Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area

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army command military position

Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area was the senior Allied army command responsible for coordinating and directing ground operations in the South West Pacific theater during World War II.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army command → military position →
abbreviation	Allied Land Forces, SWPA commander →
alliedNationForcesUnderCommand	Australia → Netherlands → New Zealand (limited elements) → Philippines → United States NERFINISHED →
alsoHeldByFirstHolder	Commander, Allied Land Forces in New Guinea Force → Commander-in-Chief, Australian Military Forces →
areaOfResponsibility	Borneo → Netherlands East Indies (eastern part) → New Guinea → Philippines → Solomon Islands (western part) →
commandStructure	one of three major component commands of SWPA (land, air, naval) →
conflict	World War II →
country	Allied powers →
countryOfFirstHolder	Australia →
dissolved	1945 →
firstHolder	General Sir Thomas Blamey →
headquartersCountry	Australia →
headquartersLaterLocation	Hollandia → Manila →
headquartersLocation	Brisbane →
historicalEra	20th century →
inception	1942 →
languageOfTitle	English →
notableCampaign	Borneo campaign → New Guinea campaign → Philippines campaign (1944–1945) →
opposedBy	Imperial Japanese Army →
parallelCommand	Commander, Allied Air Forces, South West Pacific Area → Commander, Allied Naval Forces, South West Pacific Area →
partOf	South West Pacific Area Command →
rankOfFirstHolder	General →
reasonForAbolition	end of World War II in the Pacific →
reportsTo	General Douglas MacArthur →
role	coordination of Allied ground operations → direction of Allied land forces → operational control of multinational land forces → planning of ground campaigns →
serviceBranch	Allied armies →
serviceOfFirstHolder	Australian Army →
subordinateTo	Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area →
theaterOfOperations	South West Pacific Area →
typeOfCommand	theater army command →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sir Thomas Blamey ("Commander of Allied Land Forces in the South West Pacific Area") → Thomas Blamey →	positionHeld
Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area ("Allied Land Forces, SWPA commander") →	abbreviation
Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area ("Commander, Allied Land Forces in New Guinea Force") →	alsoHeldByFirstHolder