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Allied air forces

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air force coalition military alliance

Allied air forces were the combined military aviation units of countries such as Britain, the United States, and their allies that fought against the Axis powers during World War II.

Aliases (3)

Allied air forces in World War II ×2
Allied forces ×2
Allied Air Forces ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air force coalition → military alliance →
conflict	World War II →
coordinatedWith	Royal Air Force → Royal Canadian Air Force → Soviet Air Forces → United States Army Air Forces →
country	Australia → Belgium → Canada → China → Czechoslovakia → Free French Forces → Greece → India → Netherlands → New Zealand → Norway → Poland → South Africa → Soviet Union → United Kingdom → United States of America →
objective	defeat of Axis powers →
opposed	Axis powers → Imperial Japanese Army Air Service → Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service → Luftwaffe → Regia Aeronautica →
participatedIn	Battle of Britain → Battle of the Atlantic → Combined Bomber Offensive → D-Day → Pacific War →
partOf	Allies of World War II →
role	air defense of Allied territory → protection of Allied shipping lanes → strategic bombing of Axis industry → support of ground operations →
theater	European theatre of World War II → Mediterranean theatre of World War II → Pacific theatre of World War II →
timePeriod	1939–1945 →
usedTactic	air superiority operations → anti-submarine warfare → close air support → maritime patrol → strategic bombing → tactical bombing →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Allied Expeditionary Air Force ("Allied forces") → Ivan Kozhedub ("Allied air forces in World War II") → Mediterranean Allied Air Forces → Uzal G. Ent ("Allied air forces in World War II") →	partOf
Defense of the Ploiești oil fields → Defense of the Reich ("Allied forces") → Jagdgeschwader 26 →	opponent
Black May 1943 → Mediterranean U-boat campaign →	opposedBy
U.S. VI Corps → Yugoslav Partisans →	supportedBy
Allied Naval Forces ("Allied Air Forces") →	coordinatedWith
Black May 1943 →	hasParticipant
Battle of Palembang →	involved
Mediterranean Theater of Operations →	militaryBranch
Gloster Meteor →	operatorType
Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario →	usedAgainst
Gee navigation system →	usedBy
St. Vith →	wasHeavilyBombedBy