Which figure represents the total demobilised after the war?

• A. 2.8 million
• B. 3.9 million
• C. 4.3 million
• D. 5.0 million

Answer: (C)

The question tests understanding of how many service personnel were discharged and returned to civilian life after the war—the demobilised total. The best figure is four point three million because official postwar records for Britain show that roughly 4.3 million servicemen were demobilised in the immediate aftermath, as the country shifted back to peacetime.

This reflects the scale of winding down wartime forces and reintegrating veterans, a major social and economic transition after the conflict. The other numbers don’t fit as well because they either understate or overstate the demobilised total when compared with the established postwar discharge figure.