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href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1940)" title="Timeline of World War II (1940)">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1941)" title="Timeline of World War II (1941)">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1942)" title="Timeline of World War II (1942)">1942</a></li> <li><br /><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1943)" title="Timeline of World War II (1943)">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1944)" title="Timeline of World War II (1944)">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1945%E2%80%931991)" title="Timeline of World War II (1945–1991)">1945 onwards</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> By topic</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_history_of_World_War_II" title="Diplomatic history of World War II">Diplomacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declarations_of_war_during_World_War_II" title="Declarations of war during World War II">Declarations of war</a></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_Battles" class="mw-redirect" title="List of World War II Battles">Battles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_military_operations" title="List of World War II military operations">Operations</a></li></ul></div></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> By theatre</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_air_operations_during_the_Battle_of_Europe" title="List of air operations during the Battle of Europe">Battle of Europe air operations</a></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Eastern_Front_of_World_War_II" title="Timeline of the Eastern Front of World War II">Eastern Front</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Manhattan_Project" title="Timeline of the Manhattan Project">Manhattan Project</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_United_Kingdom_home_front_during_World_War_II" title="Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II">United Kingdom home front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_surrender_of_Axis_forces_at_the_end_of_World_War_II" title="Timeline of the surrender of Axis forces at the end of World War II">Surrender of the Axis armies</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:WWII_timelines" title="Template:WWII timelines"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:WWII_timelines" title="Template talk:WWII timelines"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a 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They were forced to adapt to new technologies and forged the direction of modern warfare. Some political leaders, particularly those of the principal dictatorships involved in the conflict, <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> (Germany), <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a> (Italy), and <a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Hirohito</a> (Japan), acted as dictators for their respective countries or empires.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_commanders">Military commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Military commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Allied_Forces">Allied Forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Allied Forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#78866b; color:white;" rowspan="12"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Brooke,_1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke" title="Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke">Alan Brooke</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg/100px-1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg/150px-1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg/200px-1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke_1943.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1645" data-file-height="2249" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Garter" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Garter">Knight of the Garter</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Home_Forces" title="Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces">Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Imperial_General_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the Imperial General Staff">Chief of the Imperial General Staff</a> </p> </td> <td>Served as <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Imperial_General_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the Imperial General Staff">CIGS</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Imperial_General_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the Imperial General Staff">Chief of the Imperial General Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ypres-Comines_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal">Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Aerial" title="Operation Aerial">Operation Aerial</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td colspan="8">Commanded the <a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="II Corps (United Kingdom)">II Corps</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a> at the Battle of France. Later served as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Imperial_General_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the Imperial General Staff">Chief of the Imperial General Staff</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery,_1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein">Bernard Montgomery</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg/100px-Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg/150px-Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg/200px-Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="549" data-file-height="700" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Garter" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Garter">Knight of the Garter</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd (United Kingdom) Division">General Officer Commanding, 3rd Infantry Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="II Corps (United Kingdom)">General Officer Commanding, II Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="V Corps (United Kingdom)">General Officer Commanding, V Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/XII_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="XII Corps (United Kingdom)">General Officer Commanding, XII Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Command" title="Aldershot Command">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South-Eastern Command</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Eighth Army (United Kingdom)">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eighth Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Supreme Commander, Allied Ground Forces (Normandy)</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief 21st Army Group</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/British_Army_of_the_Rhine" title="British Army of the Rhine">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_occupation_zone_in_Germany" title="British occupation zone in Germany">Military Governor of British Occupation Zone in Germany</a> </p> </td> <td>Served as <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Imperial_General_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the Imperial General Staff">CIGS</a>, and later Commander-in-Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Union_(alliance)" title="Western Union (alliance)">Western Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Supreme_Allied_Commander_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe">Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe</a> in <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert Campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Alam_el_Halfa" title="Battle of Alam el Halfa">Battle of Alam el Halfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_El_Agheila" title="Battle of El Agheila">Battle of El Agheila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisia Campaign">Tunisia Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Medenine" title="Battle of Medenine">Battle of Medenine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pugilist" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Pugilist">Operation Pugilist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wadi_Akarit" title="Battle of Wadi Akarit">Battle of Wadi Akarit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Husky" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Husky">Operation Husky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Avalanche" title="Operation Avalanche">Operation Avalanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Caen" title="Battle for Caen">Battle for Caen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Epsom" title="Operation Epsom">Operation Epsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Goodwood" title="Operation Goodwood">Operation Goodwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cobra" title="Operation Cobra">Operation Cobra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falaise_pocket" title="Falaise pocket">Falaise pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Operation Market Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Western Allied invasion of Germany</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td colspan="8">A veteran of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Irish_War_of_Independence" title="Irish War of Independence">Irish War of Independence</a>, entered the Second World War as a divisional commander within the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a>, defending France and then took command of <a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="II Corps (United Kingdom)">II Corps</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Evacuation_at_Dunkirk" class="mw-redirect" title="Evacuation at Dunkirk">evacuation at Dunkirk</a>. After several Corps appointments was placed in command of South-Eastern Command before being dispatched to Egypt to take command of the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Eighth Army (United Kingdom)">Eighth Army</a>, following the death of <a href="/wiki/William_Gott" title="William Gott">William Gott</a>. Won the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a> and played a crucial role in the completion of the <a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a>. Then led the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Eighth Army (United Kingdom)">Eighth Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Battle of Sicily</a> and then the <a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy" title="Allied invasion of Italy">invasion of Italy</a> itself. Was transferred back to the United Kingdom to take command of the <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a> and led all Allied ground forces during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>. Following the conclusion of this campaign, relinquishing the role of Ground Forces commander, he continued to lead <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a> throughout the rest of the 1944-1945 <a href="/wiki/North_West_Europe_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North West Europe Campaign">North West Europe Campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NT5Y_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NT5Y-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Alexander,_1st_Earl_Alexander_of_Tunis" title="Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis">Harold Alexander</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Harold_Alexander_026065.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sir_Harold_Alexander_026065.jpg/100px-Sir_Harold_Alexander_026065.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sir_Harold_Alexander_026065.jpg/150px-Sir_Harold_Alexander_026065.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sir_Harold_Alexander_026065.jpg/200px-Sir_Harold_Alexander_026065.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="2722" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">General Officer Commanding, 1st Infantry Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Corps (United Kingdom)">General Officer Commanding, I Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Southern_Command_(United_Kingdom)" title="Southern Command (United Kingdom)">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/XII_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="XII Corps (United Kingdom)">General Officer Commanding, XII Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Command" title="Aldershot Command">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South-Eastern Command</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Middle_East_Command" title="Middle East Command">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East Command</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/18th_Army_Group" title="18th Army Group">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 18th Army Group</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/15th_Army_Group" title="15th Army Group">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 15th Army Group</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Allied_Force_Headquarters" title="Allied Force Headquarters">Supreme Commander Allied Forces Headquarters</a> </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada" title="Governor General of Canada">Governor General of Canada</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dunkirk" title="Battle of Dunkirk">Battle of Dunkirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre">Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Campaign_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Adriatic Campaign of World War II">Adriatic Campaign of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tunisia" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Tunisia">Battle of Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Italian Campaign (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;vertical-align: top;"> <td colspan="8">The last British soldier to evacuate Dunkirk, replaced Auchinleck from command at North Africa, and turned the tide in the Allies' favour. Defeated the Germans in North Africa. Staged a successful invasion of Italy, and as Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces liberated it in 1944 before becoming Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces Headquarters, responsible for all military operations in the Mediterranean Theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Wavell,_1st_Earl_Wavell" title="Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell">Archibald Wavell</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Archibald_Wavell2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Archibald_Wavell2.jpg/100px-Archibald_Wavell2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Archibald_Wavell2.jpg/150px-Archibald_Wavell2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Archibald_Wavell2.jpg/200px-Archibald_Wavell2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1860" data-file-height="2156" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Middle_East_Command" title="Middle East Command">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East Command</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_India" title="Commander-in-Chief, India">Commander-in-Chief, India</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/American-British-Dutch-Australian_Command" title="American-British-Dutch-Australian Command">Supreme Commander, American-British-Dutch-Australian Command</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_India" title="Governor-General of India">Governor-General of India</a> </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Viceroy_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Viceroy of India">Viceroy of India</a>, returned to England in 1947 and became <a href="/wiki/High_Steward_of_Colchester" title="High Steward of Colchester">High Steward of Colchester</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Lords_Temporal" title="Lords Temporal">Lord Temporal</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre">Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Campaign_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Adriatic Campaign of World War II">Adriatic Campaign of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_campaign" title="North African campaign">North African campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_African_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="East African Campaign (World War II)">East African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War" title="Anglo-Iraqi War">Anglo-Iraqi War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Syria–Lebanon Campaign">Syria–Lebanon Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burma_Campaign_1942%E2%80%9343" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma Campaign 1942–43">Burma Campaign 1942–43</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;"> <td colspan="8">Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in the Middle East 1939–1941. Commander-in-Chief in India 1941–1942. Commander of <a href="/wiki/American-British-Dutch-Australian_Command" title="American-British-Dutch-Australian Command">ABDACOM</a> 1942. Commander-in-Chief in India 1942–1943. <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_India" title="Governor-General of India">Viceroy of India</a> 1943–1947.