IV Armored Corps XX Corps | |
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Active | 1942–46 1957–70 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Army |
Size | Corps |
Part of | Third United States Army (World War II) |
Engagements | World War II |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Horace L. McBride Walton H. Walker |
U.S. Corps (1939–present) | ||||
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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.