British Tenth Army

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The British Tenth Army was a major British field army that operated in the Middle East during World War II, overseeing forces in Iraq and Persia to secure vital oil supplies and lines of communication.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
alliedWith Soviet Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
areaOfOperations Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
engagement Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran ⓘ
occupation of Iran ⓘ
security operations in Iraq ⓘ
formedFrom British forces in Iraq ⓘ
linked to: British forces

Iraqforce ⓘ
garrison Baghdad ⓘ
headquartersLocation Baghdad ⓘ
higherCommand Middle East Command ⓘ
Persia and Iraq Command ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
notableCommander Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Quinan ⓘ
participatingNation India ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf Allied forces in the Middle East ⓘ
primaryObjective defence of oilfields in Iraq and Persia ⓘ
maintenance of British strategic interests in the Middle East ⓘ
protection of supply routes to the Soviet Union ⓘ
responsibility guarding lines of communication between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean ⓘ
protection of oil installations in the Middle East ⓘ
security of the Persian Corridor ⓘ
role internal security ⓘ
occupation duties ⓘ
protecting lines of communication ⓘ
securing oil supplies ⓘ
subordinateUnit 10th Indian Infantry Division ⓘ
6th Indian Infantry Division ⓘ
8th Indian Infantry Division ⓘ
linked to: 8th Indian Division

British III Corps ⓘ
British IV Corps ⓘ
British and Indian garrison troops in Iraq ⓘ
British and Indian garrison troops in Persia ⓘ
theatre Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II ⓘ
Middle East theatre of World War II ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ

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