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- Australian_Corps abstract "The Australian Corps was a World War I army corps that contained all five Australian infantry divisions serving on the Western Front. It was the largest corps fielded by the British Empire in France. At its peak the Australian Corps numbered 109,881 men. Formed on 1 November 1917, the corps replaced I Anzac Corps while II Anzac Corps, which contained the New Zealand Division, became the British XXII Corps.Following the hard fighting of 1917, where the Australian divisions suffered heavily at Bullecourt, Messines and the Third Battle of Ypres, the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) was facing a manpower crisis. One referendum for conscription had already failed and another would be defeated on 1 December 1917. Voluntary recruitment was declining. Plans to form a 6th Australian Division were scrapped and the incomplete formation was disbanded. To make up the numbers, it was proposed to disband the Australian 4th Division, numerically the weakest, but this was strongly resisted by the members of the AIF.General William Birdwood, commander of the AIF, suggested that in forming the Australian Corps, the weakest division could serve as a depot, providing reserves for the fighting divisions. Field Marshal Douglas Haig, commander of the British Expeditionary Force, accepted this proposal. He had originally resisted combining the five Australian divisions into a single corps as he considered it too unwieldy. The Australian nature of the corps was enhanced by the attachment of No. 3 Squadron AFC plus Australian siege artillery batteries. It was also considered appropriate to appoint Australian officers to all senior command positions. However, Birdwood remained in command of the corps.General Hubert Gough was dismissed from command of the British Fifth Army following its failure to withstand the German Spring Offensive of 1918. When Haig decided to reform the Fifth Army, he offered its command to Birdwood who accepted. This paved the way for an Australian to assume command of the corps, the highest field command held by an Australian in the war. The two candidates were Major General Cyril Brudenell White (Birdwood's chief-of-staff) and Major General John Monash (commander of the 3rd Division). Monash, who was senior, had experience commanding troops in battle and was favoured by Haig and Birdwood, got the post in May 1918 and was promoted to Lieutenant General. The Australian Corps was used extensively throughout the Hundred Days Offensive during which it achieved great success.The 4th Division saw little rest in its role as the "depot". In December 1917 it was moved into reserve near Péronne following the German counter-attack in the Battle of Cambrai (1917). In January 1918, the division was returned to the front line south of Ypres as Haig acquiesced to French demands to take over more of the front. From this time until the Australians were withdrawn from fighting in early October, all divisions of the corps saw nearly continuous action. Rather than disbanding entire divisions, any consolidation of strength was made under the British system of reducing brigades from four battalions to three.".
- Australian_Corps activeYearsEndYear "1918".
- Australian_Corps activeYearsStartYear "1917".
- Australian_Corps commandStructure British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I).
- Australian_Corps commander William_Birdwood,_1st_Baron_Birdwood.
- Australian_Corps country Australia.
- Australian_Corps militaryBranch Australian_Army.
- Australian_Corps militaryUnitSize "5divisions".
- Australian_Corps secondCommander John_Monash.
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- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink 3rd_Division_(Australia).
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink 4th_Division_(Australia).
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Australian_3rd_Division_(World_War_I).
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Australian_4th_Division_(World_War_I).
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Army.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Army_Artillery_Units,_World_War_I.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Australian_plebiscite,_1916.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Australian_plebiscite,_1917.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Battalion.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Arras_(1917).
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Cambrai_(1917).
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Messines_(1917).
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Passchendaele.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Brigade.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink British_Empire.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I).
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink British_Fifth_Army.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Brudenell_White.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Category:Corps_of_Australia.
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- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_Australia_in_World_War_I.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Corps.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Cyril_Brudenell_White.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Division_(military).
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Douglas_Haig.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Fifth_Army_(United_Kingdom).
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink First_Australian_Imperial_Force.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink France.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Hubert_Gough.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Hundred_Days_Offensive.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink II_ANZAC_Corps.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink II_Anzac_Corps.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink I_ANZAC_Corps.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink I_Anzac_Corps.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink John_Monash.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Australian_Army_artillery_units_in_World_War_I.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Military_history_of_Australia_during_World_War_I.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink New_Zealand_Division.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink No._3_Squadron_RAAF.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Michael.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Péronne,_Somme.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Third_Battle_of_Ypres.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Western_Front_(World_War_I).
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink William_Birdwood.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink William_Birdwood,_1st_Baron_Birdwood.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink World_War_I.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink XXII_Corps_(United_Kingdom).
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLink Ypres.
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLinkText "Australian Corps".
- Australian_Corps wikiPageWikiLinkText "Australians".
- Australian_Corps branch Australian_Army.
- Australian_Corps commandStructure British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I).
- Australian_Corps commander "Gen. William Birdwood".
- Australian_Corps commander "Lt. Gen. John Monash".
- Australian_Corps commander1Label "Nov. 1917 – May 1918".
- Australian_Corps commander2Label "May 1918 – Nov. 1918".
- Australian_Corps dates "--11-01".
- Australian_Corps hasPhotoCollection Australian_Corps.
- Australian_Corps size "5".
- Australian_Corps unitName "Australian Corps".
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- Australian_Corps subject Category:Corps_of_Australia.
- Australian_Corps subject Category:Military_units_and_formations_disestablished_in_1918.
- Australian_Corps subject Category:Military_units_and_formations_established_in_1917.
- Australian_Corps subject Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_Australia_in_World_War_I.
- Australian_Corps hypernym War.
- Australian_Corps type Agent.
- Australian_Corps type Article.
- Australian_Corps type MilitaryPerson.
- Australian_Corps type MilitaryUnit.
- Australian_Corps type Organisation.
- Australian_Corps type Article.
- Australian_Corps type Establishment.
- Australian_Corps type Organization.