Commander-in-Chief East Africa Command

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military position senior military appointment

The Commander-in-Chief East Africa Command was the senior British military post responsible for overseeing and directing Allied land forces in the East African theatre during the Second World War.

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Label	Occurrences
Commander-in-Chief East Africa Command canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military position ⓘ senior military appointment ⓘ
alliance	Allies of World War II ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	East African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedInPeriod	post–Second World War demobilisation ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	East Africa Force NERFINISHED ⓘ South African forces in East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRank	general ⓘ lieutenant general ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Nairobi NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
location	Abyssinia NERFINISHED ⓘ Aden NERFINISHED ⓘ British East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenya Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ Somaliland NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
notableCommander	Alan Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ Archibald Wavell NERFINISHED ⓘ William Platt NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo	Italian East African forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Royal Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	East Africa Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of land forces in East African theatre ⓘ defence of British territories in East Africa ⓘ offensive operations into Italian East Africa ⓘ
role	coordination with Royal Navy and Royal Air Force commands in East Africa ⓘ operational control of British and Allied ground forces in East Africa ⓘ overall commander of Allied land forces in East African theatre ⓘ planning and directing land operations against Italian forces in East Africa ⓘ
subordinateTo	British Chiefs of Staff Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East Command NERFINISHED ⓘ War Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatre	East African theatre of war NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1939–1945 ⓘ
usedBy	Allied forces NERFINISHED ⓘ British Army ⓘ British Indian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ King's African Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Noel Beresford-Peirse → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief East Africa Command ⓘ