General Sir Patrick Saunders issued a “battle cry” to all classes, as well as to civil servants, in the form of a memo saying that the conflict in Ukraine reinforced the main purpose of the army “to be ready to fight and win wars on land.” ». Senior military officials said the intervention, last Thursday during his first week at work, served as a reminder to the government to invest in land-based capabilities. Last year, Boris Johnson said that “the old idea of a battle of large tanks on European land is over.” Even with the war in Ukraine, the size of the British army was reduced to a smaller size than the Napoleonic Wars ARIS MESSINIS / GETTY IMAGES Saunders noted
