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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Allied Joint Chiefs of Staff	1
Allied military staff committees	1
Combined Chiefs of Staff structure	1
combined chiefs of staff or equivalent body	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 (16)

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

Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Dwight D. Eisenhower) → associatedOrganization → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ

United Kingdom (indirectly via Burma operations) → coordinatedThrough → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ

subject surface form: United Kingdom

Pacific theater commands → coordinatedWith → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ

South West Pacific Area → createdBy → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ

South East Asia Command → establishedBy → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ

Allied High Command → hasPart → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied military staff committees

Quebec Conference → hasParticipant → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ

South East Asia Command → partOf → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ

this entity surface form: Combined Chiefs of Staff structure

British Chiefs of Staff Committee → participatedIn → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ

Operation Cartwheel → plannedBy → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied Joint Chiefs of Staff

Operation Torch → plannedBy → 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

CCS → standsFor → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ

Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area → subordinateTo → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → subordinateTo → Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