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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Label Occurrences
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 ⓘ