Balkan theatre of World War II

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military campaign theatre of war

The Balkan theatre of World War II was the region encompassing the Axis invasions, occupations, and resistance movements in countries such as Yugoslavia, Greece, Albania, and Bulgaria, where intense land, air, and naval campaigns were fought between the Axis and Allied forces.

Aliases (7)

World War II in Yugoslavia ×2
Balkan Theatre ×1
Balkan campaign of World War II ×1
Balkan front of World War II ×1
Bulgarian occupation during World War II ×1
Eastern Front campaigns in the Balkans ×1
World War II in Albania ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign → theatre of war →
conflictType	air warfare → land warfare → naval warfare →
endTime	1945 →
followedBy	Greek Civil War → postwar communist takeovers in Eastern Europe →
hasLanguage	Albanian → Bulgarian → Greek → Serbo-Croatian →
hasPart	Adriatic naval operations → Aegean Sea naval operations → Albanian National Liberation War → Axis invasion of Greece → Axis invasion of Yugoslavia → Battle of Crete → Battle of Greece → Belgrade Offensive → Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 → Dodecanese Campaign → German invasion of Greece → German invasion of Yugoslavia → Greek Civil War (wartime phase) → Italian invasion of Greece → Operation Marita → Operation Punishment → Yugoslav Partisan uprising → occupation of Albania by Germany → occupation of Albania by Italy → occupation of Bulgaria by Soviet Union → occupation of Greece by Axis powers → occupation of Yugoslavia by Axis powers →
hasParticipant	Albania → Albanian resistance → Allied powers → Axis powers → Bulgaria → Bulgarian resistance → Chetniks → Greece → Greek resistance → Hungary → Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED → Nazi Germany → Romania → Soviet Union → United Kingdom NERFINISHED → United States NERFINISHED → Yugoslav Partisans → Yugoslavia →
locatedIn	Balkans NERFINISHED → Southeast Europe NERFINISHED →
notableFor	complex occupation regimes → ethnic and ideological conflicts → intense resistance movements →
partOf	World War II →
startTime	1940 →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Balkan Front ("Balkan Theatre") →	alsoKnownAs
Poglavnik ("World War II in Yugoslavia") →	associatedWithConflict
Italian invasion of Greece →	conflictIn
Drama ("Bulgarian occupation during World War II") →	event
German invasion of Yugoslavia ("Balkan front of World War II") →	front
Defense of the Ploiești oil fields →	militaryTheater
Maximilian de Angelis ("Eastern Front campaigns in the Balkans") →	participantIn
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front ("Balkan campaign of World War II") →	participatedIn
Federal State of Croatia ("World War II in Yugoslavia") →	partOfConflict
Italian invasion of Albania ("World War II in Albania") →	relatedEvent
Royal Hungarian Air Force →	theaterOfOperations
Cant Z.1007 Alcione →	usedInTheater