Douglas Mcarthur
Chester W. Nimitz .
On the fateful morning of December 7, 1941, the commander of American naval forces at Pearl Harbor was Admiral Husband E. Kimmel. His army-counterpart in charge of the ground forces was Lieutenant General Walter C. Short.
One of the allied commanders of the Pacific fleet was General Douglas MacArthur. Another allied commander was Admiral William Halsey.
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Yes , Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was the overall commander in the Pacific Theater as the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CinCPac) .
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz had overall command of all air , land and sea forces in the Pacific theater : Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CinCPac) .
Douglas MacArthur was the Supreme Commander of ground forces in the Pacific.
General Dwight David Eisenhower of the US ARMY was the Allied Commander for the Normandy Invasion. He had all the allied forces under his command for that ( not the Pacific Theater forces obviously ) and his local officers in direct charge were General Montgomery in command of British and Canadian Forces and Gen Omar Bradley, US Army , in charge of American Forces.
The buck stopped with Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, whose WWII titles included the dual command of Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas for U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces.
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz was the Commander in Chief, Naval Forces Pacific. General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander South West Pacific Area
Franklin Roosevelt died towards the end the Harry Truman was presidentThe political leader of the US for most of the war was FDR - although Truman was president for the last part of the war. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe - which put him in charge of US forces in Europe. Douglas MacArthur, was Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the South West Pacific Area, 1942-45. Chester W. Nimitz was Fleet Admiral and commander of the United States Pacific Fleet in 1941-42 and became supreme commander of Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean Area, 1942-45.
The President of the USA is also Commander In Chief of the US Armed Forces, so William McKinley was in charge.
The Pacific
General Dwight d. eisenhower was the AEF commander which stands allied expeditionary forces, during Normandy and continued after
On the fateful morning of December 7, 1941, the commander of American naval forces at Pearl Harbor was Admiral Husband E. Kimmel. His army-counterpart in charge of the ground forces was Lieutenant General Walter C. Short.
American General Dwight David Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe.
Douglas Mac Arthur
The commander of the Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II was General Douglas MacArthur