European theatre of World War II

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part of World War II theatre of war

The European theatre of World War II was the major front of the conflict in Europe, encompassing the campaigns and battles fought primarily between the Allied and Axis powers across the continent from 1939 to 1945.

Aliases (13)

World War II in Europe ×12
European Theater of Operations ×11
European theater of World War II ×7
European Theater of World War II ×5
European Theater ×3
European Theater of Operations in World War II ×1
European Theatre of Operations ×1
Italian theater of World War II ×1
Second World War in Europe ×1
Western Front ×1
Western Front of World War II ×1
World War II European theater ×1
World War II in Eastern Europe ×1

Statements (83)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	part of World War II → theatre of war →
alsoKnownAs	ETO → European Theater of Operations →
belligerent	Allied powers → Axis powers →
campaign	Balkan Campaign → Battle of Britain → Battle of France → Battle of the Atlantic → Eastern Front → Invasion of Poland → Italian Campaign → Normandy Campaign → North African Campaign → Operation Barbarossa → Strategic bombing campaign in Europe → Western Front →
casualties	tens of millions of military and civilian deaths →
conflictType	major front of World War II →
endDate	1945-05-08 →
endEvent	German Instrument of Surrender →
endEventDate	1945-05-07 → 1945-05-08 →
feature	Holocaust occurred in this theatre → extensive use of armoured warfare → large-scale strategic bombing of cities → major partisan and resistance movements →
involvedCountry	Albania → Austria → Belgium → Bulgaria → Canada → Czechoslovakia → Denmark → Finland → France → Germany → Greece → Hungary → Italy → Luxembourg → Netherlands → Norway → Poland → Portugal → Romania → Soviet Union → Spain → Sweden → Switzerland → Turkey → United Kingdom → United States → Yugoslavia →
keyEvent	Allied invasion of Italy → Allied invasion of Normandy → Fall of France → German invasion of Poland → German invasion of the Soviet Union → German surrender →
location	Europe → Mediterranean Sea → North Atlantic Ocean →
mainOpponent	Fascist Italy → Imperial Japan → Nazi Germany →
notableBattle	Battle of Berlin → Battle of El Alamein → Battle of Kursk → Battle of Stalingrad → Battle of the Bulge → D-Day landings → Siege of Leningrad →
partOf	World War II →
relatedAgreement	Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact → Potsdam Conference → Yalta Conference →
result	Defeat of Nazi Germany → Division of Germany → Emergence of Cold War in Europe → Occupation of Germany →
startDate	1939-09-01 →

