Combined Chiefs of Staff

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Anglo-American military body World War II military organization military command organization

The Combined Chiefs of Staff was the highest-level Anglo-American military command body during World War II, coordinating overall Allied strategy and operations between the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Label Occurrences
Combined Chiefs of Staff canonical 29
Allied Joint Chiefs of Staff 1
Allied military staff committees 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-American military body ⓘ
World War II military organization ⓘ
military command organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CCS ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied forces
coordinateWith Allied Combined Operations Headquarters ⓘ
Allied theater commanders ⓘ
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dissolved 1948 ⓘ
fieldOfWork inter-allied coordination ⓘ
joint operations ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
hasMember Alan Brooke ⓘ
Andrew Cunningham ⓘ
Charles Portal ⓘ
Ernest King ⓘ
surface form: Ernest J. King

George C. Marshall ⓘ
Hap Arnold ⓘ
surface form: Henry H. Arnold

William D. Leahy ⓘ
hasPart British Chiefs of Staff Committee ⓘ
Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
surface form: United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
hasRole allocation of Allied resources ⓘ
combined operations coordination ⓘ
overall Allied strategy formulation ⓘ
strategic military planning ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
inception 1942 ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
locationOfFormation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableWork Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean theater strategy

Pacific theater strategy ⓘ
global allocation of Allied forces ⓘ
planning of Operation Overlord ⓘ
strategic bombing policy coordination ⓘ
participantIn World War II ⓘ
primaryObjective coordination of Anglo-American war effort ⓘ
unified strategic direction of Allied forces ⓘ
replacedBy NATO Military Committee ⓘ
significantEvent Casablanca Conference ⓘ
Quebec Conference ⓘ
Tehran Conference ⓘ
Yalta Conference ⓘ
subordinateTo UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government

United States government ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → subordinateTo → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Operation Torch → plannedBy → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Allied High Command → hasPart → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Allied High Command → hasPart → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied military staff committees
South West Pacific Area → createdBy → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Operation Cartwheel → plannedBy → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pacific theater commands → coordinatedWith → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Supreme Allied Commander, Expeditionary Force → reportsTo → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: combined chiefs of staff or equivalent body
British Chiefs of Staff Committee → participatedIn → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
CCS → standsFor → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area → subordinateTo → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Quebec Conference → hasParticipant → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Dwight D. Eisenhower) → associatedOrganization → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
South East Asia Command → partOf → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: Combined Chiefs of Staff structure
South East Asia Command → establishedBy → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
United Kingdom (indirectly via Burma operations) → coordinatedThrough → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
subject surface form: United Kingdom
Second Washington Conference → hasParticipant → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia Command → appointedBy → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia Command → subordinateTo → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Allied Force Headquarters → subordinateTo → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean → subordinateTo → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Allied combined naval operations → coordinatedBy → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Quadrant Conference → militaryBodyInvolved → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Trident–Quadrant strategic decisions → context → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: Combined Chiefs of Staff system
Anfa Conference → hasParticipant → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Allied command structure → hasPart → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Allied command structure → coordinatedBy → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Allied governments in the Pacific → coordinatedThrough → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Pacific Ocean Areas Command → subordinateTo → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Combined Policy Committee → subordinateTo → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Operation Pointblank → plannedBy → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
SOPAC → establishedBy → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
governments of the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Australia → coordinatedWith → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Allied Expeditionary Force → subordinateTo → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Commander, Allied Naval Forces, South West Pacific Area → subordinateTo → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: Combined Chiefs of Staff (indirectly)