Greek Campaign

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The Greek Campaign was a World War II Allied operation in 1941 in which British Commonwealth and Greek forces attempted to defend Greece from Axis invasion.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Greek Campaign canonical 3
Greek campaign 2
Greek campaign (1941) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alliance Allies of World War II ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Greece ⓘ
belligerent Australia ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
cause Axis invasion of Greece ⓘ
commander Alexander Papagos ⓘ
Archibald Wavell ⓘ
linked to: Lord Wavell

Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ
Siegmund List ⓘ
Wilhelm List ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
consequence Axis control of mainland Greece ⓘ
evacuation of Allied troops to Crete and Egypt ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
endDate 1941-04-30 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Crete ⓘ
involves British Army ⓘ
Hellenic Army ⓘ
linked to: Greek Army

Luftwaffe ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
location Balkans ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Kleisoura Pass ⓘ
Battle of Thermopylae (1941) ⓘ
Battle of Vevi ⓘ
Battle of the Metaxas Line ⓘ
objective defend Greece from Axis invasion ⓘ
support Greek armed forces ⓘ
opposedBy Axis powers ⓘ
partOf World War II ⓘ
precededBy Greco-Italian War ⓘ
result Axis victory ⓘ
occupation of Greece by Axis powers ⓘ
startDate 1941-04-06 ⓘ
theater Balkan campaign of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Balkan Campaign

Mediterranean theatre of World War II ⓘ
year 1941 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

2nd New Zealand Division → theatre → Greek Campaign ⓘ
28th (Māori) Battalion → conflict → Greek Campaign ⓘ
European theater → hasPart → Greek campaign (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Greek Campaign
5th Indian Infantry Brigade → theatre → Greek Campaign ⓘ
Second Australian Imperial Force → engagement → Greek campaign ⓘ
linked to: Greek Campaign
Australian 17th Brigade → engagement → Greek campaign (1941) ⓘ
linked to: Greek Campaign
Howard Kippenberger → theatreOfOperations → Greek campaign ⓘ
linked to: Greek Campaign