Referenced by (162)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
10th Army → 12th Army Group ("European Theater of Operations") → 1st Parachute Brigade → 2nd Light Division → 8th Army → Advance to the Elbe → Allied air forces → Allied invasion of Sicily ("European Theater of Operations") → Battle of Dombås → Battle of Drøbak Sound → Battle of Hamburg → Battle of Midtskogen → Battle of Mokra → Battle of Moscow → Battle of Muonio → Battle of Perekop (1941) → Battle of Uman → Battle of the Bulge ("European Theater of Operations") → Battle of the Bzura → Battle of the Don Bend → Bryansk pocket → Capture of Cologne → Capture of Frankfurt → Capture of Munich → Colmar Pocket → Erprobungskommando 262 → European Theater of Operations, United States Army ("European Theater of World War II") → French II Corps → German 352nd Infantry Division → Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 ("European theater of World War II") → Mozhaisk defensive line → Operation Fortitude → Operation Hydra → Operation Mars → Operation Mondscheinsonate → Operation Plunder ("European Theater of Operations") → Operation Slapstick ("Italian theater of World War II") → Operation Spring Awakening → Operation Tidal Wave ("European Theater of Operations") → Operation Typhoon → Red Devils → Saar Offensive → Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 → U.S. 101st Airborne Division ("European Theater of Operations in World War II") → Vyazma pocket → Warsaw–Praga offensive →	theater
Allied bombing of Germany → Allied bombing of Hungary → Allied operations in Western Europe → Balkan Campaign → Battle of Berlin → Battle of Britain → Battle of the Atlantic → Bombing of Wieluń → Case White → Defense of the Ploiești oil fields → Defense of the Reich → German occupation of Italy → German-occupied Europe → Italian campaign → Mediterranean Theater of Operations → North African campaign → Obrona Helu → Operation Dragoon ("European Theater of World War II") → Operation Weser Exercise → Phoney War → Plan White → Tunisian campaign → Warsaw Uprising → Western Front (World War II) →	partOf
1st Airlanding Brigade → 2nd Parachute Brigade → Battle of Berlin → Battle of Berlin (air campaign) → Battle of Britain ("Western Front of World War II") → Battle of Dunkirk → Battle of Hel → Battle of Narvik → Battle of Smolensk (1941) → Battle of the Reichswald → Battle of the Ruhr → Fall Weiss → No. 11 Group RAF → No. 11 Squadron RAF → No. 13 Group RAF → Operation Chastise → Operation Garden → Operation Wilfred → Royal Air Force Bomber Command → Unternehmen Barbarossa → Upkeep bouncing bomb →	theatre
6th Battalion, Green Howards → 7th Battalion, Green Howards → 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry → No. 12 Group RAF → No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron → Trafford Leigh-Mallory →	theatreOfOperations
Allied High Command ("European Theater of Operations") → Allied forces ("European Theater") → Allies of World War II ("European Theater") → Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ("European Theater of Operations") → Free French Forces →	theaterOfOperations
Leopold Okulicki ("World War II in Europe") → Luftwaffe High Command → MG 81 → United States Army Air Forces ("European Theater of Operations") →	conflict
Franciszek Dąbrowski → KG 53 → Operation Gomorrah ("European theater of World War II") → Sholto Douglas →	militaryTheater
Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1940 minelaying operations area) → Gold Beach → Moonlight Sonata →	theatreOfWar
Gee navigation system → Oboe → Vickers Wellington →	usedInTheatre
European Theater of Operations ("European Theatre of Operations") → European theatre of World War II ("European Theater of Operations") →	alsoKnownAs
Dieppe Raid → Son bridge →	front
World War II → World War II ("Western Front") →	hasPart
Drôle de guerre → German attack on Westerplatte →	hasTheater
Allied Expeditionary Air Force ("World War II in Europe") → Slovak Air Force (WWII) ("World War II in Europe") →	historicalPeriod
Kampfgeschwader 53 ("European theater of World War II") → Komet ("European theater of World War II") →	operationalTheater
Middle East theatre of World War II → Pacific War ("European theater of World War II") →	relatedTo
Operation Gomorrah ("World War II European theater") → Operation Millennium →	timePeriod
Victory in Europe Day ("European Theater of World War II") →	associatedWith
Würger →	associatedWithConflict
Inhuman Land ("World War II in Eastern Europe") →	associatedWithEvent
Ghost Division →	associatedWithTheater
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) →	awardedInTheatre
Nazism ("World War II in Europe") →	causedEvent
Lycée Roosevelt surrender signing site ("World War II in Europe") →	conflictEnded
Allied occupation of Germany ("World War II in Europe") →	follows
Twilight War ("Second World War in Europe") →	hasContext
General Officer Commanding 1st Airborne Division →	historicalContext
Battle of Kock (1939) ("World War II in Europe") →	historicalEra
Royal Air Force strategic bombing doctrine →	implementedInTheatre
Nazi Germany ("World War II in Europe") →	initiatedConflict
Crusade in Europe ("European Theater of Operations") →	mainSubject
HMS Ivanhoe (D16) →	navalTheatre
No. 111 Squadron RAF →	operationalTheatre
Charles Allfrey →	participatedIn
Axis →	primaryTheater
Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst ("World War II in Europe") →	relatedConflict
Nazi Party ("World War II in Europe") →	responsibleFor
On to Berlin ("European Theater of World War II") →	setting
ETO ("European Theater of Operations") →	standsFor
Sturmvogel ("European theater of World War II") →	theaterOfUse
Omaha Beach ("European Theater of World War II") →	theaterOfWar
Junkers Ju 88 →	theatreOfOperation
Gee →	theatreOfUse
Crusade in Europe ("World War II in Europe") →	timePeriodDescribed
Third Reich ("World War II in Europe") →	triggeredConflict
Schwalbe ("European theater of World War II") →	usedInTheater
USS Arkansas ("European Theater") →	WWIITheater