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Twelfth Army, a Common card
The Twelfth Army was a British Army formation during the Second World War.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 85
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 3,200
Power 85 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Twelfth Army quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Twelfth Army card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Twelfth Army denotation was actually used twice, firstly, in 1943, for a ______ formation and secondly, in 1944/45, in Burma.
Answer
fictional. The Twelfth Army denotation was actually used twice, firstly, in 1943, for a fictional formation and secondly, in 1944/45, in Burma. From the Twelfth Army article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Joseph M. McShane. Joseph M. McShane 59 · Twelfth Army 54 · Maeve Hillery 51 · Battle of Poplar Grove 48 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The Twelfth Army denotation was actually used twice, firstly, in 1943, for a fictional formation and secondly, in 1944/45, in Burma.
- 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.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Twelfth Army article was read about 3,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Twelfth Army
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Twelfth Army (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Original: British Army Vector: Usedtoknowthat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
