British 37th Airborne Division

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring 1943
1945
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Parachute_Regiment
gptkb:Airborne_Forces_Association
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:British_Airborne_Forces
gptkbp:branch Army
gptkbp:celebrates gptkb:Airborne_Forces_Memorial
gptkbp:commandStructure gptkb:British_Army_Command
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1943-02-01
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1945-11-01
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:electronic_warfare gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:engagements Operation Market Garden
Operation Varsity
gptkbp:equipment Paratrooper gear
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:England
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Aldershot
gptkbp:historicalEvent Formation of the Airborne Forces
Modernization of airborne tactics
Post-war restructuring of airborne units
Cold_War_developments_in_airborne_strategy
Integration_into_the_British_Army
gptkbp:historicalRole Airborne Assault
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First British airborne division to be formed
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British 37th Airborne Division
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:Parachute_Regiment_badge
gptkbp:legacy Influenced modern airborne operations
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:37th_Airborne_Division_Association
gptkbp:motto The_Sky's_the_Limit
gptkbp:nickname The Flying Elephants
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Major_General_John_Hackett
gptkbp:notableOperations Battle of the Bulge
D-Day
Battle of Arnhem
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:role Airborne Operations
gptkbp:size Division
gptkbp:successor 16 Air Assault Brigade
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Artillery
gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkbp:training gptkb:RAF_Ringway
gptkbp:type gptkb:Airborne_Division
gptkbp:uniform Camouflage_pattern