Refimprove date March 2008 Infobox military unit unit name EighthArmy image File British EighthArmy SSI.svg 100px caption Emblem of the British EighthArmy dates 1941 1945 country UnitedKingdom allegiance ... date October 2007 . At its creation EighthArmy comprised two Corps XXX Corps UnitedKingdom XXX Corps ... Lieutenant General Richard McCreery Corps which passed through the EighthArmy V Corps UnitedKingdom ... 8. Armee Vereinigtes K nigreich fr 8e arm e Royaume Uni it EighthArmyUnitedKingdom he ... s strength and adding a pursuit formation, X Corps UnitedKingdom X Corps , to the Army s XIII ... battle honours Second Battle of El Alamein El Alamein The EighthArmy was one of the best ... African and Italian Campaign World War II Italian campaign s. It was a UnitedKingdom British formation ... Forces , Greece , New Zealand , Poland , Rhodesia , South Africa and the UnitedKingdom. Significant formations which passed through the Army included V Corps UnitedKingdom V Corps , X Corps UnitedKingdom X Corps , XIII Corps UnitedKingdom XIII Corps , XXX Corps UnitedKingdom XXX Corps , I Canadian Corps , Polish II Corps . Organization The EighthArmy was formed from the Western Desert Force ... Corps was made up of 7th Armoured Division UnitedKingdom British 7th Armoured Division commanded by Major ... . EighthArmy also included the Tobruk garrison the British 70th Infantry Division , under Major General ... EighthArmy had the South African 2nd Infantry Division making a total of 7 Division military ... this photo E 18474 with another E 18908 . EighthArmy first went into action as an Army as part ... Rommel had regrouped his forces sufficiently to push the over extended EighthArmy back to the Gazala ... offensives but it was Rommel who took the initiative first, forcing EighthArmy from the Gazala position ... Alamein . Auchinleck, wishing to pause and regroup EighthArmy which had expended a lot of its strength ... Alexander and as EighthArmy commander by Lieutenant General William Gott . Gott was killed in an air ... more details
Refimprove date April 2008 Infobox military unit unit name EighthUnited States Army image File EighthArmy SSI.svg 150px caption EighthUnited States Army shoulder sleeve insignia dates 10 January 1944 present country United States of America allegiance branch Regular ArmyUnited States Regular Army ... 150px identification symbol label Distinctive Unit Insignia The EighthUnited States Army often unofficially abbreviated EUSA is the commanding formation of all United States Army US Army troops ... Corps United States I Corps and XIV Corps United States XIV Corps of Sixth Army, the forces of EighthArmy next enveloped Manila in a great double pincer movement . EighthArmy s final operation of the Pacific ... States Army memorial South Korea 001.jpg thumb EighthUnited States Army memorial at Yongsan During ..., being commanded by Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger . The EighthArmy took part in many of the amphibious ... in no less than sixty of them. The first mission of the EighthArmy, in September 1944, was to take ... to free up the Sixth Army to engage in the Philippines Campaign 1944 45 . The EighthArmy again ... Island on 26 December. In January, the EighthArmy entered combat on Luzon , landing the XI Corps ... Army , including on the major island of Mindanao , an effort that occupied the soldiers of the EighthArmy for the rest of the war. Occupation EighthArmy was to have participated in Operation Downfall ... of invading Japan, EighthArmy found itself in charge of occupying it peacefully. military occupation ... at the beginning of 1946. Four quiet years then followed, during which the EighthArmy gradually deteriorated ... Koreans. However, the stage was eventually reached as enough units of EighthArmy arrived in Korea ... to break it. In the meantime, EighthArmy had reorganized, since it had too many divisions ... of EighthArmy s subordinate divisions. The stalemate was broken by the Battle of Incheon Inchon landings ... back to South Korea. The defeat of the U.S. EighthArmy resulted in the longest retreat of any American ... more details
A number of nations have, or have had, an EighthArmy alphabetical by country Eighth Route Army , a Chinese Communist force that fought against the Japanese during World War II EighthArmy France EighthArmy Germany EighthArmy Italy , the fascist Armata Italiana in Russia that fought against the Soviet Union during World War II this link is to a redirect to a section Japanese Eighth Area ArmyEighthArmy Ottoman Empire Ottoman EighthArmyEighthArmyUnitedKingdomEighthUnited States Army 8th Army Soviet Union 8th Guards Army Soviet Union disambig de 8. Armee et 8. armee fr 8e arm e it EighthArmy nl 8e Leger ja 8 no ttende arm pl 8 Armia pt 8 Ex rcito ru 8 fi 8. armeija tr 8. Ordu uk 8 ... more details
The EighthArmy of Liberation was a political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . It was formed by the United Workers, Peasants and Ratepayers Union, ref name N1 Dieter Nohlen Nohlen, D 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook, Volume I , p595 ISBN 9780199283576 ref and was the only party to contest the Vincentian general election, 1951 1951 general elections . ref Nohlen, p602 ref It won all eight seats and formed the government. However, in 1952 internal conflicts led to a breakaway faction forming the People s Political Party Saint Vincent and the Grenadines People s Political Party , ref name N1 and the EighthArmy did not contest any further elections. ref Nohlen, p601 ref References reflist Saint Vincent and the Grenadines political parties Category Political parties in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Category Article Feedback 5 ... more details
