The British Army in the Second World War

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:casualties Over 400,000
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Field_Marshal_Bernard_Montgomery
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:equipment Aircraft
Artillery
Tanks
Infantry Weapons
gptkbp:established gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force
gptkb:Home_Guard
gptkb:Royal_Artillery
gptkb:Royal_Army_Service_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkbp:formed 1939
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Influenced post-war military strategy
Changed the nature of modern warfare
Led to decolonization movements
Contributed_to_the_formation_of_the_United_Nations
Major_role_in_defeating_Axis_Powers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The British Army in the Second World War
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Arnhem
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Battle_of_Britain
Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Battle of El Alamein
D-Day
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:postWarCareer Occupation of Germany
Counterinsurgency Operations
Peacekeeping Missions
Cold_War_Operations
NATO_Operations
gptkbp:uses Guerrilla Warfare
Blitzkrieg
Trench_Warfare