1 THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE WAS DEFEATED DUE TO ITS SIZE - NOT ITS EQUIPMENT
Britain in the early years of World War II has often been perceived to have been full of Blimpish commanders, out-of-date equipment and antiquated, stuckin-the-mud tactics.
In fact, the British Army's equipment in 1940 was certainly a match for that of the Germans. The Bren light machine gun did not have the rate of fire of the German MG 34, but was solid, accurate and more dependable than its far friskier German rival. Meanwhile, the new British uniforms were the most modern in the world at the time, and unlike anything any soldier had worn before.
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was also entirely mechanised, which was certainly not the case for the German Army. In fact, of the 135 German divisions used in the attack in the west, only 16 were mechanised; the other 119
