British Rifle Company (Plastic)

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Dispatch (to you) due: Monday 11th May

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British Rifle Company (Plastic) Product Description

Between the two World Wars, Britain’s main concern was policing its far-flung empire. Europe was of little concern with Germany neutralised by the Treaty of Versailles and the French unlikely to succeed in crossing the English Channel against the Royal Navy. The British government was so sure that the Royal Navy and its new darlings, the Royal Air Force, could see off any threats that, even after rearmament began in earnest, the British Army got little funding.

As a result, when the war came, Britain could only offer France a British Expeditionary Force (BEF) of just one corps of three infantry divisions (compared with 33 French divisions immediately ready for action). This rose to a full army of ten divisions by the time the Germans invaded. Where the BEF shone was its quality. Every single division was motorised, and many of the battalions were made up of professional soldiers, unlike their allies and enemies, who were all conscripts.

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