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Mediterranean Theatre of World War II

Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre
Part of the Second World War
WWII-Mediterranean-v1.PNG

A map showing the territories of, and held by, Allied (green) and Axis (orange) forces at the outbreak of hostilities in the Mediterranean. (Neutral countries are in grey)
Date 10 June 1940 – 2 May 1945
(4 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location Southern Europe, the Middle East, the Horn of Africa, North Africa
35°N 18°E / 35°N 18°E / 35; 18Coordinates: 35°N 18°E / 35°N 18°E / 35; 18
Result
Territorial
changes
Fall of the Italian Empire
Belligerents

Allies:
 United Kingdom
 Soviet Union (1941–45)
 United States (1942–45)
 India
 Free France
Poland Poland
 Australia
 Canada
 Greece (1940–45)
 Yugoslavia (1941–43)
 Yugoslavia (1943–45)
 New Zealand
 Union of South Africa
 Brazil (1942–45)
 Italy (1943–45)

...and others

Axis Powers:
 Germany
 Italy (1940–43)
 Italian Social Republic (1943–45)
 Independent State of Croatia
...and others


France Vichy France (1940 – 1942)
Commanders and leaders

United Kingdom Archibald Wavell
United Kingdom Claude Auchinleck
United States Dwight D. Eisenhower
United Kingdom Harold Alexander
Soviet Union Fyodor Tolbukhin
Soviet Union Vladimir Zhdanov
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito

Kingdom of Yugoslavia King Peter II

Nazi Germany Albert Kesselring
Kingdom of ItalyItalian Social Republic Benito Mussolini
Kingdom of Italy Rodolfo Graziani
Kingdom of Italy Pietro Badoglio

Kingdom of Italy Ugo Cavallero  

Allies:
 United Kingdom
 Soviet Union (1941–45)
 United States (1942–45)
 India
 Free France
Poland Poland
 Australia
 Canada
 Greece (1940–45)
 Yugoslavia (1941–43)
 Yugoslavia (1943–45)
 New Zealand
 Union of South Africa
 Brazil (1942–45)
 Italy (1943–45)


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