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  Military - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
While "military" concerns all related armed forces, is has often been distinct from a militia or a levy, which are temporary forces— with less training, who may be 'called up' from the population when a nation mobilizes for total war, or to defend against invasion.
Military "strength" is a term that describes a quantification or reference to a nation's standing military forces or the capacity for fulfillment of that military's role.
For example, the military strength of a given country could be interpreted as the number of individuals in its armed forces, the destructive potential of its arsenal, or both.
www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Military   (289 words)

  
 Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United Kingdom, along with France, declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939 after the German invasion of Poland.
Though Britain had increased military spending prior to 1939, because of the threat of Nazi Germany, its forces were still weak by comparison - especially the army.
The United Kingdom was the main base for the operation and provided the majority of the naval power for it.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_military_history_of_World_War_II   (12302 words)

  
 British Armed Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majesty's Armed Forces, officially the Armed Forces of the Crown.
The British Armed Forces are charged with protecting the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, promoting Britain's wider security interests, and supporting international peacekeeping efforts.
The 40,900-member Royal Navy is in charge of the United Kingdom's independent strategic nuclear arm, which consists of four Trident missile submarines, while the Royal Marines provide commando units for amphibious assault and for specialist reinforcement forces in and beyond the NATO area.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_the_United_Kingdom   (347 words)

  
 United Kingdom (08/05)
The United Kingdom's high literacy rate (99%) is attributable to universal public education introduced for the primary level in 1870 and secondary level in 1900.
The United Kingdom is a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is one of NATO's major European maritime, air, and land powers; it ranks third among NATO countries in total defense expenditure.
The United Kingdom is one of the United States' closest allies, and British foreign policy emphasizes close coordination with the United States.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3846.htm   (4111 words)

  
 United Kingdom. (from Military Affairs) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The United Kingdom comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political union of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
The French expected the United States to enter the war on their side, because the British were seizing American ships.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-91631?tocId=91631   (918 words)

  
 Directory - Reference: Museums: Military: Europe: United Kingdom
Firepower Museum  · cached · Museum of science, social and military history of the United Kingdom.
RMP Museum  · iweb · cached · Charts the history of the Royal Military Police from the days of Elizabeth 1st to the present, as well as displays of artifacts from the 1800's to the Gulf and the Balkans.
Winchester's Military Museums  · cached · Profiles six museums: The King's Royal Hussars, The Royal Hampshire Regiment, The Light Infantry, The Royal Green Jackets, The Gurkhas, and The Adjutant General's Corps.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=96827   (1210 words)

  
 DefenseLINK News: Possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom Announced
The Government of United Kingdom has requested a possible sale for training and logistics support in support of a potential direct commercial lease of up to four USAF standard Lot XII Boeing C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft.
This proposed case will contribute to the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the military capabilities of United Kingdom in fulfillment of its NATO obligations; furthering NATO rationalization, standardization, and interoperability; and enhancing the defense of the Western Alliance.
In addition, the United Kingdom's 1998 Strategic Defence Review expressly stated the requirement for "four C-17 or equivalent" strategic airlift aircraft by 2001 for movement of "outsize and oversize" cargo.
www.defenselink.mil /releases/2000/b04202000_bt200-00.html   (347 words)

  
 British Armed Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Their Commander-in-Chief is the Queen and they are managed by the Ministry of Defence.
Along with France and Russia, Britain fields one of the most powerful and comprehensive military forces in Europe.
Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq (Granby, No-Fly-Zones, Desert Fox and Telic) may all be taken as precedent - indeed the last true war in which the British military fought alone was the Falklands War of 1982.
www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/British_Armed_Forces   (344 words)

  
 United Kingdom - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
LOCATION and GEOGRAPHY: United Kingdom is located off the northwestern coast of Europe between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea.
The United Kingdom is comprised of four constituents, England, Wales and Scotland which alone form Great Britain and combined with Northern Ireland and several island groups, form the United Kingdom.
CLIMATE: The United Kingdom has a mild and temperate climate which is influenced by the North Atlantic Drift and the southwesterly winds.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/unitedki.htm   (2683 words)

  
 The Universal Guide To Reference, Museums, Military, Europe, United Kingdom.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Firepower Museum Museum of science, social and military history of the United Kingdom.
RMP Museum Charts the history of the Royal Military Police from the days of Elizabeth 1st to the present, as well as displays of artifacts from the 1800's to the Gulf and the Balkans.
Winchester's Military Museums Profiles six museums: The King's Royal Hussars, The Royal Hampshire Regiment, The Light Infantry, The Royal Green Jackets, The Gurkhas, and The Adjutant General's Corps.
www.universalguide.com /Reference/Museums/Military/Europe/United_Kingdom   (1158 words)