Sun emblem The Eighth Route Army zh s t p b l j n was the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces that formed a unit of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China which fought the Japanese from 1937 to 1945. In contrast to most of the National Revolutionary Army , it was controlled by the Communist Party of China and not the ruling Kuomintang . The Eighth Route Army ... were the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army the larger of the two , called such after their nominal designations in the Chinese national army. Consisting of three division military divisions ... of the second United Front, the 8th Route Army was headed by Mao Zedong s old comrade in arms Zhu ... the United States and South Korean forces. See also commons People s Liberation Army Guerrilla ... Zedong , and their military leader was communist general Zhu De . History The communists Red Army later the People s Liberation Army had first been formed in 1927 when the Kuomintang Nationalist ... . To counter this threat, the Communists and Nationalists formed the United Front the anti Japanese ..., the 8th Route Army s main advantage during World War II was its ability to blend in with Japanese Imperial Army Japanese forces when behind enemy lines. Also, the Communist forces could easily attack Japanese supply lines and small garrison s. The 8th Route Army had also engaged in political and propaganda ... Army was reorganized as the 18th Army Group under the 3rd Military Region commanded by Nationalist Yen Hsi shan . In practice, however, the army remained under Zhu De s control and operated independently ... had deteriorated. At the start of World War II , the 8th Route Army infiltrated itself behind Japanese ... trained militia . The army grew from 30,000 troops in July 1937 to 156,000 in 1938 and 400,000 in 1940 ... to a total of 600,000 men in 1945. Following the end of World War II, the 18th Army Group was incorporated into the new People s Liberation Army . Units from the former 8th Route Army were active in the 1948 ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Japanese Thirty EighthArmy image caption dates November 9, 1942 August 15, 1945 country Empire of Japan allegiance branch Imperial Japanese Army type Infantry role Corps garrison Hanoi nickname nihongo Shin Trustworthy battles command structure name Japanese 38th Army date 1945 parent Southern Expeditionary Army Group subordinate br IJA 2nd Division 2nd Infantry Division ... index.php?id 7698 title Axis History Factbook work Japanese Thirty EighthArmy cite web last Wendel ... 52nd Infantry Division 34th Independent Infantry Brigade The nihongo Japanese 38th Army 38 Dai sanjy hachi gun was an corps army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II . History The nihongo Indochina Garrison Army Indoshina Chutongun was formed on September 9, 1942 under the Southern Expeditionary Army Group following the Japanese invasion and occupation of Invasion of French ... of the Southern Expeditionary Army changed, and the Indochina Garrison Army was re designated the Japanese Thirty EighthArmy . It remained stationed in French Indochina as a garrison force as before. The Japanese 38th Army was involved in the Second French Indochina Campaign of March 1945, which ... Army was Demobilization demobilized at the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945 at Hanoi . List ... Machijiri 10 November 1942 22 November 1944 Indochina Garrison Army 2 Lieutenant General Yuitsu Tsuchihashi 22 November 1944 20 December 1944 Indochina Garrison Army 3 Lieutenant General Yuitsu Tsuchihashi 20 December 194 September 1945 Japanese 38th Army Chief of Staff class wikitable Name From To 1 Lieutenant General Saburo Kawamura 5 December 1942 22 November 1944 Indochina Garrison Army 2 Lieutenant General Saburo Kawamura 20 December 1944 2 June 1945 Japanese 38th Army 3 Major General Teiji Koudo 2 June 1945 September 1945 Japanese 38th Army References reflist Books cite book last Frank ... Indochina Garrison Army Category Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Category ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name EighthArmy image caption dates 1917 November 13, 1918 ref Zekeriya T rkmen, M tareke D neminde Ordunun Durumu ve Yeniden Yap lanmas 1918 1920 , T rk Tarih Kurumu Bas mevi, 2001, ISBN 975 16 1372 8, p. 30. Tr icon ref country Ottoman Empire allegiance branch type Field Army role size command structure garrison garrison label equipment equipment label nickname patron List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire Sultans of the Ottoman Empire motto colors colors label march mascot battles Sinai and Palestine Campaign World War I br Battle of Megiddo 1918 Battle of Megiddo anniversaries decorations battle honours notable commanders Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein October 2 December 2, 1917 br Cevat obanl Cevat Pasha December 2, 1917 November 3, 1918 ref name Genelkurmay23 T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Ba kanl Yay nlar , T rk stikl l Harbine Kat lan T men ve Daha st Kademlerdeki Komutanlar n Biyografileri , Genkurmay Ba kanl Bas mevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 23. Tr icon ref The EighthArmy of the Ottoman Empire Turkish language Turksih Sekizinci Ordu was one of the field army field armies of the Ottoman Army . It was formed during the World War I . World War I Order of Battle, January 1918 In January 1918, the army ... Army in the First World War , Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0 313 31516 7, p. 181. ref EighthArmy ... Cavalry Division Order of Battle, September 1918 In September 1918, the army was structured as follows ref name Erickson197 Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War , Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0 313 31516 7, p. 197. ref EighthArmy, Ferik Cevat Pasha ... After Mudros Order of Battle, November 1918 In November 1918, the army was structured as follows ref name Erickson202 Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War , Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0 313 31516 7, p. 202. ref EighthArmy, zmir Smyrna XVII ... more details
