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5th Army Corps (Romania)
5th Army Corps may refer to: * 5th Army Corps (France) * 5th Army Corps (Italy) * 5th Army Corps (Russian Empire) The 5th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition *7th Infantry Division (Russian Empire), 7th Infantry Division *10th Infantry Division (Russian Empire), 10th Infantry Division Part of *5th Army (Russian Empire), 5 ... * 5th Army Corps (Armenia) {{Mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Army Corps (France)
The 5th Army Corps was a military unit of the French Army which fought in the Franco-Prussian War and both World war, World Wars. It comprised three divisions.Weygand, Maxime, "Weygand Memoires, Part I", pg. 471 On 10 May 1940 the 12th Infantry Division (France), 12th Infantry Division was attached to the army corps, which formed part of 1st Army (France), 1st Army. Most of the division was sent to the Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Saint-Quentin area on that date, although 3e GRDI were stationed to the south of Maubeuge in accordance with the Dyle Plan, Plan Yellow and the order to occupy the Gembloux sector near Namur. The last commander was René Altmayer (June 1940). Footnotes References * Weygand, Maxime, "Weygand, Memoires, Part I", Paris: Flammarion, 1953 Corps of France in World War I Corps of France in World War II Military units and formations established in 1906 1906 establishments in France {{France-mil-unit-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Army Corps (Italy)
The V Army Corps was one of three corps the Italian Army fielded during the Cold War. Based in the regions of Veneto and Friuli-Venezia-Giulia the corps was the army's main combat force. The 5th Army Corps was arrayed close to the Yugoslavian border and tasked with meeting any Warsaw Pact forces that crossed the border. On the left flank of the corps the 4th Alpine Army Corps was tasked with blocking the Alpine passes and in the rear of the corps the 3rd Army Corps served as operational reserve. After the end of the Cold War the corps was reduced in size and on 1 October 1997 it became the 1st Defence Forces Command (COMFOD 1°). In 2013 the COMFOD 1° was disbanded and its function and brigades taken over by the 20th Infantry Division Friuli in Florence. History Origins The history of the 5th Army Corps begins with Garibaldis Expedition of the Thousand. After Garibaldi scored victory after victory in his conquest of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Victor Emmanu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Army Corps (Russian Empire)
The 5th Army Corps was an Army corps in the Imperial Russian Army. Composition *7th Infantry Division (Russian Empire), 7th Infantry Division *10th Infantry Division (Russian Empire), 10th Infantry Division Part of *5th Army (Russian Empire), 5th Army: 1914–1915 *12th Army (Russian Empire), 12th Army: 1915 *10th Army (Russian Empire), 10th Army: 1915 *2nd Army (Russian Empire), 2nd Army: 1915–1916 *11th Army (Russian Empire), 11th Army: 1916 *8th Army (Russian Empire), 8th Army: 1916 *11th Army: 1917 Commanders * 1905: Nikolai Vonlyarlyarsky * 1909: Nikolai Schutlewort * 1911-1913: Alexander Litvinov * 1914-1917: Pyotr Baluyev References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
