Disambiguation evidence for 8th Army via surface form

"Eighth Army"


As subject (49)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Eighth Army".

Predicate Object
alliedWith British Commonwealth forces
surface form: Commonwealth forces
alliedWith Free French Forces
surface form: Free French forces
alliedWith United States Army
campaign Italian campaign
campaign Allied invasion of Sicily
surface form: Sicily campaign
campaign Tunisian campaign
surface form: Tunisia campaign
campaign North African campaign
surface form: Western Desert campaign
commander Alan Cunningham
commander Bernard Montgomery
commander Claude Auchinleck
commander Neil Ritchie
commander Oliver Leese
commander Richard McCreery
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom
disbanded post-Second World War
formedIn Middle East
formedOn 1941-09-26
includedFormation 1st South African Division
includedFormation 2nd New Zealand Division
includedFormation 4th Indian Division
includedFormation 7th Armoured Division
includedFormation 8th Indian Division
includedFormation I Corps (British Army)
surface form: British I Corps
includedFormation British V Corps
includedFormation British XIII Corps
includedFormation British XXX Corps
includedFormation Canadian I Corps
includedFormation British X Corps
surface form: X Corps (British Army)
initialCommander Alan Cunningham
instanceOf British Army formation
instanceOf field army
nickname 7th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
surface form: Desert Rats (informal association with Western Desert Force and 7th Armoured Division)
notableBattle Allied invasion of Sicily
notableBattle Battle of Gazala
notableBattle Battle of El Alamein
surface form: First Battle of El Alamein
notableBattle Italian mainland campaign
notableBattle Operation Crusader
notableBattle Battle of El Alamein
surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein
notableBattle Tunisian campaign
notableCommander Bernard Montgomery
notableFor victory at Second Battle of El Alamein
opponent German Afrika Korps
opponent Italian Army in North Africa
partOf British Army
role principal British field army in North Africa
successor British Army of the Rhine (as main British field force in Europe)
theatre Italian campaign
theatre North African campaign

As object (2)

Triples where some other subject referred to this entity as "Eighth Army".

Operation Crusader involvedUnit
"Eighth Army"
↳ resolves to 8th Army
British XXX Corps partOf
"Eighth Army"
↳ resolves to 8th Army