ABDA Command

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Allied joint command World War II military formation military command

ABDA Command was a short-lived World War II Allied joint command of American, British, Dutch, and Australian forces formed to coordinate the defense of Southeast Asia and the Dutch East Indies against Japanese advances.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied joint command → World War II military formation → military command →
abbreviation	ABDA →
airCommander	George Brett →
airCommanderRank	United States Army Air Forces general →
commanderInChief	Archibald Wavell →
commanderInChiefRank	British Field Marshal →
conflict	World War II →
coordinationRole	attempted unified command of multinational Allied forces in the region →
countryInvolved	Australia → Netherlands → United Kingdom → United States →
disbandedOn	1942-02-25 →
duration	short-lived →
establishedBy	governments of the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Australia →
formedOn	1942-01-15 →
fullName	American-British-Dutch-Australian Command →
headquartersLocation	Lembang, near Bandung, Java →
historicalSignificance	early experiment in multinational Allied joint command structure →
includedForceType	air forces → land forces → naval forces →
landForcesCommander	Hein ter Poorten →
landForcesCommanderRank	Dutch lieutenant general →
languageOfCommand	English →
navalCommander	Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich →
navalCommanderRank	Dutch admiral →
notableBattle	Battle of the Java Sea →
operationalStatus	defunct →
opponent	Empire of Japan →
partOf	Allies of World War II →
purpose	coordinate Allied defense against Japanese advances in Southeast Asia and the Dutch East Indies →
reasonForDissolution	Japanese military successes and loss of territory in the Dutch East Indies →
reasonForFormation	rapid Japanese offensives in late 1941 and early 1942 →
regionOfResponsibility	Dutch East Indies → Malaya → Philippines → Southeast Asia → northern Australia →
successor	South East Asia Command → South West Pacific Area →
theater	Dutch East Indies campaign → Pacific War → Southeast Asian theatre of World War II →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of the Java Sea → Battle of the Makassar Strait → Dutch East Indies campaign →	belligerent