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1st Army Corps (Mexico)
1st Army Corps may refer to: * I Army Corps (Greece) * I Army Corps (Wehrmacht) * I Corps (British India) * I Corps (India) * I Corps (Polish Armed Forces in the West) * I Corps (Sri Lanka) * I Corps (United Kingdom) * I Corps (United States) * 1st Army Corps (France) * 1st Army Corps (Russian Empire) * 1st Army Corps (Soviet Union) * 1st Army Corps (Armed Forces of South Russia) * 1st Army Corps (Azerbaijan) *1st Army Corps (Armenia) The 1st Army Corps ( hy, 1-ին բանակային կորպուս), also known as the 1st Military Unit is a regional military formation of the Armenian Army, located in the city of Goris''Jane's World Armies''. Coulsdon, Surrey, UK: Jane's Informa ... *1st Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces (formerly the Donetsk People's Republic People's Militia, of Russian separatist forces in Donbas) See also * 1st Army (other) * I Corps (other) {{Mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Army Corps (Greece)
The I Army Corps ( el, Α' Σώμα Στρατού, abbr. Α' ΣΣ) was an army corps of the Hellenic Army, founded in December 1913. Originally based in Athens and covering southern Greece, since 1962 it was responsible for covering Greece's northwestern borders (Epirus and Western and Central Macedonia). It was disbanded in 2013. History Following the Balkan Wars of 1912–13, the Hellenic Army began a major reorganization and expansion. For the first time, army corps-level formations were established on a permanent basis. Six corps were provisionally envisioned in August 1913. On 28 November 1913 (O.S.), by Royal Decree the Athens Army Corps was reorganized as a "model" formation. Alongside its constituent units, it was to serve as a training formation for the entire Army. For this purpose, it also included all military schools and academies, and was to be commanded by the head of the French military mission to Greece and extensively staffed by French officers of the mission. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
I Army Corps (I. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II. It was established by upgrading the former staff of the 1st Division of the Reichsheer at Konigsberg on 1 October 1934.Axis History Factbook Commanders Area of operations * Poland - September 1939 to May 1940 * France - May 1940 to June 1941 * Eastern Front, Northern Sector - June 1941 to October 1944 * Courland Pocket The Courland Pocket (Blockade of the Courland army group), (german: Kurland-Kessel)/german: Kurland-Brückenkopf (Courland Bridgehead), lv, Kurzemes katls (Courland Cauldron) or ''Kurzemes cietoksnis'' (Courland Fortress)., group=lower-alpha ... - October 1944 to May 1945 See also * List of German corps in World War II References External links Army,01 Military units and formations established in 1934 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 {{Germany-mil-unit-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Corps (British India)
The I Indian Corps was an army corps of the British Indian Army in the World War I. It was formed at the outbreak of war under the title Indian Corps from troops sent to the Western Front. The British Indian Army did not have a pre-war corps structure, and it held this title until further corps were created. It was withdrawn from the Western Front in December 1915 and reconstituted as I Indian Corps in Mesopotamia until the end of the war. Western Front In 1914 Indian Expeditionary Force A was sent to reinforce the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) fighting in France. In France it formed the Indian Cavalry Corps and Indian Corps composed of 3rd (Lahore) and 7th (Meerut) Divisions. (In France, these formations were simply known as 'Lahore' and 'Meerut' Divisions, to distinguish them from the 3rd and 7th British divisions.) Despatch from India was delayed by the activities of the German raiders and operating in the Indian Ocean, and by the slow speed of the transport vessels. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Corps (India)
I Corps is a military field formation of the Indian Army. The Corps is headquartered at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. It was raised on 1 April 1965. It was still being raised when it was despatched to the front in 1965. Raised as the First Strike Corps of the Indian Army, it was launched into operations in the Sialkot sector. The Corps conducted a counteroffensive during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. In the 1971 war against Pakistan, it took part in the Battle of Basantar. Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 During 1971, the composition of the corps was: *X Sector * 36th Infantry Division (8, 115 Brigades initially) * 39th Infantry Division * 54th Infantry Division Present Day In 2021, the ''Strike One Corps'' was shifted to Northern Command from the South Western Command to focus on Sino-Indian border in Ladakh. The I Corps created in 1965 and headquartered at Mathura, consists of the following formations: * 4 RAPID Division (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh), also called ''Red Eagle Division' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Corps (Polish Armed Forces In The West)
The Polish I Corps ( pl, I Korpus Polski; from 1942, Polish I Armored-Mechanized Corps, pl, I Korpus Pancerno-Motorowy) was a tactical unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II. It was formed in the United Kingdom on 28 September 1940. It was subordinate to the Scottish Command, and the Corps HQ was at Moncreiffe House in Perthshire (near the Bridge of Earn). It numbered 3,498 officers and 10,884 soldiers. The Corps was initially formed to protect a stretch of Scottish shore between the Firth of Forth and Montrose against a possible German invasion of Britain.Pierwszy Korpus Polski , accessed November 2011. Later it became the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Corps (Sri Lanka)
1 Corps ("First Corps") is a field corps formation of the Sri Lanka Army. The Corps is headquartered at Kilinochchi in Northern Province. It was raised on 17 October 2021. It was formed with the amalgamation of the Reserve Strike Force, special forces units and the former Security Forces Headquarters - Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) creating the Army's First Strike Corps. Units *Reserve Strike Force ** 53 Division, based at Inamaluwa, Dambulla *** Air Mobile Brigade *** 532 Brigade *** 533 Brigade ** 58 Division *** 581 Brigade *** 582 Brigade *** 583 Brigade *Special Operations Force *** Commando Brigade **** 1 Commando **** 2 Commando **** 3 Commando **** 4 Commando *** Special Forces Brigade **** 1 Special Forces **** 2 Special Forces **** 3 Special Forces **** 4 Special Forces * Affiliated Units ** 8th Medium Regiment, Sri Lanka Artillery ** B Sqd, 5th Reconnaissance Regiment, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps ** 9 Sri Lanka Signals Corps * Combat Support Services ** Forward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Corps (United Kingdom)
