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BEF
(redirected from British Expeditionary Force)

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BEF
abbreviation for
(Military) British Expeditionary Force, the British armies that served in France and Belgium 1914-18 and in France 1939-40


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The evolution of the Allied strategy during the First World War resulted in many attempts by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to expedite victory by deploying missions that circumvented the Western Front.
Dunsterforce: a case study of coalition warfare in the Middle East, ... by Winegard, Timothy C. / The Canadian Army Journal
The blitzkrieg had defeated the Allies in France, but had stopped at Dunkirk for long enough to allow the British Expeditionary Force to be evacuated, along with great numbers of Allied troops.
The Forgotten Few by Johnson, Daniel / The National Interest
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