XX Corps (United States)

IV Armored Corps
XX Corps
Shoulder sleeve insignia of XX Corps
Active1942–46
1957–70
CountryUnited States United States
Branch United States Army
SizeCorps
Part ofThird United States Army (World War II)
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Horace L. McBride
Walton H. Walker

The XX Corps of the United States Army fought from northern France to Austria in World War II. Constituted on 10 October 1943 by re-designating the IV Armored Corps of the Army Ground Forces, a training organization which had been activated at Camp Young, California on 5 September 1942, XX Corps became operational in France as part of Lieutenant General George S. Patton's U.S. Third Army on 1 August 1944.


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