In 2003 it was reported that the Army was made up around 8,000 troops.

The legions themselves contained around 5,200 troops plus an equal number in auxiliaries.

The net reduction is expected to be around 3,000 to 5,000 troops.

This means the force would actually have to number around 180,000 troops so as to provide rotating replacements for the initial forces.

Some officials said those options revolved around 100,000 troops, or fewer, but troop levels could increase if security in Iraq worsened.

The Netherlands deployed around 1,700 troops to southern Afghanistan.

Both sides lost around 1,600 troops before Soult called off the assault.

There are around 600 troops in the air force.

It is an elite military unit numbering around 7,000 troops.

Each side mobilized around 15,000 troops (in some cases estimates run up to 30,000 on each side).