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The British Armed Forces were the military services responsible for the defense of the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and Crown dependencies. During the later phase of the Chimeran War, the British Army was the only standing European military left resisting against the Chimera, with all the other European military forces having either been destroyed or forced underground.

History[]

Following the end of the Great War, Britain joined the European Trade Organization and established closer relations with other European nations, while the British Armed Forces became part of the ETO's United European Defence. However, after decades of preparation for a conventional war with Russia, the sudden Chimeran invasion of mainland Europe in December 1949 shocked the European community.

As the Chimera overran Europe within a few months, the UED rapidly collapsed as the member nations turned against each other, desperately seizing equipment and arms to safeguard their territories and populations. The British spent its military resources on defending the British Isles and the Avalon One colony in Australia. The UED and the Maquis retaliated by stealing British military equipment and RAF VTOLs already in Europe while murdering their British crews.[1][2]

Chimeran Occupation[]

While mainland Europe fell to the Chimera, the British were prepared for the Chimera's inevitable invasion of their homeland. As early as 1941, the British military constructed an extensive subterranean defense network across the United Kingdom.[3] Four major bases were constructed which consisted of Central Command in London, Northern Command in Cheshire, Southern Command in Bristol, and Eastern Command in Norwich.

Despite Britain being heavily fortified from air and sea incursions, the Chimera chose an unorthodox approach to invade the isles. In October 1950, the Chimera used digging machines to burrow underneath the English Channel and invaded Southern England.[3] The Chimera's subterranean invasion took the British by surprise as the aliens overran London and destroyed Central Command by using Burrowers to redirect the River Thames to flood the base.[3] By November the Chimera had taken control of England and infected millions with the Chimeran virus.[3] The remnants of the British military were routed and forced to abandon their cities and retreat to scattered military bases and outposts, reducing them to wage a costly guerrilla war against the Chimera.

Operation Morning Star[]

Main article: Operation Morning Star
Stalker

British soldiers fighting a Stalker in Manchester.

By July 1951, the British captured an Angel, a high-ranking Chimera, and planned to exchange it with the United States government for military support. Both sides agreed and planned to have the exchange take place in York on July 11, 1951, chosen for its low Chimeran presence.

On their way to the rendezvous, however, the British convoy transporting the Angel was intercepted and attacked by the Chimera in Manchester, where some of the original convoy's escorts were captured and sent to the Grimsby conversion center. Amongst those captured was the head of the British resistance, Captain Rachel Parker. Due to the attack, the British were unable to warn the Americans as the Chimera were directed to York by the actions of the Cloven. Unprepared for a battle against an alien foe, 12,000 Americans committed to the resupply mission were wiped out in a matter of hours.[4]  

British forces under the command of Captain Mitchell continued to battle the Chimera in Manchester to secure the Angel. Outnumbered and outgunned, Mitchell’s men fought a losing battle for most of the morning of July 12 while waiting for reinforcements. The Chimera deployed Stalkers which deterred further aerial reinforcements from arriving in Manchester. Mitchell's forces soon gained support from the American soldier Nathan Hale, a survivor from York who had rescued Parker from Grimsby, and turned the tide against the Chimera, allowing the British to recover the Angel and transport it to Northern Command.

While temporarily holding off the exchange with the Americans, British forces conducted a risky operation to seal a Chimeran tunnel nexus in Nottingham and render them useless to the Chimera. The British launched Operation Shear under Lieutenant Stephen Cartwrigh which ultimately ended in success with the help of Hale, and unknowingly preventing the Chimera from unearthing a Chimeran tower.[5] However, as the British were preoccupied in Nottingham, the Chimera launched an attack on Northern Command to once again liberate the Angel.[6] Parker returned with Hale to Northern Command where the latter foiled the Chimera's rescue attempt by killing the Angel.[6]

Following the attack on Northern Command, Parker relocated her forces to Southern Command, but it too came under Chimeran attack. The attack was held off by the efforts of Hale and Cartwright, allowing the survivors to evacuate to a makeshift camp in Cardiff, Wales, where they were joined by American forces.[7] The day after the attack, on July 14, the British and their American allies launched a full assault on the main Chimeran tower in London.[8]

During the Battle of London, British and American forces desperately fought against the Chimeran defenders until Hale infiltrated the tower and destroyed its reactor core, causing it to explode and destroying the entire tower network in Britain along with the Angels who inhabited them. Without the Angels, all Chimera on British soil began to die off en masse and Britain was liberated from the Chimera.[9]

Following the end of combat, British forces conducted search and rescue operations across the country in which they rescued 921 survivors. Additionally, vast quantities of leftover Chimeran technology and facilities was subjected to reverse-engineering as British Intelligence sought to uncover the mysteries of the Chimera.

