British 47th Airborne Division

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring 1943
1948
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:British_Parachute_Association
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:NATO
gptkbp:branch Army
gptkbp:celebrates Airborne forces memorials
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1948
gptkbp:engagements Operation Market Garden
Operation Varsity
gptkbp:equipment various airborne vehicles
gptkbp:established 1943
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Aldershot
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Aldershot
Aldershot,_Hampshire
gptkbp:historicalRole Key role in airborne operations
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First British airborne division
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British 47th Airborne Division
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:Parachute_Regiment_badge
gptkbp:legacy Influence on modern airborne units
gptkbp:motto The Airborne
gptkbp:nickname The 47th
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Major_General_John_Hackett
gptkbp:notableOperations Battle of the Bulge
Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Battle of Arnhem
D-Day landings
Operation Plunder
Operation Varsity
Cold_War_deployments
Liberation_of_Europe
Post-war_operations_in_Palestine
gptkbp:operationalHistory gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:role Airborne operations
gptkbp:size approximately 10,000 personnel
gptkbp:successor 16 Air Assault Brigade
gptkbp:supportRole Special operations training
Logistics and supply
Airborne assault
gptkbp:traditions Airborne forces traditions
gptkbp:training parachute training
gptkbp:type gptkb:Airborne_Division
gptkbp:uniform Camouflage_pattern