The Eighth Area Army was an area army of the Imperial Japanese Army . The army was formed on 9 November 1942, becoming effective on 26 November at Rabaul as part of the Southern Army Japan Southern Army . ref name axis cite web url http www.axishistory.com index.php?id 6743 title 8. Area Army Japan publisher Axis History Factbook accessdate 3 January 2011 ref The army was disbanded in September 1945. Commanders General Hitoshi Imamura 9 Nov 1942 Sep 1945 ref name axis Chief of Staff Lt. General Rinpei Kato 9 Nov 1942 Sep 1945 Vice Chief of Staff Maj. General Ketsu Sato 9 Nov 1942 2 Aug 1943 Maj. General Yadoru Arisue 2 Aug 1943 29 Aug 1943 Maj. General Kohei Takeshi 11 Sep 1943 19 Jun 1944 Organisation Seventeenth Army Japan Seventeenth Army ref cite web url http www.history.army.mil books wwii MacArthur 20Reports MacArthur 20V2 20P1 ch8.htm title Chapter VIII, Defence of Papua, Reports of General MacArthur,JAPANESE OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA, VOLUME II PART I publisher U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY accessdate 3 January 2011 ref Eighteenth Army Japan Eighteenth Army 6th Division Imperial Japanese Army 6th Division IJA 1st Independent Mixed Brigade 1st Independent Mixed Brigade 12th Air Brigade Part of the 5th Division Imperial Japanese Army 5th Division 20 November 1942 6th Air Division Japan 6th Air Division 25 November 1942 7th Air Division Japan 7th Air Division 29 January 1943 Notes reflist Category Military units and formations established in 1942 Category Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 ... more details
The EighthArmy lang fr VIIIe Arm e was a Field army of the French Army during the World War I and World War II . After the armistice it was part of the occupation of the Rhineland . On 21 October 1919 it was combined with the Tenth Army France Tenth Army to form the French Army of the Rhine . It was reformed in the Second World War . Commanders World War I General Victor d Urbal d Urbal 20 October 1914 2 April 1915 General Putz 2 April 1915 22 May 1915 General Humbert 9 March 1915 24 July 1915 General G rard 24 July 1915 5 November 1915 General Deprez 5 November 1915 31 December 1916 General Augustin G rard 31 December 1917 21 October 1919 World War II General Marcel Garchery 2 September 1939 21 May 1940 General Emile Laure 21 May 23 June 1940 Category Field armies of France 08 Category Military units and formations of France in World War I Category Military units and formations of France in World War II fr 8e arm e France ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Japanese Eighth Area Army image Image Disabled Japanese tank at Biak.jpg 220px caption Disabled Japanese tank at Biak dates November 16, 1942 August 15, 1945 country Empire of Japan allegiance branch Imperial Japanese Army type Infantry role Field Army garrison Rabaul nickname G strength battles Solomon Islands campaign br New Guinea campaign command structure name Japanese Eighth Area Army date 1945 parent Southern Expeditionary Army Group subordinate br Japanese Seventeenth Army Japanese 17th Army Japanese Eighteenth Army Japanese 18th Army IJA 38th Division 38th Infantry Division IJA 39th Independent Mixed Brigade IJA 40th Independent Mixed Brigade IJA 65th Independent Infantry Brigade IJA 9th Artillery Headquarters The nihongo Japanese Eighth Area Army 8 Dai hachi h men gun was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II . History The Japanese 8th Area Army was formed on November 16, 1942 under the Southern Expeditionary Army Group for the specific task of opposing landings by Allies of World War II Allied forces in Japanese occupied Solomon Islands and New Guinea . ref McGee, The Solomons Campaigns, 1942 1943 ref It had its headquarters at Rabaul , New Britain and saw considerable combat in the Solomon Islands campaign , Bougainville campaign 1943 45 Bougainville campaign and New Guinea campaign . ref Nalty, War in the Pacific Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay ref List of Commanders class wikitable Name From To Commanding officer Lieutenant General Hitoshi Imamura 9 November 1942 15 August 1945 Chief of staff military Chief of Staff Major General Rimpei Kat 9 November 1942 15 August 1945 References Books cite book last ... History Factbook work Japanese Eighth Area Army Notes reflist Category Field armies of Japan 8 Category ... book last Rottman first Gordon coauthors year 2005 title Japanese Army in World War II Conquest ... last Rottman first Gordon coauthors year 2002 title Japanese Army in World War II The South Pacific ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Japanese Fifty EighthArmy image caption dates April 7, 1945 August 15, 1945 country Empire of Japan allegiance branch Imperial Japanese Army type Infantry role Corps garrison nickname battles Operation Downfall command structure name Japanese 58th Army date 1945 parent Japanese Seventeenth Area Army subordinate br IJA 96th Division 96th Infantry Division IJA 111th Division 111th Infantry Division IJA 121st Division 121st Infantry Division 108th Independent Mixed Brigade 109th Independent Mixed Brigade 12th Artillery Headquarters The nihongo Japanese 58th Army 58 Dai gojy hachi gun was an corps