13th Corps

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British Army corps

The 13th Corps was a British Army corps-level formation that played a significant role in North African campaigns during the Second World War.

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Label	Occurrences
13th Corps canonical	3
13th Corps (British Army)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army corps ⓘ
alliance	Allies of World War II ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	13th Corps ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
engagement	Battle of Gazala ⓘ Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ Gothic Line offensive ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign Operation Crusader ⓘ Battle of El Alamein ⓘ surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein Tunisian campaign ⓘ surface form: Tunisian Campaign
formedAs	XIII Corps ⓘ
garrisonOrHeadquarters	Middle East theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: Middle East (wartime)
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
notableCommander	Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks ⓘ Lieutenant-General Reade Godwin-Austen ⓘ Major-General Sidney Kirkman ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant-General Sidney Kirkman Lieutenant-General William Gott ⓘ
notableFor	operations in the Western Desert ⓘ participation in the Italian Campaign ⓘ role in the North African Campaign ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ
role	corps-level formation ⓘ
size	corps ⓘ
subordinateTo	United States Eighth Army ⓘ surface form: Eighth Army Middle East Command ⓘ
theatreOfOperations	Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign North African campaign ⓘ surface form: Western Desert Campaign
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
war	World War II ⓘ

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

Operation Crusader → involvedUnit → 13th Corps ⓘ

Battle of Gazala → primaryAlliedFormation → 13th Corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: 13th Corps (British Army)

13th Corps → alsoKnownAs → 13th Corps ⓘ

subject surface form: XIII Corps

XIII Corps → hasAlternativeName → 13th Corps ⓘ