Who was the leader of the United States Armed Forces in World War 2?

Answer 1

General Eisenhower called the shots and Generals from England and the US went by his orders so they could command their troops. Attached is the explanation of the commanders. Many people think Patton did the leading. That was not true. He was way down in the chain of Command. This comes from Wikipedia under the heading of the Eurpoean Theater of Operations.

The 133rd Infantry Regiment of the 34th Infantry Division was the first United States Army unit sent to Europe in World War II. The first battalion arrived in Belfast in late January 1942, followed by the rest of the regiment in February. These units were designated as U.S. Army Northern Ireland Forces, later incorporated within the European Theater of Operations. The 133rd and 168th Infantry Regiments trained in the peat bogs, and performed border guard patrols between British Northern Ireland and the neutral Irish Free State.

Five months later, the United States Department of War officially established ETOUSA, on June 8, 1942. Its mission was to conduct planning for the eventual retaking of Europe and to exercise administrative and operational control over U.S. forces. Headquartered in London, ETOUSA was first commanded by Major General James E. Chaney, an Army Air Corps officer.

U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower had multiple command appointments; he replaced Chaney in late June 1942, but in November he also commanded the Allied forces in Operation Torch through AFHQ. He then relinquished command of ETOUSA to Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews in February 1943, who was killed in an air crash in May. In December 1943 it was announced that Eisenhower would be Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. In January 1944 he resumed command of ETOUSA and the following month was officially designated as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. (Note that Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) was the headquarters of the Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, whereas the AFHQ was the headquarters of only the Allied forces.) He served in a dual role until the end of hostilities in Europe in May 1945. From February 1944, SHAEF was the operational command and ETOUSA administrative command.

Some units were transferred between operational commands and administrative commands at different times. For example the American 6th Army Group, which was set up under the Mediterranean Theater of Operations to oversee Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France between Toulon and Cannes, was passed to SHAEF (and into ETO) a month after the invasion which took place on August 15, 1944.

By the end of 1944, Eisenhower, through SHAEF, commanded three powerful Allied army groups. In the north British 21st Army Group commanded by Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, in the middle the American 12th Army Group commanded by General Omar N. Bradley, and in the South the American 6th Army Group commanded by Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers. The British 21st Army Group and French elements of the 6th Army Group were not part of ETOUSA, but by that stage of the war most of the operational forces under the command of SHAEF were American.

Commanders

• Maj. Gen. James E. Chaney 8 June 1942-20 June 1942
• Maj. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower 24 June 1942-3 February 1943
• Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews 4 February 1943-3 May 1943
• Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers 10 May 1943-8 January 1944
• Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower 15 January 1944-1 July 1944

Answer 2

The Commander in Chief was President Roosevelt until his death, and then President Harry S Truman became the Commander in Chief.

Answer 3

Most famously it was General MacArthur, althoug technically it was President Franklin Roosevelt.

Answer 4

The Commander in Chief of the US Army during WW2 was President Franklin Delano Rooseveldt.

Answer 5

General Dwight David Eisenhower commanded all of the allied troops. Omar Bradley led the American Forces during and after the Normandy landings.

Answer 6

Bernard L. Montgomery

Answer 7

Dwight Eisenhower .