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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Army
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gptkbp:activeDuring
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:awarded
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Battle Honour: El Alamein
Battle Honour: Italy
Battle Honour: North Africa
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gptkbp:composedOf
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gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:British_forces
Commonwealth forces
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1945
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gptkbp:engagedIn
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gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino
gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkb:Operation_Husky
gptkb:Battle_of_Mareth_Line
gptkb:Operation_Baytown
gptkb:Operation_Crusader
gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
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gptkbp:formed
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1941
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gptkbp:garrison
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gptkb:Cairo
gptkb:Florence
gptkb:Taranto
gptkb:Tripoli
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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British Eighth Army
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gptkbp:motto
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None officially
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Desert_Rats
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:Neil_Ritchie
gptkb:Oliver_Leese
gptkb:Richard_O'Connor
Bernard Montgomery
Claude Auchinleck
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Advance into Tunisia
Advance up the Italian Peninsula
Liberation of Sicily
Victory at El Alamein
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:Polish_II_Corps
gptkb:1st_South_African_Division
gptkb:2nd_New_Zealand_Division
gptkb:4th_Indian_Division
gptkb:7th_Armoured_Division
gptkb:Canadian_I_Corps
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:Italian_Army
gptkb:German_Afrika_Korps
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:British_Army
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gptkbp:size
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over 200,000 (at peak)
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:British_Army_of_the_Rhine
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Battle_of_Bologna_(1945)
gptkb:Battle_of_Bologna
gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Afrika_Korps
gptkb:Battle_of_Tunisia
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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