XXX Corps (United Kingdom)

XXX Corps
XXX Corps formation badge; a rampant boar
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Corps
Engagements	World War II North African campaign Second Battle of El Alamein Italian campaign Battle of Normandy Operation Market Garden Operation Veritable
Commanders
Notable commanders	William Havelock Ramsden Sir Oliver Leese Gerard Bucknall Sir Brian Horrocks

XXX Corps (30 Corps) was a corps of the British Army during the Second World War. The corps was formed in the Western Desert in September 1941. It provided extensive service in the North African Campaign and many of its units were in action at the Second Battle of El Alamein in late 1942. It then took part in the Tunisia Campaign and formed the left flank during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943.

It returned briefly to the United Kingdom; it then served in the Allied Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. In September 1944, it formed the Garden (cross land) contingent of Operation Market Garden; due to the failure of the Market (airborne) contingent to seize the bridge at Nijmegen, XXX Corps arrived too late at the subsequent (25 km (16 mi)) – and ultimate – Arnhem bridge, effectively resulting in the loss of the British 1st Airborne Division in the prolonged Battle of Arnhem.^[1] XXX Corps continued to serve in the Netherlands, and finally in Operation Veritable in Germany until May 1945.