Twelfth Army (United Kingdom)
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The Twelfth Army was a British Army formation during the Second World War. The Twelfth Army denotation was actually used twice; firstly, in 1943, for a fictional formation and secondly, in 1944/45, in Burma.
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Twelfth Army | |
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Active | May — November 1945 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Army |
Size | Field army |
Engagements | Battle of the Sittang Bend |
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The Twelfth Army moniker was originally used by Advanced Headquarters 'A' Force, a Cairo-based deception department created by Dudley Clarke, for a formation used in Operation Barclay and Operation Zeppelin. It was later used for a real formation in Burma, which took over operations from the Fourteenth Army and would later become Burma Command.