Dodecanese campaign

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World War II campaign military campaign

The Dodecanese campaign was a World War II Allied attempt to seize the Italian-held Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea in 1943, which ended in a costly defeat and German occupation of the islands.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Dodecanese campaign canonical	5
Dodecanese Campaign	2
Aegean Sea naval operations	1
Aegean Sea operations	1
Aegean campaign of 1943	1
Allied Dodecanese campaign	1
Allied Dodecanese operations	1
Battle of Leros	1
Battles of the Dodecanese campaign	1
Dodecanese Islands campaign	1
Dodecanese operations	1
German occupation of the Dodecanese	1
Invasion of Kos	1
Italian occupation of the Dodecanese	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alliedCommander	Francis Russell Gurney Hoare ⓘ Harold Alexander ⓘ Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ Inigo Campioni ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dodecanese campaign ⓘ surface form: Dodecanese Islands campaign Dodecanese campaign ⓘ surface form: Dodecanese operations
belligerent	Free Greek forces ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
cause	Italian armistice of September 1943 ⓘ
characterizedBy	fragmented Allied command structure ⓘ lack of Allied air superiority ⓘ logistical difficulties for the Allies ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
consequence	continued German control of the Aegean Sea ⓘ failure to establish Allied bases close to the Balkans ⓘ prolonged German occupation of the Dodecanese until 1945 ⓘ
countryInvolved	Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Italy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime	1943-11 ⓘ
follows	Italian armistice of 1943 ⓘ surface form: Italian surrender in World War II
hasPart	Battle of Kos ⓘ Dodecanese campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Leros Battle of Samos ⓘ air operations over the Aegean Sea ⓘ
location	Aegean Sea ⓘ Dodecanese ⓘ surface form: Dodecanese Islands Greece ⓘ
militaryTheatre	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
notableEvent	German airborne and seaborne assault on Leros ⓘ heavy Luftwaffe air attacks on Allied positions ⓘ rapid German capture of Kos ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the last major German victories in the Mediterranean theatre ⓘ
objective	seizure of Italian-held Dodecanese Islands by the Allies ⓘ
opponentCommander	Bruno Bräuer ⓘ Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller ⓘ Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben ⓘ
partOf	Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II
result	Allied defeat ⓘ Dodecanese campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: German occupation of the Dodecanese German victory ⓘ
startTime	1943-09 ⓘ
strategicObjective	to encourage Turkey to join the Allies ⓘ to use the Dodecanese as bases against German positions in the Balkans ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Mediterranean Theater of Operations → includesOperation → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

MTO → notableCampaign → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: Mediterranean Theater of Operations

Dodecanese campaign → result → Dodecanese campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: German occupation of the Dodecanese

Dodecanese campaign → hasPart → Dodecanese campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Leros

Dodecanese campaign → alsoKnownAs → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dodecanese Islands campaign

Dodecanese campaign → alsoKnownAs → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dodecanese operations

Italo-Turkish War → consequence → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian occupation of the Dodecanese

Balkan theatre of World War II → hasPart → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dodecanese Campaign

Balkan theatre of World War II → hasPart → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aegean Sea naval operations

Battle of Kos → partOf → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied Dodecanese operations

Battle of Kos → alsoKnownAs → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Kos

Battle of Kos → campaign → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aegean campaign of 1943

Battle of Samos → partOf → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

Battle of Samos → militaryTheatre → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aegean Sea operations

Battle of Samos → category → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battles of the Dodecanese campaign

Battle of the Mediterranean → hasPart → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

Battle of Leros → partOf → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dodecanese Campaign

Battle of Leros → partOf → Dodecanese campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied Dodecanese campaign