XII Corps (United Kingdom)

XII Corps
XII Corps formation badge the Second World War
Active1915−1919
1940−1945
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeCorps
SizeAround 115,000 men (Second World War).
EngagementsFirst World War[1]
Second World War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson
Sir Andrew Thorne
Sir Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Sir Montagu Stopford
Sir Neil Ritchie
Sir Gordon MacMillan

XII Corps was an army corps of the British Army that fought in the First and Second World Wars. In the First World War, it formed part of the British Salonika Force on the Macedonian front. In the Second World War, it formed part of the British Second Army during Operation Overlord and the subsequent North-West Europe Campaign of 1944-46.


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