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The British Empire was more than "the training of young men for war and the endless breeding of fresh cannon-fodder". During the nineteenth century, the British
by josh_fyi 4y ago
The British Empire was more than "the training of young men for war and the endless breeding of fresh cannon-fodder". During the nineteenth century, the British army was absurdly small compared, for example, to the armies of continental powers. See e.g https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-14218909 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-14218909
- anigbrowl 4y agoI don't think that's a useful comparison, since Britain's military instrument was (and continues to be) its navy, with a small but largely proportionate land force. By contrast, you never hear anything about, say, the Austrian navy because there isn't one that matters.