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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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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army formation → army corps →
activeDuring	1940s →
alliance	Allied forces →
conflict	Italian campaign → Normandy campaign → North African campaign → Operation Market Garden → Rhineland campaign → 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	Afrika Korps → German Army → Wehrmacht →
partOf	21st Army Group → British Second Army → Eighth Army →
role	armoured spearhead → corps-level headquarters →
subordinateUnit	11th Armoured Division → 3rd Infantry Division → 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division → 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division → 8th Armoured Brigade → Guards Armoured Division →
theatre	Mediterranean Theatre of Operations → Northwest Europe →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
XXX Corps ("XXX Corps Troops Royal Artillery") → XXX Corps ("XXX Corps Royal Engineers") →	notableUnit
Gold →	assaultedBy
Hell’s Highway →	associatedWithUnit
Operation Garden →	commandedUnit
Eighth Army →	includedFormation
British Second Army →	includedUnit
Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) →	involvesMilitaryUnit
Operation Market Garden →	involvesUnit
Operation Garden →	mainUnit
Battle of Alam el Halfa ("XXX Corps (United Kingdom)") →	militaryUnit