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