# I Corps (Netherlands) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/I_Corps_(Netherlands) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/I_Corps_(Netherlands).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Corps_(Netherlands) > Source revision: 1347449103 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Dutch. (February 2019) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Dutch Wikipedia article at [[:nl:1e Legerkorps (Nederland)]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|nl|1e Legerkorps (Nederland)}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. Dutch [M113 armored personnel carriers](/source/M113_armored_personnel_carrier) in action during Exercise Big Ferro in [West Germany](/source/West_Germany) in 1973 MBT [Leopard 2](/source/Leopard_2), [Seedorf, Lower Saxony](/source/Seedorf%2C_Lower_Saxony), in 1986. The **I [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) Corps** was an [army corps](/source/Army_corps) of the [Royal Netherlands Army](/source/Royal_Netherlands_Army). It formed after the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) and after the fall of the [Iron Curtain](/source/Iron_Curtain) was disestablished. ## World War II (1940) The I Army Corps (Dutch: *I. Legerkorps*) was a prior, separate formation of the Royal Netherlands Army mobilized in April 1940 and served as one of the four principal corps of the [Field Army](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Field_Army_(Netherlands)&action=edit&redlink=1) (*Veldleger*) during the [Battle of the Netherlands](/source/Battle_of_the_Netherlands). The Corps was tasked with the central defence of the [Fortress Holland](/source/Fortress_Holland) (*Vesting Holland*). It was commanded by Lieutenant General Baron D. H. van Doorninck.[1] ### Order of Battle (May 10, 1940) The structure of the I Army Corps on the eve of the German invasion was as follows:[2] - **Corps Headquarters** (Staf I. Legerkorps) - **Subordinate Divisions** (Two infantry divisions): - [1st Division](/source/1st_Division_(Netherlands)) (*1e Divisie*) - [3rd Division](/source/3rd_Division_(Netherlands)) (*3e Divisie*) - **Corps Troops** (Artillery, Engineers, and Support): - *1st Motorised Artillery Regiment* (1e Regiment Motor-Artillerie) - *2nd Heavy Artillery Battalion* (2e Bataljon Zware Artillerie) - *1st Anti-Tank Company* (1e Compagnie Pantserafweergeschut) - *1st Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Company* (1e Compagnie Luchtdoel Mitrailleurs) - *1st Signals Battalion* (1e Bataljon Verbindingstroepen) - *1st Engineer Battalion* (1e Bataljon Pontonniers) - *1st Railway Engineer Company* (1e Spoorweg Genisten Compagnie) - **Detached Units:** - III Battalion, 4th Regiment Grenadiers (III-4 Regiment Grenadiers) detached to Group Merwede The Corps was disbanded following the surrender of the Dutch forces in May 1940 and was later reactivated for its Cold War role. ### Navigation v t e Royal Netherlands Army Field Army (Veldleger) Structure – May 1940 I Army Corps 1st Division 3rd Division II Army Corps 2nd Division 4th Division IV Army Corps 7th Division 8th Division Independent Commands Light Division Peel Division ## Cold War and NATO (1945–1995) In January 1949, the government agreed to the establishment of an army corps. In the same year, the [North Atlantic Treaty Organization](/source/North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization) was established. In 1955, after joining [West Germany](/source/Federal_Republic_of_Germany_(1949-1990)) to NATO, the 1st Army Corps was made responsible for the defense of a part of the [North German Plain](/source/North_German_Plain). The army corps was part of the [Northern Army Group](/source/Northern_Army_Group) of NATO. From 1963 onwards, part of the army corps was actually stationed in Germany, namely in [Seedorf](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seedorf_(military_camp)&action=edit&redlink=1). The corps's war assignment, as formulated by Commander, [Northern Army Group](/source/Northern_Army_Group) (COMNORTHAG), would be to:[3] - Assume responsibility for its corps sector and relieve 1st German Corps forces as soon as