fight tonight, it would fight tonight. “I don’t think anybody in this room should be under any illusion that if the Russians invaded Eastern Europe tonight ...

While the British boast a perfect record in world wars - including a gritty victory over Germany's seemingly unstoppable Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain - it is a country that has made some ...

British personnel are taking part in an exercise ... LGBT veterans forced out of the military look to the future, 25 years on from the ban being repealed. Interest in Blair 'Paddy' Mayne has ...