British Expeditionary Force (World War II) - Wikipedia The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the contingent of the British Army sent to France in 1939 after Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany on 3 September, beginning the Second World War
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British Expeditionary Force (BEF) | Britannica British Expeditionary Force (BEF), the home-based British army forces that went to northern France at the start of World Wars I and II in order to support the left wing of the French armies The BEF originated in the army reform of 1908 sponsored by Richard Burdon (later Viscount) Haldane
The British Expeditionary Force - History Learning Site The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) stationed in France in the spring of 1940 was commanded by Lord Gort The BEF was considered to be a formidable fighting unit but against blitzkrieg, it had little to offer Against the onslaught of blitzkrieg, the BEF withdrew, along with remnants of the French army, to Dunkirk
British Expeditionary Force - 1914-1918-Online By the start of the Somme offensive in July 1916, the BEF – since December 1915 commanded by General (later Field-Marshal) Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928) – had been transformed into Britain’s first-ever mass citizen army, capable at last of fighting a war on a continental scale
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The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 1914 In the event of war, Britain planned to land a British Expeditionary Force of six infantry divisions in France, a force of 100,000 men The BEF of 1914 has often been described as the best British Army sent to war
British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1940) - Wikipedia This is the British Expeditionary Force order of battle on 9 May 1940, the day before the German forces initiated the Battle of France BEF commander Lord Gort and Chief of the General Staff Pownall study a map at GHQ in the Chateau at Harbarcq, 26 November 1939