British army

Never did it look more like there might not ever be a United States of America than on August 27, 1776 –Washington nearly captured, his army surrounded, a brave remnant decimated. The fate of the new nation dangled precariously during the savage fighting at the Battle of Brooklyn, and the conflict started in a watermelon patch the night before.

Despite a persistent drumbeat of political speeches informing the public that Britain is drifting towards a major war.

A cargo ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on a United Nations-approved route was hit by a projectile Thursday, the British military said, as several tankers made their way out of the channel using the same path.

Attorney-General called “threat to national security” and told to resign over allegations of involvement in the hounding of British soldiers.

Soldiers who heard leadership predict they would be wiped out in a major war have been “summoned for a telling off” after singing about it.

PM Starmer worked with a disgraced solicitor on a legal case that led to British soldiers being hounded through the courts, a report states.

The Polish government is to “forgive and forget” citizens who broke the law by signing up for the Ukrainian armed forces.

Armed Forces underfunded, unprepared for war, and doesn’t even have a plan in place should one come, the Chief of the Defence Staff said.

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said that while he signed a declaration of intent on Tuesday to deploy UK troops into Ukraine following a potential peace deal with Russia, Members of Parliament will be given the opportunity to vote on the matter before any soldiers are sent to the war-torn country.

Bid to get young and diverse people into the Army will see UK offering a ‘gap year’ from 2026, as a years-long recruitment crisis rolls on. 

Talk of imminent war stalks the discourse in the United Kingdom, yet even the legacy media is reckoning with the reality that many young Britons feel the government has actively sabotaged their interests and are wondering why they ought to risk their lives for such a state.

The UK government has revealed that a British soldier was killed in Ukraine while testing an air defence system, in a tacit admission that London has troops on the ground in the war-torn country.

Nine recently-retired generals including heads of the British military and top NATO commanders made an extraordinary intervention.

UK military will be authorised to shoot down mystery drones in future, following a spate of incursions to European states.

British Army now smaller than Britain’s number of traffic wardens, who patrol streets nationwide seeking improperly parked cars.

More migrants have come by the illegal boat route than there are serving sailors, soldiers, and airmen in the whole British Armed Forces.

British government says the UK is ready to deploy troops “from day one” of a ceasefire should one be agreed in the coming days.

Britain quietly earmarked £7 billion to secretly import tens of thousands of Afghans under the cover of a remarkable ‘superinjunction’.

The former head of the British Army has warned that war between the UK and Russia is a “real possibility” in the next five years and therefore Westminster must invest to bolster the nation’s depleted defence capabilities.

British Army sergeant majors are being urged to stop shouting at junior recruits lest they upset their delicate sensibilities.

The UK, which is unusual in not having civil or home defence, will create a new local force to protect infrastructure like power plants.

Patriotism appears to be declining in the United Kingdom, with a survey finding that less than half of the nation would be willing to fight and defend their country for any reason.

The Labour Party government has called upon the military to help clear garbage from the streets of Birmingham as a continuing union strike has left tens of thousands of tonnes of trash lining the streets of Britain’s second-largest city.

Commentators reacted with seething fury over a perceived insult against the British Army by Vice President JD Vance.

The leftist government in Britain has come under fire from former military top brass over plans to use electric vehicles on the battlefield as a part of its green energy agenda push.

There are nearly as many civil servants in Britain’s defence department as soldiers, and more than the whole navy and air force combined.

A former British Army soldier had admitted terrorism charges laid against him over fundraising and equipment meant for the Taliban.

Ukraine war shows need to involve “whole of society” in defence, but public are deeply averse to notion of conscription a report finds.

The UK’s National Audit Office has recommended the Ministry of Defence “balance Ukraine’s needs and the UK’s strategic interests”.

The Prime Minister, a seasoned lawyer with a usually assured style seemed unsure of his words at times as he announced a new “standing army”.

24-year-old Anthony Esan has been charged with attempted murder after a uniformed British Army Officer was repeatedly stabbed.

Two military horses that bolted and ran miles through the streets of London have undergone operations at an animal hospital.

Shocking and unusual spectacle in central London as a group of spooked army horses charged through the capital.

Russia needs a stronger deterrence to stop its aggressive moves on mainland Europe and a UK reintroduction of conscription would go some way to foiling Moscow’s predatory ambitions, Estonia Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said Thursday.

Army must prepared to “rapidly expand” to field a “citizen army”, top general says, praising Euro states for bringing back conscription.

The British Army is now the smallest it has been in 200 years while in Germany the defence minister speaks of bringing back conscription.