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 British Eighth Army Encyclopedia Article @ LocalColorArt.com (Local Color Art)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
It was British in name, and always commanded by a British general, although many of its component units were from British Empire countries, including Australia, India, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Rhodesia.
The Eighth Army was formed from the Western Desert Force in September 1941 and put under the command of Lt-Gen Sir Alan Cunningham.
After losing ground the Eighth Army gained the initiative after the Second Battle of El Alamein under its new commander and participated in the ejection of the Axis forces from North Africa.
encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/British_Eighth_Army   (1104 words)

  
 World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Soviets later encircled and captured the German Sixth Army at the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43), decisively defeated the Axis during the Battle of Kursk, and broke the Siege of Leningrad.
She was then engaged by British cruisers HMS Ajax, HMS Exeter, and HMNZS Achilles in the Battle of the River Plate, and forced into Montevideo Harbor.
After British battlecruiser HMS Hood was sunk in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the Royal Navy engaged in a massive hunt across the North Atlantic for Bismarck.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WWII   (9181 words)

  
 Meet the Creator of Encyclopedia Eldoria, Keith Done
He recalls being passionate about playing board games from an early age, his toy shelf being littered with copies of games such as 'Monopoly', 'Green Ghost' and 'Hit the Beach'.
He also developed a keen interest in militaria (his father served with the British Eighth Army in WWII and fought in actions in North Africa and Italy).During seventh year at school he and his friends spent their lunch hour organising the first year students into 'armies' and re-enacting battles such as Waterloo or Agincourt.
Keith became an avid collector of Airfix model tanks and soldiers during his early teenage years and experimented with writing rules so he could play basic wargames, unaware that rules for such things did exist.
www.comstar-games.com /games/eldoria/creator.php   (873 words)

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