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