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Vereker,_6th_Viscount_Gort" title="John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort">Viscount Gort</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Gort_and_Lieutenant_General_Pownall_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Lord_Gort_and_Lieutenant_General_Pownall_cropped.jpg/100px-Lord_Gort_and_Lieutenant_General_Pownall_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Lord_Gort_and_Lieutenant_General_Pownall_cropped.jpg/150px-Lord_Gort_and_Lieutenant_General_Pownall_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Lord_Gort_and_Lieutenant_General_Pownall_cropped.jpg/200px-Lord_Gort_and_Lieutenant_General_Pownall_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="377" data-file-height="504" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td>Holder of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Gibraltar" title="Governor of Gibraltar">Governor of Gibraltar</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Malta">Governor of Malta</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/High_Commissioners_for_Palestine_and_Transjordan" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan">High Commissioner for Palestine and Trans-Jordan</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1946. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dunkirk" title="Battle of Dunkirk">Battle of Dunkirk</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td colspan="8">A World War I hero, he played a major role in mobilising and arming the British forces during the <a href="/wiki/Phony_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Phony War">Phony War</a>. He took command of the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">German invasion of France</a> but was overwhelmed by German military tactics. When his troops were trapped in Dunkirk, he disobeyed orders from French and British command to attack and decided to evacuate, a decision which saved the lives of over 300,000 soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Claude_Auchinleck" title="Claude Auchinleck">Claude Auchinleck</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Auchinleck_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Auchinleck_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Auchinleck_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Auchinleck_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Auchinleck_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Auchinleck_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Auchinleck_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="282" data-file-height="376" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(United_Kingdom)" title="General (United Kingdom)">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/IV_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="IV Corps (United Kingdom)">General Officer Commanding, IV Corps</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">Commander-in-Chief, Northern Norway</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Malta">Governor of Malta</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="V Corps (United Kingdom)">General Officer Commanding, V Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Command" title="Aldershot Command">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Middle_East_Command" title="Middle East Command">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East Command</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_India" title="Commander-in-Chief, India">Commander-in-Chief, India</a> </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_India" title="Commander-in-Chief, India">Commander-in-Chief, India</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition of India</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Campaign_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Adriatic Campaign of World War II">Adriatic Campaign of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War" title="Anglo-Iraqi War">Anglo-Iraqi War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Crusader" title="Operation Crusader">Operation Crusader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gazala" title="Battle of Gazala">Battle of Gazala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="First Battle of El Alamein">First Battle of El Alamein</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;vertical-align: top;"> <td colspan="8">Organised the Home Guard to protect against <a href="/wiki/Operation_Sea_Lion" title="Operation Sea Lion">Operation Sea Lion</a>. A quick response to the Iraq revolt impressed Churchill, who appointed him Commander-in-Chief of the North Africa forces. Frequent disagreements with British command, coupled with significant loss of territory against Rommel, forced him to be reassigned back to India. He fared better in this theatre, successfully mobilising the <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">British Indian Army</a> against the Burma invasion.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#3c4645; color:white;" rowspan="6"><b>Air Force</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Portal,_1st_Viscount_Portal_of_Hungerford" title="Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford">Charles Portal</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MRAF_Sir_Charles_Portal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/MRAF_Sir_Charles_Portal.jpg/100px-MRAF_Sir_Charles_Portal.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/MRAF_Sir_Charles_Portal.jpg/150px-MRAF_Sir_Charles_Portal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/MRAF_Sir_Charles_Portal.jpg/200px-MRAF_Sir_Charles_Portal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="332" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Marshal of the Royal Air Force">Marshal of the Royal Air Force</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Garter" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Garter">Knight of the Garter</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Member_for_Personnel" title="Air Member for Personnel">Air Member for Personnel</a> <p><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF Bomber Command</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Air Staff</a> </p> </td> <td>Chairman of atomic energy division of <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Supply" title="Ministry of Supply">Ministry of Supply</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Aluminium" title="British Aluminium">British Aluminium</a>, and <a href="/wiki/British_Aircraft_Corporation" title="British Aircraft Corporation">British Aircraft Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rafweb1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rafweb1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adlertag" title="Adlertag">Adlertag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II" title="Strategic bombing during World War II">Strategic bombing during World War II</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td colspan="8">Strong advocate of <a href="/wiki/Area_bombardment" title="Area bombardment">area bombing</a>. Took over as head of the RAF after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a>. Continually launched air raids against Germany, especially targeting civilian populations, and helped create <a href="/wiki/Pathfinder_(RAF)" title="Pathfinder (RAF)">Pathfinder forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Harris,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet">Arthur Harris</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Chief_Marshal_Sir_Arthur_Harris.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Air_Chief_Marshal_Sir_Arthur_Harris.jpg/100px-Air_Chief_Marshal_Sir_Arthur_Harris.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Air_Chief_Marshal_Sir_Arthur_Harris.jpg/150px-Air_Chief_Marshal_Sir_Arthur_Harris.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Air_Chief_Marshal_Sir_Arthur_Harris.jpg/200px-Air_Chief_Marshal_Sir_Arthur_Harris.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1772" data-file-height="2329" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Chief_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Chief Marshal">Air Chief Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF Bomber Command</a> </td> <td>Manager of the <a href="/wiki/Safmarine" title="Safmarine">South African Marine Corporation</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II" title="Strategic bombing during World War II">Strategic bombing during World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Bomber_Offensive" title="Combined Bomber Offensive">Combined Bomber Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pointblank_directive" title="Pointblank directive">Pointblank directive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ruhr" title="Battle of the Ruhr">Battle of the Ruhr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Kassel_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Kassel in World War II">Bombing of Kassel in World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin_(RAF_campaign)" title="Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign)">Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;"> <td colspan="8">Assisted <a href="/wiki/Charles_Portal" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Portal">Charles Portal</a> in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany, issued the <a href="/wiki/Area_bombing_directive" title="Area bombing directive">area bombing directive</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Dowding,_1st_Baron_Dowding" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding">Hugh Dowding</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hugh_Dowding.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Hugh_Dowding.jpg/100px-Hugh_Dowding.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Hugh_Dowding.jpg/150px-Hugh_Dowding.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Hugh_Dowding.jpg/200px-Hugh_Dowding.jpg 2x" data-file-width="951" data-file-height="1263" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Chief_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Chief Marshal">Air Chief Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fighter_Command" title="RAF Fighter Command">Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF Fighter Command</a> </td> <td>Dismissed as head of fighter command in November 1940. Became a <a href="/wiki/Theosophy_(Blavatskian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Theosophy (Blavatskian)">theosophist</a> after the war. Died in February 1970, aged 87 and buried in <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;vertical-align: top;"> <td colspan="8">Leader in World War I of a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a> squadron. Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a>. Credited with saving Britain from defeat by devising the <a href="/wiki/Dowding_system" title="Dowding system">Dowding system</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:navy; color:white;" rowspan="8"><b>Navy</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cunningham,_1st_Viscount_Cunningham_of_Hyndhope" title="Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope">Andrew Cunningham</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrew_Cunningham_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Andrew_Cunningham_cropped.jpg/100px-Andrew_Cunningham_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Andrew_Cunningham_cropped.jpg/150px-Andrew_Cunningham_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Andrew_Cunningham_cropped.jpg/200px-Andrew_Cunningham_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Thistle" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Thistle">Knight of the Thistle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Fleet" title="Mediterranean Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet</a> <p><a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord_and_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff">First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff</a> </p> </td> <td>Served as <a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Commissioner_to_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland">Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland</a>. Died in June 1963, buried at sea off <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa_in_World_War_II" title="French West Africa in World War II">French West Africa in World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean" title="Battle of the Mediterranean">Battle of the Mediterranean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Calabria" title="Battle of Calabria">Battle of Calabria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taranto" title="Battle of Taranto">Battle of Taranto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Matapan" title="Battle of Cape Matapan">Battle of Cape Matapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(World_War_II)" title="Siege of Malta (World War II)">Siege of Malta (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch">Operation Torch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Retribution_(1943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Retribution (1943)">Operation Retribution (1943)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Husky" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Husky">Operation Husky</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ffffff;vertical-align: top;"> <td colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> 1943–1946.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma">Louis Mountbatten</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Admiral_Lord_Louis_Mountbatten,_1943._TR1230_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Admiral_Lord_Louis_Mountbatten%2C_1943._TR1230_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Admiral_Lord_Louis_Mountbatten%2C_1943._TR1230_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Admiral_Lord_Louis_Mountbatten%2C_1943._TR1230_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Admiral_Lord_Louis_Mountbatten%2C_1943._TR1230_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Admiral_Lord_Louis_Mountbatten%2C_1943._TR1230_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Admiral_Lord_Louis_Mountbatten%2C_1943._TR1230_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="642" data-file-height="856" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Garter" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Garter">Knight of the Garter</a> </td> <td>Commanded <a href="/wiki/HMS_Kelly" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Kelly">HMS Kelly</a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Illustrious" title="HMS Illustrious">HMS Illustrious</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Combined_Operations_Headquarters" title="Combined Operations Headquarters">Commander-in-Chief, Combined Operations Headquarters</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/South_East_Asia_Command" title="South East Asia Command">Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command</a> </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Viceroy_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Viceroy of India">Viceroy of India</a> until 1947. First Sea Lord from 1954 to 1957. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dieppe" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Dieppe">Battle of Dieppe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South-East_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South-East Asian theatre of World War II">South-East Asian theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burma_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma Campaign">Burma Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tiderace" title="Operation Tiderace">Operation Tiderace</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;vertical-align: top;"> <td colspan="8">Supreme Allied Commander of <a href="/wiki/South_East_Asia_Command" title="South East Asia Command">SEAC</a>. Under him were such generals as <a href="/wiki/William_Slim" class="mw-redirect" title="William Slim">William Slim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stilwell" title="Joseph Stilwell">Joseph Stilwell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Pound" title="Dudley Pound">Sir Alfred Pound</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SirDudleyPound.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/SirDudleyPound.jpg/100px-SirDudleyPound.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/SirDudleyPound.jpg/150px-SirDudleyPound.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/SirDudleyPound.jpg/200px-SirDudleyPound.jpg 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="781" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord_and_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff">First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff</a> </td> <td>Died of illness, October 1943. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;vertical-align: top;"> <td colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> 1939–1943.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ffffff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_Somerville" title="James Somerville">James Somerville</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:INF3-77_pt8_Admiral_Sir_James_Somerville.