30th Corps

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British Army corps military formation

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

Referenced by (3)

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

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