The Eighth Army was a field army of the British Army during the Second World War. It was formed as the Western Army on 10 September 1941, in Egypt, before being renamed the Army of the Nile and then the Eighth Army on 26 September.

The Eighth Army, formed in September 1941, was a diverse formation made up of units from all corners of the British Empire, with infantry divisions coming from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India. The original core of the army was based on the Western Desert Force, fighting in the North African campaign. It comprised of the 7th ...

Fought in October-November 1942, this was the climax and turning point of the North African campaign of the Second World War. The armies of Italy and Germany suffered a decisive defeat by the British Eighth Army.

By the beginning of March, the British Eighth Army – advancing westward along the North African coast – had reached the Tunisian border. Rommel and von Arnim found themselves in an Allied "two army" pincer. They were outflanked, outmanned and outgunned.

This is the order of battle for the ground forces involved in Operation Crusader, a World War II battle between the British Commonwealth and the European Axis Powers of Germany and Italy in North Africa between 18 November – 30 December 1941.

8th Army was the formation that fought throughout the rest of the campaign in Libya and Egypt. Operation Crusader was the first main battle the army fought, commencing on 18 November 1941, which eventually forced the Africa Corps to withdraw to El Agheila by 6 January 1942.

The Eighth Army was one of the best-known formations of the British Army during World War II, fighting in the North African and Italian campaigns. It was a British formation, always commanded by British officers, however its personnel came from throughout the British Empire and Commonwealth...

2010年11月18日 · The aim of this blog is to accompany the preparation of a complete history incorporating the Axis and Commonwealth perspectives of the Winterschlacht (Winter Battle) in North Africa, November 1941 to February 1942.

After basic training, I joined the 37th Reserve MT and was sent off to North Africa to join the Middle Eastern Expeditionary Force, later to be known as the 8th Army. During my time in the Desert, I was attached to many different Regiments and Divisions: 4th Indians, New Zealand, British 10 Corps.

On November 18, 1941, the British Eighth Army, as the forces in the Western Desert had been rechristened, launched Operation Crusader. The British undertook that offensive with more than twice as many tanks as their opponent.

In North Africa campaigns: Egypt and Libya (Autumn 1941–January 1943) On November 18, 1941, the British Eighth Army, as the forces in the Western Desert had been rechristened, launched Operation Crusader. The British undertook that offensive with more than twice as many tanks as their opponent.

The Eighth Army was one of the best-known formations of the British Army during World War II, fighting in the North African and Italian campaigns. It was always commanded by British officers, however its personnel came from throughout the British Empire and Commonwealth; complemented by units composed of exiles from Nazi-occupied Europe.

2010年6月21日 · A document in the same folder, from mid-October, shows the expectation that by 1st November the 8th Army would be able to field 508 cruiser tanks (340 British of varying marks, 168 US M3 tanks) and 150 infantry tanks, and this number almost certainly excluded the 95 British tanks in Tobruk (28 Cruisers and 67 Matildas). 2 Armoured Bde.

The situation facing the British Eighth Army in the North African desert had become so serious by 1942 that the Commander-in-Chief Middle Eastern Forces (MEF), Sir Claude Auchinleck, with the unanimous agreement of his army commanders, forwarded to the War Office a recommendation for the reintroduction of the death penalty for 'desertion

The Eighth Army was formed from the Western Desert Force in September 1941 and was initially made up of the 7th Armoured Division and 4th Indian Infantry Division and was expanded to comprise 7th British Divisions and 4 Commonwealth Divisions and a …

2023年1月17日 · 80 years ago, General Montgomery and 8th Army captured Tripoli, helping accelerate the end of World War Two in North Africa. This is the Battle of Tripoli.

The 8th Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army formed in August 1941, during the Second World War and active until 1956. The brigade was formed by the renaming of 6th Cavalry Brigade, when the 1st Cavalry Division based in Palestine (of which it was part) converted from a motorised formation (having been horse-mounted until January 1940) to an …

After more than two wearying years of seesaw fighting across the North African desert, the outlook was bleak for the British Eighth Army in the early summer of 1942.

2015年2月20日 · For the November 1941 offensive (Operation Crusader) British and imperial forces in North Africa had over 300 cruisers (mostly Crusaders) and 200 infantry tanks (Matildas and Valentines), together with large numbers of light tanks, and large reserves of all types.

On November 8, British and American troops landed in North Africa. By November 25, Eighth Army troops were at Agheila, from which the enemy began to withdraw on December 12, employing delaying tactics. Tripoli was captured on January 23, 1943 and the Eighth Army moved up to the Mareth Line.