Commander, Allied Naval Forces, South West Pacific Area

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The Commander, Allied Naval Forces, South West Pacific Area was the senior Allied officer responsible for directing and coordinating naval operations in the South West Pacific theater during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military command position ⓘ
naval command ⓘ
abolished 1945 ⓘ
alliance Allies of World War II ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Allied Naval Commander, SWPA ⓘ
associatedWith South West Pacific Area (SWPA) joint command structure ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
coordinatesWith Commander, Allied Air Forces, South West Pacific Area ⓘ
Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area ⓘ
country Allied powers ⓘ
linked to: Allied forces
createdBy Allied governments ⓘ
createdFor coordination of multinational naval forces ⓘ
doctrine combined and joint operations ⓘ
established 1942 ⓘ
firstHolder Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary ⓘ
firstHolderRank Vice Admiral, United States Navy ⓘ
formedInContextOf Japanese expansion in the Pacific ⓘ
hasComponentCommand Task forces of the United States Seventh Fleet ⓘ
headquartersLocation Brisbane, Australia ⓘ
linked to: Brisbane
historicalSignificance key role in Allied counteroffensive in the South West Pacific ⓘ
includesForce Royal Australian Navy units ⓘ
Royal Netherlands Navy units ⓘ
United States Navy units ⓘ
other Allied naval contingents ⓘ
operationalArea New Guinea campaign ⓘ
Philippines campaign (South West Pacific sector) ⓘ
Solomon Islands region (overlapping responsibilities) ⓘ
opposedTo Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
partOf South West Pacific Area Command ⓘ
primaryObjective secure sea lines of communication in the South West Pacific ⓘ
support amphibious advances toward the Philippines and Japan ⓘ
reportsTo General Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
linked to: Douglas MacArthur

Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area ⓘ
responsibleFor amphibious operations planning in the South West Pacific Area ⓘ
convoy protection in the South West Pacific Area ⓘ
coordinating Allied naval forces in the South West Pacific Area ⓘ
directing Allied naval operations in the South West Pacific Area ⓘ
naval air support coordination in the South West Pacific Area ⓘ
naval logistics in the South West Pacific Area ⓘ
supporting Allied land operations in the South West Pacific Area ⓘ
serviceBranch naval forces of multiple Allied nations ⓘ
subordinateTo Combined Chiefs of Staff (indirectly) ⓘ
successorHolder Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender ⓘ
successorHolderRank Vice Admiral, United States Navy ⓘ
theater South West Pacific Area ⓘ
timePeriod 1942–1945 ⓘ
typeOfCommand theater-level naval command ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area → parallelCommand → Commander, Allied Naval Forces, South West Pacific Area ⓘ
Thomas C. Kinkaid → positionHeld → Commander, Allied Naval Forces, Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
subject linked to: Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid
linked to: Commander, Allied Naval Forces, South West Pacific Area
Thomas C. Kinkaid → positionHeld → Commander, Allied Naval Forces, Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
linked to: Commander, Allied Naval Forces, South West Pacific Area
Herbert F. Leary → positionHeld → Commander, Southwest Pacific Force ⓘ
subject linked to: Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary
linked to: Commander, Allied Naval Forces, South West Pacific Area
Commander, Allied Naval Forces, South West Pacific Area → alsoKnownAs → Allied Naval Commander, SWPA ⓘ
linked to: Commander, Allied Naval Forces, South West Pacific Area