Balkan Campaign

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World War II campaign military campaign

The Balkan Campaign was a series of World War II military operations in southeastern Europe, primarily involving Axis invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece in 1941.

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All labels observed (21)

Label	Occurrences
Balkans Campaign	17
Balkan Campaign canonical	7
Battle of Greece	6
Balkan campaign of World War II	4
Balkans campaign	2
Axis Balkan Campaign	1
Axis occupation of Greece	1
Balkan Campaign of World War II	1
Balkan Campaigns	1
Balkan campaign (World War II)	1
Balkan campaigns	1
Balkan front	1
Balkans Campaign (World War II)	1
Balkans Campaign of World War II	1
Balkans campaign of World War II	1
German campaign in the Balkans	1
German invasion of Greece	1
Greco-Italian War	1
Invasion of Greece	1
Invasion of Yugoslavia	1
Italo-Greek War	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerentAllies	Dominion of Australia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ surface form: Dominion of New Zealand Free French Forces ⓘ Kingdom of Greece ⓘ Kingdom of Yugoslavia (pro-Axis government) ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia United Kingdom ⓘ
belligerentAxis	Bulgaria ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Bulgaria Hungary ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Albania ⓘ Australia ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Italy ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Yugoslavia ⓘ
endTime	1941 ⓘ
includesEvent	Battle of Crete ⓘ Balkan Campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Greece Balkan Campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: German invasion of Greece German invasion of Yugoslavia ⓘ Balkan Campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Invasion of Greece Balkan Campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Invasion of Yugoslavia Italian invasion of Greece ⓘ
location	Balkans ⓘ southeastern Europe ⓘ
notableCommanderAllies	Alexander Papagos ⓘ Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ
notableCommanderAxis	Adolf Hitler ⓘ Alexander Löhr ⓘ Wilhelm List ⓘ
opponent	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allied Powers Axis powers ⓘ surface form: Axis Powers
partOf	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
result	Axis control of most of the Balkans ⓘ Axis victory ⓘ occupation of Crete ⓘ occupation of Greece ⓘ occupation of Yugoslavia ⓘ
startTime	1940 ⓘ 1941 ⓘ
strategicConsequence	delay of Operation Barbarossa ⓘ diversion of German forces to the Balkans ⓘ
theatre	Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II

Referenced by (52)

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

European theatre of World War II → campaign → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

Benito Mussolini → participantIn → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italo-Greek War

Greek Civil War → precededBy → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Axis occupation of Greece

Regia Aeronautica → conflict → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greco-Italian War

Balkan Campaign → includesEvent → Balkan Campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Yugoslavia

Balkan Campaign → includesEvent → Balkan Campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Greece

Balkan Campaign → includesEvent → Balkan Campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Greece

Balkan Campaign → includesEvent → Balkan Campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: German invasion of Greece

Jagdgeschwader 52 → theaterOfOperations → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

Dornier Do 17 → usedInOperation → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd) → theaterOfOperations → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: Commander-in-Chief South

this entity surface form: Balkan Campaigns

Commander-in-Chief Luftflotte 2 → campaign → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

Italian invasion of Greece → followedBy → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Greece

Battle of Crete → precededBy → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Greece

Battle of Crete → campaign → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

New Zealand forces → engagedInBattle → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Greece

Wilhelm List → notableWork → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

JG 52 → theater → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

2nd New Zealand Division → engagement → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Greece

Maximilian von Weichs → participatedIn → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 → temporalContext → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkan campaign of World War II

Axis occupation of Greece → precededBy → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Greece

Italian Blackshirt divisions → notableTheater → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans campaign

Dietrich Hrabak → theaterOfOperations → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

2nd Panzer Army → theater → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

Epirus front → partOf → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkan campaign of World War II

Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler → involvedIn → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

Axis military leadership in World War II → notableTheater → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkan campaigns

2nd Army → theater → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

2nd Panzer Division → tookPartIn → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign (World War II)

2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich → theater → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

April War → partOf → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Axis Balkan Campaign

Unternehmen Merkur → partOf → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: German campaign in the Balkans

Battle of Kleisoura Pass → partOf → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans campaign

1st Panzer Division → participatedIn → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

Operation Marita → partOf → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

European theater → hasPart → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

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

Greek Campaign → theater → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkan campaign of World War II

12th Army → tookPartIn → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

Bruno Loerzer → participantIn → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

Ljotić’s Serbian Volunteer Corps → theatre → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

Do 17Z → usedInOperation → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

L3/35 tankette → usedInConflict → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

Croatian Home Guard → militaryTheater → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans campaign of World War II

27 March coup → partOf → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign of World War II

Italian invasion of Yugoslavia → partOf → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

Gustav Fehn → participantIn → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkan Campaign of World War II

Fiat-Ansaldo L3 series → usedInConflict → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

SS-Standarte Deutschland → engagedIn → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkans Campaign

German occupation of Albania → partOf → Balkan Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balkan campaign of World War II