campaign, major, interwar and Second World War
Battle of the Mediterranean
Battle of the Mediterranean was a campaign fought in 1940 at Mediterranean Sea; it lasted about 5 years. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Mediterranean Sea. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Allied victory.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1940 (year precision) to 1945 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Mediterranean Sea 38.000N, 17.000E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
Nearest engagements
- Action off Calabria 1940, 47 km SE
- naval warfare in the Mediterranean during World War I 1914, 88 km E
- Mediterranean U-boat Campaign 1918, 88 km E
- Capture of Squillace 1297, 97 km NW
- Battle of Le Castella 1297, 101 km N
In the same war
- Before: Italian invasion of France 1940
- After: Siege of Malta 11 June 1940
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1940
- the Blitz United Kingdom
- Bombing of Tokyo Japan
- Japanese invasion of French Indochina Vietnam
- Coventry Blitz United Kingdom
- Hundred Regiments Offensive China
Battle of the Mediterranean is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q702176, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Mediterranean, revision 1383920804, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.