The British Army in World War 2 During the First World War, the British Army was transformed from a voluntary, professional force backed up by a voluntary reserve into a 'national' army recruited by conscription. It was able to make this transition without a material decline in its' effectiveness, and this is a considerable credit to the regimental system and the calibre of its personnel. At the start of the war, there was probably no or …showed first 75 words of 516 total…

…showed last 75 words of 516 total…not receive a credible British Tank, the Crusader until after VE-day. It is almost impossible to list all the British Armies actions of this period, but the main theatres of war for the British Army were in Chronological order: The Battle of France The African Campaigns (Including the Battle of El Alamein) The Retreat from Burma The Sicilian and Italian Landings The Battle of Kohima The D-Day landings and Normandy The Fall of the Reich