Mediterranean Theater of Operations

This pages deals with the United States military's Mediterranean Theater of Operations. See Mediterranean Theatre of World War II for more details of other campaigns in the theater.

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United States military - Mediterranean Theatre of World War II

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The Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) was originally called North African Theater of Operations (NATO) and is an American term for the conflict that took place between the Allies and Axis Powers in North Africa and Italy during World War II. US operations in the theater began with of the Allied Expeditionary Force, which landed on the beaches of northwest Africa on November 8, 1942, in Operation Torch. They ended in the Italian Alps some 31 months later with the German surrender in May 1945.

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Theater - Allies - Axis Powers - North Africa - Italy - World War II - November 8 - 1942 - Operation Torch

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