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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.

Aliases (11)

Balkans Campaign ×8
Battle of Greece ×6
Axis occupation of Greece ×1
Balkan Campaigns ×1
Balkan campaign of World War II ×1
Balkans campaign ×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 → Dominion of New Zealand → Free French Forces → Kingdom of Greece → Kingdom of Yugoslavia → United Kingdom →
belligerentAxis	Kingdom of Bulgaria → 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 → Battle of Greece → German invasion of Greece → German invasion of Yugoslavia → Invasion of Greece → 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 → 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 theatre of World War II →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Balkan Campaign ("Invasion of Yugoslavia") → Balkan Campaign ("Invasion of Greece") → Balkan Campaign ("Battle of Greece") → Balkan Campaign ("German invasion of Greece") →	includesEvent
Battle of Crete ("Balkans Campaign") → Commander-in-Chief Luftflotte 2 ("Balkans Campaign") → European theatre of World War II →	campaign
Axis occupation of Greece ("Battle of Greece") → Battle of Crete ("Battle of Greece") → Greek Civil War ("Axis occupation of Greece") →	precededBy
Commander-in-Chief South ("Balkan Campaigns") → Dietrich Hrabak ("Balkans Campaign") → Jagdgeschwader 52 ("Balkans Campaign") →	theaterOfOperations
2nd Panzer Army → JG 52 ("Balkans Campaign") →	theater
Regia Aeronautica ("Greco-Italian War") →	conflict
New Zealand forces ("Battle of Greece") →	engagedInBattle
2nd New Zealand Division ("Battle of Greece") →	engagement
Italian invasion of Greece ("Battle of Greece") →	followedBy
Italian Blackshirt divisions ("Balkans campaign") →	notableTheater
Wilhelm List ("Balkans Campaign") →	notableWork
Benito Mussolini ("Italo-Greek War") →	participantIn
Maximilian von Weichs ("Balkans Campaign") →	participatedIn
Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 ("Balkan campaign of World War II") →	temporalContext
Dornier Do 17 ("Balkans Campaign") →	usedInOperation