3rd Corps, Third Corps, III Corps, or 3rd Army Corps may refer to:

France

3rd Army Corps (France) The 3rd Army Corps (french: 3e Corps d'Armée) was a corps-sized military formation of the French Army that fought during both World War I and World War II, and was active after World War II until finally being disbanded on 1 July 1998. Cold War ...

III Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée) The III Cavalry Corps of the ''Grande Armée'' was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. The corps was created in 1812 and reconstituted in 1813 and 1815. Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte first mobilized the corps for the inva ...

, a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars *

III Corps (Grande Armée) The III Corps of the ''Grande Armée'' was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. The corps came to prominence between 1805 and 1809 under the command of Marshal of the Empire, Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout, when it repea ...

, a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars

Germany

III Cavalry Corps (German Empire) The III Cavalry Corps (german: Höheres Kavallerie-Kommando 3 / HKK 3 literally: Higher Cavalry Command 3) was a formation of the German Army in World War I. The corps was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 and disbanded in 1 ...

, a unit of the Imperial German Army * III Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army *

III Reserve Corps (German Empire) The III Reserve Corps (german: III. Reserve-Korps / III RK) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I. Formation III Reserve Corps was formed on the outbreak of the war in August 1914 as part of the mobilisation of the Army. ...

, a unit of the Imperial German Army *

III Royal Bavarian Corps The III Royal Bavarian Army Corps / III Bavarian AK (german: III. Königlich Bayerisches Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the German Army, before and during World War I. As the German and Bavarian Armies ...

, a unit of the Bavarian Army and the Imperial German Army *

III Army Corps (Wehrmacht) III Army Corps was a corps level formation of the German Army during World War II. III Army Corps The III Corps was formed in October 1934 as III. Armeekorps. The corps took part in Fall Weiss, the 1939 invasion of Poland as a part of Army Gr ...

, a unit in World War II *

III Corps (Bundeswehr) III Corps was a corps of the German Army (Bundeswehr Heer) active from 1957 to 1994. The preparation of the staff of the corps took place from 16 March 1957 at Gneisenau-Kaserne, Koblenz; the corps was officially formed on 6 April 1957. Initially ...

* III Panzer Corps (Germany) *

III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps The III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps (''III. (germanisches) SS-Panzerkorps'') was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II. The ''(germanische)'' (lit. Germanic) part of its designation was granted ...

Russia and Soviet Union

* 3rd Army Corps (Russian Empire), a unit in World War I * 3rd Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) * 3rd Rifle Corps, Soviet Union * 3rd Army Corps (Russia), Russian Federation

United States

III Corps (United States) III Corps or III Armored Corps is a corps of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Hood, Texas. It is a major formation (military), formation of the United States Army Forces Command. Activated in World War I in France, III Corps overs ...

III Corps (Union Army) There were four formations in the Union Army designated as III Corps (or Third Army Corps) during the American Civil War. Three were short-lived: *In the Army of Virginia, a temporary designation of the command better known as I Corps (Army ...

Third Army Corps (Spanish–American War) The Third Army Corps was a unit of the United States Army raised for the Spanish–American War. After the declaration of war, General Order 36 of May 7, 1898 approved the organization of eight "army corps," each of which was to consist of three o ...

Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia The Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia was a unit of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. Formation After the death of Lt. General Thomas J. Jackson at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Robert E. Lee reorganized his army from two ...

Third Corps, Army of Tennessee The Third Corps was a designation used by several military formations in the Army of Tennessee during the American Civil War. In practice, most Confederate corps were referred to by their commanders' name and not by numerical designation. In its ...

Others

III Corps (Australia) III Corps was an Australian Army unit during World War II. It was responsible for the defence of Western Australia in 1942–1944. The corps was formed in April 1942 from Western Command, which had been established in October 1939. Throughout th ...

Finnish III Corps (Winter War) The III Corps () was a unit of the Finnish Army during the Winter War. The III Corps with the II Corps formed the Army of the Isthmus (Kannaksen armeija). For most of the war it defended the Mannerheim Line on the northern side of the River Vuoksi ...

Finnish III Corps (Continuation War) The III Corps () was a corps of the Finnish Army during the Continuation War, where Finland fought alongside Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union. Formed from the peacetime V Corps and subordinated to the German Army High Command Norway, II ...

III Army Corps (Greece) 3rd Corps, Third Corps, III Corps, or 3rd Army Corps may refer to: France * 3rd Army Corps (France) * III Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * III Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of t ...

III Corps (India) The III Corps is a formation of the Indian Army that was formed during World War I in Mesopotamia during its respective campaign. Prior to the reorganization of the British and Indian forces in Mesopotamia, it was designated as the Tigris Corps. ...

* 3rd Army Corps (Italy) *

III Corps (North Korea) The III Corps is a corps of the Korean People's Army. It was created just before the North Korean invasion of 1950 with Lt. General Yu Kyong-su in command. During the initial North Korean invasion of the south, it was in reserve, comprising the 1 ...

III Corps (Ottoman Empire) The III Corps of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkish: ''3üncü Kolordu'' ''or'' ''Üçüncü Kolordu'') was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms. Formation Order of Battle, 191 ...

III Corps (South Korea) The III Corps was a corps of the Republic of Korea Army that was formed on October 16, 1950. It was Command by Major General Yu Jae Hung. Korean War When the Corps was formed it initially consisted of the 5th and 11th Infantry Division. Its re ...

III Corps (South Vietnam) III Corps () was a corps of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975. It was one of four corps in the ARVN, and oversaw the region of the country surrounding the capita ...

* 3rd Corps (Turkey) *

III Corps (United Kingdom) III Corps was an army corps of the British Army formed in both the First World War and the Second World War. Prior to the First World War In 1876, a mobilisation scheme for eight army corps was published, with '3rd Corps' headquartered at Cr ...

* 3rd Corps (Vietnam People's Army) * 3rd Army Corps (Azerbaijan)

France

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Russia and Soviet Union

United States

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