Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force

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Allied military command military headquarters

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force was the World War II command center led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower that directed Allied operations in Western Europe.

Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Allied Expeditionary Force 6
SHAEF 2
Allied Forces Headquarters 1
Allied Supreme Headquarters 1
Allied Supreme Headquarters in Europe 1
Allied command in Europe 1
Allied forces in Northwest Europe 1
Ops (B) of SHAEF 1
Organization of Allied headquarters in the European Theater in World War II 1
SHAEF headquarters 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied military command ⓘ
military headquarters ⓘ
abbreviation Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SHAEF
alliance Canada ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

other Allied nations ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
surface form: Allied Supreme Headquarters in Europe
commanderInChief Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied powers
countryOfHeadquarters France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
formed 1943 ⓘ
hasComponent 12th Army Group ⓘ
21st Army Group ⓘ
Allied Expeditionary Air Force ⓘ
Allied Naval Expeditionary Force ⓘ
locationHeadquarters Bushy Park ⓘ
Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Reims ⓘ
Versailles ⓘ
notableCommander Arthur Tedder ⓘ
Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
Bertram Ramsay ⓘ
Carl Spaatz ⓘ
Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
Omar Bradley ⓘ
Walter Bedell Smith ⓘ
operationDirected Allied advance from Normandy to the Rhine ⓘ
Operation Overlord ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Normandy

Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings

Operation Overlord ⓘ
final Allied offensives in Western Europe ⓘ
partOf Allied High Command ⓘ
Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied forces
primaryLanguageOfCommand English ⓘ
responsibleFor overall direction of Allied air forces in Northwest Europe ⓘ
overall direction of Allied land forces in Northwest Europe ⓘ
overall direction of Allied naval forces for cross-Channel operations ⓘ
planning Allied invasion of Western Europe ⓘ
signedAtItsHeadquarters German Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
surface form: German Instrument of Surrender (Western Front)
subordinateTo Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
supremeCommander Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
surrenderSignedAt Reims ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Western Europe ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

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

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → abbreviation → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: SHAEF
Bushy Park → abbreviation → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
this entity surface form: SHAEF
Eisenhower: The Supreme Commander → about → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied command in Europe
Eisenhower: The Supreme Commander → about → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Supreme Headquarters in Europe
First Allied Airborne Army → commandStructure → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Expeditionary Force
Operation Fortitude → commandedBy → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
European Theater of Operations, United States Army → cooperatedWith → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Combined Chiefs of Staff → coordinateWith → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Operation Fortitude → coordinatedBy → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ops (B) of SHAEF
Crusade in Europe → documentsRoleOf → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Camp Griffiss → garrison → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Allied High Command → hasPart → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Allied Expeditionary Air Force → headquartersLocation → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: SHAEF headquarters
15th Army Group → higherCommand → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Forces Headquarters
21st Army Group → higherCommand → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
U.S. Ninth Army → higherCommand → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Third United States Army → higherCommandDuringWWII → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
German Instrument of Surrender → locationReimsSigning → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Dwight D. Eisenhower → militaryCommand → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Expeditionary Force
Walter Bedell Smith → notableWork → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Organization of Allied headquarters in the European Theater in World War II
Retreat from Normandy → opponent → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Expeditionary Force
Commander-in-Chief West → opposedBy → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Expeditionary Force
Allied Expeditionary Air Force → partOf → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Allied Naval Expeditionary Force → partOf → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Expeditionary Force
Allied Naval Expeditionary Force → partOf → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Dwight D. Eisenhower) → partOf → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
D-Day → plannedBy → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Southern France campaign → plannedBy → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Supreme Headquarters
12th Army Group → subordinateTo → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Allied Expeditionary Air Force → subordinateTo → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Allied Naval Expeditionary Force → subordinateTo → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Commander of 21st Army Group → subordinateTo → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Patton's Third Army → subordinateTo → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg → surrenderSignedWith → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied forces in Northwest Europe
Polish forces → underCommandOf → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Bushy Park → usedBy → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Camp Griffiss
Lycée Roosevelt surrender signing site → usedBy → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Expeditionary Force
Lycée Roosevelt surrender signing site → usedBy → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Bushy Park → wasHeadquartersFor → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force → worksWith → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