#british troops

[rabbitcruiser]

British troops invaded Washington, D.C. and during the Burning of Washington the White House, the Capitol and many other buildings are set ablaze on August 24, 1814.

[makymakvrchat]

British Troops being sent to Ukraine ? Is this start of World War 3 ?

[paintingsandhistory]

British Attack on the Citadel of Martinique, January, 1762

Artist: Dominic Serres the Elder (French-born British, 1722-1793)

Date: c. 1762-1767

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Trust Collections, London, United Kingdom

Invasion of Martinique (1762)

The invasion of Martinique was the capture of the French colony of Martinique in the West Indies by British forces between January and February 1762 during the Seven Years' War.

A view of Martinique and the Citadel on promontory in bay being attacked by British troops from mainland, in the left foreground a group of officers, presumably Major-General Robert Monckton (1726–1782),

[onefootin1941]

Vera Lynn with British troops in Burma, 1942.

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1920 – On hearing of British atrocities in Ireland, soldiers of the Connaught Rangers mutiny in protest; three are shot dead; a fourth, Private James Daly, is court-martialled and executed by firing squad.

#OTD in 1920 – On hearing of British atrocities in Ireland, soldiers of the Connaught Rangers mutiny in protest; three are shot dead; a fourth, Private James Daly, is court-martialled and executed by firing squad.

The Connaught Rangers (The Devil’s Own) was an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army originally raised in 1793 as the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers), which gained a reputation both for indiscipline and for its prowess as shock troops and streetfighters with the bayonet while serving under the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War in Spain. James Daly, a native of Co…

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Zarah Sultana said what she said during Wednesday’s emergency Parliamentary debate, now she’s destroying Alistair Campbell on Twitter - and I’m loving it!

Zarah is on a mission to piss off as many Tories and their sympathisers as she possibly can, and part of me wishes that we could reanimate the corpse of Thatcher, just so Zarah can piss her off as well.

Take note, Keith (so called leader of the Labour Party) this is what having actual courage looks like.

On a serious note, Zarah Sultana was absolutely right, the war on Afghanistan should never have been fought in the first place, and any benefits that were gained, do not make up for the human suffering and the loss of life

I watched most of the Emergency Parliamentary debate, and a big theme, on all sides of the aisle was messages of support for the British troops, which is all well and good, but if they really wanted to support the British troops - they shouldn’t have turned them into combat troops in the first place.  Diplomacy and negotiation are possible and, more importantly, peaceful alternatives to wars of intervention.  

[unclesamsmisguidedclub]

April 19, The Day the United States Fought Back

On April 19, 1764, the English Parliament banned the American colonists from printing paper money. Amid even more harsh restrictions over the next 11 years, including the Stamp Act, Townshend Act, the Sugar Act, the Boston Massacre, The Coercive Act, the Boston Tea Party, etc., as well as being forced to quarter British troops in their homes, the patriots among the colonists had enough. By the…

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[thisdayinwwi]

Aug 23 1918 in WWI

IWM (Q 60809) British troops passing by the church at Mailly-Maillet August 23 1918.