  
 United Kingdom
The United Kingdom, consisting of Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland) and Northern Ireland, is twice the size of New York State.
The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a queen and a Parliament that has two houses: the House of Lords, with 574 life peers, 92 hereditary peers, and 26 bishops; and the House of Commons, which has 651 popularly elected members.
Blair maintained that military action was justified because Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction that were a direct threat to its enemies.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108078.html   (2845 words)

  
 TerritorioScuola OpenDirectoryProject > Reference> Museums> Military> Europe> United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Firepower Museum - - Museum of science, social and military history of the United Kingdom.
RMP Museum - - Charts the history of the Royal Military Police from the days of Elizabeth 1st to the present, as well as displays of artifacts from the 1800's to the Gulf and the Balkans.
Winchester's Military Museums - - Profiles six museums: The King's Royal Hussars, The Royal Hampshire Regiment, The Light Infantry, The Royal Green Jackets, The Gurkhas, and The Adjutant General's Corps.
www.territorioscuola.com /dmoz.php3/Reference/Museums/Military/Europe/United_Kingdom   (1349 words)

  
 Reference, Museums, Military, Europe, United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This museum displays a large collection of artefacts relating to units of the RAF, USAAF and British Army which have operated from the airfield over the past 60 years..
The secret 'home' of central government and military commanders in the event of a nuclear attack during the Cold War..
Museum of science, social and military history of the United Kingdom..
photostation.org /browse/Reference/Museums/Military/Europe/United_Kingdom   (841 words)

  
 Defence Intelligence Staff [ DIS ]- UK Intelligence Agencies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Defence Intelligence Staff is the main provider of strategic Defence Intelligence to the Ministry of Defence, and the Armed Forces and is also a key element of the United Kingdom’s central intelligence machinery.
In order to make decisions, Ministry of Defense [MOD] policy-makers, military planners and force commanders need an accurate view of world developments, timely warning of impending crises, and informed reporting on areas where British forces are or may be deployed.
The DIS has a total staff of 4,600 both military and civilian, about 700 of whom are located in the DIS Headquarters in the Old War Office Building.
www.fas.org /irp/world/uk/dis/index.html   (968 words)

  
 Military_united_states   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A beautifully written must-read for everyone and a work of reference for the future, : Anthony Shadid is a Washington Post reporter and a long.time writer on the Middle East...
Recognizing that the Confederate States lacks the manpower or industrial resources of the north, Confederate President Jake Featherston and his generals come up with an ambitious plan to cripple the US's industrial capacity by striking at the heart of her steel industry...
Awsome Book : This book is awsome, and although some people dislike the military references (using you gun, hide from the enemy)i thought it was interesting and sometimes a bit humerous.
books.mysic.com /Military_United_States   (1625 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - U.K. - Military
The index was created to enable the AMO to place on one card, all of the details about an individual's medal entitlement, their rank or ranks, the unit or units they served in, the first operational theatre they served in and most importantly, the original AMO medal roll references.
Supports the development of those museums in the United Kingdom displaying the collections of the regiments and corps of the British Army.
Members of this society research the military careers of the individuals whose names are found inscribed on medals.
www.cyndislist.com /miluk.htm   (4759 words)

  
 ScienceDaily -- Browse Topics: Reference/Museums/Military/Europe/United_Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A team of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, working with colleagues from Australia and the United Kingdom, analyzed the fossilized remains of photosynthetic pigments preserved in 1.6 billion-year-old rocks from the McArthur Basin in Northern Australia.
Firepower Museum - Museum of science, social and military history of the United Kingdom.
Bassingbourn Tower Museum - This museum displays a large collection of artefacts relating to units of the RAF, USAAF and British Army which have operated from the airfield over the past 60 years.
www.sciencedaily.com /directory/Reference/Museums/Military/Europe/United_Kingdom   (1671 words)

  
 Estate*WW 2 Military Map*United Kingdom*NICE
Description: This is a large Navigational map of the United Kingdom during World War 2.
This map was owned by the War department of the U.S. Armed Services during WW 2 and is in wonderful condition, I unfolded it and was surprised how nice it looked and huge also.
I have put 4 other maps related to this area and time, one is charted i think,with it.
www.antiqnet.com /detail,military,655992.html   (123 words)

