IV Corps (British India)

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IV Corps (British India) was a major British Indian Army field formation that played a key role in the Burma Campaign of World War II under the Fourteenth Army.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army corps
field formation
allegiance British Crown
areaOfOperations Assam
Myanmar
surface form: Burma

central Myanmar
surface form: Central Burma

Irrawaddy River
surface form: Irrawaddy Valley

Manipur
branch British Indian Army
Indian Army
commander Major-General Francis Tuker
surface form: Lieutenant-General Francis Tuker

Lieutenant-General Frank Messervy
Lieutenant-General Geoffry Scoones
William Slim
surface form: Lieutenant-General William Slim
componentUnit 17th Indian Infantry Division
19th Indian Infantry Division
20th Indian Infantry Division
23rd Indian Division
surface form: 23rd Indian Infantry Division

255th Indian Tank Brigade
268th Indian Infantry Brigade
2nd British Infantry Division
5th Indian Infantry Division
7th Indian Division
surface form: 7th Indian Infantry Division
conflict Burma campaign
surface form: Burma Campaign

World War II
surface form: Second World War
country British India
era 20th century
militaryBranchType corps-level formation
notableCommander Francis Tuker
Frank Messervy
Geoffry Scoones
William Slim
notableEngagement Rangoon operation
surface form: Advance on Rangoon

Allied advance into Central Burma
Battle of Imphal
Battle of Kohima
Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay
surface form: Capture of Meiktila

Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay
surface form: Crossing of the Irrawaddy River

Battle of Imphal
surface form: Relief of Imphal
notableFor key role in halting Japanese advance into India
leading Allied counter-offensive into Burma
partOf British Indian Army
Fourteenth Army
primaryOpponent Japanese Fifteenth Army
role defence of India’s eastern frontier
offensive operations
subordinateTo Eastern Army
surface form: Eastern Army (British India)

Fourteenth Army
theatre South-East Asian Theatre

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Fourteenth Army subordinateUnit IV Corps (British India)
Battle of Imphal involvedForce IV Corps (British India)
this entity surface form: IV Corps (British Indian Army)
British IV Corps hasAlternativeName IV Corps (British India)
this entity surface form: IV Corps (British Indian Army)
British IV Corps hasAlternativeName IV Corps (British India)
this entity surface form: 4th Corps (British Indian Army)