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/INF3-77_pt8_Admiral_Sir_James_Somerville.jpg/100px-INF3-77_pt8_Admiral_Sir_James_Somerville.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/INF3-77_pt8_Admiral_Sir_James_Somerville.jpg/150px-INF3-77_pt8_Admiral_Sir_James_Somerville.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/INF3-77_pt8_Admiral_Sir_James_Somerville.jpg/200px-INF3-77_pt8_Admiral_Sir_James_Somerville.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2995" data-file-height="2595" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Indies_Station" title="East Indies Station">Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser_Squadron" title="Battlecruiser Squadron">Commander-in-Chief, Battlecruiser Squadron</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Force_H" title="Force H">Supreme Allied Commander, Force H</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Eastern_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet</a> </p> </td> <td>Became <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Somerset" title="Lord Lieutenant of Somerset">Lord Lieutenant of Somerset</a> in August 1946. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir" title="Attack on Mers-el-Kébir">Attack on Mers-el-Kébir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento" title="Battle of Cape Spartivento">Battle of Cape Spartivento</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_raid" title="Indian Ocean raid">Indian Ocean raid</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;vertical-align: top;"> <td colspan="8"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="France">France</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#78866b; color:white;" rowspan="10"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Charles de Gaulle">Charles de Gaulle</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:De_Gaulle-OWI.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/De_Gaulle-OWI.jpg/100px-De_Gaulle-OWI.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/De_Gaulle-OWI.jpg/150px-De_Gaulle-OWI.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/De_Gaulle-OWI.jpg/200px-De_Gaulle-OWI.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2480" data-file-height="3663" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Army_General_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Army General (France)">Général de Brigade</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="Legion of Honor">Grand Master Legion of Honor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4th_Armored_Division_(France,_1940)" title="4th Armored Division (France, 1940)">Commander, 4th Armored Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Free_France" title="Free France">Leader of the Free French Forces</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_the_French_Republic" title="Provisional Government of the French Republic">Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic</a> </p> </td> <td>Took control of France as <a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">President</a> and was instrumental in creating the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_the_French_Republic" title="Provisional Government of the French Republic">Provisional Government of the French Republic</a> and later the <a href="/wiki/French_Fifth_Republic" title="French Fifth Republic">Fifth French Republic</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Montcornet" title="Battle of Montcornet">Battle of Montcornet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Abbeville" title="Battle of Abbeville">Battle of Abbeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="West Africa Campaign (World War II)">West African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dakar" title="Battle of Dakar">Battle of Dakar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gabon" title="Battle of Gabon">Battle of Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_French_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Free French Forces">Free French Forces</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Defied <a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a> by vowing to continue fighting after the French surrender. He headed with de Tassigny the <a href="/wiki/Free_French_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Free French Forces">Free French Forces</a>, who assisted the Allies in the <a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_France" title="Liberation of France">liberation of France</a> in 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jean_de_Lattre_de_Tassigny" title="Jean de Lattre de Tassigny">Jean de Lattre de Tassigny</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:De_Lattre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/De_Lattre.jpg/100px-De_Lattre.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/De_Lattre.jpg/150px-De_Lattre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/De_Lattre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="255" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_France" title="Marshal of France">Marshal of France</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="Legion of Honor">Grand Master Legion of Honor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_Army_(France)" title="1st Army (France)">Commander, First Army</a> <p>Commander-in-Chief, Ground Forces in Western Europe </p> </td> <td>Later commanded the <a href="/wiki/French_Far_East_Expeditionary_Corps" title="French Far East Expeditionary Corps">French Far East Expeditionary Corps</a> in the <a href="/wiki/First_Indochina_War" title="First Indochina War">First Indochina War</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Elba" title="Invasion of Elba">Invasion of Elba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon">Operation Dragoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colmar_Pocket" title="Colmar Pocket">Colmar Pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Resistance" title="French Resistance">French Resistance</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">Defied <a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a> by vowing to continue fighting after the French surrender. He headed with Charles de Gaulle the <a href="/wiki/Free_French_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Free French Forces">Free French Forces</a>, who assisted the Allies in the <a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_France" title="Liberation of France">liberation of France</a> in 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alphonse_Juin" title="Alphonse Juin">Alphonse Juin</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GenJuin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/GenJuin.jpg/100px-GenJuin.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/GenJuin.jpg/150px-GenJuin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/GenJuin.jpg/200px-GenJuin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="769" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_France" title="Marshal of France">Marshal of France</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="Legion of Honor">Grand Cross Legion of Honor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_Infantry_Division_(France)" title="15th Infantry Division (France)">Commander, 15th Motorized Infantry Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/French_Expeditionary_Corps_(1943%E2%80%9344)" title="French Expeditionary Corps (1943–44)">Commander, French Expeditionary Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(France)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (France)">Chief of the Defence Staff</a> </p> </td> <td>Became <a href="/wiki/Resident_(title)" class="mw-redirect" title="Resident (title)">Resident General</a> in <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> and member of the <a href="/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_Fran%C3%A7aise" title="Académie Française">Académie Française</a>, <a href="/wiki/Allied_Joint_Force_Command_Brunssum" title="Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum">Allied Joint Force Commander Brunssum</a> in <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winter_Line" title="Winter Line">Winter Line</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander of the Vichy French forces in North Africa until 1942, then commander of the <a href="/wiki/French_Expeditionary_Corps_(1943%E2%80%931944)" class="mw-redirect" title="French Expeditionary Corps (1943–1944)">French Expeditionary Corps</a> in Tunisia and Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Gamelin" title="Maurice Gamelin">Maurice Gamelin</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gamelin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Gamelin.jpg/100px-Gamelin.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Gamelin.jpg/150px-Gamelin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Gamelin.jpg/200px-Gamelin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5408" data-file-height="4728" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Army_General_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Army General (France)">Général d'Armée</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="Legion of Honor">Grand Cross Legion of Honor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_French_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the French Army">Chief of Staff of the French Army</a> </td> <td>Died in 1958. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saar_Offensive" title="Saar Offensive">Saar Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Belgium">Battle of Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sedan_(1940)" title="Battle of Sedan (1940)">Battle of Sedan (1940)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">Commander-in-Chief of French army during Battle of France, was replaced on 20 May 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Maxime_Weygand" title="Maxime Weygand">Maxime Weygand</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Time_Maxime_Weygand_10_30_33_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Time_Maxime_Weygand_10_30_33_cropped.jpg/100px-Time_Maxime_Weygand_10_30_33_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Time_Maxime_Weygand_10_30_33_cropped.jpg/150px-Time_Maxime_Weygand_10_30_33_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Time_Maxime_Weygand_10_30_33_cropped.jpg/200px-Time_Maxime_Weygand_10_30_33_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="239" data-file-height="293" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_d%27arm%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Général d'armée">Général d'armée</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="Legion of Honor">Grand Cross Legion of Honor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_French_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the French Army">Chief of Staff of the French Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_War_(France)" title="Minister of War (France)">Minister of National Defence</a> </p> </td> <td>Arrested on charges of treason but acquitted. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Belgium">Battle of Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Abbeville" title="Battle of Abbeville">Battle of Abbeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dunkirk" title="Battle of Dunkirk">Battle of Dunkirk</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander-in-Chief of French army during the Battle of France from 20 May 1940 until the surrender of France. Oversaw the creation of the Weygand line, an early application of the <a href="/wiki/Hedgehog_tactic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hedgehog tactic">Hedgehog tactic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:navy; color:white;" rowspan="2"><b>French Navy</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Darlan" title="François Darlan">François Darlan</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_Darlan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Fran%C3%A7ois_Darlan.jpg/100px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Darlan.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Fran%C3%A7ois_Darlan.jpg/150px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Darlan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Fran%C3%A7ois_Darlan.jpg/200px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Darlan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3059" data-file-height="4064" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiral of the Fleet">Admiral of the Fleet</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_1914%E2%80%931918_(France)" title="Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)">War Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_French_Navy" title="Chief of Staff of the French Navy">Chief of Staff of the French Navy</a> <p><a href="/wiki/French_Civil_and_Military_High_Command" title="French Civil and Military High Command">High Commissioner for France in North and West Africa</a> </p> </td> <td>Assassinated by <a href="/wiki/Fernand_Bonnier_de_La_Chapelle" title="Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle">Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle</a> December 1942. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir" title="Attack on Mers-el-Kébir">Mers-el-Kébir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch">Operation Torch</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">Built up the French Navy to prepare for war, only to see it destroyed by the British Navy. Served the Vichy France government and was tipped to become Pétain's successor. Was commander of <a href="/wiki/Vichy_French" class="mw-redirect" title="Vichy French">Vichy French</a> forces in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch">Operation Torch</a>. After arranging a ceasefire, he defected to the Allied side.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States">United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Command </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#78866b; color:white;" rowspan="12"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/George_Marshall" class="mw-redirect" title="George Marshall">George Marshall</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Catlett_Marshall,_general_of_the_US_army.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/George_Catlett_Marshall%2C_general_of_the_US_army.jpg/100px-George_Catlett_Marshall%2C_general_of_the_US_army.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/George_Catlett_Marshall%2C_general_of_the_US_army.jpg/150px-George_Catlett_Marshall%2C_general_of_the_US_army.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/George_Catlett_Marshall%2C_general_of_the_US_army.jpg/200px-George_Catlett_Marshall%2C_general_of_the_US_army.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2752" data-file-height="3221" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">General of the Army</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army)" title="Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)">Distinguished Service Medal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Silver_Star" title="Silver Star">Silver Star</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the United States Army</a> </td> <td>As <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a> his name was given to the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Plan" title="Marshall Plan">Marshall Plan</a>, for which he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a> in 1953. Also served as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a> during the Korean War. