II Corps on the Western Front

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II Corps on the Western Front was a major British Army corps that fought in key First World War battles in France and Flanders as part of the British Expeditionary Force.

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II Corps on the Western Front canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army corps
military formation
activePeriod 1914–1918
alliance Allied Powers in World War I
associatedWith British Expeditionary Force in France
branch British Army
composedOf infantry divisions of the British Army
conflict First World War
linked to: World War I
country United Kingdom
engagedAgainst German Empire
engagedIn Battle of Arras (1917)
Battle of Loos
Battle of Mons
Battle of Neuve Chapelle
Battle of the Aisne (1914)
Battle of the Marne (1914)
Battle of the Somme
First Battle of Ypres
German Spring Offensive (1918)
Great Retreat (1914)
Hundred Days Offensive
Third Battle of Ypres
defensive and offensive operations in France and Flanders
era early 20th century
formedPartOf British Expeditionary Force in 1914
front Western Front in France and Flanders
linked to: Western Front
militaryBranch land forces
notableCommander Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Fergusson
Lieutenant-General Sir Claud Jacob
Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien
operatedIn Belgium
Flanders
France
participatedIn trench warfare on the Western Front
partOf British Expeditionary Force
role field corps-level command
scale corps-level formation
subordinateTo British First Army
British Fourth Army
British Second Army
British Third Army
theatre Western Front
type corps

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Herbert Plumer notableCommanderOf II Corps on the Western Front