Greek Campaign

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World War II campaign military campaign

The Greek Campaign was a World War II Allied operation in 1941 in which British Commonwealth and Greek forces attempted to defend Greece from Axis invasion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Greek Campaign canonical	3
Greek campaign	1
Greek campaign (World War II)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alliance	Allies of World War II ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	German invasion of Greece ⓘ surface form: Battle of Greece
belligerent	Australia ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Kingdom of Greece ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
cause	Italian invasion of Greece ⓘ surface form: Axis invasion of Greece
commander	Alexander Papagos ⓘ Lord Wavell ⓘ surface form: Archibald Wavell Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ Siegmund List ⓘ Wilhelm List ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
consequence	Axis control of mainland Greece ⓘ evacuation of Allied troops to Crete and Egypt ⓘ
countryInvolved	Australia ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Italy ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
endDate	1941-04-30 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Crete ⓘ
involves	British Army ⓘ Greek Army ⓘ surface form: Hellenic Army Luftwaffe ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
location	Balkans ⓘ Greece ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Kleisoura Pass ⓘ Battle of Thermopylae (1941) ⓘ Battle of Vevi ⓘ Battle of the Metaxas Line ⓘ
objective	defend Greece from Axis invasion ⓘ support Greek armed forces ⓘ
opposedBy	Axis powers ⓘ
partOf	World War II ⓘ
precededBy	Italian invasion of Greece ⓘ surface form: Greco-Italian War
result	Axis victory ⓘ occupation of Greece by Axis powers ⓘ
startDate	1941-04-06 ⓘ
theater	Balkan Campaign ⓘ surface form: Balkan campaign of World War II Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II
year	1941 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

2nd New Zealand Division → theatre → Greek Campaign ⓘ

28th (Māori) Battalion → conflict → Greek Campaign ⓘ

European theater → hasPart → Greek Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek campaign (World War II)

5th Indian Infantry Brigade → theatre → Greek Campaign ⓘ

Second Australian Imperial Force → engagement → Greek Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek campaign