army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II . History The Japanese 58th Army was formed on April 7, 1945 under the Japanese Seventeenth Area Army Japanese 17th Area Army as part of the last desperate defense effort by the Empire of Japan to deter possible landings of Allies of World War II Allied forces in Jeju do Saishuto island during Operation Downfall . The Japanese 58th Army consisted mostly of poorly trained military reserves reservists , military conscription conscripted students and militia home guard militia . It was Demobilization demobilized at the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945 without having seen combat. List of Commanders Commanding officer class wikitable Name From To 1 Lieutenant General Sadashige Nagatsu 7 April 1945 15 August 1945 Chief of staff military Chief of Staff class wikitable Name From To 1 Major General Yoshihide Kato 6 April 1945 19 August 1945 2 Major General Hisashi Kisaki 19 August 1945 1 September 1945 References cite book last Drea first Edward J. authorlink coauthors year 1998 chapter ... www.axishistory.com index.php?id 7703 title Axis History Factbook work Japanese Fifty EighthArmy Category ... of Japan title In the Service of the Emperor Essays on the Imperial Japanese Army publisher University ... Army 1931 45 Volume 2, 1942 45 publisher Osprey Publishing location id ISBN 1841763543 cite book ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Japanese Twenty EighthArmy image Image Japanese troops on elephant in Burma.jpg ... Japanese Twenty EighthArmy 28 Dai nijy hachi gun was an corps army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II . History The Japanese Twenty EighthArmy was raised on 6 ... season. Twenty Eightharmy used the monsoon to construct the An track across the hills between ... of Japan allegiance branch Imperial Japanese Army type Infantry role Corps garrison Mawlamyine Moulmein , Burma nickname nihongo Saku Scheme battles command structure name Japanese 28th Army date 1945 parent Burma Area Army subordinate br IJA 54th Division 54th Infantry Division IJA 55th Division ... of the Burma Area Army , and its headquarters were initially situated in Mawlamyine Moulmein . It was assigned ... valley and consisted at first of the 55th Division Imperial Japanese Army 55th Division in Arakan, the 54th Division Imperial Japanese Army 54th Division in reserve in Southern Burma, and various garrison units including the 24th Mixed Brigade Imperial Japanese Army 24th Independent Mixed Brigade ... Arakanese irregulars the Arakan Defence Force and small units of the Indian National Army , they launched ... of impending Allied amphibious operations forced the 28th Army to weaken the forces in Arakan .... Although the 28th Army subsequently held the An track and the pass linking the port of Taungup ... from 28th Army in the lower Irrawaddy Valley 72nd Independent Mixed Brigade were defeated around Yenangyaung . With the Allies overrunning Central Burma, 28th Army tried to retreat across the Irrawaddy ... Area Army in Southern Burma. The breakout was a disaster. The Allies had captured the plans for the operation .... The breakout cost the Army 10,000 men, half its strength. The Army was demobilized after the surrender ... 0 679 41424 X cite book last Jowett first Bernard coauthors year 1999 title The Japanese Army 1931 ... url http www.axishistory.com index.php?id 7312 title Axis History Factbook work Japanese 28th Army ... more details
Infobox military unit unit name First Army image File First Army.jpg 100px caption Emblem of the British First Army 1942 1943 dates First World War br 1914 1918 br Second World War br 1942 1943 country UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland allegiance branch British Army type Army role ... Force World War I British Expeditionary Force were divided into the First Army under Lieutenant General Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Sir Douglas Haig and the Second ArmyUnitedKingdom Second Army under ... First Army had the I Corps UnitedKingdom I Corps , IV Corps UnitedKingdom IV Corps and the I Corps British India Indian Corps under command. ref THE SILENT GENERAL HORNE OF THE FIRST ARMY, Don Farr, P.39 ref The First Army suffered reverses at Vimy Ridge in May 1916 and at Fromelles the following ... of four corps, the II Corps United States U.S. II Corps , the V Corps UnitedKingdom British V Corps , IX Corps UnitedKingdom British IX Corps and XIX Corps France French XIX Corps . After the landings ... supporting aircraft greatly multiplied. By the time the British EighthArmy approached the Tunisian ... of the Second World War, UnitedKingdom Military Series title The Mediterranean and Middle East ... date August 2010 Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom 01 Category Military units and formations ... Army Category Military units and formations disestablished in 1943 Category 1914 establishments in the UnitedKingdom de 1. Armee Vereinigtes K nigreich it First Army British Army nl 1e Leger Verenigd ... Campaign anniversaries decorations battle honours The First Army was a army field army of the British Army that existed during the First World War First and Second World War s. Despite being a British command, the First Army also included Indian Army Indian and Portuguese Army Portuguese forces during the First World War and US Army American and French Army French during the Second World War. First World War The First Army was part of the British Army during World War I British Army during ... more details
