Britain, once a military colossus, can no longer deploy even 600 troops
In the last forty years, the country that once (truly) ruled the world has self-immolated to the point at which it has no meaningful military at all.
Andrea Widburg | April 12, 2026
Britain was once—and was for quite a long time—the world’s most powerful military, enabling it to build the largest empire in recent history. Now, though, a military spokesman admitted that it cannot field even 1,000 troops.
I asked ChatGPT to compile a list of famous British military victories, beginning in the 15th century:
Battle of Agincourt: Henry V’s famous victory over a much larger French force.
Battle of Flodden: Major English victory over Scotland; King James IV of Scotland was killed.
Defeat of the Spanish Armada: England repelled the attempted invasion by Spain (a much larger kingdom)
Battle of Blenheim: The Duke of Marlborough’s decisive victory over France and Bavaria.
Battle of Quebec: Also called the Battle of the Plains of Abraham; Britain captured Quebec.
Battle of Plassey: Opened the path to British dominance in India.
Battle of Trafalgar: Nelson’s decisive naval victory over France and Spain.
Battle of Waterloo: Wellington and allies defeated Napoleon.
Relief of Mafeking: Became a huge patriotic symbol in Britain.
Battle of Britain: RAF defeated the Luftwaffe and prevented invasion.
Second Battle of El Alamein: Montgomery’s turning-point victory in North Africa.
D-Day Normandy Landings: Britain played a central role in the liberation of Western Europe.
Falklands War: British forces retook the Falkland Islands.
Admittedly, the last two items were possible only because of the United States. Nevertheless, they were real British military victories, even though the 1982 Falklands War was fought over a tiny island and the opponent was the pathetic Argentinian military.
Since then, while Britain did assist in both Iraq and Afghanistan, it has no victories to its name. And, indeed, if a much lauded play about Scotland’s famous Black Watch regiment is anything to go by, Britain’s military was already in a sad state of decline at the beginning of the 21st century.
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