Demobilisation plan. The wartime Minister of Labour and National Service and Britain's first post-war Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, was the chief architect of the demobilisation plan. The speed of its introduction was attributed to the tide of public opinion, which favoured slogans and policies that appealed to peace and disengagement. According to some sources, it was also driven by …

The first organized army in Jordan was established on 22 October 1920, and was named the "Mobile Force", at the time it was 150 man strong under the command of the British Captain Frederick Peake.On its third anniversary, in October 1923, the now-1,000-man force was renamed the Arab Legion.. In 1939, John Bagot Glubb, better known as Glubb Pasha, became the …

De British Armed Forces, of Her Majesty's Armed Forces en soms Armed Forces of the Crown is de krijgsmacht van het Verenigd Koninkrijk, en omvat de Royal Navy (zeemacht), de British Army (landmacht) en de Royal Air Force (luchtmacht). Met een gerapporteerde sterkte van 429.500 in 2006 (195.900 in reguliere dienst, 191.300 in reguliere reserve en 42.300 in vrijwillige reserve), …