This article is about the United Kingdom Army unit. For other units of the same name, see XVIII Corps (disambiguation).
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Active | World War I |
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Type | Field corps |
Part of | Fifth Army |
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The British XVIII Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I. It was reactivated, briefly, in Cyprus during World War II as part of a military deception.
History[]
British XVIII Corps was formed in France in January 1917 under Lieutenant General Sir Ivor Maxse.[1] It pursued the German forces to the Hindenberg Line and was then merged into VIII Corps in July 1918.[1]
In 1941, during World War 2, the XVII Corps was briefly reactivated as a fictional unit, as part of the Cyprus Defence Plan deception. However, it was later renamed XXV Corps.[2]
General officers commanding[]
Commanders included:
- January 1917 - July 1918 Lieutenant-General Sir Ivor Maxse[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The British Corps of 1914-1918
- ↑ Holt, Thaddeus (2004). The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War. Scribner. ISBN 0-7432-5042-7.
- ↑ Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
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