Battle of Mediterranean | |||||||
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Part of the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II | |||||||
Mediterranean Sea |
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United Kingdom Australia United States Canada Free France New Zealand Yugoslavia Greece Brazil |
Italy Vichy France |
Italy
Germany
Italian Social Republic
The Battle of the Mediterranean was the name given to the naval campaign fought in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II, from 10 June 1940 to 2 May 1945.
For the most part, the campaign was fought between the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina), supported by other Axis naval and air forces, and the British Royal Navy, supported by other Allied naval forces, such as Australia, the Netherlands, Poland and Greece. American naval and air units joined the Allied side in 1942.