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THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES:
Britain's Admirals
The Battle of Britain
RAF Aircraft
Britain's Home Guard
The 'Blitz'
Winston Churchill
North Africa: Operation 'Compass'
Royal Navy Ships
Battle of Gazala
Bernard Montgomery
Battle of El Alamein
The Arctic Convoys
British Army
Atlantic Convoy War
British Empire & Dominion Forces
British & Dominion Generals
British Tanks
1940: The British prepares -vs- Operation 'Sea Lion'
1) At that time there were only Seven Corps HQs, 13-and-a-half battered divisions in Britain, poorly armed, in urgent need of training & mobility, & perhaps not more than the equivalent of 3 divisions at full strength with 2,500 Bren LMGs.
2) The 'Local Defence Volunteers' expanded rapidly, but were almost unarmed, & took time to become a reasonably efficient 'Home Guard', relieving the army of a great variety of vital duties.
3) Concrete pill boxes were rapidly built, trenches dug, barbed wire covered beaches & dunes, sand bags were everywhere, notably in Southeast England.
4) Artillery was in short supply; armour totally inadequate.
El Alamien: BRITISH EIGHT ARMY (Montgomery)
New divisions, new weapons & new equipment (500 mine-detectors) had to be integrated daily. 1,000 new 6-pounder anti-tank guns & 1,000 guns of medium artillery, together with vast dumps of ammunition added to his impressive offensive power. In addition 100 'Priest' SP 105-mm howitzers reached the army with 300 Sherman tanks. 30,000 infantry with '3,000 Bren LMGs'...'3,000 Thompson SMGs & 6,000 pistols'...'24,000 rifles/bayonets & '72 Vickers HMGs'.
BRITISH DOUBLE BLUFF:
Dumps, vehicle parks, tank parks, gun batteries, & ammunition supply points began to appear in the wasteland; tracks ran from one to another, pipelines were laid, even canteens appeared, with trucks casually parked outside.
Age
16
Country
Philippines
