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Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt
It's pretty interesting how the British were always better versed in this type of warfare, in fact it's due to them being the main advisors of the Greek army during most of the civil war that the local guerrillas were defeated.
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Completely understandable when you consider they had the largest Colonial Empire ever established.
Pre WWI the Zulu Wars and the Boar War were significant influences.
It was during the Boar War that Britain formulated and implemented the Concentration Camp as a solution to isolating political dissidents and undesirables. A system adopted and taken to extremes later by Hitler.
Early 20th Century the British fought counter insurgency campaigns in Somali, in Iraq (Mesopotamia) and faced an extended insurgency in India.
More recently major insurgencies occurred in Malaya, Kenya and lets never forget Northern Ireland.
These are worth a read:
http://www.jepeterson.net/sitebuilde...s_and_Iraq.pdf
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc...f&AD=ADA479660