1st Airborne Division

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British Army formation airborne division

The 1st Airborne Division was a British Army airborne formation of World War II, best known for its major role in operations such as the Battle of Arnhem during Operation Market Garden.

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Label Occurrences
1st Airborne Division canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army formation ⓘ
airborne division ⓘ
activeDuring World War II ⓘ
alliedWith Canadian Army ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces in the West ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
associatedWith Operation Market Garden failure ⓘ
battleHonour Arnhem 1944 ⓘ
Italy 1943–44 ⓘ
North Africa 1942–43 ⓘ
componentUnit 1st Airborne Divisional Artillery ⓘ
1st Airborne Divisional Engineers ⓘ
1st Airborne Divisional Medical Services ⓘ
1st Airborne Divisional Service Corps ⓘ
1st Airborne Divisional Signals ⓘ
1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron ⓘ
1st Airlanding Brigade ⓘ
1st Parachute Brigade ⓘ
4th Parachute Brigade ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
engagement Operation Market Garden ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Arnhem

Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Italian Campaign

Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Operation Husky

Operation Slapstick ⓘ
Operation Torch ⓘ
garrisonDuringWWII United Kingdom ⓘ
higherFormation First Allied Airborne Army ⓘ
I Airborne Corps ⓘ
legacy influence on post-war British airborne doctrine ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRole airborne assault ⓘ
seizing and holding key objectives ⓘ
notableCommander Major-General Frederick Arthur Montague Browning ⓘ
Major-General George F. Hopkinson ⓘ
Major-General Roy Urquhart ⓘ
notableEngagement Operation Market Garden ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Arnhem
notableFor airborne operations behind enemy lines ⓘ
heavy casualties at Arnhem ⓘ
notableUnitType airlanding infantry ⓘ
parachute infantry ⓘ
operation Operation Market Garden ⓘ
partOf British airborne forces ⓘ
roleInOperationMarketGarden airborne assault on Arnhem ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean Theatre of Operations

Northwest Europe ⓘ
transportMethod glider-borne assault ⓘ
parachute drop ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Officer Commanding 1st Airborne Division → appliesToUnit → 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
General Officer Commanding 1st Airborne Division → garrisonedForce → 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
Red Devils → refersTo → 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
I Airborne Corps → commandedUnit → 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
1st Airlanding Brigade → partOf → 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
Major-General Roy Urquhart → partOf → 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
subject surface form: Roy Urquhart
Major-General Roy Urquhart → militaryUnit → 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
subject surface form: Roy Urquhart
Hell’s Highway → associatedWithUnit → 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
No. 38 Group RAF → supportedUnit → 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment → associatedWithFormation → 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
British I Airborne Corps → subordinateUnit → 1st Airborne Division ⓘ