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XX Corps (Turkey)
20th Corps, Twentieth Corps, or XX Corps may refer to: * XX Corps (German Empire) * XX Corps (Ottoman Empire) * XX Corps (United Kingdom) * XX Corps (United States) * XX Corps (Union Army), a unit in the American Civil War * XX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) * XX Motorised Corps (Italy) * 20th Army Corps (Russian Empire) See also * List of military corps by number * 20th Army (other) * 20th Brigade (other) * 20th Division (other) * 20th Regiment (other) * 20 Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XX Corps (German Empire)
The XX Army Corps / XX AK (german: XX. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the German Army before and during World War I. As the German Army expanded in the later part of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century, the XX Army Corps was set up on 1 October 1912 in Allenstein as the ''Generalkommando'' ( headquarters) for the southern part of East Prussia. It took over command of 37th Division from I Corps and the newly formed 41st Division. General der Artillerie Friedrich von Scholtz, former commander of 21st Division, took command. It was assigned to the I Army Inspectorate. which became the 8th Army at the start of the First World War. XX Corps served on the Eastern Front from the start of the war. In September 1915, the corps was upgraded to form ''Armee-Gruppe'' Scholtz, later ''Armee-Abteilung'' Scholtz, as part of the Army of the Niemen. It was reformed from Armee-Abteilung D in September 1918. It was dissolved after the war. Peacetime organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XX Corps (Ottoman Empire)
The XX Corps of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkish: ''20 nci Kolordu ''or'' Yirminci Kolordu'') was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed during World War I. World War I Order of Battle, December 1916 In December 1916, the corps was structured as follows:İsmet Görgülü, ''On Yıllık Harbin Kadrosu: 1912 - 1922 (Balkan-Birinci Dünya ve İstiklâl Harbi)'', Türk Tarih Kurumu, 1993, p. 183. Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 154. *XX Corps (Macedonian Front, Commander: Mirliva Abdülkerim Pasha) ** 49th Division (Commander: Miralay Mahmut Bey), withdrawn to Turkey on March 19, 1917. ***144th Infantry Regiment (Commander: Kaymakam Adil Bey) ***145th Regiment (Commander: Binbaşı Ali Rıza Bey) ***146th Regiment (Commander: Kaymakam Schierholz) ***46th Artillery Regiment (Commander: Binbaşı M. Behçet Bey). ** 50th Division (Commander: Kaymakam Şükrü Naili Bey, Chief of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XX Corps (United Kingdom)
The XX Corps was an army corps of the British Army during World War I. First World War The Corps was formed in Palestine in June 1917 under Lieutenant General Philip Chetwode. Following the British failure in the Second Battle of Gaza, the Egyptian Expeditionary Force underwent a major rearrangement with the appointment of General Edmund Allenby as the new Commander-in-Chief. The infantry component of the force was divided into two corps; XX Corps and XXI Corps. The corps initially comprised four infantry divisions:Grainger (2006), pp. 239–240 * 10th (Irish) Division * 53rd (Welsh) Division * 60th (2/2nd London) Division * 74th (Yeomanry) Division The XX Corps first saw action in the Beersheba phase of the Third Battle of Gaza on 31 October 1917. The 60th and 74th Divisions captured Turkish outposts west of the town but were not involved in the final assault. Following Beersheba on 6 November, the corps made a frontal assault against the Turkish fortifications in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XX Corps (United States)
The XX Corps of the United States Army fought from northern France to Austria in World War II. Constituted on 10 October 1943 by re-designating the IV Armored Corps of the Army Ground Forces, a training organization which had been activated at Camp Young, California on 5 September 1942, XX Corps became operational in France as part of Lieutenant General George S. Patton's U.S. Third Army on 1 August 1944. File:IV Armored Corps.png, IV Armored Corps5 September 1942 - 10 October 1943 File:XX Corps ssi.gif, XX CorpsAfter 10 October 1943 Northern France Initially assigned to protect the south flank of the U.S. Third Army, XX Corps secured the bridgehead at Le Mans and liberated Angers on 10 August 1944. The corps fought a successful five-day battle for Chartres from 15 – 19 August, and seized a bridgehead over the Aunay River. Liberating Fontainebleau on 23 August, the corps moved rapidly east against disorganized German resistance and seized bridgeheads over the Seine River at M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XX Corps (Union Army)
Two corps of the Union Army were called XX Corps during the American Civil War. Though both served in the Union Army of the Cumberland, they were distinct units and should be recognized as such. McCook's Corps The first XX Corps, under the command of Alexander M. McCook, was organized in the aftermath of the Battle of Stones River in January 1863 from what had been the XIV Corps, or right wing of the army, at that battle. It was so identified with its commander that it was generally referred to by other soldiers and even officers as "McCook's corps". The corps took part in a skirmish with Bragg's rearguard at Liberty Gap, Tennessee, during the Tullahoma Campaign in June 1863. It fought its only major battle under this designation at Chickamauga, where it suffered horrendous casualties in the two days of fighting. The corps took heavy casualties, and it (along with Thomas L. Crittenden's XXI Corps), became consolidated into the new IV Corps. McCook, blamed in large part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XX Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
