Mediterranean Theater of Operations

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World War II theater theater of war

The Mediterranean Theater of Operations was a major World War II combat zone encompassing Allied and Axis military campaigns across North Africa, Southern Europe, and surrounding seas.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II theater → theater of war →
alsoKnownAs	MTO →
belligerent	Commonwealth forces → Free French forces → Germany → Italy → United Kingdom → United States →
conflict	World War II →
country	United States →
endTime	1945 →
includesOperation	Allied campaign in Greece → Allied campaign in the Balkans → Allied invasion of Italy → Allied invasion of Sicily → Battle of El Alamein → Battle of Kasserine Pass → Dodecanese campaign → Italian campaign → Mediterranean U-boat campaign → Naval operations in the Mediterranean Sea → North African campaign → Operation Avalanche → Operation Husky → Operation Torch → Siege of Tobruk → Tunisian campaign → Western Desert campaign →
location	Adriatic Sea → Aegean Sea → Balkans → Central Mediterranean → Crete → Eastern Mediterranean → Egypt → Greece → Italy → Libya → Mediterranean Sea → Middle East → North Africa → Sicily → Southern Europe → Tunisia → Tyrrhenian Sea → Western Mediterranean → Yugoslavia →
operator	Allied forces → United States Army →
opponent	Axis powers → Kingdom of Italy → Nazi Germany →
partOf	European theatre of World War II →
significantEvent	fall of Rome in 1944 → surrender of Axis forces in North Africa →
startTime	1940 →
strategicImportance	access to Middle Eastern oil → control of Mediterranean sea lanes → invasion route into Southern Europe →
timePeriod	1939–1945 →

Referenced by (89)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
15th Army Group → 3rd Infantry Division → Allied air forces ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Allied invasion of Sicily → Army Group A ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Battle of Anzio → Battle of Kasserine Pass → Battle of Monte Cassino → Battle of Ortona → Battle of Salerno → Battle of the Volturno Line → Bomber Wing 53 ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Commander-in-Chief South ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Commander-in-Chief South ("Southern European theatre of World War II") → Fifteenth Air Force → Husky → II Corps (United States) → Luftflotte 2 ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Mediterranean Allied Air Forces → Operation Avalanche → Operation Avalanche → Operation Baytown ("Mediterranean Theatre of World War II") → Operation Dragoon → Operation Slapstick → Special Operations Branch → Twelfth Air Force → U.S. Fifth Army → U.S. VI Corps →	theater
Allied High Command → Allied forces ("Mediterranean Theater") → Allies of World War II ("Mediterranean Theater") → Commander-in-Chief Luftflotte 2 ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ("Mediterranean Theater") → Fighter Wing 52 ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Free French Forces ("Middle East theatre of World War II") → Lockheed P-38 Lightning → Ob. Süd ("Mediterranean theater of World War II") → Ob. Süd ("Southern European theater of World War II") → Operational Groups → Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") →	theaterOfOperations
1st Airlanding Brigade ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → 2nd Parachute Brigade ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Balkan Campaign ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Battle of Nibeiwa ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → British 1st Airborne Division ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → British XXX Corps ("Mediterranean Theatre of Operations") → Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy → Italian invasion of Egypt ("Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II") → Operation Compass ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Operation Ladbroke ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Operation Torch →	theatre
Cant Z.1007 Alcione ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Fiat BR.20 Cicogna ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Fiat CR.42 Falco ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Macchi C.202 Folgore → Macchi C.205 Veltro ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → North American B-25B Mitchell ("Mediterranean Theater") → Supermarine Seafire ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Window (radar countermeasures) →	usedInTheater
Allied invasion of Sicily ("Mediterranean Theater of World War II") → Battle of Malta ("Mediterranean Theater of World War II") → Dodecanese campaign ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → North African campaign → Operation Halberd ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Operation Pedestal ("Mediterranean Theater of World War II") → Tunisian campaign →	partOf
9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry ("Mediterranean theatre (Second World War)") → British X Corps ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Hans-Valentin Hube ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → National Republican Air Force ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") →	theatreOfOperations
Commander-in-Chief South ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Commander-in-Chief South ("Southern European theatre of World War II") →	appliesToPart
RAF Coastal Command ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") → Regia Aeronautica ("Battle of the Mediterranean") →	conflict
World War II Victory Medal ("European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations") →	campaign
Italian armistice of 1943 ("Mediterranean Theater of World War II") →	context
European Theater of Operations ("Mediterranean Theater") →	frontType
Operation Bodyguard ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") →	location
World War II CIB →	locationOfUse
Combined Chiefs of Staff ("Mediterranean theater strategy") →	notableWork
Italian Co-belligerent Air Force ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") →	operatedIn
OSS →	operationalTheater
Commander-in-Chief South ("Allied forces in the Mediterranean") →	opponent
Alfred Gause ("Mediterranean theater of World War II") →	participatedIn
Middle East theatre of World War II ("Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II") →	relatedTo
MTO →	standsFor
Operation Vulcan →	theaterOfWar
Vickers Wellington ("Mediterranean theatre of World War II") →	usedInTheatre
Jacob L. Devers →	workLocation