“The Brits have a formidable military, though obviously much smaller than the war years”.
The Brits have two (2) deployable army divisions. That is hardly formidable.
“The Brits have two (2) deployable army divisions. That is hardly formidable.”
Formidability is not wholly dependent on size. Quality often trumps size.
Hell, in 1991 Iraq had the fourth largest military in the world. So what? That military sucked.