possible. - Fight the covering force battle in accordance with COMNORTHAG's concept of operations. - In the main defensive battle: (1) hold and destroy the forces of the enemy's leading armies conventionally as far east as possible, maintaining cohesion with 1 (GE) Corps; (2) in the event of a major penetration affecting 1 (NL) Corps sector, be prepared to hold the area between the roads A7 and B3 and to conduct a counterattack according to COMNORTHAG's concept of operations. - Maintain cohesion with LANDJUT and secure NORTHAG's left flank in the Forward Combat Zone. ## Structure **I NL Corps** **4 Divisie** 41 Pantser 42 Pantserinf. 43 Pantserinf. **[3 Panzer](/source/3rd_Panzer_Division_(Bundeswehr))** 7 PzGren. 8 Panzer [9 Panzer](/source/Panzerlehrbrigade_9) 3 Art. I NL Corps and its assigned German units and Dutch units based or earmarked for rapid deployment to Germany in 1989 After the Second World War until July 18, 1995[4] the [Royal Netherlands Army](/source/Royal_Netherlands_Army) had one army corps (1st Army Corps) of three divisions (1st Division "7 December", 4th, and 5th) and army corps troops. [First Division "7 December"](/source/First_Division_%227_December%22) was withdrawn from the East Indies in 1949–1950 and spent the remainder of the [Cold War](/source/Cold_War) as part of [NATO](/source/NATO) [Northern Army Group](/source/Northern_Army_Group)'s I (Netherlands) Corps as a deterrent against a [Soviet](/source/Soviet) attack on [West Germany](/source/West_Germany). In 1985, it had its headquarters at [Schaarsbergen](/source/Schaarsbergen), and divisional troops included the 102nd Reconnaissance Battalion (maintained through the Dutch mobilisation system RIM) at [Hoogland](/source/Hoogland).[5] ## See also - [NORTHAG wartime structure in 1989](/source/NORTHAG_wartime_structure_in_1989) - [Belgian Forces in Germany](/source/Belgian_Forces_in_Germany) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Doorninck_1-0)** War Department (1942). [*Handbook on the Netherlands and Netherlands East Indies Armies*](https://archive.org/details/handbookonnether00unit/page/24/mode=2up). U.S. War Department. p. 24. Retrieved 2023-11-20. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Icorps_2-0)** ["I. Legerkorps – Dutch Army Order of Battle – May 10th, 1940"](https://dutcharmy1940.art.blog/i-legerkorps/). *Dutch Army 1940 Order of Battle*. Retrieved 2024-06-25. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** a-d quoted from Felius, Einde oefening. Infanterist tijdens de Koude Oorlog (Arnhem: Uitgeverij Quintijn, 2002), 305, via Hans Boersma, [I (NL) Corps](http://www.orbat85.nl/order-of-battle/royal-army/1-nl-corps/1-lk.html), accessed 4 April 2012 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [dood-lang-leve-het-legerkorps.dhtml Trouw](https://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5009/Archief/archief/article/detail/2704441/1995/08/29/Het-legerkorps-is-) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Isby, David C.; Kamps, Charles Tustin (1985). *Armies of NATO's Central Front*. Jane's Publishing Company. p. 331. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780710603418](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780710603418). ## External links - [Webpage on 1st Korps, 1985](http://www.orbat85.nl/order-of-battle/royal-army/1-nl-corps/1-lk.html) - [Inventaris van het archief van de stafonderdelen van het 1e legerkorps en de daaronder ressorterende divisies, (1945-1947) 1949-1994 (gahetna.nl)](http://www.gahetna.nl/collectie/archief/pdf/NL-HaNA_2.13.148.ead.pdf) - Alter, Fritz. ["Gliederung und Stationierung der niederländischen Streitkräfte in Deutschland im Jahre 1989"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170322100041/http://www.relikte.com/_basis/docs/nlsd-1.pdf) (PDF). *Relikte.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.relikte.com/_basis/docs/nlsd-1.pdf) (PDF) on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [I Corps (Netherlands)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Corps_(Netherlands)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Corps_(Netherlands)?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.