I Airborne Corps

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British Army formation World War II military unit airborne corps

I Airborne Corps was a British World War II airborne corps-level formation that commanded multiple parachute and air-landing divisions in major Allied operations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
I Airborne Corps canonical	4
1st Airborne Corps Troops	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army formation ⓘ World War II military unit ⓘ airborne corps ⓘ
allegiance	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allies
associatedWith	British airborne forces ⓘ glider infantry ⓘ parachute infantry ⓘ
branch	British Army ⓘ
commandedUnit	1st Airborne Division ⓘ 6th Airborne Division ⓘ American airborne formations (attached in operations) ⓘ Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade ⓘ surface form: Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade (attached)
commanderRank	Lieutenant-General ⓘ
commandStructure	Allied Expeditionary Air Force ⓘ surface form: Allied airborne command in Europe
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
corpsLevel	corps ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
formedInConflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
garrisonLabel	United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom (wartime home base)
hasAbbreviation	I Airborne Corps self-link ⓘ
hasUnitType	air-landing troops ⓘ parachute troops ⓘ
historicalEra	World War II era ⓘ
militaryBranchSpecialization	airborne forces ⓘ
militaryFunction	coordinating parachute and glider-borne forces ⓘ planning airborne operations ⓘ
militaryRole	airborne warfare ⓘ corps-level command ⓘ
notableCommander	Major-General Frederick Arthur Montague Browning ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant-General Frederick Arthur Montague Browning
notableFor	commanding multiple parachute and air-landing divisions in major Allied operations ⓘ
operationalTheatre	Northwest Europe ⓘ
partOf	British Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ surface form: British Army of the Second World War
subordinateTo	21st Army Group ⓘ First Allied Airborne Army ⓘ
timePeriod	1940s ⓘ
tookPartIn	Allied airborne operations in Northwest Europe ⓘ Operation Market Garden ⓘ surface form: Battle of Arnhem Operation Market Garden ⓘ Rhine crossings in 1945 ⓘ
typeOfFormation	corps-level formation ⓘ
usesTacticalDoctrine	air-landing operations ⓘ airborne assault ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

British 1st Airborne Division → higherCommand → I Airborne Corps ⓘ

Frederick Browning → notableCommand → I Airborne Corps ⓘ

I Airborne Corps → hasAbbreviation → I Airborne Corps self-link ⓘ

1st Airborne Division → higherFormation → I Airborne Corps ⓘ

British I Airborne Corps → subordinateUnit → I Airborne Corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1st Airborne Corps Troops