German XX. Corps (XX. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II. Commanders * Infantry General (''General der Infanterie'') Friedrich Materna, October 1940 – 10 September 1942 * Artillery General (''General der Artillerie'') Rudolf Freiherr von Roman, 10 September 1942 – 14 February 1943 * Infantry General (''General der Infanterie'') Erwin Vierow, 14 February – 10 March 1943 * Artillery General (''General der Artillerie'') Rudolf Freiherr von Roman, 10 March – December 1943 * Infantry General (''General der Infanterie'') Edgar Röhricht, December 1943 – January 1944 * Artillery General (''General der Artillerie'') Rudolf Freiherr von Roman, January – 1 April 1945 * Cavalry General (''General der Kavallerie'') Carl-Erik Koehler, 1 April – 8 May 1945 Area of operations * Poland – October 1940 – June 1941 * Eastern Front, Central sector – June 1941 – April 1945 * Central Germany – April – May 1945 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XX Motorised Corps (Italy)
The XX Army Corps was a corps of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The XX Corps took part in the Western Desert Campaign from summer 1941 to 1943. Between 10 September 1941 and 10 March 1942 the unit was named Maneuver Army Corps ( it, Corpo d'Armata di Manovra). Order of Battle at El Alamein * Commander Lieutenant General Giuseppe De Stefanis ** VIII Army Artillery Group (part) ** 90th Engineer Company ** 132nd Armored Division "Ariete", Major General Francesco Antonio Arena *** 132nd Tank Infantry Regiment *** 8th Bersaglieri Regiment (motorized) *** 132nd Artillery Regiment (motorized) *** Squadrons Group/ Regiment "Nizza Cavalleria" (1st) *** XXXII Mixed Engineer Battalion (motorized) ** 133rd Armored Division "Littorio", Major General Gervasio Bitossi *** 133rd Tank Infantry Regiment *** 12th Bersaglieri Regiment (motorized) *** 3rd Artillery Regiment *** 133rd Artillery Regiment (part) *** III Squadrons Group/ Regiment "Lancieri di Novara" (5th) ** 101st Mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Army Corps (Russian Empire)
The Twentieth Army Corps (russian: 20-й армейский корпус) was a formation of the Imperial Russian Army that was first raised in 1899, and most famous for fighting on the Eastern Front in World War I, most notably during the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes. Before World War I, the 20th Corps was stationed in the Vilna Military District with its headquarters in Riga. At the outbreak of the war, the corps consisted of two infantry divisions and a number of independent battalions and brigades. Many Lithuanians served in this unit with the 28th Division having particularly many Lithuanians, especially in the 109th and 111th Infantry Regiments. Some regiments in this Corps were 80% Latvian. The corps was demobilized in April 1917. Formation In 1899, the corps was formed from the 29th and 45th Infantry Divisions. It was under the command of Lieutenant general Richard Troyanovich Meves. World War I During the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, the 20th Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Military Corps By Number
{{short description, None This is a list of military corps arranged by ordinal number. I to X ; I Corps: * I Army Corps (Argentina) * I ANZAC Corps (Australia and New Zealand) * I Corps (Australia) * I Corps (Belgium) * 1st Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina * I Canadian Corps * I Corps (Czechoslovakia) * Finnish I Corps (Winter War) * 1st Army Corps (France) * I Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry formation of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars * I Corps (Grande Armée), a corps of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars * I Cavalry Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army during World War I * I Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I * I Reserve Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army during World War I * I Royal Bavarian Corps, a unit of the Bavarian and Imperial German Armies prior to and during World War I * I Royal Bavarian Reserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Army (other) , a German unit in WWII
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Twentieth Army or 20th Army may refer to: *Twentieth Army (Japan), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army *20th Army (Soviet Union) *20th Group Army, People's Liberation Army *20th Guards Army, Soviet Union and Russia *20th Mountain Army (Wehrmacht) The German Lapland Army (''AOK Lappland'') was one of the two army echelon headquarters controlling German troops in the far north of Norway and Finland during World War II. It was established in January 1942, and renamed the 20th Mountain Army ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Brigade (other)
20th Brigade may refer to: Infantry units * 20th Brigade (Australia) * 20th Indian Brigade, a unit of the British Indian Army in World War I * 20th Indian Infantry Brigade, a unit of the British Indian Army in World War II * 20th Brigade (United Kingdom) * 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) * 20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards), United Kingdom Other units * 20th Mounted Brigade, United Kingdom * XX Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.), Territorial Force, United Kingdom * 20th Engineer Brigade (United States) See also * 20th Army (other) * 20th Battalion (other) * XX Corps (other) 20th Corps, Twentieth Corps, or XX Corps may refer to: * XX Corps (German Empire) * XX Corps (Ottoman Empire) * XX Corps (United Kingdom) * XX Corps (United States) * XX Corps (Union Army), a unit in the American Civil War * XX Army Corps (Wehrmach ... * 20th Division (other) * 20th Regiment (other) * 20 Squadron (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Division (other)
20th Division or 20th Infantry Division may refer to __NOTOC__ Infantry divisions * 20th Division (German Empire), 1866-1919 * 20th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), Germany, 1934–1945 * 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian), 1944–1945 * 20th Infantry Division (Greece), 1941 * 20th Infantry Division (India), 1942–1945 * 20th Infantry Division Friuli, Kingdom of Italy, 1939–1944 * 20th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 1915–1945 * 20th Infantry Division (Poland), 1920–1939 * 20th Division (Spain), 1937-1939 * 20th (Light) Division, United Kingdom, 1914–1919 Armoured divisions * 20th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), Germany, 1940–1945 * 20th Armoured Division (Greece), formed 1956 * 20th Armored Division (United States), 1943–1946 Aviation divisions * 20th Air Division The 20th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida where it was inac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
