XIV Corps (United Kingdom)

In the Second World War, the XIV corps was notionally reformed in North Africa in late 1943 as part the cover plan for the Anzio landings. Initially assigned to the British Twelfth Army, the corps was later depicted as being under the command of the United States Seventh Army and finally under the 15th Army Group as the theater reserve for the Italian campaign^[5]

The corps insignia in World War II was that of a black wolf's head, with a lolling red tongue superimposed on a white square.

As with its original parent formation the "Twelfth Army", the units notionally under command of the "XIV Corps" varied depending on the nature of the threat being depicted.

• Corps headquarters & supporting troops.^[5]
• British 40th Infantry Division (fictional)
• British 42nd Division (fictional)
• British 57th Infantry Division (fictional)

• Corps headquarters & supporting troops.^[5]
• British 5th Airborne Division (fictional)
• British 40th Infantry Division (fictional)
• British 42nd Division (fictional)
• British 57th Infantry Division (fictional)

• Corps headquarters & supporting troops.^[5]
• British 42nd Division (fictional)
• British 57th Infantry Division (fictional)

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