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the United States Army</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">Was the aide to General <a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">John J. Pershing</a> after World War I. Was Chief of Staff having overall command of the US Army during and before World War II. Marshall served as the U.S. Army Chief of Staff during the war and as the chief military adviser to President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>. Many of the American generals that were given top commands during the war were either picked or recommended by Marshall, including <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Eisenhower" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight Eisenhower">Dwight Eisenhower</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Fredendall" title="Lloyd Fredendall">Lloyd Fredendall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lesley_J._McNair" title="Lesley J. McNair">Lesley J. McNair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_W._Clark" title="Mark W. Clark">Mark W. Clark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Omar_Bradley" title="Omar Bradley">Omar Bradley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He led the rapid growth of US forces, co-ordinated the Western Allies and promoted postwar reconstruction of Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower.jpg/100px-General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower.jpg/150px-General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower.jpg/200px-General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2188" data-file-height="2725" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">General of the Army</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army)" title="Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)">Army Distinguished Service Medal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(United_States_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Service Medal (United States Navy)">Navy Distinguished Service Medal</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations,_United_States_Army" title="European Theater of Operations, United States Army">Commanding General, European Theater of Operations</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force" title="Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force">Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Military_Governor_of_the_U.S._Occupation_Zone_in_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Military Governor of the U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany">Military Governor of the U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany</a> </p> </td> <td>After liberating Europe, served as Army Chief of Staff, president of <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>, and Supreme Commander of NATO before being elected the 34th <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Campaign_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Adriatic Campaign of World War II">Adriatic Campaign of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Italian Campaign (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Western Allied invasion of Germany</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="6">In December 1943, President Roosevelt decided that Eisenhower—not Marshall—would be <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Allied_Commander" title="Supreme Allied Commander">Supreme Allied Commander</a> in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>. The following month, he resumed command of <a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations_United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater of Operations United States Army">European Theater of Operations United States Army</a> (ETOUSA) and the following month was officially designated as the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Allied_Commander" title="Supreme Allied Commander">Supreme Allied Commander</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe" title="Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe">Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe</a> (SHAPE), serving in a dual role until the end of hostilities in Europe in May 1945. He was charged in these positions with planning and carrying out the Allied assault on the coast of Normandy in June 1944 under the code name <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>, to head the liberation of Europe on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">invasion of Germany</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_MacArthur_58-61.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Douglas_MacArthur_58-61.jpg/100px-Douglas_MacArthur_58-61.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Douglas_MacArthur_58-61.jpg/150px-Douglas_MacArthur_58-61.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Douglas_MacArthur_58-61.jpg/200px-Douglas_MacArthur_58-61.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="448" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">General of the Army</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Philippines_Medal_of_Valor" title="Armed Forces of the Philippines Medal of Valor">Philippine Medal of Valor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Military_Advisor_to_the_Commonwealth_Government_of_the_Philippines" title="Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines">United States Military Advisor to the Philippines</a> <p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Forces_in_the_Far_East" title="United States Army Forces in the Far East">Commanding General, United States Army Forces in the Far East</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_Area_(command)" class="mw-redirect" title="South West Pacific Area (command)">Supreme Allied Commander, South West Pacific Area</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Commander_for_the_Allied_Powers" title="Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers">Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers</a> </p> </td> <td>Tasked with rebuilding Japan after the war. Later commanded the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations Command</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, and was <a href="/wiki/Relief_of_Douglas_MacArthur" title="Relief of Douglas MacArthur">controversially dismissed</a> by President <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> for considering the use of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a> against <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>. Considered possible <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> candidate in <a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election" title="1952 United States presidential election">1952 United States presidential election</a>, and chaired <a href="/wiki/Remington_Rand" title="Remington Rand">Remington Rand</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South West Pacific theatre of World War II">South West Pacific theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_campaign_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Philippines campaign (1941–1942)">Philippines campaign (1941–1942)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_campaign" title="Solomon Islands campaign">Solomon Islands campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Guinea_campaign" title="New Guinea campaign">New Guinea campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salamaua%E2%80%93Lae_campaign" title="Salamaua–Lae campaign">Salamaua–Lae campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Islands_campaign" title="Admiralty Islands campaign">Admiralty Islands campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_Campaign_(1944%E2%80%9345)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippines Campaign (1944–45)">Philippines Campaign (1944–45)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borneo_campaign_(1945)" class="mw-redirect" title="Borneo campaign (1945)">Borneo campaign (1945)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_campaign" title="Japan campaign">Japan campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">Recalled from retirement prior to the start of the Pacific war. Early on in World War II, received the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> for extreme bravery. Was disappointed to relinquish the Philippines to the Japanese. Promising to return, he did so in 1945 and while in Manila, prepared for war in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">Japan itself</a>. MacArthur presided over the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Unconditional_Surrender" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Unconditional Surrender">Japanese Unconditional Surrender</a> in 1945. His strategy of maneuver, air strikes and force avoidance meant that soldiers under his command faced relatively low casualties. <p><sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Omar_Bradley" title="Omar Bradley">Omar Bradley</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Omar_Bradley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Omar_Bradley.jpg/100px-Omar_Bradley.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Omar_Bradley.jpg/150px-Omar_Bradley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Omar_Bradley.jpg/200px-Omar_Bradley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="906" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">General of the Army</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army)" title="Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)">Distinguished Service Medal</a> (Army and Navy). </td> <td><a href="/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division" title="82nd Airborne Division">Commanding General, 82nd Airborne Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="II Corps (United Kingdom)">Commanding General, II Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/First_United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="First United States Army">Commanding General, First Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_United_States_Army_Group" title="Twelfth United States Army Group">Commanding General, Twelfth Army Group</a> </p> </td> <td>Promoted to General of the Army during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> (after serving in the rank of General during World War II). Became <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_609" title="Battle of Hill 609">Battle of Hill 609</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cobra" title="Operation Cobra">Operation Cobra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_L%C3%BCttich" title="Operation Lüttich">Operation Lüttich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falaise_pocket" title="Falaise pocket">Falaise pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_advance_from_Paris_to_the_Rhine" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine">Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_H%C3%BCrtgen_Forest" title="Battle of Hürtgen Forest">Battle of Hürtgen Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Queen" title="Operation Queen">Operation Queen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Western Allied invasion of Germany</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">This former infantry school instructor entered the war under Patton, later becoming his boss. Towards the end of the war, led a force of over 1.3 million troops (America's largest to serve under one man).<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mark_W._Clark" title="Mark W. Clark">Mark W. Clark</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Wayne_Clark_1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mark_Wayne_Clark_1943.jpg/100px-Mark_Wayne_Clark_1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mark_Wayne_Clark_1943.jpg/150px-Mark_Wayne_Clark_1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mark_Wayne_Clark_1943.jpg/200px-Mark_Wayne_Clark_1943.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1187" data-file-height="1487" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army)" title="Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)">Distinguished Service Medal</a> (Army and Navy). </td> <td><a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(United_States)" title="II Corps (United States)">Commanding General, II Corps</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Fifth_United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Fifth United States Army">Commanding General, Fifth Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Seventh_United_States_Army" title="Seventh United States Army">Commanding General, Seventh Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/15th_Army_Group" title="15th Army Group">Commanding General, 15th Army Group</a> </p> </td> <td>Commanded the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations Command</a> at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. Served as President of <a href="/wiki/The_Citadel" title="The Citadel">the Citadel</a> from 1954 to 1965. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy" title="Allied invasion of Italy">Allied invasion of Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernhardt_Line" title="Bernhardt Line">Bernhardt Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Pietro_Infine" title="Battle of San Pietro Infine">Battle of San Pietro Infine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino" title="Battle of Monte Cassino">Battle of Monte Cassino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Shingle" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Shingle">Operation Shingle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cisterna" title="Battle of Cisterna">Battle of Cisterna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_Line" title="Gothic Line">Gothic Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_1945_offensive_in_Italy" title="Spring 1945 offensive in Italy">Operation Grapeshot</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">Led the triumphal entry into Rome. Served under General <a href="/wiki/Harold_Alexander,_1st_Earl_Alexander_of_Tunis" title="Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis">Harold Alexander</a>. Ordered the destruction of the religious abbey at <a href="/wiki/Monte_Cassino" title="Monte Cassino">Monte Cassino</a>. Was <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a> in Italy from late 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/George_S._Patton" title="George S. Patton">George S. Patton, Jr.</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Luxembourg_-_General_Patton_(12744889054).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Luxembourg_-_General_Patton_%2812744889054%29.jpg/100px-Luxembourg_-_General_Patton_%2812744889054%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Luxembourg_-_General_Patton_%2812744889054%29.jpg/150px-Luxembourg_-_General_Patton_%2812744889054%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Luxembourg_-_General_Patton_%2812744889054%29.jpg/200px-Luxembourg_-_General_Patton_%2812744889054%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="1023" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (United States)">Distinguished Service Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Desert_Training_Center" title="Desert Training Center">Commanding General, Desert Training Center</a> <p><a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(United_States)" title="II Corps (United States)">Commanding General, II Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Seventh_United_States_Army" title="Seventh United States Army">Commanding General, Seventh Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/First_United_States_Army_Group" title="First United States Army Group">Commanding General, First Army Group</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Third_United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Third United States Army">Commanding General, Third Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Military_Government,_United_States" title="Office of Military Government, United States">Acting Military Governor of U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_United_States_Army" title="Fifteenth United States Army">Commanding General, Fifteenth Army</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in a road accident 4 months after the end of the war. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch">Operation Torch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_El_Guettar" title="Battle of El Guettar">Battle of El Guettar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Vulcan" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Vulcan">Operation Vulcan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sicily" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Sicily">Battle of Sicily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chambois" title="Battle of Chambois">Battle of Chambois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falaise_pocket" title="Falaise pocket">Falaise pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Driant" title="Battle of Fort Driant">Battle of Fort Driant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Metz" title="Battle of Metz">Battle of Metz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="6">An aggressive general whose ferocious military thrusts earned him admiration and respect from many participants in the war (and at times endangered his military career). Successfully used the German tactic of armored <a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">blitzkrieg</a> against the Germans.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="12" style="background:navy; color:white;"><b>Navy</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_King" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernest King">Ernest King</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:80-G-302273_(26222660441).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/80-G-302273_%2826222660441%29.jpg/100px-80-G-302273_%2826222660441%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/80-G-302273_%2826222660441%29.jpg/150px-80-G-302273_%2826222660441%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/80-G-302273_%2826222660441%29.jpg/200px-80-G-302273_%2826222660441%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4474" data-file-height="5612" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fleet_admiral_(United_States)" title="Fleet admiral (United States)">Fleet Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Cross (United States)">Navy Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Atlantic Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet</a> <p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet" title="United States Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a> </p> </td> <td>Retired on 15 December 1945. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="6"><sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> United States <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/William_D._Leahy" title="William D. Leahy">William D. Leahy</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Fleet_Admiral_Leahy.tif" class="mw-file-description" title="Photograph of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, who served as the senior officer of the United States Armed Forces during World War II."