Allied forces in the Mediterranean

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World War II military formation military coalition

The Allied forces in the Mediterranean were the combined British Commonwealth, American, and other Allied military units that conducted naval, air, and land operations to challenge Axis control and support campaigns across the Mediterranean theater during World War II.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Allied forces in the Mediterranean canonical	3
Allied Naval Forces in the Mediterranean	1
Allied forces in North Africa	1
Allied forces in the Middle East	1
Allied naval forces in the Mediterranean	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military formation ⓘ military coalition ⓘ
commander	Andrew Cunningham ⓘ Arthur Tedder ⓘ Bernard Montgomery ⓘ Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ Harold Alexander ⓘ Mark W. Clark ⓘ
commandStructure	Allied Mediterranean command ⓘ surface form: Allied Mediterranean Theater command
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	France ⓘ Greece ⓘ Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Yugoslavia ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
hasParticipant	British Commonwealth forces ⓘ British Eighth Army ⓘ British First Army ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ surface form: Free French forces French expeditionary corps ⓘ surface form: French Expeditionary Corps Greek government-in-exile ⓘ surface form: Greek Armed Forces in exile Polish Armed Forces in the West ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States Army Air Forces ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ Yugoslav Partisans ⓘ
location	Balkans ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Italy ⓘ Malta ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Sicily ⓘ Western Mediterranean ⓘ
militaryBranch	air forces ⓘ land forces ⓘ naval forces ⓘ
notableOperation	Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Italy Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ Battle of the Mediterranean ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ North African campaign ⓘ Operation Torch ⓘ Great Siege of Malta ⓘ surface form: Siege of Malta Tunisian campaign ⓘ
objective	challenge Axis control of the Mediterranean ⓘ invade Italy ⓘ secure sea lines of communication ⓘ support Balkan resistance movements ⓘ support North African campaign ⓘ
opposedBy	Axis powers ⓘ German armed forces ⓘ Italian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Italian armed forces
partOf	Allied forces ⓘ
result	contributed to Allied control of the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ enabled invasion of Southern Europe ⓘ
startTime	1940 ⓘ
supportedBy	Malta relief convoy of August 1942 ⓘ surface form: Allied convoys to Malta Allied logistics in the Middle East ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean theater of World War II

Referenced by (7)

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

Axis occupation of Greece → mainOpponent → Allied forces in the Mediterranean ⓘ

French XIX Corps → alliance → Allied forces in the Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied forces in North Africa

Commander-in-Chief South → opposedBy → Allied forces in the Mediterranean ⓘ

Southern France campaign → supportedBy → Allied forces in the Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied naval forces in the Mediterranean

Allied Armies in Italy → partOf → Allied forces in the Mediterranean ⓘ

Allied Armies in Italy → hasPart → Allied forces in the Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied Naval Forces in the Mediterranean

Edward Quinan → partOf → Allied forces in the Mediterranean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied forces in the Middle East