VIII Corps (United Kingdom)
This article is about the United Kingdom Army unit. For other units of the same name, see VIII Corps.VIII Corps was a British Army corps formation that existed during the First World War and the Second World War. During the Second World War it landed in Normandy, in 1944, and conducted Operation Epsom and Operation Goodwood, it would later play a supporting role in Operation Market Garden and finish the war by advancing from the Rhine to the Baltic Sea.
Read more about VIII Corps (United Kingdom): Prior To World War I, Post-war, General Officers Commanding
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