Eighth Army

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod	1941–1945
gptkbp:battleHonours	gptkb:Tunis gptkb:Monte_Cassino gptkb:Tobruk gptkb:El_Alamein gptkb:Gothic_Line
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded	1945
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:Tunisian_Campaign gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkbp:formed	September 1941
gptkbp:garrison	Cairo (initially)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Eighth Army
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Desert_Rats
gptkbp:notableCommander	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 gptkb:Canadian_I_Corps
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations	gptkb:Italy gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4