Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command

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military position senior British military post theatre commander

The Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command was the senior British military post responsible for directing Allied land operations in the Middle East theatre during the Second World War.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command	2
Commander-in-Chief British Forces Middle East	1
Commander-in-Chief Middle East	1
Commander-in-Chief RAF Middle East	1
Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Theatre	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military position ⓘ senior British military post ⓘ theatre commander ⓘ
alliance	Allies of World War II ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Middle East Command ⓘ Middle East theatre of World War II ⓘ
conflict	Iraq campaign (1941) ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Iraqi War Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran East African campaign ⓘ North African campaign ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign North African campaign ⓘ surface form: Western Desert campaign
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1943 ⓘ
firstHolder	Lord Wavell ⓘ surface form: General Sir Archibald Wavell
headquarters	Cairo ⓘ surface form: Cairo, Egypt
inception	1940 ⓘ
location	Cairo ⓘ Egypt ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
notableCommander	Lord Wavell ⓘ surface form: Archibald Wavell Claude Auchinleck ⓘ Harold Alexander ⓘ
officeHolder	Lord Wavell ⓘ surface form: General Sir Archibald Wavell General Sir Claude Auchinleck ⓘ Harold Alexander ⓘ surface form: General Sir Harold Alexander
partOf	British Armed Forces ⓘ British Army ⓘ
replacedBy	Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Theatre
responsibleFor	coordination of British and Commonwealth ground forces in the Middle East ⓘ defence of East Africa ⓘ defence of Egypt ⓘ defence of Iraq ⓘ defence of Palestine ⓘ defence of Sudan ⓘ defence of the Suez Canal ⓘ direction of Allied land operations in the Middle East theatre ⓘ operational control of Eighth Army ⓘ operational control of Western Desert Force ⓘ
scope	land operations ⓘ
subordinateTo	British Chiefs of Staff Committee ⓘ Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
theatre	Middle East ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ
usedFor	coordination with Royal Air Force Middle East Command ⓘ coordination with Royal Navy forces in the Mediterranean ⓘ strategic planning of land campaigns in the Middle East ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Claude Auchinleck → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ⓘ

Auchinleck → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ⓘ

subject surface form: Claude Auchinleck

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command

Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief Middle East

Henry Maitland Wilson → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command

Lord Wavell → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ⓘ

Peter Harding → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief British Forces Middle East

Sholto Douglas → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief RAF Middle East

Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command → replacedBy → Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Theatre