  
 Category:Military of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Articles in category "Military of the United Kingdom"
Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom
This page was last modified 10:47, 13 October 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Military_of_the_United_Kingdom   (53 words)

  
 Military Press : Independent publishers of military history
We are an independent publisher specialising in military history and based in the United Kingdom.
Our publications cover a wide range of military subjects, including: The British Army, Enigma, Ultra, Signals Intelligence, the French Army, the United States Army, the German Army and U-Boats, Far Eastern Campaigns, Insurgency and Counter Insurgency (including Afghanistan), and Indian Military History.
Orders placed directly with the Military Press for their own publications will be sent post free.
www.militarypress.co.uk   (132 words)

  
 Open Directory - Reference: Museums: Military: Europe: United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Flagship Portsmouth - Based at the Historic Dockyard in Portsmouth, Flagship Portsmouth is responsible for three of Britain's oldest and most historic warships - Henry VII's doomed flagship Mary Rose, Nelson's flagship HMS Victory and the world's first iron battleship, HMS Warrior.
RMP Museum - Charts the history of the Royal Military Police from the days of Elizabeth 1st to the present, as well as displays of artifacts from the 1800's to the Gulf and the Balkans.
Winchester's Military Museums - Profiles six museums: The King's Royal Hussars, The Royal Hampshire Regiment, The Light Infantry, The Royal Green Jackets, The Gurkhas, and The Adjutant General's Corps.
dmoz.org /Reference/Museums/Military/Europe/United_Kingdom   (1298 words)

  
 GENUKI: UK and Ireland Topics - Military Records
The National Archives, the archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom - holds the most comprehensive and important collection of official documentary records relating to Britain's involvement in the war.
The article British Military Records by Jay Hall originally appeared in the September- October 1987 issue of Everton's Genealogical Helper.
The London, Edinburgh, and Belfast Gazettes are the official newspapers of record in the United Kingdom.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/MilitaryRecords.html   (1473 words)

  
 the knowledge.com ™ directory - reference - museums - military - europe - united kingdom
Britain's National Museum of Aviation, celebrates the story of aviation from before the Wright Brothers to the RAF of the 21st Century.
Charts the history of the Royal Military Police from the days of Elizabeth 1st to the present, as well as displays of artifacts from the 1800's to the Gulf and the Balkans.
The museum is unique in its coverage of conflicts, from the First World War to the present day, particularly those involving Britain and the Commonwealth.
directory.knowledge.com /reference/museums/military/europe/united_kingdom   (927 words)

  
 Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
This document is the Executive Summary of the Energy Report of the Energy Engineering Analysis Program (EEAP) for the Burtonwood, England Military Community.
The purpose of this document is to present analysis of potential energy conservation projects at each of the sites.
This project provides for completion of that program for Burtonwood Military Community with installations located in Burtonwood, Caerwent and Hythe, United Kingdom.
www.osti.gov /energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=562754   (296 words)

  
 Searching Irish Military Records
[Remember that during the time that Ireland was under the British government, Irish military personnel were in the British system, and their records would be at Kew, with all the other British Military records.
The Irish Guards (NOT the Garda) were raised at the beginning of this century in order to more fairly represent the various peoples of the United Kingdom.
By the way, the Irish Guards are a regiment, not a squadron (which is a unit or the navy, cavalry or airforce), and maintain a very fine Irish pipe band (the Brian Boru pipes having been invented by the pipe major of the regiment).
www.rootsweb.com /~fianna/guide/military.html   (1840 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Digging up scoops on business deals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
NEW YORK — On the streets of Belfast as a British military intelligence officer in the mid-1990s, Caspar Hobbs worked hard to keep ahead of Northern Ireland's warring paramilitary factions.
Hobbs is launching the U.S. unit of mergermarket.com, a Web-based service with dozens of reporters who provide real-time "intelligence" on potential takeover candidates and bidders.
After attending Rugby boarding school in England, Hobbs went to Sandhurst Military College, the United Kingdom's West Point, and entered the British army, serving in the Middle East and Northern Ireland.
www.usatoday.com /money/media/2004-04-13-hobbs-mergermarket_x.htm   (1154 words)

  
 Roll of Honour - About us
Recorded here are various war memorials within a variety of counties, it is fully intended to complete as many war memorials in the United Kingdom as possible.
All counties are based on the pre-1974 reorganisation of the political divisions in the United Kingdom.
For Military Family History Research information and resources there is a page to help you.
www.roll-of-honour.com   (913 words)

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