Eighth Army
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A number of nations have, or have had, an Eighth Army:
- Eighth Route ArmyEighth Route ArmyThe Eighth Route Army 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...
, a Chinese Communist force that fought against the Japanese during World War II - Eighth Army (France)Eighth Army (France)The Eighth Army 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...
- Eighth Army (Germany)
- Eighth Army (Italy), the fascist Armata Italiana in Russia that fought against the Soviet Union during World War II
- Japanese Eighth Area Army
- Ottoman Eighth ArmyEighth Army (Ottoman Empire)The Eighth Army of the Ottoman Empire was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army. It was formed during the World War I.- Order of Battle, January 1918 :In January 1918, the army was structured as follows:...
- Eighth Army (United Kingdom)Eighth Army (United Kingdom)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....
- Eighth United States Army
- 8th Army (Soviet Union)8th Army (Soviet Union)The 8th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War.The 8th Army was formed in October 1939 from the Novgorod Army Operational Group of the Leningrad Military District with the task of providing security of the Northwestern borders of the USSR. The 8th Army was a field...
- 8th Guards Army (Soviet Union)