XXX Corps
| XXX Corps | |
 | |
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Datum | 1941 – 1945 |
| Land |  Storbritannien |
| Storlek | Armékår |
| Kända slag och krig | Ökenkriget Dagen D Operation Market Garden |
| Befälhavare | |
| Framstående befälhavare | Brian Horrocks |
XXX Corps var en brittisk armékår under andra världskriget.
Slag
[redigera | redigera wikitext]Nordafrika
[redigera | redigera wikitext]Kåren deltog som en del av British Eighth Army i Operation Crusader som syftade till att pressa tillbaka Rommels Afrikakorps och undsätta den inneslutna garnisonen i Tobruk.
Organisation
[redigera | redigera wikitext]Armékårens organisation den 23 oktober 1942.[1]
- 1st South African Infantry Division
- 2nd New Zealand Infantry Division
- 4th Indian Infantry Division
- 9th Australian Infantry Division
- 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
Normandie
[redigera | redigera wikitext]Kåren var en del av British Second Army . 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division och 8th Armoured Brigade landsattes på Gold Beach under själva Dagen D.
Market Garden
[redigera | redigera wikitext]Organisation
[redigera | redigera wikitext]- 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment
- Guards Armoured Division - Major-General A. H. S. Adair
- 43rd Wessex Infantry Division - Major-General G. I. Thomas
- 8th battalion The Middlesex Regiment Kulspruteinfanteri
- 129th Infantry Brigade
- 4th battalion Somerset Light Infantry
- 4th battalion Wiltshire Regiment
- 5th battalion Wiltshire Regiment
- 130th Infantry Brigade
- 4th battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
- 5th battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
- 7th battalion Hampshire Regiment
- 214th Infantry Brigade
- 1st battalion Worcestershire Regiment
- 5th battalion The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
- 7th battalion Somerset Light Infantry
- 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division - Major-General D. A. H. Graham. Den 18 september överfördes divisionen till VIII Corps
- 2nd battalion The Cheshire Regiment Kulspruteinfanteri
- 69th Infantry Brigade
- 5th battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
- 6th battalion Green Howards
- 7th battalion Green Howards
- 151st Infantry Brigade
- 6th battalion Durham Light Infantry
- 8th battalion Durham Light Infantry
- 9th battalion Durham Light Infantry
- 231st Infantry Brigade
- 1st battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
- 1st battalion Hampshire Regiment
- 7th battalion Devonshire Regiment
- 8th Armoured Brigade - Brigadier E. G. Prior-Palmer
- Royal Netherlands Brigade
Befälhavare
[redigera | redigera wikitext]Kårens befälhavare:[2]
- Lieutenant-General Vyvyan Pope: Augusti-Oktober 1941
- Lieutenant-General Willoughby Norrie: November 1941-Juli 1942
- Lieutenant-General William Ramsden: Juli-September 1942
- Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese: September 1942-December 1943
- Lieutenant-General Gerard Bucknall: Januari-Juli 1944
- Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks: Augusti 1944-December 1945
- Lieutenant-General Alexander Galloway: December 1945-September 1946
Källor
[redigera | redigera wikitext]- ^ ”8th Army, Middle East, 23.10.42”. World War II Armed Forces - Orders of Battle. Arkiverad från originalet den 8 augusti 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808125943/http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/017_britain/42-10-23/army_08.html. Läst 5 november 2010.
- ^ Mackie, Colin. ”SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: 1860-”. Arkiverad från originalet den 4 mars 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf. Läst 26 november 2015.