Commonwealth Corps was the name given to a proposed British Commonwealth army formation, which was scheduled to take part in the planned Allied invasion of Japan in 1945-46. An army (from Latin Armata "act of arming" via Old French armée) in the broadest sense is the land-based Armed forces Operation Downfall was the overall Allied plan for the invasion of Japan near the end of World War II. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Japanese surrender obviated any need for the corps. The surrender of Japan in August 1945 brought World War II to a close
By July 1945, United Kingdom leaders were proposing that five divisions, from the various Commonwealth armies, be assembled in India, and that they enter the Japanese campaign in March 1946, a few months after the first landings by United States forces. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A division is a large Military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to thirty thousand soldiers For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [1] It was to be accompanied by a 15-squadron tactical air force, comprised mostly of Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force squadrons. The term Tactical Air Force was used by the Air forces of the British Commonwealth during the later stages of World War II, for formations of more than one The Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF) is the Air Force branch of the Australian Defence Force. The Royal New Zealand Air Force ( RNZAF) is the air arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. However, the Australian Advisory War Council did not endorse this plan — it felt that the Australia's deep involvement in the Pacific War meant that Australian Army units should be involved in the initial landing forces; the Council was considering the attachment of units to US formations. The Pacific War was the part of World War II —and preceding conflicts—that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands and in East Asia, between The Australian Army is Australia's military land force It is part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF along with the Royal Australian Navy and the [2]
By the time of the Potsdam Conference, General Douglas MacArthur — as commander of Allied land forces for the proposed invasion — was insisting that: the total Commonwealth land forces involved should be only three divisions; a combined Commonwealth corps should be formed; it should use only US equipment and logistics; it should be kept in reserve rather than taking part in initial landings and; it should not include Indian Army units, due to "linguistic and administrative complications". The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, Germany, from July 16, General MacArthur redirects here for other meanings see General MacArthur (disambiguation. This article is about a military unit For alternative meanings see Corps (disambiguation. See Indian Army for the post-independence (and post- partition) army of the Republic of India. [3]
On August 8, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, General Alan Brooke proposed that the corps comprise one Australian, one British and one Canadian division, as well as two New Zealand Army brigades. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS was the title of the professional commander of the British Army from 1908 until 1964 Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (23 July 1883 &ndash 17 June 1963 was New Zealand Army ( Maori: Ngāti Tumatauenga, "Tribe of the God of war" is the land Armed force of the New Zealand military A brigade is a Military unit Echelon: is [4] The corps was to be formed in the United States and train there for six months before deployment.
It is generally considered that the corps was to have included the British 3rd Infantry Division, and two new divisions being formed for the purpose of the invasion: the Australian 10th Infantry Division and the Canadian 6th Infantry Division. The British 3rd Infantry Division, known at various times as the Iron Division, 3rd (Iron Division or as Iron Sides, was originally formed in 1809 The 6th Canadian Infantry Division was a Canadian Infantry division formed in 1942 during the Second World War British leaders were proposing that it be led by the British Lt. Gen. Sir Charles Keightley. General Sir Charles Frederic Keightley, GCB, GBE, DSO (24 June 1901 – 17 June 1974 was a senior officer in the British Army during However, the Australian government disagreed the appointment of an officer with no experience fighting the Japanese, and proposed Lt-Gen Leslie Morshead for the command. Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED ( September 18, 1889 – [5] The war ended before the issue was resolved.
Details of the corps' deployment were still being discussed when the war was ended by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at It seems clear that the Commonwealth land forces would have been used not in the initial landings on Kyūshū, but in Operation Coronet, the landings on Honshū near Tokyo, scheduled to occur on March 1, 1946. or Kyushu is the third-largest Island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. or Honshu is the largest Island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant
Some sources state that that MacArthur was proposing the further reduction of the Commonwealth land forces to an elite division. However, considering the likelihood of extremely high casualties in any such invasion, it must be considered likely that a much larger number of Commonwealth troops would have become involved following the landings.
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