Eighth Army (United Kingdom)
Army · United Kingdom · September 10, 1941 – July 29, 1945
British and Commonwealth army that fought the desert war from Operation Crusader to Tunisia, under Bernard Montgomery from August 1942, and then in Sicily and Italy.
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Served with
- July 10, 1943 – May 2, 1945 15th Army Group
Attached units 1
- February 1, 1944 – May 2, 1945 Polish II Corps
People who served 1
Movements
- September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 World War II
- November 18, 1941 Western Desert campaign Operation Crusader Map
- December 10, 1941 Tobruk relieved Map
- January 6, 1942 Agedabia Map
- February 6, 1942 The Gazala line Map
- May 26, 1942 – June 21, 1942 Battle of Gazala Map
- June 14, 1942 Retreats into Egypt Map
- July 1, 1942 Holds at El Alamein Map
- October 23, 1942 Second Battle of El Alamein Second Alamein Map
- November 13, 1942 Tobruk retaken Map
- November 20, 1942 Benghazi Map
- December 11–18, 1942 Battle of El Agheila
- January 22–23, 1943 Battle of Tripoli (1943)
- January 23, 1943 Tripoli taken Map
- March 16–31, 1943 Battle of the Mareth Line
- March 20, 1943 Tunisian campaign Attacks the Mareth line Map
- April 13, 1943 Before Enfidaville Map
- July 9, 1943 – May 2, 1945 Italian campaign
- July 10, 1943 Lands in Sicily Map
- September 3, 1943 Crosses into Italy at Reggio Map
- November 28, 1943 Crosses the Sangro Map
- December 28, 1943 Ortona taken Map
- January 17 – May 18, 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino
- May 11–23, 1944 Operation Diadem
- May 18, 1944 Monte Cassino Map
- June 4, 1944 Up the Liri valley Map
- August 4, 1944 Florence Map
- September 21, 1944 Operation Olive Rimini taken Map
- December 16, 1944 Faenza Map
- April 9–21, 1945 Battle of Bologna
- April 18, 1945 Spring 1945 offensive in Italy Argenta gap Map
- May 2, 1945 – July 29, 1945 Italy: the German surrender Map