I Corps ("First Corps") was an army corps in existence as an active formation in the British Army for most of the 80 years from its creation in the First World War until the end of the Cold War, longer than any other corps. It had a short-lived precursor during the Waterloo Campaign. Napoleonic precursor Assembling an army in Belgium to fight Napoleon's resurgent forces in the spring of 1815, the Duke of Wellington formed it into army corps, deliberately mixing units from the Anglo-Hanoverian, Dutch-Belgian and German contingents so that the weaker elements would be stiffened by more experienced or reliable troops. As he put it: 'It was necessary to organize these troops in brigades, divisions, and corps d’armee with those better disciplined and more accustomed to war'. He placed I Corps under the command of the Prince of Orange and it was this corps that was first contacted by the advancing French at Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815. However, Wellington did not employ the corps as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Corps (United States)
I Corps is a corps of the United States Army headquartered in Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. It is a major formation of United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) and its current mission involves administrative oversight of Army units in the Asia-Pacific region, including the Pacific Pathways program. Activated in World War I in France, I Corps oversaw US Army divisions as they repelled several major German offensives and advanced into Germany. The corps was deactivated following the end of the war. Reactivated for service in World War II, the corps took command of divisions in the south Pacific, leading US and Australian Army forces as they pushed the Japanese army out of New Guinea. It went on to be one of the principal leading elements in the Battle of Luzon, liberating the Philippines. It then took charge as one of the administrative headquarters in the occupation of Japan. Deployed to Korea at the start of the Korean War, the corps was one of three corps that remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Army Corps (France)
The 1st Army Corps (french: 1er Corps d'Armée) was first formed before World War I. During World War II it fought in the Battle for France, Campaign for France in 1940, on the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Elba in 1943 - 1944, and in the campaigns to liberate France in 1944 and invade Germany in 1945. World War I The Corps saw service throughout the entirety of World War I. During the Battle of St. Quentin (1914), Battles of St. Quentin and Guise, the 1st Corps forced Karl von Bülow's 2nd Army (German Empire), German Second Army into retreat in what historian Stuart Robson called "the last old-style Napoleonic infantry charge in history." This forced Alexander von Kluck to divert his 1st Army (German Empire), First Army as a reinforcement, preventing the Imperial German Army from encircling Paris and overrunning France under the Schlieffen Plan. The Corps participated in the Battle of Passchendaele as part of the 1st Army (France), French First Army. At the time, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Army Corps (Russian Empire)
The 1st Army Corps (russian: 1-й армейский корпус) was a formation in the Imperial Russian Army, formed in the 1870s. It took part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, and later, in August 1914, the 1st Army Corps fought as part of the Second Army in the Battle of Tannenberg. There, it was defeated by the Germans along with the rest of the Second Army. During the rest of World War I, it took part in other operations, up until around 1918. Composition The following is a list of units that made up the 1st Army Corps at different points during its existence:1-й армейский корпус , 1st Army Corps regiment.ru (In Russian) 1874: *1st Cavalry Division 1903: *22nd Infantry Division *37th Infantry Division *50th Reserve Infantry Brigade 1913: *22nd Infantry Division *37th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Army Corps (Soviet Union)
The 1st Army Corps was an army corps of the Soviet Armed Forces. It was formed in 1957 and finally deactivated in 1991. It draws its history from the 1st Rifle Corps, formed in 1922. Troops of the 1st Rifle Corps participated in the Winter War (November 1939 - March 1940) and World War II. First Formation The corps was formed in June, 1922 in Petrograd (currently Saint-Petersburg) as the 1st Army Corps (1 ak). Creation of the corps was based on a Directive of the Commander number 195060/69, of 15 May 1922, Order Petrograd VO No.1416/383, 6 June 1922. In July 1922 it was named the 1st Rifle Corps. In 1926 corps headquarters was moved to Novgorod, and in 1938 to Pskov. On May 15, 1939, the 75th Rifle Division (75th RD) was transferred from the 14th Rifle Corps (Kharkov Military District) and arrived in the Leningrad Military District. In September 1939, the 75th Rifle Division concentrated in the 1st Rifle Corps 8th Army on the border with Estonia. In November 1939 the 75th Rifl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Army Corps (Armed Forces Of South Russia)
The 1st Army Corps (russian: 1-й армейский корпус) was one of the main formations of the Armed Forces of South Russia (russian: Вооружённых Сил Юга России, ВСЮР; VSUR) during the Russian Civil War. Formed in November 1918, it was first established as part of a reorganization of the White movement's Volunteer Army. History On 16 April 1920, it was organized from the remnants of the Volunteer Army (known as the Volunteer Corps) in Crimea when Pyotr Wrangel reorganized the White forces in Crimea, known as the Russian Army, into numbered army corps. The Volunteer Corps included all non-Cossack units evacuated from Novorossiysk by the end of March. Order of Battle The 1st Army Corps was the strongest of the four army corps, and was commanded by Alexander Kutepov. It included: * the Kornilov Division * the Drozdovsky Division * the Markov Division * the small Separate Cavalry Brigade (redesignated the 2nd Cavalry Division on 28 April) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
