British X Corps

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British Army formation army corps

British X Corps was a World War II British Army corps-level formation that played a key role in the Allied invasion of Italy and subsequent Italian Campaign.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
British X Corps canonical	6
X Corps (United Kingdom)	2
X Corps (British Army)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army formation ⓘ army corps ⓘ
allegiance	Allies of World War II ⓘ
branch	British Army ⓘ
commandStructure	Allied Armies in Italy ⓘ
componentUnit	23rd Armoured Brigade ⓘ 2nd Parachute Brigade ⓘ surface form: 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade 46th Infantry Division ⓘ British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ⓘ surface form: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division 56th (London) Infantry Division ⓘ 5th Infantry Division ⓘ 7th Armoured Division ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
engagement	El Alamein ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign Battle of Salerno ⓘ surface form: Salerno landings Western Desert ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
formedIn	World War I ⓘ
geographicAreaOfOperations	Italy ⓘ Mediterranean Basin ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean region North Africa ⓘ
landingSite	Salerno ⓘ
notableBattleHonour	Italy 1943–45 ⓘ North Africa 1942–43 ⓘ Salerno ⓘ
notableCommander	Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks ⓘ Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery ⓘ
notableEngagementFeature	opposed amphibious landings at Salerno ⓘ
notableOperation	Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Italy Operation Avalanche ⓘ
opposedBy	German Tenth Army ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ
primaryMission	amphibious assault and subsequent land operations in Italy ⓘ
reformedIn	World War II ⓘ
role	corps-level headquarters ⓘ
service	British Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ surface form: British Army during World War II
status	disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo	Eighth Army ⓘ U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ surface form: Fifth United States Army
theatreOfOperations	Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign
type	field corps ⓘ
usedIn	combined operations with US forces ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Operation Avalanche → involvedForce → British X Corps ⓘ

8th Army → includedFormation → British X Corps ⓘ

subject surface form: Eighth Army

this entity surface form: X Corps (British Army)

Battle of Salerno → involvedUnit → British X Corps ⓘ

Avalanche → involvedUnit → British X Corps ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Avalanche

U.S. Fifth Army → includedUnit → British X Corps ⓘ

Allied Armies in Italy → hasPart → British X Corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: X Corps (United Kingdom)

Allied Armies in Italy → hasPart → British X Corps ⓘ

Operation Supercharge → militaryFormationInvolved → British X Corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: X Corps (United Kingdom)

Battle of Garigliano (1944) → involved → British X Corps ⓘ