Italian Eighth Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
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:commander gptkb:Giovanni_Messe
gptkb:Italo_Gariboldi
gptkbp:component gptkb:Cavalry_Corps
gptkb:156th_Infantry_Division_Vicenza
gptkb:201st_Motorized_Division
gptkb:2nd_Infantry_Division_Sforzesca
gptkb:3rd_Fast_Division_Principe_Amedeo_Duca_d'Aosta
gptkb:3rd_Infantry_Division_Ravenna
gptkb:52nd_Infantry_Division_Torino
gptkb:5th_Infantry_Division_Cosseria
gptkb:8th_Cavalry_Division_Emanuele_Filiberto_Testa_di_Ferro
gptkb:9th_Infantry_Division_Pasubio
gptkb:Corpo_d'Armata_Alpino
gptkb:Corpo_d'Armata_di_Cavalleria
gptkb:Cuneense_Alpine_Division
gptkb:Divisione_Celere
gptkb:German_294th_Infantry_Division_(attached)
gptkb:German_298th_Infantry_Division_(attached)
gptkb:German_62nd_Infantry_Division_(attached)
gptkb:II_Army_Corps
gptkb:Julia_Alpine_Division
gptkb:Tridentina_Alpine_Division
gptkb:XXIV_Army_Corps
gptkb:Alpine_Corps
gptkb:XXXV_Army_Corps
Hungarian Second Army (attached)
gptkbp:country gptkb:Italy
gptkbp:disbanded 1943
gptkbp:formed 1942
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Voroshilovgrad
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Italian Eighth Army
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Operation_Little_Saturn
gptkbp:notableEvent dissolution after 1943 Armistice of Cassibile
encirclement during Soviet Operation Little Saturn
evacuation of survivors to Italy
massive casualties and prisoners
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Regio_Esercito
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Corpo_di_Spedizione_Italiano_in_Russia
gptkbp:retreatedFrom gptkb:Don_River
gptkbp:size about 235,000 men
gptkbp:sufferedHeavyLosses 1942-1943
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Case_Blue
gptkb:6th_Army
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6