The 9th Army Corps ( French : 9 Corps d'Armée ) was a large military formation of the French Army , constituted during the Second French Empire , and during the First and the Second World War .
11-621: 9 Corps , 9th Corps , Ninth Corps , or IX Corps may refer to: France [ edit ] 9th Army Corps (France) IX Corps (Grande Armée) , a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars Germany [ edit ] IX Corps (German Empire) , a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I IX Reserve Corps (German Empire) ,
22-556: A sixth-century monastery . Gradually a complex developed after it received the relics of Saint Nabor , and the church was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, in part following Baroque style. It was designated as a basilica . During the French Revolution , the monastery and church suffered extensive damage; the cloisters were destroyed. The ancient parish church was sacrificed in exchange for keeping Saint Nabor. The abbey also suffered bombing damage during World War II , but much of
33-621: A unit of the Imperial German Army during World War IX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) , a unit in World War II IX SS Mountain Corps , a unit in World War II Other countries [ edit ] IX Corps (India) IX Corps (Ottoman Empire) IX Corps (United Kingdom) IX Corps (Union Army) IX Corps (United States) 9th Corps (Yugoslav Partisans) See also [ edit ] List of military corps by number [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
44-520: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 9th Army Corps (France) At the mobilisation, the 9 Army Corps was constituted near Tours as a subunit of the Second Army . The 9 Corps comprised two infantry divisions, the 17th and 52nd , and the Division Marocaine , a colonial infantry division. In early September 1939, the 9 Corps
55-527: The Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France . It is situated twenty-eight miles (45 km) east of Metz , France and seventeen miles (27 km) southwest of Saarbrücken , Germany. The Saint-Avold area has frequently suffered invasions and since the nineteenth century has been controlled alternately by German and French authorities. The original Abbey of Saint Nabor began as an oratory for
66-575: The Germans and these units were forced to fall back. The remnants of the 9 Corps were eventually surrounded in Saint-Valéry-en-Caux and surrendered on 12 June 1940. Most of the soldiers were kept in captivity in Germany until 1945. Saint-Avold Saint-Avold ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿avɔld] ; German : Sankt Avold ; Lorraine Franconian : Sänt Avuur ) is a commune in
77-538: The church has been restored. The Saint-Avold Synagogue is a Jewish synagogue near Place Paul-Collin. The current synagogue building, completed in 1956, replaces a nearby synagogue which was also destroyed during World War II. Just north of the town is the site of Europe's largest United States' World War II military cemetery, the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, with the graves of 10,489 American soldiers who died during World War II . Most of
88-724: The fortified sector. By late May, the Germans had pierced in the Ardennes and, with the military situation degrading, front units on the Maginot Line were gradually brought back and sent on the front on the Somme river . On 22 May, General Marcel Ihler took command of the Corps. On 27 May, the Corps marched towards Sarcus , and then to Lyons-la-Forêt , in Normandie , along with general Altmayer's 10ème Armée . Attempts at organised defence were bypassed by
99-608: The men were killed during the United States' drive to expel German forces from the fortress city of Metz toward the Siegfried Line and the Rhine River . The soldiers were mostly from the U.S. Seventh Army 's Infantry and Armored divisions and its cavalry groups. Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate
110-500: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. [REDACTED] Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IX_Corps&oldid=887143376 " Category : Military units and formations disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
121-759: Was re-created in Tours , under general Émile Laure , from elements of the 9th military region. It was a part of the Fourth Army , under General Edouard Réquin , itself a part of the French 2nd Army Group which charged with the defence of the Maginot Line . From late 1939 to May 1940, the 9 Corps was deployed around the Saint-Avold - Faulquemont sector, in Moselle , with the general staff in Landroff . Two infantry divisions defended
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