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.

Aliases (1)

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 (5)

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

8th Army → includedFormation → British X Corps →

subject surface form: "Eighth Army"

this entity surface form: "X Corps (British Army)"

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

Operation Avalanche → involvedForce → British X Corps →

Battle of Salerno → involvedUnit → British X Corps →

Avalanche → involvedUnit → British X Corps →

subject surface form: "Operation Avalanche"