><img alt="Photograph of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, who served as the senior officer of the United States Armed Forces during World War II." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Fleet_Admiral_Leahy.tif/lossy-page1-100px-Fleet_Admiral_Leahy.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Fleet_Admiral_Leahy.tif/lossy-page1-150px-Fleet_Admiral_Leahy.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Fleet_Admiral_Leahy.tif/lossy-page1-200px-Fleet_Admiral_Leahy.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4496" data-file-height="5760" /></a><figcaption>Photograph of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, who served as the senior officer of the United States Armed Forces during World War II.</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fleet_admiral_(United_States)" title="Fleet admiral (United States)">Fleet Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross" title="Navy Cross">Navy Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_to_the_Commander_in_Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief">Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief</a> </td> <td>Retired on 2 March 1949. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_to_the_Commander_in_Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief">Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6">As the Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Leahy was the most senior United States military officer on active duty during the war. Serving as the <i>de facto</i> first <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>, he oversaw all of the American armed forces. He also presided over the American delegation to the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Combined Chiefs of Staff">Combined Chiefs of Staff</a>. He was a major decision-maker during the war and was second only to the President in authority and influence. Was the first-ever five-star officer in the United States Armed Forces.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chester_W._Nimitz" title="Chester W. Nimitz">Chester W. Nimitz</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_Nimitz-fleet-admiral.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Chester_Nimitz-fleet-admiral.jpg/100px-Chester_Nimitz-fleet-admiral.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Chester_Nimitz-fleet-admiral.jpg/150px-Chester_Nimitz-fleet-admiral.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Chester_Nimitz-fleet-admiral.jpg/200px-Chester_Nimitz-fleet-admiral.jpg 2x" data-file-width="485" data-file-height="563" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fleet_admiral_(United_States)" title="Fleet admiral (United States)">Fleet Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">Legion of Honour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army)" title="Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)">Distinguished Service Medal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_Areas" title="Pacific Ocean Areas">Commander, Pacific Ocean Areas</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a> </p> </td> <td>Served as Chief of Naval Operations. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theatre_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II">Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_campaign" title="Solomon Islands campaign">Solomon Islands campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_Campaign_(1944%E2%80%9345)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippines Campaign (1944–45)">Philippines Campaign (1944–45)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Marshall_Islands_campaign" title="Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign">Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign" title="Mariana and Palau Islands campaign">Mariana and Palau Islands campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volcano_and_Ryukyu_Islands_campaign" title="Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign">Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_campaign" title="Japan campaign">Japan campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">After the <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attack on Pearl Harbor</a>, took command of the Pacific Ocean areas, and turned around USA's fortunes in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a>. Closed the war with operations in the Leyte Gulf and Okinawa.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/William_Halsey,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William Halsey, Jr.">William Halsey, Jr.</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg/100px-Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg/150px-Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg/200px-Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2316" data-file-height="2920" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fleet_admiral_(United_States)" title="Fleet admiral (United States)">Fleet Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Cross (United States)">Navy Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_2" title="Carrier Strike Group 2">Commander, Carrier Division 2</a> <p><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_Area" title="South Pacific Area">Commander, South Pacific Area</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Third_Fleet" title="United States Third Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, United States Third Fleet</a> </p> </td> <td>Retired 1947. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marshalls%E2%80%93Gilberts_raids" title="Marshalls–Gilberts raids">Marshalls–Gilberts raids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon Islands Campaign">Solomon Islands Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal_campaign" title="Guadalcanal campaign">Guadalcanal campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Georgia_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="New Georgia Campaign">New Georgia Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_Campaign_(1944%E2%80%9345)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippines Campaign (1944–45)">Philippines Campaign (1944–45)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Kure_(July_1945)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombing of Kure (July 1945)">Bombing of Kure (July 1945)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">Commander of <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_Areas_(command)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Ocean Areas (command)">South Pacific Area</a> 1942–1944. Commander of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Third_Fleet" title="United States Third Fleet">United States Third Fleet</a> 1944–1945.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Jack_Fletcher" title="Frank Jack Fletcher">Frank Jack Fletcher</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fletcher-cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Fletcher-cropped.jpg/100px-Fletcher-cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Fletcher-cropped.jpg/150px-Fletcher-cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Fletcher-cropped.jpg/200px-Fletcher-cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="216" data-file-height="298" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> </td> <td>Commander, Task Force 14 <p><a href="/wiki/Task_Force_17" title="Task Force 17">Commander, Task Force 17</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Task_Force_61" title="Task Force 61">Commander, Task Force 61</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Sea_Frontier" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwestern Sea Frontier">Commander, Northwestern Sea Frontier</a> </p> </td> <td>Chairman of the General Board, retired in 1947. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marshalls%E2%80%93Gilberts_raids" title="Marshalls–Gilberts raids">Marshalls–Gilberts raids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Coral_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Coral Sea">Battle of Coral Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon Islands Campaign">Solomon Islands Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons" title="Battle of the Eastern Solomons">Battle of the Eastern Solomons</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6"> <p>Recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> for saving hundreds of refugees during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914 during the <a href="/wiki/Mexican_Revolution" title="Mexican Revolution">Mexican Revolution</a>. Operational commander at the pivotal Battles of Coral Sea and of Midway; nephew of Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher. In November 1942, he became Commander, Thirteenth Naval District and Commander, Northwestern Sea Frontier. Later, he was placed in charge of the Northern Pacific area.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Raymond_A._Spruance" title="Raymond A. Spruance">Raymond A. Spruance</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ray_Spruance_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Ray_Spruance_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Ray_Spruance_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Ray_Spruance_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Ray_Spruance_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Ray_Spruance_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Ray_Spruance_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4500" data-file-height="5717" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Cross (United States)">Navy Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Task_Force_16" title="Task Force 16">Commander, Task Force 16</a> <p>Deputy Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet </p><p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet" title="United States Fifth Fleet">Commander, Central Pacific Force</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_Areas" title="Pacific Ocean Areas">Pacific Ocean Areas</a> </p> </td> <td>Served as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Naval_War_College" title="President of the Naval War College">President of the Naval War College</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon Islands Campaign">Solomon Islands Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign" title="Mariana and Palau Islands campaign">Mariana and Palau Islands campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volcano_and_Ryukyu_Islands_campaign" title="Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign">Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_campaign" title="Japan campaign">Japan campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">Commander of two significant battles during the war, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea" title="Battle of the Philippine Sea">Battle of the Philippine Sea</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="6" style="background:#3c4645; color:white;"><b>USAAF</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Arnold" title="Henry H. Arnold">Henry Arnold</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Harley_Arnold.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Henry_Harley_Arnold.jpg/100px-Henry_Harley_Arnold.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Henry_Harley_Arnold.jpg/150px-Henry_Harley_Arnold.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Henry_Harley_Arnold.jpg/200px-Henry_Harley_Arnold.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2256" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Air_Force" title="General of the Air Force">General of the Air Force</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army)" title="Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)">Distinguished Service Medal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">Chief of the United States Army Air Forces</a> <p>Deputy Chief of Staff for Air </p> </td> <td>  </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="6">Member of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Combined Chiefs of Staff committees.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker" title="Ira C. Eaker">Ira C. Eaker</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LTG_Ira_Eaker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/LTG_Ira_Eaker.jpg/100px-LTG_Ira_Eaker.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/LTG_Ira_Eaker.jpg/150px-LTG_Ira_Eaker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/LTG_Ira_Eaker.jpg/200px-LTG_Ira_Eaker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="643" data-file-height="906" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army)" title="Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)">Distinguished Service Medal</a> (Army, Navy and Air Force) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Commander, Eighth Air Force</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations,_United_States_Army" title="Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army">Commander of Air Operations, Mediterranean Theater of Operations</a> </p><p>Deputy Commander of the United States Army Air Forces </p> </td> <td>Became deputy commander of the Army Air Forces until retirement in 1947. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Interception_of_the_Rex" title="Interception of the Rex">Interception of the Rex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cockade" title="Operation Cockade">Operation Cockade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_of_the_Reich" title="Defence of the Reich">Strategic bombing campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">Commander of the 8th US Bomber command.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Andrew_Spaatz" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Andrew Spaatz">Carl Spaatz</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carl_Spaatz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Carl_Spaatz.jpg/100px-Carl_Spaatz.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Carl_Spaatz.jpg/150px-Carl_Spaatz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Carl_Spaatz.jpg/200px-Carl_Spaatz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="627" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Cross_(United_States)" title="Air Force Cross (United States)">Air Force Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Commander, Air Combat Command</a> <p><a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations,_United_States_Army" title="European Theater of Operations, United States Army">Commander of Air Operations, European Theater</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Air_Forces_in_Europe" title="United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe">Commander, U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Air_Forces_in_the_Pacific" title="United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific">Commander, U.S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific</a> </p> </td> <td>Replaced Arnold in September 1947 to become chief of the US Air Force. