ABDA

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Allied military command World War II military formation

ABDA was the abbreviation for the short-lived World War II Allied military command formed by American, British, Dutch, and Australian forces to defend Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific against Japan.

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Label	Occurrences
ABDA canonical	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied military command ⓘ World War II military formation ⓘ
abbreviation	ABDA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
airCommander	Richard E. C. Peirse ⓘ
alliance	Allies of World War II ⓘ
areaOfResponsibility	ABDA Area ⓘ
areaOfResponsibilityIncludes	Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma British Malaya ⓘ surface form: Malaya Dutch East Indies ⓘ surface form: Netherlands East Indies Philippines ⓘ northern Australia ⓘ
commanderInChief	Lord Wavell ⓘ surface form: Archibald Wavell
commanderInChiefTitle	Supreme Commander, ABDA Area ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInAlliance	Australia ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
duration	short-lived ⓘ
endTime	1942-02-25 ⓘ
establishedBy	Allied governments of the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Australia ⓘ
formedFor	defense of Southeast Asia against Japan ⓘ defense of the Southwest Pacific against Japan ⓘ
fullName	Allied ABDA Command ⓘ surface form: American-British-Dutch-Australian Command
hasPart	ABDA air forces ⓘ ABDA Command ⓘ surface form: ABDA combined staff ABDA naval forces in the Netherlands East Indies ⓘ surface form: ABDA land forces ABDA naval forces in the Netherlands East Indies ⓘ surface form: ABDA naval forces
headquartersLocation	Lembang highlands ⓘ surface form: Lembang, near Bandung, Java
landForcesCommander	George H. Brett ⓘ Hein ter Poorten ⓘ
navalCommander	Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich ⓘ Thomas C. Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Balikpapan (1942) ⓘ Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ Battle of the Makassar Strait ⓘ Battle of the Sunda Strait ⓘ
opponent	Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
predecessor	separate national commands in the region ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	inability to coordinate multinational forces effectively ⓘ rapid Japanese advances in the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
startTime	1942-01-15 ⓘ
strategicObjective	hold the Malay Barrier ⓘ protect sea lines of communication to Australia ⓘ
successor	South East Asia Command ⓘ surface form: South East Asia Command (SEAC) South West Pacific Area ⓘ surface form: South West Pacific Area (SWPA)
theater	Dutch East Indies ⓘ Malay Barrier ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Southwest Pacific

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

Allied ABDA Command → hasAbbreviation → ABDA ⓘ

ABDA → abbreviation → ABDA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: ABDA Command