Viscount Slim William Slim . Its principal subordinate formations were IV Corps UnitedKingdom IV Corps ..., the Army also had loose operational control over the United States of America American and China ... November 2008 ref Commonwealth Army The Fourteenth Army, like the British EighthArmyEighth ... Corps XXXIV Corps A total of thirteen divisions served with the Army 2nd Infantry Division United ... 36th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 36th Infantry Division 81st West Africa Division 81st West ... armies of the UnitedKingdom 14 Category Military units and formations established in 1943 Category ...No footnotes date April 2009 Infobox military unit unit name Fourteenth Army image File R1D730.jpg 100px caption Shoulder badge of Fourteenth Army dates 1943 1945 country UnitedKingdom allegiance branch British Army br British Indian Army type role size command structure garrison equipment Commanders ... symbol identification symbol 2 Culture and history nickname The Forgotten Army patron motto ... Burma The British Fourteenth Army was a multinational force comprising units from Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth countries during World War II . Many of its units were from the British Indian Army Indian Army as well as UnitedKingdom British units and there were also significant contributions from West and East Africa n divisions within the British Army . It was often referred to as the Forgotten Army because its operations in the Burma Campaign were overlooked by the contemporary press, and remained .... For most of the Army s existence, it was commanded by Lieutenant General William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim William Slim . History Creation The army was formed in 1943 in eastern India . With the creation of South East Asia Command in late 1943, the Eastern Army which formerly controlled operations against the Imperial Japanese Army Japanese Army in Burma and also had large rear area responsibilities ... and most of Bengal . Fourteenth Army, part of the British 11th Army Group , became responsible ... more details
. The Reserve Army s first major battle was the Battle of Thiepval Ridge which began on 26 September. For much of October the Reserve Army carried out a series of attacks known as the Battle of the Ancre Heights and on 30 October the Reserve Army was renamed the British Fifth Army Fifth Army . Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom Category Battle of the Somme no Reservearmeen ...Unreferenced date December 2009 The Reserve Army was a army field army of the British Army during World War I and part of the British Expeditionary Force World War I British Expeditionary Force during the World War I First World War . Under the command of Lieutenant General UnitedKingdom Lieutenant General Hubert Gough Sir Hubert Gough , the Reserve Army was formed on 23 May 1916 prior to the Battle of the Somme 1916 Battle of the Somme and was renamed the British Fifth Army Fifth Army in October of that year. The intended purpose of the army was to carry out the breakthrough phase of the Somme offensive once General Henry S. Rawlinson Sir Henry Rawlinson s British Fourth Army Fourth Army had .... The army was nickname d Gough s Mobile Army , a name which had first belonged to the British ... under Fourth Army control, making the Reserve Army little more than a glorified corps. In the evening ..., 1st Earl Haig Sir Douglas Haig relieved Rawlinson s Fourth Army of responsibility for the northern sector, placing the VIII Corps UnitedKingdom VIII and X Corps UnitedKingdom X Corps under Gough s command. Control of the cavalry divisions was retained by the Fourth Army. Gough would not officially ... to resume the failed attack on Beaumont Hamel , thereby no doubt saving many lives. The Reserve Army officially took responsibility for the northern sector on 4 July. Later II Corps UnitedKingdom II Corps , I Anzac Corps I Anzac Corps and the Canadian Corps were also added to the Reserve Army strength. For the next few months there were no major offensives on the Reserve Army front. The most ... more details
Infobox military unit unit name Ninth Army image caption dates World War II br 1941 country UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland allegiance branch British Army type Army role size command structure Middle East Command garrison equipment Commanders notable commanders Insignia identification symbol identification symbol 2 Culture and history nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles World War II anniversaries decorations battle honours The Ninth Army was a formation of the British Army during World War II , formed on 1 November 1941 by the re designation of Headquarters, British Troops Palestine and Kingdom of Jordan Transjordan . ref cite web url http www.ordersofbattle.com UnitData.aspx?UniX 6890&Tab Uhi title HQ British Troops Palestine and Transjordan accessdate 2008 12 14 ref The Ninth Army controlled British and Commonwealth land forces stationed in the eastern Mediterranean . ref cite web url http www.ordersofbattle.com UnitData.aspx?UniX 7077&Tab Sub title History and Commanders of 9 Army British Commonwealth accessdate 2008 12 14 ref One of the formations that served under both Headquarters British Troops Palestine and Transjordan and Ninth Army was 1st Cavalry Division UnitedKingdom 1st Cavalry Division , which became 10th Armoured Division UnitedKingdom 10th Armoured Division on 1 August 1941. Among other formations under British Troops Palestine and Transjordan were 7th Infantry Division , 8th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 8th Infantry Division ... UnitData.aspx?UniX 7077&Tab App title Commanders of the 9th Army accessdate 2008 12 14 ref Lieutenant General William Holmes British Army officer Sir William George Holmes ref name commanders Portal World War II References Reflist Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom 09 Category Military units and formations established in 1941 Category Military units and formations of the British Army in World War II 09 Army nl 9e Leger Verenigd Koninkrijk ... more details
