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General George C. Marshall was the commanding general of the US Army in 1942. This position is called the "Chief of Staff". Marshall held the job from 1939 until the war was over. He modernized the Army, reorganized it, and grew it from the 21st largest in the world (just behind Bulgaria) to a force second to none. He was the true architect of victory in WWII. More than eight million men served in the army Marshall created. The Air Force was still a part of the Army then, so Marshall was also responsible for directing the Air War, with more millions under his orders. He built the Pentagon, and ran the program which created the atomic bombs. He later served as Secretary of State, and is perhaps best remembered today for the Marshall Plan he devised, which got Europe back on its feet after the war.
Marshall did not go to West Point. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1915, and served brilliantly as a staff officer in WWI.
One of the truly great Americans of all time.
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UK. Bernard Montgomery
NAZI: Erwin Rommel
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