1st Canadian Corps

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Canadian Army formation army corps

The 1st Canadian Corps was a major Canadian Army formation in the Second World War, best known for its combat operations in the Italian Campaign and later in Northwest Europe under Allied command.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
I Canadian Corps	3
1st Canadian Corps canonical	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian Army formation ⓘ army corps ⓘ
alliance	Allies of World War II ⓘ
branch	Land forces ⓘ
commandStructure	Canadian Military Headquarters in London NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedOf	1st Canadian Infantry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ 5th Canadian Armoured Division NERFINISHED ⓘ attached British units ⓘ attached Polish units ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	Canada ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major Canadian combat formation overseas in World War II ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of the Liri Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Gothic Line battles ⓘ Liberation of northern Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant-General E. L. M. Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	operations in Northwest Europe under Allied command ⓘ operations in the Italian Campaign ⓘ
notableOperation	Gothic Line offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberation of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedIn	Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Canadian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	field corps headquarters ⓘ
service	Canadian Army in Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian Army in Northwest Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	15th Army Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Eighth Army NERFINISHED ⓘ First Canadian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatre	Italian Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II era ⓘ
type	corps-level formation ⓘ

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Input

Subject: 1st Canadian Corps
Description of subject: The 1st Canadian Corps was a major Canadian Army formation in the Second World War, best known for its combat operations in the Italian Campaign and later in Northwest Europe under Allied command.

Referenced by (4)

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

Allied Armies in Italy → hasPart → 1st Canadian Corps ⓘ

Charles Foulkes → militaryUnit → 1st Canadian Corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: I Canadian Corps

5th Canadian Armoured Division → subordinateTo → 1st Canadian Corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: I Canadian Corps

5th Canadian Armoured Division → higherFormation → 1st Canadian Corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: I Canadian Corps