MTO

E14016

MTO is an abbreviation for the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, the World War II combat zone encompassing Allied and Axis military campaigns around the Mediterranean Sea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
MTO canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II theater
theater of war
abbreviation MTO
axisForcesInvolved Regia Aeronautica
Regia Marina
linked to: Italian Navy

Wehrmacht
belligerent Allied powers
Axis powers
conflict World War II
endYear 1945
includesRegion Middle East
North Africa
Southern Europe
involvesCountry Algeria
Egypt
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Libya
Morocco
Tunisia
United Kingdom
United States
Vichy France
linked to: Vichy

Yugoslavia
location Mediterranean Sea region
linked to: Mediterranean Sea
militaryBranch Allied air forces
Allied ground forces
Allied naval forces
notableCampaign Dodecanese campaign
Greek campaign
Italian campaign
North African campaign
Sicily campaign
Tunisian campaign
notableOperation Operation Avalanche
Operation Dragoon
Operation Husky
Operation Torch
partOf Allied operations in World War II
relatedTheater European Theater of Operations
North African campaign
standsFor Mediterranean Theater of Operations
startYear 1940
strategicImportance access to Middle Eastern oil
control of Mediterranean Sea lanes
control of North African coast
timePeriod 1939–1945

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Mediterranean Theater of Operations abbreviation MTO
subject linked to: MTO