British Eighth Army

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British Army formation field army

The British Eighth Army was a major field army of the British Army in World War II, best known for its pivotal role in the North African campaign, including the victory at El Alamein.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
British Eighth Army canonical	83
Western Desert Force	3
Montgomery’s Eighth Army	2
British Army ground forces in North Africa	1
British Eighth Army (as a corps commander in North Africa)	1
British Eighth Army in Italy	1
British Western Desert Force	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army formation ⓘ field army ⓘ
alliedWith	Australian Army ⓘ surface form: Australian forces Free French Forces ⓘ surface form: Free French forces Greek forces ⓘ Indian Army units ⓘ 2nd New Zealand Division ⓘ surface form: New Zealand Division Polish II Corps ⓘ South African forces ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
commander	Alan Cunningham ⓘ Bernard Montgomery ⓘ Harold Alexander ⓘ Neil Ritchie ⓘ Oliver Leese ⓘ Richard McCreery ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
disbanded	post-Second World War ⓘ
formed	September 1941 ⓘ
formedAt	Middle East ⓘ
nickname	7th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: Desert Rats (often associated via 7th Armoured Division)
notableBattle	Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ Battle of Gazala ⓘ Battle of El Alamein ⓘ surface form: First Battle of El Alamein Italian mainland campaign ⓘ Operation Crusader ⓘ Operation Lightfoot ⓘ Operation Supercharge ⓘ Battle of El Alamein ⓘ surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein Tunisian campaign ⓘ
notableFor	victory at El Alamein ⓘ
opponent	German Afrika Korps ⓘ Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ
role	advance into Tunisia ⓘ advance up the Italian peninsula ⓘ invasion of Sicily ⓘ offensive operations in North Africa ⓘ pursuit of Axis forces across Libya ⓘ
theatre	Italian campaign ⓘ Middle East theatre of World War II ⓘ North African campaign ⓘ

Referenced by (92)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → alsoKnownAs → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Panzer Army Africa → opponent → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Desert Fox → associatedWithOpponents → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Italian 1st Army → opposedTo → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Operation Compass → militaryUnit → British Eighth Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert Force

Tunisian campaign → combatant → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Allied Expeditionary Force in North Africa → hasComponent → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Middle East Command → subordinateUnit → British Eighth Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert Force

Italian XX Motorised Corps → opposedTo → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Italian Ariete Division → opposedTo → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Operation Slapstick → plannedBy → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Operation Baytown → militaryBranch → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Western Desert → usedBy → British Eighth Army ⓘ

15th Army Group → subordinateUnit → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Polish II Corps → higherCommand → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy → subordinateUnit → British Eighth Army ⓘ

2nd New Zealand Division → cooperatedWith → British Eighth Army ⓘ

DAK → engagedAgainst → British Eighth Army ⓘ

7th Armoured Division → partOf → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Ariete Armoured Division → opposedBy → British Eighth Army ⓘ

1st South African Division → operatedUnder → British Eighth Army ⓘ

German-Italian Panzer Army → opponent → British Eighth Army ⓘ

15th Panzer Division → opponent → British Eighth Army ⓘ

90th Light Africa Division → engagedAgainst → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Italian invasion of Egypt → opponent → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Italian invasion of Egypt → involvedForce → British Eighth Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Western Desert Force

Operation Sonnenblume → opposedBy → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Battle of Nibeiwa → involvedUnit → British Eighth Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert Force

Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks → partOf → British Eighth Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Brian Horrocks

this entity surface form: British Eighth Army (as a corps commander in North Africa)

Battle of Mareth Line → hasParticipant → British Eighth Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of the Mareth Line

Battle of Mareth Line → involvesUnit → British Eighth Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of the Mareth Line

Battle of Medenine → forceInvolved → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Battle of Medenine → opponentOf → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Battle of the Volturno Line → belligerent → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Fezzan campaign → supportedBy → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Richard McCreery → memberOf → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Middle East theatre of World War II → notableUnit → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Tobruk → associatedWith → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Eighth Army → alsoKnownAs → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Sicily 1943 → involvedForce → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Winter Line operations → involves → British Eighth Army ⓘ

102nd Motorised Division Trento → opposedBy → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Allied Armies in Italy → hasPart → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Operation Lightfoot → commandStructure → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Operation Supercharge → militaryFormationInvolved → British Eighth Army ⓘ

3rd Carpathian Rifle Division → operatedUnderCommandOf → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Canadian I Corps → subordinateTo → British Eighth Army ⓘ

Canadian I Corps → associatedWith → British Eighth Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Eighth Army in Italy

1st Canadian Armoured Brigade → supportedFormation → British Eighth Army ⓘ

1st Free French Brigade → alliedWith → British Eighth Army ⓘ