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8th Army

army of the British Army during World War II, engaged in the North Africa Campaign
Organization ground_forces_unit Q270202
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8th Army

Summary

8th Army is a ground forces unit[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of ground_forces_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (345 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 8th Army is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • 8th Army's image is recorded as British Eighth Army SSI.svg[4].
  • 8th Army's instance of is recorded as ground forces unit[5].
  • 8th Army's Commons category is recorded as Eighth Army (United Kingdom)[6].
  • +1941-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of 8th Army[7].
  • 8th Army was dissolved in +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • 8th Army's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[9].
  • 8th Army's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027wwj[10].
  • 8th Army's allegiance is recorded as British Army[11].
  • 8th Army's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Eighth-Army-United-Kingdom[12].
  • 8th Army's different from is recorded as Eighth Army[13].

Body

Founding

+1941-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of 8th Army[7].

Dissolution

8th Army was dissolved in +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].

Why It Matters

8th Army ranks in the top 8% of ground_forces_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (345 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Bernard Montgomery United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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