IV Corps (British India)

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army corps field formation

IV Corps (British India) was a major British Indian Army field formation that played a key role in the Burma Campaign of World War II under the Fourteenth Army.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
IV Corps (British Indian Army) 2
4th Corps (British Indian Army) 1
IV Corps (British India) canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army corps ⓘ
field formation ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
areaOfOperations Assam ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Burma

central Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Central Burma

Irrawaddy River ⓘ
surface form: Irrawaddy Valley

Manipur ⓘ
branch British Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ
commander Major-General Francis Tuker ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant-General Francis Tuker

Lieutenant-General Frank Messervy ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Geoffry Scoones ⓘ
William Slim ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant-General William Slim
componentUnit 17th Indian Infantry Division ⓘ
19th Indian Infantry Division ⓘ
20th Indian Infantry Division ⓘ
23rd Indian Division ⓘ
surface form: 23rd Indian Infantry Division

255th Indian Tank Brigade ⓘ
268th Indian Infantry Brigade ⓘ
2nd British Infantry Division ⓘ
5th Indian Infantry Division ⓘ
7th Indian Division ⓘ
surface form: 7th Indian Infantry Division
conflict Burma campaign ⓘ
surface form: Burma Campaign

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country British India ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
militaryBranchType corps-level formation ⓘ
notableCommander Francis Tuker ⓘ
Frank Messervy ⓘ
Geoffry Scoones ⓘ
William Slim ⓘ
notableEngagement Rangoon operation ⓘ
surface form: Advance on Rangoon

Allied advance into Central Burma ⓘ
Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Battle of Kohima ⓘ
Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay ⓘ
surface form: Capture of Meiktila

Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay ⓘ
surface form: Crossing of the Irrawaddy River

Battle of Imphal ⓘ
surface form: Relief of Imphal
notableFor key role in halting Japanese advance into India ⓘ
leading Allied counter-offensive into Burma ⓘ
partOf British Indian Army ⓘ
Fourteenth Army ⓘ
primaryOpponent Japanese Fifteenth Army ⓘ
role defence of India’s eastern frontier ⓘ
offensive operations ⓘ
subordinateTo Eastern Army ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Army (British India)

Fourteenth Army ⓘ
theatre South-East Asian Theatre ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Fourteenth Army → subordinateUnit → IV Corps (British India) ⓘ
Battle of Imphal → involvedForce → IV Corps (British India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: IV Corps (British Indian Army)
British IV Corps → hasAlternativeName → IV Corps (British India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: IV Corps (British Indian Army)
British IV Corps → hasAlternativeName → IV Corps (British India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 4th Corps (British Indian Army)