Allied Expeditionary Force

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World War II military command multinational military formation

The Allied Expeditionary Force was the combined military force of the Western Allies in Europe during World War II, commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower and responsible for operations such as the D-Day landings and the subsequent liberation of Western Europe.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Allied Expeditionary Force canonical 9
Allied Expeditionary Forces 2
Allied Expeditionary Force in Northwest Europe 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military command ⓘ
multinational military formation ⓘ
abbreviation AEF ⓘ
airForcesCommander Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
alsoKnownAs AEF ⓘ
Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
surface form: Allied Expeditionary Forces

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force forces
commander Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
commanderInChief Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
component 12th Army Group ⓘ
21st Army Group ⓘ
Allied Expeditionary Air Force ⓘ
Allied Naval Expeditionary Force ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Belgium ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
France ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
deputyCommander Arthur Tedder ⓘ
formedFor invasion of German-occupied Western Europe ⓘ
headquarters Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
landForcesCommander Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
navalForcesCommander Bertram Ramsay ⓘ
notableEvent crossing of the Rhine ⓘ
liberation of Paris ⓘ
operation Battle of Normandy ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
surface form: D-Day landings

Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings

Operation Neptune ⓘ
Operation Overlord ⓘ
liberation of Western Europe ⓘ
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf Allied forces in the Second World War ⓘ
surface form: Allied forces in Europe

Allied forces ⓘ
surface form: Western Allies
primaryObjective defeat of German forces in Northwest Europe ⓘ
role strategic coordination of Western Allied ground, naval, and air forces in Northwest Europe ⓘ
subordinateTo Allied High Command ⓘ
surface form: Allied high command

Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
supremeCommander Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
theater European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations
timePeriod 1943–1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

OB West → opposedBy → Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
3rd British Infantry Division → associatedForce → Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force → partOf → Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force → militaryBranch → Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Commander of 21st Army Group → commandStructure → Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Expeditionary Force in Northwest Europe
Battle of Normandy → involvedForce → Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Polish I Corps → cooperatedWith → Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Expeditionary Forces
AMC → usedBy → Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Allied Military Currency
this entity surface form: Allied expeditionary forces
Deputy Naval Commander-in-Chief, Allied Expeditionary Force → partOf → Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Reims surrender signing site → acceptedOnBehalfOf → Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
German 7th Army → opponent → Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
German Army in France → opposedBy → Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Allied Expeditionary Force → alsoKnownAs → Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Expeditionary Forces