Subordinate Units
Initially the Corps included the HQ, two Rifle Brigades (numbered 1 and 2), five en cadre Rifle Brigades (3, 4, 5, 7 and 8, usually battalion-sized), as well as service units. By late 1940 the Corps had over 14,000 men at arms. The 2nd Rifle Regiment would be reformed into the 10th Armored Brigade on 3 October 1940 which soon in 1942 gave rise to the 1st Armoured Division, and the 4th into the 1st Independent Parachute Brigade on 9 October 1941. The 3, 5 and 7 brigades formed the Training Brigade on 6 December 1941.
During combat operations on the continent, the 1st Armoured Division and the 1st Parachute Brigade were assigned to other Allied commands. The parachute brigade was attached to the First Allied Airborne Army while the armoured division was under the command of the First Canadian Army.
At the end of the war it comprised the 1st Armoured Division, the 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, the 4th Infantry Division, and the 16th Independent Armoured Brigade.
The 16th Armoured Brigade was formed on 1 September 1941 from the 1st Tank Regiment (1 Pułk Czołgów), which was created as a part of the corps in October 1940. On 25 February 1942 the Brigade was assigned to the 1st Armoured Division. In the short period of September to October 1943, the Brigade was merged with the 10th Armoured Brigade to form the 10/16th Armored Brigade. In November 1943 the Brigade was recreated as the 16th (cadre) Independent Armoured Brigade. This unit was not committed to combat on the continent. Until February 1945, it was assigned to the 2nd (cadre) Armoured Grenadier Division.
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