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 ⓘ
Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Central Burma ⓘ
linked to: central Myanmar

Irrawaddy Valley ⓘ
linked to: Irrawaddy River

Manipur ⓘ
branch British Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ
commander Lieutenant-General Francis Tuker ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Frank Messervy ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Geoffry Scoones ⓘ
Lieutenant-General William Slim ⓘ
linked to: William Slim
componentUnit 17th Indian Infantry Division ⓘ
19th Indian Infantry Division ⓘ
20th Indian Infantry Division ⓘ
23rd Indian Infantry Division ⓘ
255th Indian Tank Brigade ⓘ
268th Indian Infantry Brigade ⓘ
2nd British Infantry Division ⓘ
5th Indian Infantry Division ⓘ
7th Indian Infantry Division ⓘ
linked to: 7th Indian Division
conflict Burma Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Burma campaign

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

Allied advance into Central Burma ⓘ
Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Battle of Kohima ⓘ
Capture of Meiktila ⓘ
Crossing of the Irrawaddy River ⓘ
Relief of Imphal ⓘ
linked to: Battle 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 (British India) ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Army

Fourteenth Army ⓘ
theatre South-East Asian Theatre ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fourteenth Army → subordinateUnit → IV Corps (British India) ⓘ
Battle of Imphal → involvedForce → IV Corps (British Indian Army) ⓘ
linked to: IV Corps (British India)
British IV Corps → hasAlternativeName → IV Corps (British Indian Army) ⓘ
linked to: IV Corps (British India)
British IV Corps → hasAlternativeName → 4th Corps (British Indian Army) ⓘ
linked to: IV Corps (British India)