XXX Corps (30 Corps) was a corps of the British Army during the Second World War. The corps was formed in the Western Desert in September 1941. It provided...
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30th Corps, Thirtieth Corps, or XXX Corps may refer to: XXX Corps (United Kingdom) XXX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) [[XXX Corps (Pakistan)]xxx c ] List of military...
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up XXX or xxx in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. XXX may refer to: 30 (number), Roman numeral XXX XXX, designating pornography XXX, an X rating .xxx, an...
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Rifle Corps (Soviet Union) 29th Tank Corps, Soviet Union XXX Corps XXX Corps (United Kingdom) XXX Corps (Wehrmacht) XXX Corps (Pakistan) XXXI Corps XXXI...
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Normandy. The Corps fought in a supporting role during Operation Market Garden on the east flank of XXX Corps with XII Corps to the west of XXX Corps, capturing...
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Airborne Corps was an airborne forces corps raised by the British Army during the Second World War. Together with the U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps it was part...
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1945 Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey I Corps VIII Corps XII Corps XXX Corps VIII Corps XII Corps XXX Corps Battle of Villers-Bocage Operation Charnwood...
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Corps was an army corps of the British Army formed in both the First World War and the Second World War. There had also been a short-lived II Corps during...
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Brian Horrocks. X Corps fought the Second Battle of El Alamein. The original plan was to be simultaneous attacks by XXX Corps and XIII Corps, to clear corridors...
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multi-national force. XIII Corps contained British and French formations, X Corps contained only British troops, while XXX Corps consisted of Australian...
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Division 1st Cavalry Division 4th Australian Division VII Corps was reformed in the United Kingdom during mid-1940 to control field forces deployed to counter...
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along with XXX Corps, under Lieutenant General Gerard Bucknall (who had commanded I Corps between April and August 1943), it was a spearhead corps of Lieutenant...
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Guards Armoured Division (redirect from Guards Armoured Division (United Kingdom))
the Falaise pocket formed. Transferred to XXX Corps, the division liberated Brussels. It led the XXX Corps attack in Operation Market Garden, the ground...
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IX Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Army that existed during the First and the Second World Wars. The IX Corps was formed in England in...
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IV Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Army, formed in both the First World War and the Second World War. During the First World War the...
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commanding forces in the United Kingdom during late 1940, from the Old Rectory in Whitchurch, Shropshire within Western Command, the corps was used for deception...
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1985) was a British Army officer, chiefly remembered as the commander of XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden and other operations during the Second World...
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off...
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the United Kingdom. Significant formations that the army controlled included the British V, X, XIII, and XXX Corps, as well as the I Canadian Corps and...
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(disambiguation) 30th Battalion (disambiguation) 30th Brigade (disambiguation) XXX Corps (disambiguation) 30th Regiment (disambiguation) 30 Squadron (disambiguation)...
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the pace of XXX Corps' rapid advance. This left XXX Corps' flanks exposed to German counter-attacks on its lines of communication. XII Corps later went...
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of the landing, with the British Eighth Army's XXX Corps coming ashore at Cape Passero and XIII Corps at Syracuse. The Eighth Army's job was to advance...
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Second Battle of El Alamein order of battle (category Battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery Northern sector British XXX Corps (Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese) Australian 9th Division (Major-General...
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8th Division (North Korea) 8th Infantry Division (Pakistan), part of XXX Corps 8th Infantry Division (Philippines) 8th Infantry Division (Poland) 8th...
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Battle of Arnhem (category Land battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
within the division, with Browning's HQ at Nijmegen, with XXX Corps and with the United Kingdom would be intermittent and unreliable, severely hampering...
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It eventually consisted of four corps, the US II Corps, the British V Corps, British IX Corps and French XIX Corps. After the landings, Anderson's forces...
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A Bridge Too Far (film) (category Films about the United States Army)
and Best Score for John Addison—who himself had served in the British XXX Corps during Market Garden. Attenborough was nominated for Best Direction, and...
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Operation Veritable (category Land battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
start of the operation. 4th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) (Brigadier H. J. B. Cracroft) – Part of XXX Corps' reserve at the start of the operation. 11th...
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On 14 March 1943, the brigade passed from the command of XXX Corps to the New Zealand Corps, joining the 2nd New Zealand Division, the Free French, General...
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secure bridges across the Nederrijn. Initially expecting an easy advance, XXX Corps, under Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks, to reach the airborne force...
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