Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area

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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 Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area self-linksurface differs
surface form: Allied Land Forces, SWPA commander
alliedNationForcesUnderCommand Australia
Netherlands
New Zealand
surface form: New Zealand (limited elements)

Philippines
United States of America
surface form: United States
alsoHeldByFirstHolder Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area self-linksurface differs
surface form: Commander, Allied Land Forces in New Guinea Force

Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces
surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Australian Military Forces
areaOfResponsibility Borneo
Dutch East Indies
surface form: Netherlands East Indies (eastern part)

New Guinea
Philippines
Western Province of Solomon Islands
surface form: Solomon Islands (western part)
commandStructure one of three major component commands of SWPA (land, air, naval)
conflict World War II
country Allies of World War II
surface form: 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 (1945)
surface form: Borneo campaign

New Guinea campaign
Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945)
surface form: 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
surface form: South West Pacific Area Command
rankOfFirstHolder General
reasonForAbolition end of World War II in the Pacific
reportsTo Douglas MacArthur
surface form: 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

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Thomas Blamey positionHeld Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area
Blamey positionHeld Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area
subject surface form: Sir Thomas Blamey
this entity surface form: Commander of Allied Land Forces in the South West Pacific Area
Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area alsoHeldByFirstHolder Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Commander, Allied Land Forces in New Guinea Force
Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area abbreviation Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Allied Land Forces, SWPA commander
General Sir Thomas Blamey positionHeld Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area
subject surface form: Thomas Blamey
this entity surface form: Commander of Allied Land Forces in the South West Pacific Area
Commander, Allied Naval Forces, South West Pacific Area coordinatesWith Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area