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Flax" title="Operation Flax">Operation Flax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II" title="Strategic bombing during World War II">Strategic bombing during World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Bomber_Offensive" title="Combined Bomber Offensive">Combined Bomber Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pointblank_directive" title="Pointblank directive">Pointblank directive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Kassel_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Kassel in World War II">Bombing of Kassel in World War II</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="6">One of the pioneers of US military aviation, Spaatz advocated the use of scientific analysis to bombing raids, and made effective use of long range fighters, tactics which helped the Allies achieve air superiority over Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Soviet_Union">Soviet Union</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Soviet Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th> </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#78866b; color:white;" rowspan="16"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Georgy_Zhukov" title="Georgy Zhukov">Georgy Zhukov</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zhukov-LIFE-1944-1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Zhukov-LIFE-1944-1945.jpg/100px-Zhukov-LIFE-1944-1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Zhukov-LIFE-1944-1945.jpg/150px-Zhukov-LIFE-1944-1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Zhukov-LIFE-1944-1945.jpg/200px-Zhukov-LIFE-1944-1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="733" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Marshal of the Soviet Union">Marshal of the Soviet Union</a> </td> <td>Twice an <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Victory" title="Order of Victory">Order of Victory</a>, four times <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Red_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army">Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Front" title="Reserve Front">Commander, Reserve Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Front" title="Leningrad Front">Commander, Leningrad Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Front_(Soviet_Union)" title="Southwestern Front (Soviet Union)">Commander, Southwestern Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_zone_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet occupation zone of Germany">Military Governor of Soviet Occupation Zone in Germany</a> </p> </td> <td>Became Soviet member of the <a href="/wiki/Allied_Control_Council" title="Allied Control Council">Allied Control Council for Germany</a>, influential in removal of <a href="/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria" title="Lavrentiy Beria">Lavrentiy Beria</a> and selection of <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev" title="Nikita Khrushchev">Nikita Khrushchev</a> as <a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union">First Secretary</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Joseph_Stalin" title="Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin">death of Joseph Stalin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Soviet_Union)" title="Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)">Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union</a> 1955–57, member of the <a href="/wiki/20th_Presidium_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union">20th Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union</a> 1956-1957 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad">Siege of Leningrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Rzhev" title="Battles of Rzhev">Battles of Rzhev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mars" title="Operation Mars">Operation Mars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Case Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dnieper%E2%80%93Carpathian_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive">Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamenets-Podolsky_pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamenets-Podolsky pocket">Kamenets-Podolsky pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Operation Bagration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vistula%E2%80%93Oder_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Vistula–Oder Offensive">Vistula–Oder Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Solstice" title="Operation Solstice">Operation Solstice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin" title="Battle of Berlin">Battle of Berlin</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Involved in nearly every major battle on the Eastern Front. He successfully led the defense of Moscow and later relieved Leningrad. After vying with Rokossovsky for overall command, he led all Soviet armies in the closing stages of the war and at the Battle for Berlin.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky" title="Aleksandr Vasilevsky">Aleksandr Vasilevsky</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg/100px-Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg/150px-Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg/200px-Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="630" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Marshal of the Soviet Union">Marshal of the Soviet Union</a> </td> <td>Twice an <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Victory" title="Order of Victory">Order of Victory</a>, twice <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Red_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army">Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Defense (Soviet Union)">Deputy People's Commissar for Defense of the Soviet Union</a> </p><p>Commander-in-Chief, Soviet Forces in the Far East </p> </td> <td>Chief of Staff of the Soviet Army, Soviet Defence Minister </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Kharkov" title="Second Battle of Kharkov">Second Battle of Kharkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Case Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Operation Bagration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Prussian_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="East Prussian Offensive">East Prussian Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchurian_Strategic_Offensive_Operation" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation">Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_War" title="Soviet–Japanese War">Soviet–Japanese War</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Stalin's strategic specialist who planned and carried through many successful Soviet operations as overall commander, particularly the encirclement at Stalingrad and the grand plan for Bagration. Commander-in-Chief of Soviet Forces in the Far East during Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Rokossovsky" title="Konstantin Rokossovsky">Konstantin Rokossovsky</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Konstanty_Rokossowski,_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Konstanty_Rokossowski%2C_1945.jpg/100px-Konstanty_Rokossowski%2C_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Konstanty_Rokossowski%2C_1945.jpg/150px-Konstanty_Rokossowski%2C_1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Konstanty_Rokossowski%2C_1945.jpg/200px-Konstanty_Rokossowski%2C_1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2755" data-file-height="3746" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Marshal of the Soviet Union">Marshal of the Soviet Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Poland" title="Marshal of Poland">Marshal of Poland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Victory" title="Order of Victory">Order of Victory</a>, twice <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/9th_Mechanized_Corps_(Soviet_Union)" title="9th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)">Commander, 9th Mechanized Corps</a> <p><a href="/wiki/4th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="4th Army (Soviet Union)">Commander, 4th Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/16th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="16th Army (Soviet Union)">Commander, 16th Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bryansk_Front" title="Bryansk Front">Commander, Bryansk Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Don_Front" title="Don Front">Commander, Don Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Central_Front" title="Central Front">Commander, Central Front</a> and <a href="/wiki/1st_Belorussian_Front" title="1st Belorussian Front">1st Belorussian Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/2nd_Belorussian_Front" title="2nd Belorussian Front">Commander, 2nd Belorussian Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Northern_Group_of_Forces" title="Northern Group of Forces">Commander, Northern Group of Forces</a> </p> </td> <td>Commanded the Northern Group of Forces during the Soviet occupation of Poland and the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>. Appointed <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defence_(Poland)" title="Ministry of National Defence (Poland)">Minister of National Defense</a> of the Communist <a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic" title="Polish People's Republic">Polish People's Republic</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Case Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Kharkov" title="Third Battle of Kharkov">Third Battle of Kharkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dnieper" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Dnieper">Battle of Dnieper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dnieper%E2%80%93Carpathian_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive">Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Operation Bagration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Prussian_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="East Prussian Offensive">East Prussian Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Pomeranian_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="East Pomeranian Offensive">East Pomeranian Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin" title="Battle of Berlin">Battle of Berlin</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Decisive role in the Battle for Moscow, led encirclement forces at Stalingrad, broke German counter-attack at Kursk, advanced into Poland and eventually linked up with the Americans at <a href="/wiki/Wismar" title="Wismar">Wismar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Boris_Shaposhnikov" title="Boris Shaposhnikov">Boris Shaposhnikov</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg/100px-Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg/150px-Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg/200px-Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1388" data-file-height="1804" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Marshal of the Soviet Union">Marshal of the Soviet Union</a> </td> <td>Three <a href="/wiki/Orders_of_Lenin" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders of Lenin">Orders of Lenin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Red_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army">Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Defense (Soviet Union)">Deputy People's Commissar for Defense</a> </p> </td> <td>Commandant of the Voroshilov Military Academy. Died in 1945. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mozg_Armii" title="Mozg Armii">Pre-emptive war</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Chief of the General Staff 1937–1940, 1941–1942. 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href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a>. </td> <td> </td> <td>Soviet Army commander </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rostov_(1941)" title="Battle of Rostov (1941)">Battle of Rostov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Kharkov" title="Second Battle of Kharkov">Second Battle of Kharkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Operation Bagration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltic Offensive">Baltic Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courland_Pocket" title="Courland Pocket">Courland Pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Prussian_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="East Prussian Offensive">East Prussian Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Memel" title="Battle of Memel">Battle of Memel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_K%C3%B6nigsberg" title="Battle of Königsberg">Battle of Königsberg</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Bagramyan's experience in military planning as a chief of staff allowed him to distinguish himself as a capable commander in the early stages of the Soviet counter-offensives against Nazi Germany. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Fyodorovich_Vatutin" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin">Nikolai Vatutin</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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<td><a href="/wiki/Voronezh_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Voronezh Front">Commander, Voronezh Front</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Front_(Soviet_Union)" title="Southwestern Front (Soviet Union)">Commander, Southwestern Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/1st_Ukrainian_Front" title="1st Ukrainian Front">Commander, 1st Ukrainian Front</a> </p> </td> <td>Killed by the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army" title="Ukrainian Insurgent Army">Ukrainian Insurgent Army</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Kharkov" title="Third Battle of Kharkov">Third Battle of Kharkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1943)" title="Battle of Kiev (1943)">Battle of Kiev (1943)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dnieper%E2%80%93Carpathian_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive">Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamenets-Podolsky_pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamenets-Podolsky pocket">Kamenets-Podolsky pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korsun-Cherkassy_Pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket">Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Deputy of the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army. Played a decisive role at Kursk, outmanoeuvered German commander Manstein and later routed German forces in Korsun salient.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs additional references to reliable sources. (September 2011)">additional citation(s) needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Konev" title="Ivan Konev">Ivan Konev</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ivan_Konev_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Ivan_Konev_1945.jpg/100px-Ivan_Konev_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Ivan_Konev_1945.jpg/150px-Ivan_Konev_1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Ivan_Konev_1945.jpg/200px-Ivan_Konev_1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="642" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Marshal of the Soviet Union">Marshal of the Soviet Union</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Victory" title="Order of Victory">Order of Victory</a>, Twice <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/19th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="19th Army (Soviet Union)">Commander, 19th Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Kalinin_Front" title="Kalinin Front">Commander, Kalinin Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(Soviet_Union)" title="Western Front (Soviet Union)">Commander, Western Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Front" title="Northwestern Front">Commander, Northwestern Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/2nd_Ukrainian_Front" title="2nd Ukrainian Front">Commander, 2nd Ukrainian Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/1st_Ukrainian_Front" title="1st Ukrainian Front">Commander, 1st Ukrainian Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Group_of_Soviet_Forces_in_Germany" title="Group of Soviet Forces in Germany">Commander, Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in East Germany</a> </p> </td> <td>Appointed head of the Soviet forces in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_zone_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet occupation zone of Germany">Soviet occupation zone of Germany</a>. Served as Commander-in-Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Armed_Forces" title="Soviet Armed Forces">Soviet Armed Forces</a> and <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Commander_of_the_Unified_Armed_Forces_of_the_Warsaw_Treaty_Organization" title="Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization">Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956" title="Hungarian Revolution of 1956">Hungarian Revolution of 1956</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Crisis_of_1961" title="Berlin Crisis of 1961">Berlin Crisis of 1961</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia" title="Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia">Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Rzhev" title="Battles of Rzhev">Battles of Rzhev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dnieper" title="Battle of the Dnieper">Battle of the Dnieper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1943)" title="Battle of Kiev (1943)">Battle of Kiev (1943)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dnieper%E2%80%93Carpathian_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive">Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamenets-Podolsky_pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamenets-Podolsky pocket">Kamenets-Podolsky pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uman%E2%80%93Boto%C5%9Fani_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Uman–Botoşani Offensive">Uman–Botoşani Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="First Jassy–Kishinev Offensive">First Jassy–Kishinev Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lvov%E2%80%93Sandomierz_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive">Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dukla_Pass" title="Battle of the Dukla Pass">Battle of the Dukla Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vistula-Oder_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Vistula-Oder Offensive">Vistula-Oder Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin" title="Battle of Berlin">Battle of Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prague_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Prague Offensive">Prague Offensive</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Played a pivotal role in the War, retaking much of Eastern Europe. Helped in the capture of Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany. Konev was also a competitor of Marshal Georgy Zhukov.