Infobox military unit unit name Second Army image File 2nd british army badge large.gif 100px caption Emblem of the Second British Army, during the Second World War dates World War I First World War br 1914 1918 br World War II Second World War br 1943 1945 country UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UnitedKingdom allegiance branch British Army type Army role size command structure ... of the British Army in World War II 02 Army Category 1914 establishments in the UnitedKingdom ... General Miles Dempsey and served under the 21st Army Group . Two of its formations, I Corps UnitedKingdom I Corps also containing Canadian units and XXX Corps UnitedKingdom XXX Corps took ... of the Normandy Campaign . The third corps to land, VIII Corps UnitedKingdom VIII Corps ... Triangle codename Operation Blackcock by XII Corps UnitedKingdom XII and VIII Corps ... ref name orbat Order of battle Operation Overlord I Corps UnitedKingdom I Corps VIII Corps UnitedKingdom VIII Corps XII Corps UnitedKingdom XII Corps XXX Corps UnitedKingdom XXX Corps Operation ... The British Second Army was active during both the First World War First and Second World War s. During the First World War the army was active on the Western Front and in Italy. During the Second World War the army was the core element in the British contribution in the Normandy landings and subsequent advance across Europe. First World War The Second Army was part of the British Army during World War I British Army formed on 26 December 1914, when the British Expeditionary Force World War ... formations. ref name armies http www.1914 1918.net armies.htm The British Armies of 1914 1918 ref The army controlled both III Corps UnitedKingdom III Corps and IV Corps UnitedKingdom IV Corps . Second Army spent most of the war positioned around the Ypres salient, but was redeployed to Italy between November 1917 and March 1918. ref name armies In 1919 it was reconstituted as the British Army ... more details
Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood Sir William Birdwood References reflist Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom 05 Category Military units and formations established in 1916 Category 1916 establishments in the UnitedKingdom de 5. Armee Vereinigtes K nigreich ...Infobox military unit unit name Fifth Army image caption dates World War I First World War br 1914 1918 country UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UnitedKingdom allegiance branch British Army type Army role size command structure garrison equipment Commanders current commander ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment notable commanders Hubert Gough Sir Hubert Gough Insignia identification symbol identification symbol 2 Culture and history nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles First World War anniversaries decorations battle honours The Fifth Army was a field army of the British Army during World War I and part of the British Expeditionary Force World War I British Expeditionary Force during the World War I First World War . First World War History The Fifth Army was created on 30 October 1916 by renaming the British Reserve Army of General Hubert Gough Sir Hubert Gough ref name armies http www.1914 1918.net armies.htm The British Armies of 1914 1918 ref and as such it fought the Battle of the Ancre which became the final British effort in the Battle of the Somme 1916 Battle of the Somme . In 1917 the Fifth Army was involved in the Battle of Arras 1917 Battle of Arras and then the Third Battle of Ypres . In 1918 the Fifth Army took over a stretch of front line previous occupied by the France French south of the Somme River River Somme and on 21 March ... Michael . ref name armies The failure of the Fifth Army to withstand the German advance led to Gough s dismissal and the disbanding of the broken army. In April and May 1918, the Fifth Army was nominally ... online at bham.ac.uk accessed 19 January 2008 ref but when it was reformed as an army some months ... more details
out the main UnitedKingdom British contribution to the Battle of the Somme 1916 Battle of the Somme ... military divisions including XIII Corps UnitedKingdom XIII Corps , XV Corps UnitedKingdom XV Corps , III Corps UnitedKingdom III Corps , X Corps UnitedKingdom X Corps , and VIII Corps UnitedKingdom ... Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II . The Division ... and Separate Brigades publisher United States Army Center for Military History url http ... was presented as part of the fictitious First United States Army Group FUSAG in its threat to the Pas ... Corps UnitedKingdom British II Corps fictional HQ Stirling 55th West Lancashire Infantry Division British 55th Infantry Division Northern Ireland 58th Division UnitedKingdom British 58th Infantry Division ... Islands VII Corps UnitedKingdom British VII Corps fictional HQ Dundee British 52nd Lowland Infantry ... 7th, 9th & 10th United States Army Rangers US Ranger battalions fictional, Iceland ref Thaddeus Holt ... fictional, Bulford II Corps UnitedKingdom British II Corps fictional HQ Royal Tunbridge Wells Tunbridge ... 55th Infantry Division Three Bridges 58th Division UnitedKingdom British 58th Infantry Division fictional, Gravesend VII Corps UnitedKingdom British VII Corps fictional HQ Folkstone 61st South Midland Infantry Division British 61st Infantry Division Wye 80th Infantry Reserve Division UnitedKingdom ... of the UnitedKingdom 04 Category Military units and formations established in 1916 Category World War II deception operations Category 1916 establishments in the UnitedKingdom de 4. Armee Vereinigtes ...Infobox military unit unit name Fourth Army image caption dates World War I First World War br 1914 1918 country UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UnitedKingdom allegiance branch British Army type Army role size command structure garrison equipment Commanders current commander ceremonial ... Army was a field army that formed part of the British Expeditionary Force World War I British ... more details
