Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy

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Allied military formation World War II military unit military command

Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy was the senior Allied military command responsible for directing multinational operations in the Italian Campaign during World War II.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied military formation → World War II military unit → military command →
alliance	Allies of World War II →
alsoKnownAs	C-in-C Allied Armies in Italy → Commander-in-Chief, AAI → Commander-in-Chief, Allied Armies in Italy →
commandedBy	Harold Alexander →
commanderRank	Field Marshal →
conflict	Italian Campaign → Second World War →
country	Allied powers → Brazil → Canada → Free French Forces → Greece → India → New Zealand → Poland → South Africa → United Kingdom → United States →
location	Italian Peninsula → Northern Italy →
operation	Allied advance to Rome → Allied landings at Salerno → Gothic Line offensive → final Allied offensive in Italy 1945 →
opposedBy	German Army Group C → Italian Social Republic forces →
partOf	Allied Armies in Italy →
purpose	defeat of German and Axis forces in Italy →
responsibleFor	coordination with naval and air commands in the Mediterranean → strategic direction of Allied land operations in Italy →
role	coordination of multinational operations → overall command of Allied ground forces in Italy →
serviceBranch	British Army → United States Army → multinational ground forces →
subordinateTo	Allied Force Headquarters → Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean →
subordinateUnit	Brazilian Expeditionary Force → British Eighth Army → French Expeditionary Corps in Italy → Polish II Corps → U.S. Fifth Army →
theatre	Italian Front → Mediterranean Theater of Operations →
timePeriod	Italian Campaign 1943–1945 → World War II →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Harold Alexander → Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander →	positionHeld
Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy ("Commander-in-Chief, Allied Armies in Italy") →	alsoKnownAs
Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander ("Leadership in the Italian Campaign") →	notableWork