V Corps was a corps of the British Army in both World War I and World War II. The first formation of V Corps was during World War I as part of the Third Army and was composed of the 17th (Northern) Division and the 38th (Welsh) Division as its major units. It was recreated diring the Second World War in June 1940 and substantially reorganised in 1942 for participation in Operation Torch.

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  • V Corps was a corps of the British Army in both World War I and World War II. The first formation of V Corps was during World War I as part of the Third Army and was composed of the 17th (Northern) Division and the 38th (Welsh) Division as its major units. It was recreated diring the Second World War in June 1940 and substantially reorganised in 1942 for participation in Operation Torch. The Corps should not be confused with the French Ve Corps d'Armee which took part in the Battle of France in the 1940, or with the US V Corps of the US First Army which took part in the D-Day Normandy landings. (en)
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  • V Corps was a corps of the British Army in both World War I and World War II. The first formation of V Corps was during World War I as part of the Third Army and was composed of the 17th (Northern) Division and the 38th (Welsh) Division as its major units. It was recreated diring the Second World War in June 1940 and substantially reorganised in 1942 for participation in Operation Torch. (en)
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  • V Corps (United Kingdom) (en)
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