Allied Naval Expeditionary Force

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World War II military unit military formation multinational naval command

The Allied Naval Expeditionary Force was the multinational naval command responsible for planning and executing the seaborne aspects of Allied operations in Western Europe during World War II, including the D-Day landings.

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Label	Occurrences
Allied Naval Expeditionary Force canonical	2
Allied naval forces in the European Theater	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military unit ⓘ military formation ⓘ multinational naval command ⓘ
alliance	Allies of World War II ⓘ
areaOfOperations	English Channel ⓘ Normandy ⓘ surface form: Normandy coast North Sea ⓘ
componentOf	Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Normandy Allied operations in Western Europe ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War World War II ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ Canada ⓘ Free France ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Norway ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
historicalPeriod	1944 ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ
notableFor	multinational coordination of Allied navies in the English Channel ⓘ organizing the naval forces for D-Day landings ⓘ
notableOperation	D-Day ⓘ surface form: Normandy landings Operation Neptune ⓘ Operation Overlord ⓘ
operationType	amphibious warfare ⓘ convoy escort ⓘ naval gunfire support ⓘ naval transport ⓘ
partOf	Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ surface form: Allied Expeditionary Force Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
primaryObjective	ensure successful landing of Allied ground forces in Normandy ⓘ secure and protect cross-Channel invasion forces ⓘ
role	executing seaborne aspects of Allied operations in Western Europe ⓘ planning seaborne aspects of Allied operations in Western Europe ⓘ
side	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allies
subordinateTo	Supreme Allied Commander, Expeditionary Force ⓘ Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
task	coordination of multinational naval forces ⓘ escort of troop convoys across the English Channel ⓘ minesweeping in approach channels to invasion beaches ⓘ protection of invasion fleet from German naval and air attack ⓘ provision of naval fire support for landings ⓘ
theater	Western Europe ⓘ Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front (World War II)

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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → hasComponent → Allied Naval Expeditionary Force ⓘ

Bruce Fraser → partOf → Allied Naval Expeditionary Force ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied naval forces in the European Theater

Allied Expeditionary Force → component → Allied Naval Expeditionary Force ⓘ