Frederick Browning Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Frederick Browning, based on 6 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

6 records1941–19456 events3 places

Chronological biography

1941

Airbourne Division1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of First Air Corps

Founds the British Armys 1st Airbourne Division. Commands the Bruneval raid & invasions of north Africa & Sicily

1942

Operation Biting27 February 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of Airborne Forces · Bruneval

British airborne planning supports the Bruneval radar raid.

1944

Market GardenJune 1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of First Air Corps · Arnhem

At the Battle of Arnhem makes the comment "I think we might be going a bridge too far"

Operation OverlordJune 1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of First Air Corps · Normandy

Commands the 1st Airbourne Division during the Normandy landings

1945

Result of Surrender of JapanJune 1945

Warfare / World War, 2nd · COS

Japan's capitulation ends organised Japanese resistance across the wider Allied command area.

Surrender of JapanJune 1945

Warfare / World War, 2nd · COS

As COS to Mountbatten oversees the surrender of Japan

Titles and roles

Commander of Airborne Forces · Commander of First Air Corps · COS

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.