Eighth Army (United Kingdom)

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British Army formation field army military unit

The Eighth Army (United Kingdom) was a major British-led field army of the Second World War, best known for its decisive role in the North African campaign against Axis forces.

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Label Occurrences
Eighth Army (United Kingdom) canonical 8
Australian 8th Army (British Eighth Army) in North Africa 1
British Eighth Army elements 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 8th Army ⓘ
British Eighth Army ⓘ
composition Australian forces ⓘ
British forces ⓘ
Commonwealth forces ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Free French forces

Indian Army units ⓘ
New Zealand forces ⓘ
Polish II Corps ⓘ
South African forces ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedOn 1945-10 ⓘ
engagement Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ
Battle of Alam el Halfa ⓘ
Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
surface form: First Battle of El Alamein

Gothic Line offensive ⓘ
Italian mainland campaign ⓘ
Operation Crusader ⓘ
Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein

Tunisian campaign ⓘ
formedOn 1941-09-26 ⓘ
garrisonOrHeadquarters Bari ⓘ
Benghazi ⓘ
Cairo ⓘ
Tripoli ⓘ
notableCommander Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
Claude Auchinleck ⓘ
Harold Alexander ⓘ
Neil Ritchie ⓘ
Oliver Leese ⓘ
Richard McCreery ⓘ
notableFor victory at Second El Alamein ⓘ
opponent German Afrika Korps ⓘ
Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ
opponentCommander Erwin Rommel ⓘ
partOf 15th Army Group ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Middle East Command ⓘ
role leading Allied advance from Egypt to Tunisia ⓘ
major Allied ground force in the Italian campaign ⓘ
offensive operations against Axis forces in North Africa ⓘ
theatre Italian campaign ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: Middle East theatre of World War II

North African campaign ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Battle of El Alamein → involvesUnit → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Battle of Gazala → primaryAlliedFormation → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Battle of Alam el Halfa → militaryUnit → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Battle of Tobruk (1942) → defendedBy → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Eighth Army elements
1st South African Division → alliedWith → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
First Army (Allied, North Africa) → coordinationWith → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Australian 9th Division → associatedWith → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian 8th Army (British Eighth Army) in North Africa
5th Indian Infantry Brigade → componentOf → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Battle of Bologna → capturedBy → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Eighth Army units
7th Indian Infantry Brigade → componentOf → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
23rd Armoured Brigade → servedAlongside → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Auchinleck, Claude → notableCommanderOf → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
subject surface form: Claude Auchinleck
this entity surface form: Eighth Army (temporarily, Middle East theatre)