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Eighth Army (United Kingdom)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)
GPTKB entity
Statements (120)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:activePeriod
1941–1945
gptkbp:branch
gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:composedOf
gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:British_forces
Commonwealth forces
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded
1945
gptkbp:engagedIn
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:formed
September 1941
gptkbp:garrison
Cairo (initially)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Eighth Army (United Kingdom)
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Desert_Rats
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:Tunisian_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Alan_Cunningham
gptkb:Neil_Ritchie
gptkb:Richard_O'Connor
Bernard Montgomery
Claude Auchinleck
gptkbp:notableUnit
gptkb:South_African_Army
gptkb:Free_French_Brigade
gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Canadian_Army
gptkb:Royal_Army_Chaplains'_Department
gptkb:Royal_Army_Dental_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Army_Medical_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Army_Veterinary_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Artillery
gptkb:Royal_Electrical_and_Mechanical_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Military_Police
gptkb:6th_Armoured_Division
gptkb:Auxiliary_Territorial_Service
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkb:Greek_Army
gptkb:Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_West
gptkb:21st_Army_Group
gptkb:51st_(Highland)_Infantry_Division
gptkb:10th_Corps
gptkb:Jewish_Brigade
gptkb:Polish_II_Corps
gptkb:5th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Palestine_Regiment
gptkb:13th_Corps
gptkb:1st_Canadian_Infantry_Division
gptkb:3rd_Infantry_Brigade
gptkb:Royal_Armoured_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Army_Ordnance_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Pioneer_Corps
gptkb:Women's_Royal_Army_Corps
gptkb:5th_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Army_Service_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Signals
gptkb:Czechoslovak_Army
gptkb:9th_Armoured_Brigade
gptkb:56th_(London)_Infantry_Division
gptkb:1st_Armoured_Division
gptkb:1st_South_African_Division
gptkb:2nd_Armoured_Brigade
gptkb:2nd_New_Zealand_Division
gptkb:4th_Indian_Division
gptkb:7th_Armoured_Division
gptkb:50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division
gptkb:1st_Parachute_Brigade
gptkb:2nd_Parachute_Brigade
gptkb:8th_Indian_Infantry_Division
gptkb:23rd_Armoured_Brigade
gptkb:10th_Armoured_Division
gptkb:1st_Army_Group_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:2nd_Army_Group_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:30th_Corps
gptkb:Basuto_Company
gptkb:Bechuanaland_Protectorate_Forces
gptkb:Beninese_Forces
gptkb:Burkinabe_Forces
gptkb:Cameroonian_Forces
gptkb:East_African_Forces
gptkb:Gambian_Forces
gptkb:Ghanaian_Forces
gptkb:Greek_Brigade
gptkb:Guinean_Forces
gptkb:Ivory_Coast_Forces
gptkb:Kenyan_Forces
gptkb:Liberian_Forces
gptkb:Malagasy_Forces
gptkb:Malawi_Forces
gptkb:Malian_Forces
gptkb:Mauritian_Forces
gptkb:Nigerian_Forces
gptkb:Rhodesian_Forces
gptkb:Senegalese_Forces
gptkb:Seychelles_Forces
gptkb:Sierra_Leonean_Forces
gptkb:Somali_Company
gptkb:Sudanese_Forces
gptkb:Swazi_Company
gptkb:Tanzanian_Forces
gptkb:Togolese_Forces
gptkb:Ugandan_Forces
gptkb:West_African_Forces
gptkb:Zambian_Forces
gptkb:78th_Infantry_Division
Indian Army
New Zealand Army
Royal Army Pay Corps
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:British_Army_of_the_Rhine
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:South_African_1st_Infantry_Division
gptkb:6th_South_African_Armoured_Division
gptkb:Battle_of_Sangro
gptkb:Battle_of_Mareth_Line
gptkb:Battle_of_Enfidaville
gptkb:Battle_of_Tebaga_Gap
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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