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.

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army formation → World War II military unit → airborne corps →
allegiance	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 (attached) →
commanderRank	Lieutenant-General →
commandStructure	Allied airborne command in Europe →
conflict	Second World War →
corpsLevel	corps →
country	United Kingdom →
formedInConflict	Second World War →
garrisonLabel	United Kingdom (wartime home base) →
hasAbbreviation	I Airborne Corps →
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	Lieutenant-General Frederick Arthur Montague Browning →
notableFor	commanding multiple parachute and air-landing divisions in major Allied operations →
operationalTheatre	Northwest Europe →
partOf	British Army of the Second World War →
subordinateTo	21st Army Group → First Allied Airborne Army →
timePeriod	1940s →
tookPartIn	Allied airborne operations in Northwest Europe → Battle of Arnhem → Operation Market Garden → Rhine crossings in 1945 →
typeOfFormation	corps-level formation →
usesTacticalDoctrine	air-landing operations → airborne assault →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
I Airborne Corps →	hasAbbreviation
British 1st Airborne Division →	higherCommand
Frederick Browning →	notableCommand