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Eighth Army

Name: Eighth Army – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

1941–1942Date range

3Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1941

Alan Cunningham25 September 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Eighth Army comprises the XIII & XXX Corps

Neil Ritchie7 December 1941

Tobruk · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Commands the Eighth Army which captures Tobruk from Rommel

1942

Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1st20 November 1942

Benghazi · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Commands the Eighth Army in the recapture of Benghazi

Names involved

Alan CunninghamBernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1stNeil Ritchie

Provenance

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