15th Army Group

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Allied army group military formation

The 15th Army Group was a high-level Allied command formation in the Mediterranean theater during World War II, overseeing major British and American field armies in the Italian Campaign.

Aliases (2)

15th Army Group in Italy ×2
Allied 15th Army Group ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied army group → military formation →
alliance	Allies of World War II →
campaign	Italian Campaign →
commander	Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis → Mark W. Clark →
commandStructure	multinational force →
conflict	Second World War →
country	United Kingdom → United States of America →
endTime	1945 →
followedBy	Allied Forces in Italy →
formedAs	15th Army Group →
headquartersLocation	Caserta → Italy →
higherCommand	Allied Forces Headquarters →
includedNationality	American → Brazilian → British → Canadian → Indian → New Zealander → Polish → South African →
notableBattle	Battle of Anzio → Battle of Monte Cassino → Gothic Line offensive → Spring 1945 offensive in Italy →
notableCommander	Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis → Mark W. Clark →
notableOperation	Allied advance from Rome to the Po Valley → Allied advance from Salerno to Rome →
operationalArea	Italian Peninsula → Italy →
partOf	Allied Armies in Italy → Allied forces in the Mediterranean →
precededBy	Allied Armies in Italy →
role	coordination of British and American field armies in Italy → strategic direction of ground operations in the Italian Campaign →
startTime	1943 →
subordinateUnit	1st Canadian Armoured Brigade → Brazilian Expeditionary Force → British Eighth Army → Canadian I Corps → Jewish Brigade → New Zealand Corps → Polish II Corps → U.S. Fifth Army →
theater	Mediterranean Theater of Operations →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander → Mark W. Clark ("15th Army Group in Italy") → Mark W. Clark ("15th Army Group in Italy") →	notableCommand
15th Army Group →	formedAs
II Corps (United States) ("Allied 15th Army Group") →	higherFormation
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis →	notableCommanderOf
Eighth Army (United Kingdom) →	partOf
U.S. Fifth Army →	subordinateTo