British XXX Corps

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British Army formation army corps

British XXX Corps was a major British Army formation in World War II, best known for its armoured spearhead role in the Allied advance during the Normandy campaign and the failed Operation Market Garden.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
British XXX Corps canonical 12
XXX Corps (United Kingdom) 5
XXX Corps Royal Engineers 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army formation ⓘ
army corps ⓘ
activeDuring 1940s ⓘ
alliance Allied forces ⓘ
conflict Italian campaign ⓘ
Operation Overlord ⓘ
surface form: Normandy campaign

North African campaign ⓘ
Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Rhineland campaign ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
engagedIn advance from Normandy ⓘ
advance to the River Rhine ⓘ
advance to the River Seine ⓘ
formedIn 1940 ⓘ
garrisonOrHeadquarters Italy ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Northwest Europe ⓘ
various locations in the United Kingdom ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
notableCommander Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
Battle of Mareth Line ⓘ
Battle of the Reichswald ⓘ
notableOperation Operation Garden ⓘ
Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Operation Plunder ⓘ
Operation Veritable ⓘ
objectiveInOperationMarketGarden advance along single highway to Arnhem ⓘ
link up with airborne forces at Nijmegen ⓘ
relieve British 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem ⓘ
opponent German Afrika Korps ⓘ
surface form: Afrika Korps

German Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf 21st Army Group ⓘ
British Second Army ⓘ
8th Army ⓘ
surface form: Eighth Army
role armoured spearhead ⓘ
corps-level headquarters ⓘ
subordinateUnit 11th Armoured Division ⓘ
3rd Infantry Division ⓘ
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division ⓘ
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ⓘ
surface form: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

British 8th Armoured Brigade ⓘ
surface form: 8th Armoured Brigade

Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
theatre Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean Theatre of Operations

Northwest Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Market Garden → involvesUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ
Gold → assaultedBy → British XXX Corps ⓘ
Operation Garden → commandedUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ
Operation Garden → mainUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ
8th Army → includedFormation → British XXX Corps ⓘ
subject surface form: Eighth Army
Battle of Alam el Halfa → militaryUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: XXX Corps (United Kingdom)
British Second Army → includedUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ
30th Corps → notableUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ
subject surface form: XXX Corps
this entity surface form: XXX Corps Troops Royal Artillery
30th Corps → notableUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ
subject surface form: XXX Corps
this entity surface form: XXX Corps Royal Engineers
Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) → involvesMilitaryUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ
Hell’s Highway → associatedWithUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ
Operation Supercharge → militaryFormationInvolved → British XXX Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: XXX Corps (United Kingdom)
Liberation of Brussels → militaryUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: XXX Corps (United Kingdom)
Battle of the Hochwald → combatant → British XXX Corps ⓘ
Operation Blockbuster → notableUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ
British Army order of battle in Normandy → describes → British XXX Corps ⓘ
Bluecoat → militaryUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Bluecoat
this entity surface form: XXX Corps (United Kingdom)
Operation Perch → involvesUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: XXX Corps (United Kingdom)
Liberation of Antwerp → notableUnit → British XXX Corps ⓘ