British 1st Airborne Division

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British Army formation airborne infantry division

The British 1st Airborne Division was an elite World War II airborne infantry formation of the British Army, best known for its major role in large-scale parachute and glider operations in Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean.

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Label Occurrences
British 1st Airborne Division canonical 9
1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom) 5
1st Airborne Division 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army formation ⓘ
airborne infantry division ⓘ
activeFrom 1941 ⓘ
activeUntil 1945 ⓘ
allegiance Allies of World War II ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
casualties suffered heavy losses at Arnhem ⓘ
commander Major-General Eric Down ⓘ
Major-General Frederick Arthur Montague Browning ⓘ
Major-General George F. Hopkinson ⓘ
Major-General Roy Urquhart ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedIn 1945 ⓘ
engagedAgainst Waffen-SS ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
fate disbanded after World War II ⓘ
formedFrom independent parachute brigades ⓘ
garrison United Kingdom ⓘ
higherCommand First Allied Airborne Army ⓘ
I Airborne Corps ⓘ
includedUnit 1st Airlanding Brigade ⓘ
1st Parachute Brigade ⓘ
2nd Parachute Brigade ⓘ
divisional artillery ⓘ
divisional engineers ⓘ
divisional signals ⓘ
motto “Ubique” (through Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers components) ⓘ
nickname Red Devils ⓘ
notableBattle Operation Market Garden ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Arnhem
notableFor defence of Arnhem bridgehead in 1944 ⓘ
large-scale glider operations ⓘ
large-scale parachute operations ⓘ
notableOperation Operation Biting (Bruneval Raid support lineage) ⓘ
Operation Ladbroke ⓘ
surface form: Operation Fustian

Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Operation Husky

Operation Ladbroke ⓘ
Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Operation Slapstick ⓘ
Operation Torch ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
role airborne infantry ⓘ
glider-borne infantry operations ⓘ
parachute operations ⓘ
theatre Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Italian Campaign

Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II

North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign

Western Europe ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Europe
tradition red beret of British airborne forces ⓘ

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Operation Market Garden → involvesUnit → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
Roy Urquhart → partOf → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Airborne Division
Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade → foughtAlongside → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
Operation Garden → airborneLinkupWith → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
Operation Slapstick → forceInvolved → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
General Officer Commanding 1st Airborne Division → shortForm → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: GOC 1st Airborne Division
Frederick Browning → notableCommand → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
Red Devils → associatedWith → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
Red Devils → nicknameFor → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
Major-General Roy Urquhart → partOf → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
subject surface form: Roy Urquhart
this entity surface form: British I Airborne Corps
Major-General Eric Down → partOf → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
subject surface form: Eric Down
First Allied Airborne Army → subordinateUnit → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
Ponte Grande bridge → keyObjectiveFor → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
Operation Market → involvedUnit → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
Airborne at the Bridge → commemorates → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
Rhine bridge at Arnhem → assaultedBy → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
Pegasus (emblem of British airborne forces) → associatedWith → British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)