British 8th Army

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_8th_Army

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:activePeriod	1941-1945
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:United_States_Army gptkb:Free_French_Forces Commonwealth forces
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded	1945
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:Second_World_War gptkb:North_African_Campaign gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkbp:formed	September 1941
gptkbp:garrison	Cairo (initially)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British 8th Army
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Desert_Rats
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:First_Battle_of_El_Alamein gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein gptkb:Battle_of_Mareth_Line
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Alan_Cunningham gptkb:Neil_Ritchie gptkb:Richard_O'Connor Bernard Montgomery Claude Auchinleck
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:9th_Australian_Division gptkb:Polish_II_Corps gptkb:1st_Armoured_Division gptkb:1st_South_African_Division gptkb:2nd_New_Zealand_Division gptkb:4th_Indian_Division gptkb:7th_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:notableWinner	gptkb:Battle_Honour:_Italy_1943-45 gptkb:Battle_Honour:_North_Africa_1942-43
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Italian_Army gptkb:German_Afrika_Korps
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkbp:size	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:British_Army_of_the_Rhine
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Canadian_I_Corps
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6