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Semyon_Timoshenko" title="Semyon Timoshenko">Semyon Timoshenko</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%91%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Southwestern_Front_(Soviet_Union)" title="Southwestern Front (Soviet Union)">Commander, Southwestern Front</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Front" title="Northwestern Front">Commander, Northwestern Front</a> </p> </td> <td>Commanded the <a href="/wiki/Belorussian_Military_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Belorussian Military District">Belorussian Military District</a> (Soviet Armed Forces in the <a href="/wiki/Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic">Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic</a>) </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Summa" title="Battle of Summa">Battle of Summa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Smolensk_(1941)" title="Battle of Smolensk (1941)">Battle of Smolensk (1941)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Kharkov" title="Second Battle of Kharkov">Second Battle of Kharkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Case Blue</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Defence Commissar till 19 July 1941. Chairman of the Stavka (Soviet High Command). A capable commander in the early stages of World War II. Played a decisive role in the Winter War and the invasion of Poland. After the defeat Kharkov, Timoshenko was removed by Stalin from front-line command but given overall command in different fronts of the USSR. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#000001; color:white;" rowspan="6"><b>Soviet Navy</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Isakov" title="Ivan Isakov">Ivan Isakov</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1974_CPA_4359.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/1974_CPA_4359.jpg/100px-1974_CPA_4359.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/1974_CPA_4359.jpg/150px-1974_CPA_4359.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/1974_CPA_4359.jpg/200px-1974_CPA_4359.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="954" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Admiral of the Fleet of 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title="Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov">Nikolay Kuznetsov</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nikolai_Kuznetsov_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Nikolai_Kuznetsov_3.jpg/100px-Nikolai_Kuznetsov_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Nikolai_Kuznetsov_3.jpg/150px-Nikolai_Kuznetsov_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Nikolai_Kuznetsov_3.jpg/200px-Nikolai_Kuznetsov_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="571" data-file-height="722" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union">Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a> </td> <td>People's Commissar of the Navy </td> <td>People's Commissar of the Navy during The Second World War </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalta_conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Yalta conference">Yalta conference</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Yumashev" title="Ivan Yumashev">Ivan Yumashev</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%AE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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</td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:navy; color:white;" rowspan="6"><b>Soviet Aviation</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Khudyakov" title="Sergei Khudyakov">Sergei Khudyakov</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sergei_Khudyakov.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Sergei_Khudyakov.jpg/100px-Sergei_Khudyakov.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Sergei_Khudyakov.jpg/150px-Sergei_Khudyakov.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Sergei_Khudyakov.jpg/200px-Sergei_Khudyakov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="868" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Aviation" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshal of Aviation">Marshal of Aviation of the Soviet Union</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Lenin" title="Order of Lenin">Order of Lenin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Russian_Air_Force" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Soviet Air Force</a> </td> <td>Chief of Staff of the Soviet Air Force, deputy commander of the Air Force </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Rzhev" title="Battles of Rzhev">Battles of Rzhev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalta_conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Yalta conference">Yalta conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchurian_Strategic_Offensive_Operation" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation">Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_War" title="Soviet–Japanese War">Soviet–Japanese War</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Novikov" title="Alexander Novikov">Alexander Novikov</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Novikov,_1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Alexander_Novikov%2C_1943.jpg/100px-Alexander_Novikov%2C_1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Alexander_Novikov%2C_1943.jpg/150px-Alexander_Novikov%2C_1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Alexander_Novikov%2C_1943.jpg/200px-Alexander_Novikov%2C_1943.jpg 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="670" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Marshal">Chief Marshal of Aviation of the Soviet Union</a> </td> <td>Two times <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Russian_Air_Force" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Soviet Air Force</a> </td> <td>Commander of the Air Forces of the Soviet Union<div style="clear:both;" class=""></div>Chief of the High school of civil aviation </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axis_and_Soviet_air_operations_during_Operation_Barbarossa" class="mw-redirect" title="Axis and Soviet air operations during Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Golovanov" title="Alexander Golovanov">Alexander Golovanov</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Army: <a href="/wiki/Filipp_Golikov" title="Filipp Golikov">Filipp Golikov</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australia">Australia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank<br /><small>held during World War II</small> </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Command </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="10" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Sturdee" title="Vernon Sturdee">Vernon Sturdee</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vernon_Sturdee_093811.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Vernon_Sturdee_093811.JPG/100px-Vernon_Sturdee_093811.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Vernon_Sturdee_093811.JPG/150px-Vernon_Sturdee_093811.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Vernon_Sturdee_093811.JPG/200px-Vernon_Sturdee_093811.JPG 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="403" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_(Australia)" title="Chief of Army (Australia)">Chief of the General Staff</a> <p><a href="/wiki/First_Australian_Army" title="First Australian Army">General Officer Commanding, First Army</a> </p> </td> <td> <ul><li>Sturdee served as the Chief of General Staff and commanded the First Australian Army (1939-1945).</li> <li>On 6 September 1945 he was the senior Allied officer present at the surrender of Japanese Forces in Rabaul in the <a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South West Pacific theatre of World War II">South West Pacific theatre</a>.</li> <li>On 1 December 1945 Sturdee was appointed Commander in Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Military_Forces" title="Australian Military Forces">Australian Military Forces</a>, overseeing the <a href="/wiki/Demobilisation_of_the_Australian_military_after_World_War_II" title="Demobilisation of the Australian military after World War II">demobilisation of the wartime army</a>. He was mentioned in despatches for a third time on 6 March 1947.</li></ul> </td> <td>Chief of General Staff and then Commander in Chief </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brudenell_White" title="Brudenell White">Brudenell White</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brudenell_White_(AWM_001110).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Brudenell_White_%28AWM_001110%29.jpg/100px-Brudenell_White_%28AWM_001110%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Brudenell_White_%28AWM_001110%29.jpg/150px-Brudenell_White_%28AWM_001110%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Brudenell_White_%28AWM_001110%29.jpg/200px-Brudenell_White_%28AWM_001110%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="388" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_(Australia)" title="Chief of Army (Australia)">Chief of the General Staff</a> </td> <td>Killed in the <a href="/wiki/Canberra_air_disaster,_1940" class="mw-redirect" title="Canberra air disaster, 1940">Canberra air disaster, 1940</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the General Staff (Australia)">Chief of the General Staff</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_(Australia)" title="Chief of Army (Australia)">Chief of the General Staff</a> (March–August 1940) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Blamey" title="Thomas Blamey">Thomas Blamey</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blamey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Blamey.jpg/100px-Blamey.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Blamey.jpg/150px-Blamey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Blamey.jpg/200px-Blamey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="376" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Australian_Imperial_Force" title="Second Australian Imperial Force">General Officer Commanding, Second Australian Imperial Force</a> <p><a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(Australia)" title="I Corps (Australia)">General Officer Commanding, I Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Australian_Military_Forces" title="Australian Military Forces">Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_Area_(command)" class="mw-redirect" title="South West Pacific Area (command)">Commander of Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area</a> </p> </td> <td>Promoted to <a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> in 1950. Became an author and promoted welfare of ex-servicemen. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Greece">Battle of Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South West Pacific theatre of World War II">South West Pacific theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Guinea_campaign" title="New Guinea campaign">New Guinea campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokoda_Track_campaign" title="Kokoda Track campaign">Kokoda Track campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wau" title="Battle of Wau">Battle of Wau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_at_Nadzab" title="Landing at Nadzab">Landing at Nadzab</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander-in-chief of Australian Armed Forces and commander-in-chief of Allied Land Forces in the <a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_Area" title="South West Pacific Area">South West Pacific Area</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Herring" title="Edmund Herring">Edmund Herring</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edmund_Herring_by_William_Dargie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Edmund_Herring_by_William_Dargie.jpg/100px-Edmund_Herring_by_William_Dargie.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Edmund_Herring_by_William_Dargie.jpg/150px-Edmund_Herring_by_William_Dargie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Edmund_Herring_by_William_Dargie.jpg/200px-Edmund_Herring_by_William_Dargie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="579" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/6th_Division_(Australia)" title="6th Division (Australia)">General Officer Commanding, 6th Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/7th_Military_District_(Australia)" title="7th Military District (Australia)">General Officer Commanding, 7th Military District</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory_Force" title="Northern Territory Force">General Officer Commanding, Northern Territory Force</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(Australia)" title="II Corps (Australia)">General Officer Commanding, II Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/New_Guinea_Force" title="New Guinea Force">General Officer Commanding, New Guinea Force</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(Australia)" title="I Corps (Australia)">General Officer Commanding, I Corps</a> </p> </td> <td>Later Chief Justice of Australia. Received <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George">KCMG</a></span></span> in 1949. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South West Pacific theatre of World War II">South West Pacific theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokoda_Track_campaign" title="Kokoda Track campaign">Kokoda Track campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_at_Nadzab" title="Landing at Nadzab">Landing at Nadzab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Buna%E2%80%93Gona" title="Battle of Buna–Gona">Battle of Buna–Gona</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander of Australian forces in the <a href="/wiki/Kokoda_Track_campaign" title="Kokoda Track campaign">Kokoda Track campaign</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Morshead" title="Leslie Morshead">Leslie Morshead</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Morshead_(AWM_009517).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Morshead_%28AWM_009517%29.jpg/100px-Morshead_%28AWM_009517%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Morshead_%28AWM_009517%29.jpg/150px-Morshead_%28AWM_009517%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Morshead_%28AWM_009517%29.jpg/200px-Morshead_%28AWM_009517%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="477" data-file-height="637" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/18th_Brigade_(Australia)" title="18th Brigade (Australia)">General Officer Commanding, 18th Infantry Brigade</a> <p><a href="/wiki/9th_Division_(Australia)" title="9th Division (Australia)">General Officer Commanding, 9th Division</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(Australia)" title="II Corps (Australia)">General Officer Commanding, II Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/New_Guinea_Force" title="New Guinea Force">General Officer Commanding, New Guinea Force</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Second_Army_(Australia)" title="Second Army (Australia)">General Officer Commanding, Second Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(Australia)" title="I Corps (Australia)">General Officer Commanding, I Corps</a> </p> </td> <td>Became General Manager of the <a href="/wiki/Orient_Steam_Navigation_Company" title="Orient Steam Navigation Company">Orient Steam Navigation Company</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert Campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Tobruk" title="Siege of Tobruk">Siege of Tobruk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sio" title="Battle of Sio">Battle of Sio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South West Pacific theatre of World War II">South West Pacific theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borneo_campaign" title="Borneo campaign">Borneo campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Led the Australian defence against <a href="/wiki/Erwin_Rommel" title="Erwin Rommel">Rommel's</a> in <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Tobruk" title="Siege of Tobruk">siege of Tobruk</a>. Commander at the <a href="/wiki/El_Alamein" title="El Alamein">Battle of El Alamein</a>. Australia forces took 22 percent of the casualties there. After learning the art of <a href="/wiki/Jungle_warfare" title="Jungle warfare">jungle warfare</a>, he became the commander of operations against the Japanese in <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#3c4645; color:white;" rowspan="2"><b>Air Force</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Burnett_(RAF_officer)" title="Charles Burnett (RAF officer)">Charles Burnett</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Chf_Mshl_Sir_Charles_Burnett.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Air_Chf_Mshl_Sir_Charles_Burnett.jpg/100px-Air_Chf_Mshl_Sir_Charles_Burnett.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Air_Chf_Mshl_Sir_Charles_Burnett.jpg/150px-Air_Chf_Mshl_Sir_Charles_Burnett.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Air_Chf_Mshl_Sir_Charles_Burnett.jpg/200px-Air_Chf_Mshl_Sir_Charles_Burnett.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="626" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Chief_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Chief Marshal">Air Chief Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inspector-General_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspector-General of the Royal Air Force">Inspector-General of the Royal Air Force</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Force_(Australia)" title="Chief of Air Force (Australia)">Chief of Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force</a> </p> </td> <td>RAF officer loaned to Australia and served as <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Force_(Australia)" title="Chief of Air Force (Australia)">Chief of the Air Staff</a> from 1940 to 1942. Oversaw a 20-fold increase in the size of the RAAF which supported the <a href="/wiki/Empire_Air_Training_Scheme" class="mw-redirect" title="Empire Air Training Scheme">Empire Air Training Scheme</a>. Returned to Great Britain in 1942 and while suffering poor health worked in the RAF's cadet organisation, the <a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Corps" title="Air Training Corps">Air Training Corps</a>. Died of a coronary thrombosis months before the end of the War. