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unusual facts about VIII Corps



Army of West Virginia

It should not be confused with the official Union Army VIII Corps, which was commanded by Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace and on guard duty along the B & O Railroad during this time.

Dardanelles Army

It comprised the British VIII Corps and IX Corps as well as the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and the 1st Newfoundland Regiment.

Herbert Lumsden

He was given command of VIII Corps in Britain in January 1943 and command of II Corps also in Britain in July 1943, before being sent to the Pacific as Winston Churchill's special military representative to MacArthur.


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August Karl von Goeben

Under Manteuffel, the VIII Corps took part in the operations about Amiens and Bapaume, and on 8 January 1871, Goeben succeeded that general in the command of the First Army.

Second Italian War of Independence

Ludwig von Benedek with the Austrian VIII Corps was separated from the main force, defended Pozzolengo against the Piedmontese part of the opposing army.