XXX Corps

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British Army corps

XXX Corps was a British Army corps that played a significant role in several major operations during World War II, particularly in the Northwest Europe campaign.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
XXX Corps canonical	4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army corps ⓘ
allegiance	Allies ⓘ
associatedWith	Allied victory in Northwest Europe ⓘ British Eighth Army ⓘ surface form: Montgomery’s Eighth Army
branch	British Army ⓘ
commandStructure	field army ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedIn	post-1945 ⓘ
engagedIn	armoured warfare ⓘ infantry operations ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
formedIn	1940 ⓘ
front	North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Front Western Front ⓘ
garrisonDuringWWII	various operational theatres ⓘ
militaryFormationType	corps ⓘ
notableCommander	Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks ⓘ Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese ⓘ Lieutenant-General William Ramsden ⓘ
notableEngagement	advance to the Rhine ⓘ relief attempt of airborne forces at Arnhem ⓘ
notableOperation	Battle of Normandy ⓘ Battle of Mareth Line ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Mareth Line Battle of the Reichswald ⓘ Operation Garden ⓘ Operation Market ⓘ Operation Market Garden ⓘ Operation Plunder ⓘ Operation Torch ⓘ Operation Veritable ⓘ Battle of El Alamein ⓘ surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein
notableUnitType	armoured divisions ⓘ infantry divisions ⓘ
participatedIn	Allied advance into Germany ⓘ Operation Torch ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of North Africa crossing of the Rhine ⓘ liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ pursuit of Axis forces in North Africa ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ
role	corps-level headquarters ⓘ
service	British Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ surface form: British Army in World War II
subordinateTo	British Eighth Army ⓘ British Second Army ⓘ
theatre	Italian campaign ⓘ North African campaign ⓘ North-West Europe campaign ⓘ surface form: Northwest Europe campaign

Referenced by (4)

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

Operation Bluecoat → corpsInvolved → XXX Corps ⓘ

Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks → notableCommanderOf → XXX Corps ⓘ

subject surface form: Brian Horrocks

Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks → militaryUnit → XXX Corps ⓘ

subject surface form: Brian Horrocks

3rd British Infantry Division → higherFormation → XXX Corps ⓘ