dreadful condition of the road. When the Armistice ended hostilities on 11 November 1918, V Corps was within a mile or two of the Franco-Belgian border, with cavalry out in front. Second World War (The Corps should not be confused with the French 5th Army Corps, which took part in the Battle of France in 1940, nor with the US V Corps of the US First Army, which took part in the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944.) In the early part of the Second World War, V Corps was based at Bhurtpore Barracks in Tidworth Camp within Southern Command. Lieutenant-General Claude Auchinleck was briefly its commander from 14 June 1940 until he was promoted to take over Southern Command on 19 July 1940. He was succeeded by Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery from 22 July 1940 until 27 April 1941, when he was transferred to command XII Corps. Order of Battle Autumn 1940 4th Infantry Division 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division Royal Artillery 66th Medium Regiment 5th Survey Regiment The Dorset County Division was also under the corps' command during 1941. The Corps was then included as part of the Allied land forces, British First Army, in Operation Torch (8 November 1942), the amphibious landings in French-held Morocco and Algeria. The Army was commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Kenneth Anderson. First Army was formed on 9 November 1942. Campaigns V Corps participated in the following campaigns and battles during its Second World War existence. Operation Torch (British First Army) Tunisia Campaign December 1942 – May 1943 (British First Army) Italian Campaign September 1943 – May 1945 (as part of the British Eighth Army) Allied invasion of Italy 1943 (Adriatic, Foggia, Termoli) Sangro Operation November – December 1943 Adriatic Coast Operation February 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino Operation May 1944 Gothic Line (Gotenstellung) Operation Olive August 1944 (with 1st Armoured, 46th (West Riding) and 56th (London) Infantry divisions) First Battle of Coriano Battle for Croce Second Battle of Coriano Battle of Rimini Spring 1945 offensive in Italy April 1945 V Corps was assigned to British Eighth Army for the rest of the war (as part of the 15th Army Group) 11.44 Orders of Battle for V Corps, Second World War V Corps (British First Army) 20 April 1943 British 25th Army Tank Brigade (51st Royal Tank Regiment detached) British 1st Infantry Division British 4th Infantry Division British 78th Infantry Division V Corps (British First