Corps
A corps ( /ˈkɔər/ "core"; the plural is spelled the same as singular but pronounced /ˈkɔərz/ "cores"; from French, from the Latin corpus "body") is either a large formation, or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service. Corps may also refer to a particular unit or a particular branch of service, such as the United States Marine Corps, the Corps of Royal Marines, the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, or the Corps of Commissionaires.
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... From reactivation in 1950 and throughout the Cold War, the corps guarded part of NATO's front with the Warsaw Pact ... two main US combat formations in Germany along with V Corps, which was headquartered in Frankfurt am Main at Abrams Building ... At the end of the Cold War VII Corps would have commanded the following units in case of war VII Corps, Stuttgart 1st Armored Division, Ansbach 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Riley, KS ...
... XIII SS Army Corps was formed August 1944 at Breslau ... By the end of April 1945, some XIII Corps operated in Czechoslovakia where they encountered the 97th Infantry Division ...
... The X Corps is an active military administrative corps of Pakistan Army, currently assigned in Rawalpindi, Punjab Province of Pakistan ...
... After the fighting was over most VII Corps units were redeployed directly to the United States for reassignment or retirement ... VII Corps HQ returned to Germany and was disbanded as part of the post-Cold War American defense spending cuts ... Some VII Corps units remained in Germany and were reassigned to V Corps or USAREUR ...
More definitions of "corps":
- (noun): A body of people associated together.
Example: "Diplomatic corps"
Famous quotes containing the word corps:
“Many a woman shudders ... at the terrible eclipse of those intellectual powers which in early life seemed prophetic of usefulness and happiness, hence the army of martyrs among our married and unmarried women who, not having cultivated a taste for science, art or literature, form a corps of nervous patients who make fortunes for agreeable physicians ...”
—Sarah M. Grimke (1792–1873)
“Ce corps qui s’appelait et qui s’appelle encore le saint empire romain n’était en aucune manière ni saint, ni romain, ni empire. This agglomeration which called itself and still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.”
—Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)
“L’amour pour lui, pour le corps humain, c’est de même un intérêt extrêmement humanitaire et une puissance plus éducative que toute la pédagogie du monde!”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)