II Corps (British Army)

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army corps field formation

II Corps (British Army) was a major field formation of the British Army that played a key role in early World War II operations, including the deployment of forces to France and the Dunkirk evacuation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
II Corps (British Army) canonical	1
II Corps of the British Expeditionary Force	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army corps ⓘ field formation ⓘ
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
conflict	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Second Boer War ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
disbanded	20th century ⓘ
engagement	defence of the Escaut (1940) ⓘ defence of the Ypres salient ⓘ operations on the Dyle Line (1940) ⓘ retreat from Mons ⓘ
formed	19th century ⓘ
garrison	United Kingdom ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
nickname	II Corps ⓘ
notableCommander	Alan Brooke ⓘ Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Cambrai ⓘ surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917) Battle of France ⓘ Battle of Loos ⓘ Battle of Mons ⓘ Battle of Neuve Chapelle ⓘ Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ surface form: Battle of Passchendaele First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Aisne (1914) Battle of the Somme ⓘ Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ surface form: Dunkirk evacuation First Battle of Ypres ⓘ First Battle of the Marne ⓘ
notableUnit	1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) ⓘ British 3rd Division ⓘ surface form: 3rd Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) ⓘ British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ⓘ surface form: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
partOf	British Army ⓘ
roleInEvent	covered the withdrawal of Allied forces to Dunkirk in 1940 ⓘ participated in the British Expeditionary Force deployment to France in 1939 ⓘ
size	corps ⓘ
status	disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo	British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War II ⓘ Western Front ⓘ
type	corps-level formation ⓘ
worldWarICommander	Charles Fergusson ⓘ Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
worldWarIICommander	Alan Brooke ⓘ Edmund Osborne ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

British Expeditionary Force → component → II Corps (British Army) ⓘ

subject surface form: British Expeditionary Force (World War II)

Battle of Le Cateau → strength → II Corps (British Army) ⓘ

this entity surface form: II Corps of the British Expeditionary Force