Allied combined naval operations

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Allied combined naval operations were the coordinated maritime campaigns and strategies conducted jointly by the Allied powers’ navies during World War II to secure sea control, protect supply lines, and support amphibious assaults.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military operation
naval military campaign
conflict World War II
coordinatedBy Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean
surface form: Allied Naval Commanders-in-Chief

Combined Chiefs of Staff
endTime 1945
hasPart Allied amphibious assault support
Battle of the Atlantic
surface form: Allied anti-submarine warfare campaign

Allied convoy system
Arctic theatre of World War II
surface form: Arctic convoys

Battle of the Atlantic
Indian Ocean Theater of World War II
surface form: Indian Ocean naval operations

Mediterranean naval operations
Operation Neptune
surface form: Normandy landings naval operations

Operation Dragoon naval operations
Allied invasion of Sicily
surface form: Operation Husky naval operations

Operation Torch
surface form: Operation Torch naval operations

Pacific naval operations
objective interdict Axis shipping
protect maritime supply lines
secure sea control
support amphibious landings
transport troops and materiel
opposedBy Imperial Japanese Navy
Kriegsmarine
Italian Navy
surface form: Regia Marina
participant Brazilian Navy
Free French Forces
surface form: Free French Naval Forces

Royal Australian Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Navy
Royal Netherlands Navy
Royal New Zealand Navy
Soviet Navy
United States Navy
result Allied control of major sea lanes
secure transatlantic supply to the United Kingdom
support of Allied invasions in Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific
startTime 1939
supportedOperation Allied strategic bombing campaign
Operation Dragoon
Allied invasion of Sicily
surface form: Operation Husky

Operation Overlord
Operation Torch
theater Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Pacific Ocean
usedDoctrine amphibious warfare doctrine
carrier task force operations
convoy system
joint and combined operations doctrine

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Ernest King influenced Allied combined naval operations
Central Pacific Ocean wasTheaterOf Allied combined naval operations
this entity surface form: World War II naval operations
Royal Navy Submarine Service engagedIn Allied combined naval operations
this entity surface form: World War II naval operations
Allied Naval Commander, Expeditionary Force category Allied combined naval operations
this entity surface form: World War II naval commands