1st Army Corps (France)

1er Corps d'Armée
Active27 August 1939 - 10 July 1940
16 August 1943 - 30 April 1946
c.1960s-1990
CountryFrance France
BranchFrench Army
TypeCorps
Part ofFirst Army (France), Seventh Army (France)
EngagementsWorld War I, World War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Adolphe Guillaumat
Henri Martin
Émile Béthouart

The 1st Army Corps (French: 1er Corps d'Armée) was first formed before World War I. During World War II it fought in the Campaign for France in 1940, on the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Elba in 1943 - 1944 and in the campaigns to liberate France in 1944 and invade Germany in 1945.