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The Canadian Corps was originally commanded by British Lieutenant General E.A.H Alderson until 1916 when another British Lieutenant General Julian Byng took over. When Byng was promoted to an Army command, he was succeeded by the commander of the 1st Division, General Arthur W. CurrieGeneral Sir Arthur William Currie ( December 5, 1875 November 30, 1933) was the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps on the Western Front during World War I and one of the most successful Allied generals of the war and in Canadian history. Under, giving the corps its first Canadian commander.

In the later years of the war, the soldiers of the Canadian Corps became, alongside those of the Australian CorpsThe Australian Corps was a World War I army corps that contained all five Australian infantry divisions serving on the Western Front. It was the largest corps fielded by the British army in France. Formed on November 1, 1917, the corps replaced I Anzac Co, the "shock troops" of the British EmpireThe British Empire in the early decades of the 20th century, held sway over a population of 400 500 million people (roughly a quarter of the world's population), and covered nearly 30 million square kilometres, (roughly two-fifths of the world's land area armies on the Western FrontSee Western Front (disambiguation) for other meanings. Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the "contested armed frontier" between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. A "contested. The Corps captured Vimy RidgeThe Battle of Vimy Ridge was the first successful operation against the German Hindenburg Line during World War I. It is also considered a seminal event in Canadian history for the primary role that nation's forces played in the attack. Vimy, located in n in one of the most successful and daring attacks of the war. In 1918, the Canadian Corps fought in the Battle of AmiensThe Battle of Amiens which began on 8 August, 1918, was the opening phase of the Allied offensive, later known as the Hundred Days, that led ultimately to the end of World War I. The Australian and Canadian divisions that spearheaded the attack managed to between August 8 and 11th, inflicting a significant defeat on the GermanThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east Army, called "the black day of the German army."

The Canadian Expeditionary Force lost 60,661 dead during the war.

Formation:

• 1st Canadian DivisionThe Canadian Corps 1st Canadian Division World War I Formed in August of 1914, the 1st Canadian Division was initially made up from Provisional Battalions that were named after their Province of origin but these Provisional titles were dropped before the
• 2nd Canadian Division
• 3rd Canadian Division
• 4th Canadian Division
• 5th Canadian Division

Battles

• See individual Divisions.