II Canadian Corps

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Canadian Army formation army corps

II Canadian Corps was a major World War II field formation of the Canadian Army that played a key role in the Northwest Europe campaign, including operations in Normandy and the liberation of the Netherlands.

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Label Occurrences
II Canadian Corps canonical 7
2nd Canadian Corps 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian Army formation ⓘ
army corps ⓘ
activeDuring 1943–1945 ⓘ
allegiance Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied Powers
associatedWith Canadian Military Headquarters in the United Kingdom ⓘ
branch Canadian Army ⓘ
commandStructure 21st Army Group ⓘ
surface form: Allied 21st Army Group
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country Canada ⓘ
disbandedIn 1945 ⓘ
engagedAgainst German Army ⓘ
formedIn 1943 ⓘ
garrisonDuringWar field formation without fixed garrison ⓘ
notableAction advancing into the Rhineland ⓘ
clearing the Scheldt estuary ⓘ
closing the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
notableCommander Major-General Charles Foulkes ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes

Lieutenant-General E. L. M. Burns ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant-General Eedson Louis Millard Burns

Major-General Guy Simonds ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds
participatedIn Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Battle of the Scheldt ⓘ
Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
surface form: Falaise Pocket operations

Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy campaign

Operation Blockbuster ⓘ
Operation Plunder ⓘ
Operation Totalize ⓘ
Operation Tractable ⓘ
Operation Varsity ⓘ
Operation Veritable ⓘ
Rhineland campaign ⓘ
partOf First Canadian Army ⓘ
primaryAreaOfOperations Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
role liberation of occupied territories ⓘ
offensive ground operations ⓘ
subordinateUnit 2nd Canadian Infantry Division ⓘ
3rd Canadian Infantry Division ⓘ
4th Canadian Armoured Division ⓘ
Canadian armoured brigades ⓘ
corps artillery units ⓘ
corps engineer units ⓘ
corps signals units ⓘ
theatre Northwest Europe ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Canadian Army (pre‑1968) → notableUnit → II Canadian Corps ⓘ
First Canadian Army → subordinateUnit → II Canadian Corps ⓘ
Battle of the Scheldt → notableUnit → II Canadian Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Canadian Corps
Operation Totalize → involvedUnit → II Canadian Corps ⓘ
Operation Tractable → involvesMilitaryUnit → II Canadian Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Canadian Corps
5th Canadian Armoured Division → subordinateTo → II Canadian Corps ⓘ
Battle of Verrières Ridge → combatant → II Canadian Corps ⓘ
Battle of the Hochwald → combatant → II Canadian Corps ⓘ
Operation Blockbuster → notableUnit → II Canadian Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Canadian Corps
Operation Spring → militaryUnit → II Canadian Corps ⓘ