Italian 8th Army

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Italian_8th_Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:ARMIR gptkb:Armata_Italiana_in_Russia
gptkbp:composedOf	infantry divisions alpine divisions cavalry divisions
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Italy
gptkbp:disbanded	1943
gptkbp:formed	1942
gptkbp:headquarters	Voroshilovgrad (now Luhansk, Ukraine)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Italian 8th Army
gptkbp:mainTheater	gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad gptkb:Operation_Little_Saturn
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Giovanni_Messe gptkb:Italo_Gariboldi
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:3rd_Celere_Division gptkb:Alpini_Corps gptkb:Cavalry_Division_Eugenio_di_Savoia gptkb:Cavalry_Division_Lancers_of_Alessandria gptkb:Cavalry_Division_Lancers_of_Aosta gptkb:Cavalry_Division_Lancers_of_Florence gptkb:Cavalry_Division_Lancers_of_Foggia gptkb:Cavalry_Division_Lancers_of_Milan gptkb:Cavalry_Division_Lancers_of_Montebello gptkb:Cavalry_Division_Lancers_of_Novara gptkb:Cavalry_Division_Lancers_of_Piacenza gptkb:Cavalry_Division_Lancers_of_Vercelli gptkb:Cavalry_Division_Littorio gptkb:Cavalry_Division_Savoia_Cavalleria gptkb:Cavalry_Division_Torino gptkb:Cosseria_Division gptkb:Cuneense_Division gptkb:Julia_Division gptkb:Littorio_Division gptkb:Pasubio_Division gptkb:Ravenna_Division gptkb:Sforzesca_Division gptkb:Torino_Division gptkb:Tridentina_Division
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Royal_Italian_Army
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Corpo_di_Spedizione_Italiano_in_Russia_(CSIR)
gptkbp:size	about 235,000 men
gptkbp:sufferedHeavyLosses	1942-1943
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4