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Britain declares war on Germany in response to the invasion of Belgium
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54,000 casualties for the British in a battle which lasted till the 22 November.
Germany tried to break down the front lines. -
Britain needed a large army so conscription was introduced to do just that.
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Germany signed an armistice to end the war at 11 on the 11/11/1918 causing an end to the great war.
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The big 3 made treaties such at the TOV and decided the fate of Germany.
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Nevile Chamberlain met Adolf Hitler and gave Hitler the Sudetenland.
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Honoured the Anglo-Polish treaty.
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Chamberlain had lost all home support.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Germany had been destroyed, with Hitler committing suicide on April 30th. Germany general surrenders to Eisenhower.
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Britain is a founder the United Nations.
Britain become part of the security council. -
Argentine forces invaded the British islands off Argentina.
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Argentina surrendered after Britain captured the island back.
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1,200 British troops were now in Afghanistan
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Wins parliament backing to send British troops into Iraq
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bulk of British armour rolled into Iraq
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British generals decided to secure and take Barsa.
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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.
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British troops stayed in Iraq for 6 more years and helped USA capture Saadam
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Secured canal and river crossings in Helmands. Britain bloodiest year, 109 deaths.
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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.
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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