XVI Corps (United Kingdom)

XVI Corps (United Kingdom)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=XVI Corps


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The British XVI Corps (later redesignated as the British Salonika Army) was formed in Salonika during the First World War .

History

British operations in the Balkans Campaign were considered to be a side show during the war, there is very little written or known about the campaign but the fighting was as brutal and costly as on the other fronts. The Battle of Doiran in September 1918 saw battalions reduced in numbers like that of the First Day on the Somme with as little gain.

Component units

*British 22nd Division
*British 26th Division
*British 27th Division
*British 28th Division

External links

* [http://memorabilia.homestead.com/files/Salonika_and_Macedonia_1916_18.htm Salonika and Macedonia 1916 - 1918]


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