Mediterranean Theater
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The term Mediterranean Theater can refer to:
- Mediterranean Theatre of World War IIMediterranean Theatre of World War IIThe African, Mediterranean and Middle East theatres encompassed the naval, land, and air campaigns fought between the Allied and Axis forces in the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and Africa...
, 1940–45 - Mediterranean Theater of OperationsMediterranean Theater of OperationsThe Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army was originally called North African Theater of Operations 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...
, the official term for American military operations by the Army, the Navy, and the Army Air Forces in the Mediterranean region during 1942–45