" But World War II meant service in the Army -- or, as he put it, "the EuropeanTheater of Operations" with "lots of operations" and "very little theater.
The Allied soldiers were not all heroes, of course: By December, there were an estimated 18, 000 U.S. Army deserters on the loose in the Europeantheater, together with at least 10, 000 British.
In the short-term, then, it may be preferable to create a Sub-Unified Command for the continent within the European Command ? where much expertise on Africa is currently housed ? while working to relocate in theater in the longer-term.