Operation Overstrike[]

Main article: Operation Overstrike

Following the end of the Chimeran occupation, the British military supported the Maquis to destroy the Chimeran tower network in Western Europe by repeating the same results from the Battle of London. On August 30, 1951 the British and Maquis launched Operation Overstrike.

The British dispatched two squadrons led by Colonel Rachel Parker and Major Stephen Cartwright as reinforcements to the Maquis. The British and Maquis secured safe passage to Europe through Rotterdam by neutralizing Chimeran gun towers guarding the city.[10] Thereafter Cartwright led a task force to intercept Chimeran Earth Movers from reaching the Maquis base in Luxembourg while Parker took the remainder of her forces to Luxembourg and planned for the assault on the main Chimeran tower in Paris.[11]

Cartwright with the assistance of the mercenary James Grayson managed to destroy the Earth Movers, but the Chimera launched a full-scale assault on the Maquis stronghold.[12] British and Maquis forces mounted a desperate defense while evacuating personnel to the last Maquis safe zone in Reims.[13]

Despite the heavy loss of men and material, the British and Maquis carried out their assault on the Paris tower. Cartwright led a frontal attack on the city to serve as a distraction for the Maquis to carry out their plan to smuggle a serum designed to eradicate the Carrier strain into the Chrysalis Lair in order to ground the Chimeran conversion process to a halt.[14] Beginning on September 6 Cartwright launched the assault on Paris and succeeded in breaking through the outer defenses, allowing the Chimera to divert their attention to Cartwright's forces and reducing their defenses at the Chrysalis Lair. Ultimately the British and the Maquis succeeded in destroying the tower and thereby the entire tower network throughout Western Europe. The Maquis accomplished their mission in contaminating the Chrysalis Lair and spreading the anti-Carrier serum across every conversion center.[15]

Post-Operation Overstrike[]

In late 1952, with aid from the Maquis, British military forces launched further campaigns into Central and Eastern Europe. As British forces were redeployed to the mainland, the British Isles were left vulnerable to the Chimera. The Chimera launched incursions into Axbridge and Bracknell in an attempt to divert British military forces from their advances in Europe.[16] This forced Colonel Parker to request SRPA aid in the form of Specter Team, who managed to neutralize and contain the Chimera in England. In exchange for SRPA's support, vital nuclear research from Chimeran nuclear reactors was supplied to the Americans.[17]

By January 1953, British and Maquis forces reached Eastern Europe and made preparations to breach the Red Curtain within six months.[18] Whether they succeeded or not in striking through the Russian barrier would be rendered moot following the collapse of the United States and the aftermath of Operation Black Eden. By 1957, the British withdrew their forces to Britain and were pushed back to Wales and once more reduced to waging a guerrilla war in a more dire situation.[19]

Recruitment posters[]

Many recruitment posters and hand-painted recruitment signs can be seen during the campaign of Resistance: Fall of Man. This indicates that the British Army were in need of new recruits in the wake of the Chimeran invasion. Many of these advertisements are based on real-life recruitment posters that were used during World War I and World War II.

Army flags[]

Service branches[]

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Known British Army personnel[]

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Military operations[]

  • Chimeran invasion of the United Kingdom

Gallery[]

Resistance: Fall of Man[]

Resistance: Retribution[]

Trivia[]

  • The British Army is sometimes referred to as the British Resistance.
  • In Resistance: Retribution, the British Commandos were voiced by voice actors Keith Ferguson, Gideon Emery, Jamie Harris, and Robert Easton.[20]

References[]

  1. ^ Sky High Treason
  2. ^ Chink in the Armour
  3. ^ a b c d Timeline retrieved from the official Resistance website.
  4. ^ Resistance: Fall of Man, campaign level York
  5. ^ Resistance: Fall of Man, campaign level Nottingham
  6. ^ a b Resistance: Fall of Man, campaign level Cheshire
  7. ^ Resistance: Fall of Man, campaign level Bristol
  8. ^ Resistance: Fall of Man, campaign level London
  9. ^ Resistance: Fall of Man, campaign level Tower
  10. ^ Resistance: Retribution, campaign level The Guns of Rotterdam
  11. ^ Resistance: Retribution, campaign level Filling the Void
  12. ^ Resistance: Retribution, campaign level Scars Run Deep
  13. ^ Resistance: Retribution, campaign level Lost and Broken
  14. ^ Resistance: Retribution, campaign level Where Nightmares Live
  15. ^ Resistance: Retribution, campaign level Retribution Lost
  16. ^ Operation Mission Briefing (Axbridge)
  17. ^ Mission Status Report 2 (Axbridge)
  18. ^ Intel 7
  19. ^ Heard on Freddie Valmore's radio from Resistance 3
  20. ^ Resistance: Retribution, Full Cast & Crew on IMBD.
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