British 13th Army

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1940-1945
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Nations
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:NATO
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Commonwealth_nations
gptkbp:casualties High
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:General_Sir_Bernard_Montgomery
gptkbp:communicationEquipment Wireless
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Italy
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engagesIn gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkbp:equipment Artillery
Tanks
Infantry weapons
gptkbp:established 1940
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:formed Corps level
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Cairo
gptkb:Italy
Cairo,_Egypt
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Key_role_in_WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British 13th Army
gptkbp:intelligence gptkb:British_Intelligence
gptkbp:legacy Influence on modern military strategy
gptkbp:logistics gptkb:Royal_Army_Service_Corps
gptkbp:motto The Few
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Monte Cassino
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Major_General_Sir_John_Harding
gptkb:Major_General_Sir_Richard_McCreery
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Sir_Oliver_Leese
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Mediterranean_Theater
gptkbp:participants Significant
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:reputation Respected
gptkbp:role Ground forces
gptkbp:size Corps
gptkbp:strategicGoals Control of Mediterranean routes
Defeat_Axis_powers_in_North_Africa
Support_for_Allied_operations
gptkbp:successor gptkb:British_8th_Army
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Royal_Army_Medical_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Artillery
gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Signals
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:British_flag
gptkbp:training Mountain warfare
Urban warfare
Amphibious warfare
Desert warfare
Combined arms operations
gptkbp:transportation Military trucks