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====Australia and New Zealand==== The [[Australian and New Zealand Army Corps]] was raised in 1914, consisting of Australian and New Zealand troops, who went on to fight at [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]] in 1915. In early 1916, the original corps was reorganized and two corps were raised: [[I ANZAC Corps]] and [[II ANZAC Corps]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Odgers |first=George |author-link=George Odgers |title=Diggers: The Australian Army, Navy and Air Force in Eleven Wars |publisher=Lansdowne |location=Sydney, New South Wales |date=1994 |volume=1 |isbn=978-1863023870 |page=86}}</ref> In the later stages of World War I, the five infantry divisions of the [[First Australian Imperial Force]] (AIF)—consisting entirely of personnel who had volunteered for service overseas—were united as the [[Australian Corps]], on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], under Lieutenant General Sir [[John Monash]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Grey |first=Jeffrey|author-link=Jeffrey Grey|title=A Military History of Australia |edition=3rd |publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Melbourne, Victoria |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-521-69791-0 |page=107}}</ref> During World War II, the [[Australian I Corps]] was formed to co-ordinate three [[Second Australian Imperial Force]] (2nd AIF) units: the [[6th Division (Australia)|6th]], [[7th Division (Australia)|7th]] and [[9th Division (Australia)|9th Divisions]], as well as other Allied units on some occasions, in the [[North African campaign]] and [[Battle of Greece|Greek campaign]]. Following the commencement of the [[Pacific War]], there was a phased withdrawal of I Corps to Australia, and the transfer of its headquarters to the [[Brisbane]] area, to control Allied army units in [[Queensland]] and northern [[New South Wales]] (NSW). [[II Corps (Australia)|II Corps]] was also formed, with [[Australian Army Reserve|Militia]] units, to defend south-eastern Australia, and [[III Corps (Australia)|III Corps]] controlled land forces in [[Western Australia]]. Sub-corps formations controlled Allied land forces in the remainder of Australia. I Corps headquarters was later assigned control of the [[New Guinea campaign]]. In early 1945, when I Corps was assigned the task of [[Borneo Campaign (1945)|re-taking Borneo]], II Corps took over in New Guinea.
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