8th Army

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/8th_Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:United_States_Army gptkb:Free_French_Forces gptkb:Polish_II_Corps Commonwealth forces
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Eighth_Army
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded	1945
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:North_African_Campaign gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkbp:formed	1941
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Cairo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	8th Army
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Desert_Rats
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Tunisian_Campaign gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein gptkb:Operation_Crusader
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Neil_Ritchie gptkb:Richard_O'Connor Bernard Montgomery Claude Auchinleck
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:9th_Australian_Division gptkb:British_10th_Armoured_Division gptkb:British_1st_Armoured_Division gptkb:British_1st_Parachute_Brigade gptkb:British_23rd_Armoured_Brigade gptkb:British_2nd_Armoured_Brigade gptkb:British_2nd_Parachute_Brigade gptkb:British_4th_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_51st_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_6th_Armoured_Division gptkb:British_78th_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_8th_Armoured_Brigade gptkb:Canadian_1st_Infantry_Division gptkb:Czechoslovak_11th_Infantry_Battalion gptkb:Free_French_Brigade gptkb:Greek_1st_Brigade gptkb:South_African_1st_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_1st_Airborne_Division gptkb:Jewish_Brigade gptkb:British_7th_Armoured_Division gptkb:Polish_II_Corps gptkb:British_50th_Infantry_Division gptkb:1st_Armoured_Division gptkb:2nd_New_Zealand_Division gptkb:4th_Indian_Division gptkb:7th_Armoured_Division gptkb:British_1st_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_46th_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_56th_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_5th_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Italian_Army gptkb:German_Afrika_Korps
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:A_Noble_Crusade gptkb:Leningrad_Front gptkb:German_Army_(World_War_I)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5