The Nigerian Army has commemorated its 162nd anniversary with a solemn observance in Sokoto, reflecting on its historical roots, achievements, and renewed commitment to national security and global ...

Private Ken Ward-Harvey was lucky to survive his first encounter with the enemy at the Battle of El Alamein in Egypt in 1942.

Mr Rodger, a business consultant, said: “The papers add to a fascinating collection of letters maps and photos, telling the story of the 8th Army’s advance through North Africa, Italy, and ...

It began well enough with a series of victories over the Italians in 1940 won by a force of British, Australian and Indian soldiers that came to be known as Eighth Army.

Jacob spent two years with the British 8th Army in North Africa, later reporting from Tehran, Egypt, India and Burma. Wartime PM Winston Churchill flashing is famous V-sign (Image: Getty) ...

On July 2, Britain's Eighth Army, driven and harried by Rommel's Armored Army of Africa, had reached El Alamein. There it had dug its heels into the sandy ridges which divide the Qattara Depression ...

For more than two months the U.S. Eighth Air Force in Britain has had a new acting commander, to replace wiry, nervous Major General Carl Andrew Spaatz, now head U.S. airman in Africa. Last week ...

You can now get your hands on the new World War II British 8th Army Infantry from Victrix Miniatures for your 12mm battles in the deserts of North Africa.. World War II 8th Army British Infantry // ...

The most important U.S. command in World War II last week fell upon the husky shoulders of Lieut. General Dwight David Eisenhower. When he was appointed Chief of the Allied Forces in North Africa ...

Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S.A., was disclosed today to have been named commander-in-chief of all allied forces in North Africa even as an Algiers broadcast reported the British Eighth army ...