British 48th Airborne Division

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Airborne_Forces
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:British_airborne_operations
British_military_history
NATO_operations
British_airborne_doctrine
gptkbp:battleHonors gptkb:Arnhem
gptkbp:commanded Major General
gptkbp:commandStructure gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:deployedTo Europe
gptkbp:disbanded 1948
gptkbp:equipment Airborne_Forces_equipment
gptkbp:formed 1943
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Aldershot
Aldershot,_Hampshire
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Operation_Bluecoat
gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Market Garden
Battle of Normandy
Operation Overlord
Operation Dragoon
Operation Charnwood
Operation Epsom
Operation Neptune
Operation Plunder
Operation Varsity
Operation Veritable
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 20th century
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First British airborne division
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British 48th Airborne Division
gptkbp:involvedIn D-Day operations
Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:knownFor Airborne operations
Rapid deployment
gptkbp:legacy Influenced future airborne units
gptkbp:motto The_Sky_is_the_Limit
gptkbp:nickname The 48th
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Market Garden
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:operationalRole Rapid response
gptkbp:operationalStatus Inactive
gptkbp:participatedIn Battle of Arnhem
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:recruitment Regular_Army
gptkbp:replacedBy 16 Air Assault Brigade
gptkbp:role Airborne Assault
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:size Division
gptkbp:successor 16 Air Assault Brigade
gptkbp:training Parachute training
gptkbp:type gptkb:Airborne_Division