History 1941 to 1979 Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom 10 Category Military units and formations ...Refimprove date December 2008 Infobox military unit unit name Tenth Army image caption dates World War II br 1942 1943 country UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland allegiance branch British Army type Army role size command structure Middle East Command br Persia and Iraq Command garrison equipment Commanders current commander ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment notable commanders Insignia identification symbol identification symbol 2 Culture and history nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles World War II anniversaries decorations battle honours File Gen Sir EP Quinan.jpg thumb right General Sir Edward Quinan, Commander 10th Army The Tenth Army was a unit of the British Army during World War II created in Iraq and formed from the major part of Paiforce Iran Persia and Iraq Force . It was active in 1942 and 1943, and then disbanded. In April 1941 UnitedKingdom British and British Indian Army Indian troops had been deployed to Iraq from India under the command of General Sir Edward Quinan to protect British interests, in particular oil concessions, after a coup d etat had brought to power a government sympathetic to the Axis powers. The force was known as Iraqforce and was engaged in the Anglo Iraqi War which took place in April and May Iraqi rebellion ... force . After the campaigns of 1941, Quinan s headquarters was redesignated Tenth Army and its main ... of this badge was a white Lion on a pale blue background. Tenth Army was initially part of British ... 1942. Order of Battle 1942 Tenth Army commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Edward Quinan III Corps UnitedKingdom British III Corps , Lieutenant General Sir Desmond Anderson 5th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 5th Infantry Division , Major General Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney Ficklin Horatio Berney ... Military units and formations of the British Army in World War II 10 Army nl 10e Leger Verenigd Koninkrijk ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Third Army image caption dates World War I country UnitedKingdom allegiance branch British Army type Field Army role size command structure current commander garrison ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles Battle of the Somme , Battle of Arras 1917 Battle of Arras , Battle of Cambrai 1917 Battle of Cambrai , Battle of Passchendale , Battle of Amiens 1918 Battle of Amiens notable commanders General Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby Edmund Allenby br General Sir Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy Julian Byng anniversaries The Third Army was a part of the British Army during World War I . First World War The Third Army was part of the British Army during World War I and was formed in France on 13 July 1915. ref http www.1914 1918.net armies.htm The British Armies of 1914 1918 ref The battles it took part in on the Western Front included Battle of the Somme Battle of Cambrai 1917 Battle of Cambrai Battle of Arras 1917 Second Battle of Arras April 1917 Battle of Passchendale ref Burton, Pierre, Marching as to war , 2001, Toronto ref Battle of Amiens 1918 Battle of Amiens August 1918 Commanders General Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby Edmund Allenby 23 October 1915 &ndash 9 June 1917 General Sir Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy Julian Byng 9 June 1917 &ndash 11 November 1918 Notes and references reflist Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom 03 UK mil unit stub de 3. Armee Vereinigtes K nigreich ... more details
over one of Fourteenth Army s main combat formations, IV Corps UnitedKingdom IV Corps which was temporarily ... of the Twelfth Army or its component corps. ref name holt ref Ben MacIntyre. Operation Mincemeat . Bloomsbury. 2010. ISBN 9781408809211 ref Corps III Corps UnitedKingdom British III Corps fictional XIV Corps UnitedKingdom British XIV Corps fictional XVI Corps UnitedKingdom British XVI Corps fictional ... 4th Airborne Division UnitedKingdom British 4th Airborne Division fictional 5th Airborne Division UnitedKingdom British 5th Airborne Division fictional 5th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom British 5th Infantry Division Polish 7th Infantry Division 8th Armoured Division UnitedKingdom British ... fictional 33rd Division UnitedKingdom British 33rd Infantry Division fictional 34th Division UnitedKingdom British 34th Infantry Division fictional 40th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom British ... Deception in World War II Category Field armies of the UnitedKingdom 12 Category Military units ...During the Second World War, two formations called the British Twelfth Army were created, the first was formed ... was created in Burma in May 1945. The first British Twelfth Army A British Twelfth Army was initially ... effort during 1943 would be to land the Twelfth Army in Greece and then advance into the eastern Balkans ... up with the Soviet Red Army . ref name Howard 86 Howard 1995 , p. 86 ref The deception plan attempted to convince the Germans that this army had twelve divisions under its control and was located ... J. Bacon, Second World War Deception ref The army s formation insignia was a trained Pinniped seal balancing ... the formation of the second British Twelfth Army , its nominal existence was used to create the impression ... Division British 57th Infantry Division fictional The second British Twelfth Army The second British Twelfth Army was formed on 28 May 1945, to take control of operations in Burma from the British Fourteenth Army Fourteenth Army , which was being withdrawn to plan for Operation Zipper , the planned ... more details
