British Armed Forces
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His Majesty's Armed Forces, also known colloquially as the British Armed Forces, are the unified military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Cro
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815
The Great Siege of Gibraltar, showing the defeat of the Franco-Spanish assault in September 1782
Royal Irish Rifles soldiers at the Battle of the Somme in 1916
Men of No. 4 Commando being briefed before the Normandy landings in 1944
Royal Navy
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The Royal Navy is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, responsible for defending the country, the Crown Dependencies, and the Overseas Territories from naval attack or invasion. It is a comp
British Armed Forces
…it to influence world events and establish itself as one of the world's leading military and economic powers. The British Armed Forces consist of: the Royal Navy, a blue-water navy with a fleet of 62 commissioned and active ships, together with the Royal Marines, a highly specialised amphibious light infantry…
A late 16th-century portrait of the Spanish Armada battling Royal Navy warships
HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, is still a commissioned Royal Navy ship, although she is now permanently kept in dry-dock.
Bombardment of Algiers in north Africa by the Anglo-Dutch fleet in an attempt to stop the Barbary slave trade, 27 August 1816
The capture of Chusan during the First Opium War on 1 October 1841