Mediterranean theatre of World War I

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military campaign theatre of war

The Mediterranean theatre of World War I encompassed the campaigns and operations around the Mediterranean Sea, including the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Dardanelles, where Allied and Central Powers fought for control of key sea routes and colonial territories.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Mediterranean theatre of World War I canonical	4
Adriatic Campaign of World War I	1
First World War naval operations in the Mediterranean	1
Mediterranean Front of World War I	1
Mediterranean theater of World War I	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ theatre of war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mediterranean theatre of World War I ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean Front of World War I
belligerent	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allied Powers Australia ⓘ Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ surface form: Austria-Hungary British India ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Central Powers ⓘ Dominion of Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Italy ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Russia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
endTime	1918 ⓘ
hasPart	Adriatic naval operations ⓘ Arab Revolt ⓘ surface form: Arab Revolt operations Caucasus campaign ⓘ Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ surface form: Dardanelles campaign Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ surface form: Gallipoli campaign Italo-Turkish naval operations ⓘ Mediterranean U-boat campaign ⓘ Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ surface form: Mesopotamian campaign Salonika Expedition ⓘ surface form: Salonika campaign Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ
location	Adriatic Sea ⓘ Aegean Sea ⓘ Balkans ⓘ Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Caucasus region Dardanelles ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Gallipoli Peninsula ⓘ Italian Front ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ surface form: Macedonia Mediterranean Basin ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean Sea region Mesopotamia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Balkan Front ⓘ surface form: Salonika Front Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
objective	control of access to the Suez Canal ⓘ control of sea routes between Europe and Asia ⓘ control of the Dardanelles and Bosporus straits ⓘ seizure of Ottoman and German colonial territories ⓘ
partOf	World War I ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ Battle of Gaza ⓘ Battle of Imbros ⓘ Battle of Jutland’s Mediterranean-related operations ⓘ Battle of Megiddo (1918) ⓘ Battle of Otranto Straits ⓘ Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Dardanelles Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ surface form: Gallipoli landings of 1915 Salonika Expedition ⓘ surface form: Salonika front offensives capture of Baghdad (1917) ⓘ Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ surface form: capture of Jerusalem (1917)
startTime	1914 ⓘ
strategicImportance	link between Western Front and colonial possessions in Asia and Africa ⓘ threat to Allied maritime communications ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Gallipoli Campaign air operations → theater → Mediterranean theatre of World War I ⓘ

Mediterranean Fleet → notableConflict → Mediterranean theatre of World War I ⓘ

this entity surface form: First World War naval operations in the Mediterranean

Mediterranean theatre of World War I → alsoKnownAs → Mediterranean theatre of World War I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mediterranean Front of World War I

John de Robeck → areaOfActivity → Mediterranean theatre of World War I ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet → conflictInvolvement → Mediterranean theatre of World War I ⓘ

Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) → partOf → Mediterranean theatre of World War I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adriatic Campaign of World War I

Battle of Imbros → partOf → Mediterranean theatre of World War I ⓘ

Admiral Wilhelm Souchon → associatedWith → Mediterranean theatre of World War I ⓘ

subject surface form: Wilhelm Souchon

this entity surface form: Mediterranean theater of World War I