British V Corps

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British Army formation army corps

British V Corps was a major British Army corps-level formation that saw significant combat service during both World War I and World War II, particularly in the Mediterranean and European theaters.

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Label	Occurrences
British V Corps canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army formation ⓘ army corps ⓘ
alliedWith	Canadian Army ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ surface form: Free French forces United States Army ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
engagement	Advance to the Seine ⓘ surface form: Advance to the River Seine Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Italy Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ Battle for Caen ⓘ Battle of Anzio ⓘ Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ Battle of the Somme ⓘ Italian Front ⓘ surface form: Italian Front (World War I) Battle of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Normandy Campaign North-West Europe campaign ⓘ surface form: Northwest Europe Campaign (1944–1945) Operation Overlord ⓘ Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ surface form: Third Battle of Ypres Tunisian campaign ⓘ surface form: Tunisian Campaign
formedIn	World War I ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
notableCommander	Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks ⓘ Major-General Cameron Shute ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant-General Cameron Shute Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey ⓘ Lieutenant-General Edward Fanshawe ⓘ Lieutenant-General Gerard Bucknall ⓘ Lieutenant-General Philip Miles ⓘ Major-General Sidney Kirkman ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant-General Sidney Kirkman
notableFor	operations in Northwest Europe after D-Day ⓘ operations in the Mediterranean theatre ⓘ
notableUnit	1st Canadian Infantry Division ⓘ British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ⓘ surface form: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division 51st (Highland) Infantry Division ⓘ 7th Armoured Division ⓘ
partOf	21st Army Group ⓘ British Expeditionary Force ⓘ Eighth Army ⓘ Fifth Army ⓘ
role	corps-level headquarters ⓘ
servicePeriod	World War I era ⓘ World War II era ⓘ
theater	Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II North-West Europe campaign ⓘ surface form: Northwest Europe Campaign Western Front ⓘ

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

8th Army → includedFormation → British V Corps ⓘ

subject surface form: Eighth Army

Allied Armies in Italy → hasPart → British V Corps ⓘ