Every UK Overseas Military Base, Mapped

This video explains Britain’s global network of overseas military bases. Using publicly available data, we created a map of every country and oversea territory with a British controlled base. Along the way we examine how the bases came into being, why Britain has so many and what they are used for today. TIMECODES 0:00 What are these bases? 0:45 How big is Britain's military? 1:09 Why bases abroad? 1:41 How many bases? 2:30 The map 3:15 How does Britain compare? 3:46 Why so many? 5:18 Training bases 6:45 Middle East bases 9:27 Euro-Atlantic bases 11:21 Americas bases 12:25 Indo-Asia-Pacific bases 14:00 Can Britain use them? FILM CLIPS Explore and licence the IWM film clips used in this video: https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/co... CREDITS Unless otherwise noted UK MOD footage, is used under the MOD Crown Copyright News / Editorial Licence: https://www.gov.uk/government/publica... UK MOD Images used under Open Government Licence: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/d... US Department of War footage/images are in the public domain. The appearance of this visual information does not imply or constitute endorsement. Vanguard class SSBN Outline by Mike1979 Russia via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA https://x.com/I_W_M   / imperialwarmuseums     / iwm.london     / imperialwarmuseums   REFERENCES 1. https://www.iiss.org/publications/the... 2. https://www.gov.uk/government/statist... 3. https://www.gov.uk/government/statist... 4.https://assets.publishing.service.gov... 5. https://www.declassifieduk.org/reveal... 6. https://www.gov.uk/government/statist... 7. https://iari.site/2024/06/12/the-stra... 8. https://www.cato.org/commentary/750-b... 9.   / batus-the-canadian-prairie-home-to-the-arm...   10. https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/2022/11... 11. https://www.army.mod.uk/learn-and-exp... 12. https://www.army.mod.uk/learn-and-exp... 13. https://www.army.mod.uk/learn-and-exp... 14. https://researchbriefings.files.parli... 15. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... 16. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... 17. https://news.sky.com/story/inside-the... + https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-new... 18. https://committees.parliament.uk/writ... 19. https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/... + https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/... + https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ra... + https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/... 20. https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/202... 21. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk... 22. https://assets.publishing.service.gov... 23. https://www.ascension.gov.ac/travel-a... 24. https://questions-statements.parliame... 25. https://www.army.mod.uk/learn-and-exp... 26. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... 27. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... 28. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... 29. https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...