British Army during World War II

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Army_during_World_War_II
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeDuring 1939-1945
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Australian_Army
gptkb:Canadian_Army
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkb:Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_West
gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army
Indian Army
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:King_George_VI
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Dunkirk
gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Burma_Campaign
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Army during World War II
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:General_Harold_Alexander
gptkb:Field_Marshal_Alan_Brooke
gptkb:General_Claude_Auchinleck
gptkb:Field_Marshal_Bernard_Montgomery
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Royal_Irish_Fusiliers
gptkb:Royal_Leicestershire_Regiment
gptkb:Long_Range_Desert_Group
gptkb:Royal_Berkshire_Regiment
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gptkb:Royal_Army_Physical_Training_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Army_Veterinary_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Artillery
gptkb:Royal_Electrical_and_Mechanical_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Military_Police
gptkb:Royal_Tank_Regiment
gptkb:Special_Air_Service
gptkb:Welsh_Guards
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gptkb:FANY_(First_Aid_Nursing_Yeomanry)
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gptkb:Queen_Alexandra's_Royal_Army_Nursing_Corps
gptkb:Home_Guard
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division
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gptkb:Caribbean_Regiment
gptkb:Royal_Malta_Artillery
gptkb:1st_Airborne_Division
gptkb:Guards_Armoured_Division
Royal Army Pay Corps
Canadian Army units
Desert Rats (7th Armoured Division)
Burma Rifles
Cyprus Regiment
Belgian units
Czechoslovak units
Dutch units
East African units
Greek units
Luxembourg units
Malayan units
Norwegian units
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (attached)
Women's Royal Naval Service (attached)
Women's Transport Service
Yugoslav units
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Regio_Esercito
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:peakPeriod over 3 million personnel
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:9th_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6