Infantry Brigade UnitedKingdom 38th Irish Brigade London District British Army London District Current ... Army Air Corps UnitedKingdomArmy Air Corps 6 Volunteer Regiment AAC 7 Volunteer Regiment AAC Royal ... NATO Category Military units and formations of the British Army Category Military of the UnitedKingdom Category Territorial ArmyUnitedKingdom Category Military units and formations established in 1908 ... each year. The highest ranking Territorial is Major general UnitedKingdom Major General Greg Smith Territorial Decoration TD who is Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff UnitedKingdom Chief ... Volunteer Force Great Britain Volunteer Force , with the Militia UnitedKingdom Militia and Yeomanry ... , UnitedKingdom Reserve Forces Association , accessed August 28, 2007 ref ref Air Defence of London ... during the Second World War were 1st Line 1st Cavalry Division UnitedKingdom 1st Cavalry Division ... UnitedKingdom 56th London Infantry Division 2nd Line British 9th Highland Infantry Division 9th Highland ... Armoured Division The 16th Airborne Division UnitedKingdom 16th Airborne Division , a totally ... also provided much of the Anti aircraft warfare anti aircraft cover for the UnitedKingdom ... purposes, dependent upon their geographic location within the UnitedKingdom. Exceptions include ... 145 South Brigade UnitedKingdom 145 South Brigade British 43rd Infantry Brigade 43rd Wessex Brigade ... Support 63 Special Air Service Signal Squadron Reserve Thorney Island Part of 18 UnitedKingdom Special ... Regiment, Royal Military Police Intelligence Corps UnitedKingdom Intelligence Corps 3 Volunteer Military ... UnitedKingdom Ministry of Defence , and members may not be compelled to serve outside their territory ...British Army The Territorial Army TA is the spare time volunteer force of the British Army . With around 35,500 members, the TA forms about a quarter of the overall manpower strength of the British Army. ref http www.armyjobs.mod.uk territorial whatistheTA Pages default.aspx British Army website What ... more details
unreferenced date October 2008 distinguish2 the March of the PLA March of the Eighth Route Army ChineseText The Military Anthem of the Eighth Route Army zh , zh , zh B L J n J n G is a patriotic song of the People s Republic of China , since Eighth Route Army is a special army in National Revolutionary Army of Republic of China , it also can be considered as a patriotic song of Republic of China . This song is one of the six songs in Chorus of Eighth Route Army zh , zh , zh B L J n D H Ch ng , all songs are written by Gong Mu , musiced by Zheng L cheng . Lyrics class wikitable width 260 Simplified width 260 Traditional Pinyin English Translation valign top lang zh hans br br br br br br br br br br lang zh hant br br br br br br br br br br ti li li ng w n w qi n l zh xi ng zhe y g ji n d ng de f ng xi ng br k d u sh ni n du n li n ch ng y zh b k zh n sh ng de l li ng br y d n qi ng l k u bi n ji ng k ng k i b i g sh ng zh n ch ng br sh u zh n p ng x ng gu n w i m ng ti n xi y ng br h i br y u j zh n d h u f ng ch n ch w i zh ng qu n br y u j zh n d h u f ng ji n ch f n s o d ng br g ng d o ch z i d xi ng t ng br w i ch ng b i sh n t o t o y l ji ng sh f sh d zh qi ng li ng br zh ng m n z d l qi r n l i ji f ng br zh sh n sh ng de zh ng d z r n d u d n z i w m n shu ng ji n We march for the 25000 li , toward one direction. br We struggle for 10 years, become an unconquerable force. br When enemy invades boundary, we go to frontline with heroic but mournful tone. br Our fist battle is Ping Xingguan , our fame is known in all the world. br Hey br We are guerilla in the base of enemy, eradicate the false ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name 32nd Army Tank Brigade abbreviation image caption dates 1941&ndash 1942 country UnitedKingdom allegiance British Crown branch British Army type Infantry Tank Infantry tank brigade role Infantry Support size Brigade command structure equipment Commanders Past Commanders ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment notable commanders Insignia identification symbol identification symbol 2 Culture and history nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles North African Campaign anniversaries decorations battle honours The 32nd Army Tank Brigade was an armoured formation of the British Army during World War II . It was formed in Egypt in September 1941. The brigade HQ was sent to Tobruk to take command of all Royal Armoured Corps units stationed there. In June 1942, a composite brigade was formed in Tobruk with surviving elements of the 1st Army Tank Brigade UnitedKingdom 1st Army Tank Brigade , which surrendered on 22 June after the fall of Tobruk. ref cite web accessdate 2009 10 23 publisher Order of Battle title 32 Tank Brigade url http www.ordersofbattle.com UnitData.aspx?UniX 1419&Tab Uh ref References Reflist UK mil unit stub Category Brigades of the British Army in World War II ... more details
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