British Commonwealth forces

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military alliance multinational military force

British Commonwealth forces were the combined military units from the United Kingdom and its dominions and colonies that fought together under British command during major 20th-century conflicts, especially the World Wars.

Aliases (8)

Commonwealth forces ×21
British Empire forces ×5
Allied forces ×2
British Commonwealth POWs ×1
British and Canadian forces ×1
British and Commonwealth forces ×1
Commonwealth air forces (historically) ×1
Commonwealth armed forces ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military alliance → multinational military force →
alliance	Allied powers →
commandStructure	British high command →
conflict	Battle of Britain → Battle of El Alamein → Battle of Passchendaele → Battle of the Somme → Burma Campaign (World War II) → East African Campaign (World War II) → First World War → Gallipoli campaign → Italian Campaign (World War II) → Korean War → Malayan Emergency → Normandy landings → North African Campaign (World War II) → North-West Europe Campaign (1944–1945) → Pacific War → Second World War → Western Front (World War I) →
country	United Kingdom →
hasMember	Australian Army → British Army → Burma Army (British Burma) → Canadian Army → Ceylon Defence Force → Indian Army (British India) → King's African Rifles → New Zealand Army → Rhodesian military forces → Royal Air Force → Royal Australian Air Force → Royal Australian Navy → Royal Canadian Air Force → Royal Canadian Navy → Royal Indian Air Force → Royal Indian Navy → Royal Navy → Royal New Zealand Air Force → Royal New Zealand Navy → Union Defence Force (South Africa) → West African Frontier Force →
notableOperation	Operation Crusader → Operation Market Garden → Operation Overlord → Operation Torch →
partOf	British Empire →
successor	Commonwealth of Nations military cooperation →
timePeriod	20th century →
usedLanguage	English →

Referenced by (45)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
10th Army (Italy) → 15th Panzer Division → Battle of Kohima ("Allied forces") → Battle of Sidi Barrani ("British and Commonwealth forces") → Commander-in-Chief South ("British Empire forces") → Eleventh Air Fleet → German-Italian Panzer Army ("Commonwealth forces") → Imperial Japanese Army 23rd Army ("Commonwealth forces") → Ottoman Fifth Army ("British Empire forces") →	opponent
Battle of Nibeiwa ("Commonwealth forces") → Battle of Palembang → Battle of Sidi Barrani ("Commonwealth forces") → Bir el Gubi → Iraq campaign (1941) ("Commonwealth forces") → Operation Compass ("Commonwealth forces") → Operation Compass ("Commonwealth forces") →	belligerent
Borneo Confrontation → Italian Trieste Division ("Commonwealth forces") → Malayan National Liberation Army ("Commonwealth forces") → Rikusentai → Sarawak Communist Insurgency ("Commonwealth forces") →	opposedBy
4th Indian Division ("Commonwealth forces") → Eighth Army ("Commonwealth forces") → Middle East Command ("Commonwealth forces") →	alliedWith
90th Light Africa Division ("Commonwealth forces") → DAK ("Commonwealth forces") → Italian 1st Army ("Commonwealth forces") →	engagedAgainst
German Afrika Korps ("British Empire forces") → German Afrika Korps ("Commonwealth forces") →	primaryOpponents
Christopher Michael Maltby ("British Empire forces") →	affiliation
Gurkha units ("Commonwealth armed forces") →	associatedWith
Distinguished Service Order ("Commonwealth forces") →	awardedTo
Military Medal ("Commonwealth forces") →	eligibility
Ottoman air units ("British Empire forces") →	engagedOpponent
1st South African Division ("Commonwealth forces") →	forceType
Sidi Rezegh →	involvedBelligerent
Belhamed →	involvedForces
Sitzkrieg →	involves
Operation Sonnenblume →	opponentForce
Italian XX Motorised Corps ("Commonwealth forces") →	opposedTo
Operation Downfall →	participant
Kenneth Anderson ("Allied forces") →	partOf
Mike and Nan sectors ("British and Canadian forces") →	usedBy
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief ("Commonwealth air forces (historically)") →	usedIn
Stalags ("British Commonwealth POWs") →	victimsIncluded