30th Corps

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The 30th Corps was a British Army corps-level formation that played a key role in North African campaigns during the Second World War.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
XXX Corps 0
30th Corps (British Army) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army corps
military formation
allegiance Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: Allied Powers
alsoKnownAs 30th Corps
branch British Army
commanderDuring Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
surface form: Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks – Northwest Europe campaign

Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese
surface form: Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese – North African campaign
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
corpsNumber XXX
country United Kingdom
disbandedIn post-1945
engagement Allied invasion of Italy
Battle of Monte Cassino
Battle of Normandy
Battle of the Scheldt
Operation Crusader
Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Crossing of the Rhine
surface form: Rhine crossing at Wesel

Battle of El Alamein
surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein

Tunisian campaign
formationPlace Middle East
formedIn September 1941
notableAction advance along the “Club Route” towards Arnhem
armoured thrust towards Tunis in 1943
breakthrough of Axis lines at El Alamein
spearhead of British Second Army during Operation Market Garden
support of amphibious Rhine crossing in March 1945
notableCommander Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese
notableUnit 11th Armoured Division
1st Armoured Division
3rd Infantry Division
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
4th Armoured Brigade
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
surface form: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

51st (Highland) Infantry Division
7th Armoured Division
British 8th Armoured Brigade
surface form: 8th Armoured Brigade

Guards Armoured Division
British XXX Corps
surface form: XXX Corps Royal Engineers

British XXX Corps
surface form: XXX Corps Troops Royal Artillery
partOf British Army
role corps-level headquarters
subordinateTo United States Eighth Army
surface form: Eighth Army

Second Army
theatre Italian campaign
North African campaign
North-West Europe campaign
surface form: Northwest Europe campaign

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30th Corps alsoKnownAs 30th Corps
subject surface form: XXX Corps
Operation Crusader involvedUnit 30th Corps
this entity surface form: 30th Corps (British Army)