force, centred on 1 (UK) Armoured Division with, again, around 28,000 troops. The war began in March and the British fought in the southern area of Iraq, eventually capturing the second largest city, Basra, in April. The Army remained in Iraq upon the end of the war and subsequently led the Multi-National Division (South East), with the Army presence in Iraq numbering about 5,000 soldiers. See also History of British light infantry British military history British Army Uniform British Armed Forces List of all weapons current and former of the United Kingdom History of England History of Ireland History of Scotland History of the United Kingdom, after 1707 History of Wales Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II Recruitment in the British Army Regiment – For more detailed information on the British regimental system. List of British Empire corps of the Second World War List of British Empire divisions in the Second World War List of British Empire brigades of the Second World War Notes Sources Bamford, Andrew. Sickness, Suffering, and the Sword: The British Regiment on Campaign, 1808–1815 (2013). excerpt Beckett, Ian F. W., and Keith Simpson. A Nation in Arms: A Social Study of the British Army in the First World War (1990) Bond, Brian, et al., Look To Your Front: Studies in the First World War (1999) 11 chapters by experts on noncombat aspects of First World War army. Bowman, Timothy, and Mark L. Connelly. The Edwardian Army: Recruiting, Training, and Deploying the British Army, 1902–1914 (Oxford UP, 2012). DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199542789.001.0001 online Carver, Michael. Seven Ages of the British Army (1984) Covers 1900 to 1918 Chandler, David, ed. The Oxford History of the British Army (1996) online Curtis, Edward E. The Organization of the British Army in the American Revolution (Yale U.P. 1926) online Nester, William R. Titan: The Art of British Power in the Age of Revolution and Napoleon (2016) Simkins, Peter. Kitchener's Army: The Are raising of New Armies, 1914–16 (1988) Winter, Denis. Death's Men: Soldiers of the Great War (1978) Primary sources Further reading Barnett, Correlli. Britain and Her Army, 1509–1970: A Military, Political and Social Survey (1970), a standard scholarly history; 525pp Chandler, David, and Ian Beckett, eds. The Oxford History of the British Army (2003). excerpt; Illustrated edition published as The Illustrated Oxford History of the British Army Firth, C.H. Cromwell's Army (1902) online Fortescue, John William. History of the