Allied Command Europe

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Allied Command Europe was NATO’s former principal military command responsible for the defense and coordination of allied forces in the European theater during the Cold War and beyond.

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Label Occurrences
Allied Command Europe canonical 5
NATO Allied Command Europe 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NATO strategic command
military command
appliesToJurisdiction NATO area of responsibility
surface form: NATO European theater

Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Western Europe
conflict Cold War
coordinateWith NATO Maritime Command
surface form: Allied Command Atlantic

national military authorities of NATO members
country NATO
dissolved 2003
hasCommander Alexander Haig
Bernard Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph Ralston
Lauris Norstad
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
surface form: Lyman Lemnitzer

Wesley Clark
hasPart NATO Allied Air Forces Central Europe
surface form: Allied Air Forces Central Europe

Allied Air Forces Southern Europe
Allied Forces Central Europe
Allied Forces Northern Europe
Allied Forces Southern Europe
Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe
Central Army Group
Northern Army Group
headquartersLocation Belgium
Casteau
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
inception 1951
location European theater
militaryBranch multinational joint forces
mission collective defense under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty
officeHeldBy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
operationalArea adjacent Atlantic approaches to Europe
territory of European NATO member states
parentOrganization NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
partOf NATO integrated military command structure
reorganizedIn 1967
1990s
replacedBy Allied Command Operations
role coordination of allied forces in Europe
defense of NATO European area
principal NATO military command in Europe
shortName ACE
significantEvent NATO–Warsaw Pact conventional balance
surface form: NATO Cold War forward defense planning

NATO enlargement in the 1990s
subordinateTo NATO Military Committee
North Atlantic Council

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Referenced by (6)

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

ACO formedFrom Allied Command Europe
subject surface form: Allied Command Operations
NATO-led Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina commandStructure Allied Command Europe
this entity surface form: NATO Allied Command Europe
Strategic Commands of NATO historicalPredecessor Allied Command Europe
Allied Forces Central Europe subordinateTo Allied Command Europe
Allied Forces Southern Europe partOf Allied Command Europe