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

Operation Garden → airborneLinkupWith → British 1st Airborne Division →
Red Devils → associatedWith → British 1st Airborne Division →
this entity surface form: "1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)"
Operation Slapstick → forceInvolved → British 1st Airborne Division →
Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade → foughtAlongside → British 1st Airborne Division →
Operation Market Garden → involvesUnit → British 1st Airborne Division →
Red Devils → nicknameFor → British 1st Airborne Division →
this entity surface form: "1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)"
Frederick Browning → notableCommand → British 1st Airborne Division →
this entity surface form: "1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)"
Major-General Eric Down → partOf → British 1st Airborne Division →
subject surface form: "Eric Down"
Roy Urquhart → partOf → British 1st Airborne Division →
this entity surface form: "1st Airborne Division"
Major-General Roy Urquhart → partOf → British 1st Airborne Division →
subject surface form: "Roy Urquhart"
this entity surface form: "British I Airborne Corps"
General Officer Commanding 1st Airborne Division → shortForm → British 1st Airborne Division →
this entity surface form: "GOC 1st Airborne Division"
First Allied Airborne Army → subordinateUnit → British 1st Airborne Division →
this entity surface form: "1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)"
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