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corps

vr.tr.corps · SOC.ORG

Let an agent explain the corps as a military formation and as a specialised branch, describe historical corps and organisational structures with attribution, support historical and biographical questions, and decline operational detail.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the corps as a military formation and as a specialised branch, describe historical corps and organisational structures with attribution, support historical and biographical questions, and decline operational detail.

A large military formation typically composed of two or more divisions and supporting units under a single commander, such as army corps, cavalry corps, tank corps, air defence corps and equivalents such as the group armies of some forces, and also an administrative or specialised branch such as a medical, engineer or administrative corps; corps are described here from official organisational descriptions and military history, without operational detail.

What it is for: Large military formations and branches.

It can be explain the formation level; describe historical corps; support historical questions; decline operational detail.

Distinguishing features

Multi-division formation

Single command

Branch sense

Historical variation

What it looks like

Not physical; an organisational unit.

How it is recognised

Formation above division

Or a specialised branch

A division is smaller; an army or field army is larger

Related models

is a kind of - category

size-specific military unit

is related to - the subordinate formation

military division

is related to - the superior formation

army

is related to - a smaller formation

brigade

In practice

Families and kinds

army corps

cavalry, tank and armoured corps

air and air defence corps

specialised branches such as medical and engineer corps

group armies and equivalents

Standards and regulation

National military organisation regulations

NATO and other standard formation definitions

Archival standards for military records

Failure modes and hazards

Providing operational detail

Confusing formation and branch senses

Partisan presentation of military history

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.corps

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a corps is.

Definitions.

Formation

Formation level.

Formation

Formation.

  1. Where does a corps sit between division and army, and how does it differ across countries and periods, according to official descriptions? provenance
  2. Is the request seeking operational detail, which must be declined? boundary

Branch

Corps as a branch.

Branch

Branch.

  1. What are administrative, medical, engineer and similar corps as branches, and how do they differ from formations? definition
  2. Which entry fits a specific branch? action
History Historical corps.

Attribution.

Specific

A specific corps.

Specific

Specific corps.

  1. What is documented about this historical corps, its organisation and its history, according to military historians and archives? provenance
  2. Which entry fits it? action

Development

Development of the corps.

Development

Development.

  1. How did the corps system develop from Napoleonic armies through the world wars to modern forces? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Records Records and biography.

Practice.

Biography

Service records.

Biography

Biography.

  1. How should service in a corps be recorded in biographical and genealogical data? action
  2. Which entry fits military records? action

Memorials

Memorials and museums.

Memorials

Memorials.

  1. Which museums and memorials document particular corps? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific museum? action
Learn Teaching.

Education.

Teach

Teaching military organisation.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can military formation levels be taught neutrally in history? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

Language

Terminology.

Language

Terminology.

  1. How is corps used and translated across languages and forces? provenance
  2. Which entry fits military terminology? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each historical corps be a separate entry?
  • How should military archives be linked?
  • How should branch corps be split?
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