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Force_(Australia)" title="Chief of Air Force (Australia)">Chief of Air Force</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Fighter ace during the First World War. Deputy Commander of RAF in the Middle East. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#3c4645; color:white;" rowspan="2"><b>Air Force</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Roy_Maxwell_Drummond" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Roy Maxwell Drummond">Peter Roy Maxwell Drummond</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:004353Drummond1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/004353Drummond1.jpg/100px-004353Drummond1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/004353Drummond1.jpg/150px-004353Drummond1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/004353Drummond1.jpg/200px-004353Drummond1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="342" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Marshal">Air Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Middle_East_Command" title="RAF Middle East Command">Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Middle East</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Air_Council" title="Air Council">Air Member for Training</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in an air crash at sea, 1945. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_officer_commanding" title="Air officer commanding">Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Middle East</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Fighter ace during the First World War. Deputy Commander of RAF in the Middle East. </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:navy; color:white;" rowspan="2"><b>Navy</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Gregory_Crace" title="John Gregory Crace">John Gregory Crace</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Gregory_Crace.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/John_Gregory_Crace.jpg/100px-John_Gregory_Crace.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/John_Gregory_Crace.jpg/150px-John_Gregory_Crace.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/John_Gregory_Crace.jpg/200px-John_Gregory_Crace.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="402" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Admiral">Vice Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ANZAC_Squadron" title="ANZAC Squadron">Commander, ANZAC Squadron</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Task_Force_44" title="Task Force 44">Commander, Task Force 44</a> </p> </td> <td>Commanded <a href="/wiki/Chatham_Dockyard" title="Chatham Dockyard">Chatham Dockyard</a> in Britain. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theatre_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II">Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea" title="Battle of the Coral Sea">Battle of the Coral Sea</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commanded the Australian navy in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea" title="Battle of the Coral Sea">Battle of the Coral Sea</a>. Commander of the <a href="/wiki/ANZAC_Squadron" title="ANZAC Squadron">Allied Naval Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/ANZAC_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="ANZAC Force">ANZAC Force</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Canada">Canada</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th> </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="7" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Crerar" title="Harry Crerar">Harry Crerar</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crerar_e010750463-v8.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Crerar_e010750463-v8.jpg/100px-Crerar_e010750463-v8.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Crerar_e010750463-v8.jpg/150px-Crerar_e010750463-v8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Crerar_e010750463-v8.jpg/200px-Crerar_e010750463-v8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="956" data-file-height="1286" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" title="Order of the Companions of Honour">Order of the Companions of Honour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2nd_Canadian_Division_during_World_War_II" title="2nd Canadian Division during World War II">General Officer Commanding, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/I_Canadian_Corps" title="I Canadian Corps">General Officer Commanding, I Canadian Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/First_Canadian_Army" title="First Canadian Army">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, First Canadian Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Canadian_Army" title="Commander of the Canadian Army">Chief of Staff of the Canadian Army</a> </p> </td> <td>Became a diplomat, postings in Czechoslovakia, Netherlands and Japan. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tractable" title="Operation Tractable">Operation Tractable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falaise_pocket" title="Falaise pocket">Falaise pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Astonia" title="Operation Astonia">Operation Astonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Dunkirk_(1944%E2%80%9345)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Dunkirk (1944–45)">Siege of Dunkirk (1944–45)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Scheldt" title="Battle of the Scheldt">Battle of the Scheldt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Veritable" title="Operation Veritable">Operation Veritable</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8"><i>De facto</i> <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Forces">Canadian military</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rod_Keller" title="Rod Keller">Rod Keller</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rod_keller.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Rod_keller.png/220px-Rod_keller.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Rod_keller.png/330px-Rod_keller.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Rod_keller.png 2x" data-file-width="352" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td>Major General </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Simonds" title="Guy Simonds">Guy Simonds</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Guy_Simonds_e010778918-v8.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Guy_Simonds_e010778918-v8.jpg/100px-Guy_Simonds_e010778918-v8.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Guy_Simonds_e010778918-v8.jpg/150px-Guy_Simonds_e010778918-v8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Guy_Simonds_e010778918-v8.jpg/200px-Guy_Simonds_e010778918-v8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1473" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of Canada">Companion of the Order of Canada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_Canadian_Division" title="1st Canadian Division">General Officer Commanding, 1st Canadian Infantry Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/II_Canadian_Corps" title="II Canadian Corps">General Officer Commanding, II Canadian Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/First_Canadian_Army" title="First Canadian Army">General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, First Canadian Army</a> </p> </td> <td>In 1951 he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Canadian_Army" title="Commander of the Canadian Army">Chief of the General Staff</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Atlantic" title="Operation Atlantic">Operation Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Verri%C3%A8res_Ridge" title="Battle of Verrières Ridge">Battle of Verrières Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Spring" title="Operation Spring">Operation Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Totalize" title="Operation Totalize">Operation Totalize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tractable" title="Operation Tractable">Operation Tractable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Scheldt" title="Battle of the Scheldt">Battle of the Scheldt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Infatuate" title="Operation Infatuate">Operation Infatuate</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Devised the <a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_(armoured_personnel_carrier)" title="Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)">Kangaroo</a> <a href="/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier">armoured personnel carrier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_McNaughton" title="Andrew McNaughton">Andrew McNaughton</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LGen_Andrew_McNaughton,_1942_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/LGen_Andrew_McNaughton%2C_1942_cropped.jpg/100px-LGen_Andrew_McNaughton%2C_1942_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/LGen_Andrew_McNaughton%2C_1942_cropped.jpg/150px-LGen_Andrew_McNaughton%2C_1942_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/LGen_Andrew_McNaughton%2C_1942_cropped.jpg/200px-LGen_Andrew_McNaughton%2C_1942_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="462" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" title="Order of the Companions of Honour">Order of the Companions of Honour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_Canadian_Division" title="1st Canadian Division">General Officer Commanding, 1st Canadian Infantry Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/VII_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="VII Corps (United Kingdom)">General Officer Commanding, VII Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Corps_(World_War_II)" title="Canadian Corps (World War II)">General Officer Commanding, Canadian Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/I_Canadian_Corps" title="I Canadian Corps">General Officer Commanding, I Canadian Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/2nd_Canadian_Division_during_World_War_II" title="2nd Canadian Division during World War II">General Officer Commanding, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_National_Defence_(Canada)" title="Minister of National Defence (Canada)">Minister of National Defence of Canada</a> </p> </td> <td>First <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_the_United_Nations_Security_Council" title="Presidency of the United Nations Security Council">President of the United Nations Security Council</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_National_Defence_(Canada)" title="Minister of National Defence (Canada)">Minister of National Defense</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">A noteworthy scientist and inventor of a direction finding device for artillery, a precursor to Radar. Fought in <a href="/wiki/Vimy_Ridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Vimy Ridge">Vimy Ridge</a> during World War I and was a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel" title="Lieutenant colonel">lieutenant colonel</a>. Commander of the Canadian troops until 1943. Was defeated in the <a href="/wiki/Dieppe_Raid" title="Dieppe Raid">Dieppe Raid</a>. Opposed the breaking up of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Army" title="Canadian Army">Canadian Army</a>, and insisted it fight as a single unit. Grandfather of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-General">Lieutenant-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Leslie_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Leslie (general)">Andrew Leslie</a> of Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="6" style="background:#000001; color:white;"><b>Air Force</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/George_Croil" title="George Croil">George Croil</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GM_Croil_RCAF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/GM_Croil_RCAF.jpg/100px-GM_Croil_RCAF.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/GM_Croil_RCAF.jpg/150px-GM_Croil_RCAF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/GM_Croil_RCAF.jpg/200px-GM_Croil_RCAF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="510" data-file-height="686" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Marshal">Air Marshal</a> </td> <td>Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force">Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force</a> <p>Inspector-General of the Royal Canadian Air Force </p> </td> <td>Died in 1959 in Vancouver, British Columbia. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Air_Force#Home_defence" title="History of the Royal Canadian Air Force">Defence of Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Air_Force#Overseas_operations" title="History of the Royal Canadian Air Force">Overseas operations</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Croil succeeded in obtaining the RCAF's independence from the Army just before the war. He was <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force">Chief of the Air Staff</a> from 1938 to 1940 and Inspector-General of the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1940 to 1944. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Samuel_Breadner" title="Lloyd Samuel Breadner">Lloyd Samuel Breadner</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lloyd_Samuel_Breadner_RCAF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Lloyd_Samuel_Breadner_RCAF.jpg/100px-Lloyd_Samuel_Breadner_RCAF.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Lloyd_Samuel_Breadner_RCAF.jpg/150px-Lloyd_Samuel_Breadner_RCAF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Lloyd_Samuel_Breadner_RCAF.jpg/200px-Lloyd_Samuel_Breadner_RCAF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Chief_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Chief Marshal">Air Chief Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">Companion of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force">Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force</a> <p><a href="/wiki/RCAF_Overseas_Headquarters" title="RCAF Overseas Headquarters">Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RCAF Overseas</a> </p> </td> <td>Retired after the war. Died in 1952 in Boston, Massachusetts. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Air_Force#Home_defence" title="History of the Royal Canadian Air Force">Defence of Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Air_Force#Overseas_operations" title="History of the Royal Canadian Air Force">Overseas operations</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">A decorated Royal Naval Air Service pilot in World War I, Breadner served as <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force">Chief of the Air Staff</a> from 1940 to 1943 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief <a href="/wiki/RCAF_Overseas" class="mw-redirect" title="RCAF Overseas">RCAF Overseas</a> from 1944 to 1945. He was one of only two Canadian air chief marshals, the other being <a href="/wiki/Frank_Robert_Miller" title="Frank Robert Miller">Frank Robert Miller</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South_Africa">South Africa</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: South Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank<br /><small>held during World War II</small> </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Command </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="10" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Evered_Poole" title="Evered Poole">Evered Poole</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GENERAL_POOLE_WITH_FM_SMUTS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/GENERAL_POOLE_WITH_FM_SMUTS.jpg/100px-GENERAL_POOLE_WITH_FM_SMUTS.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/GENERAL_POOLE_WITH_FM_SMUTS.jpg/150px-GENERAL_POOLE_WITH_FM_SMUTS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/GENERAL_POOLE_WITH_FM_SMUTS.jpg/200px-GENERAL_POOLE_WITH_FM_SMUTS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="518" data-file-height="484" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major-General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">Companion of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Infantry Division (South Africa)">General Service Officer Grade 1, 1st Infantry Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Infantry Division (South Africa)">General Service Officer Grade 1, 2nd Infantry Division</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Brigade_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Infantry Brigade (South Africa)">General Officer Commanding, 2nd Infantry Brigade</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/6th_Armoured_Division_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Armoured Division (South Africa)">General Officer Commanding, 6th Armoured Division</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Allied_Armies_in_Italy" title="Allied Armies in Italy">General Officer Commanding, South African Forces in Allied Central Mediterranean Force</a> </p> </td> <td>Passed over as <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff" title="Chief of staff">Chief of Staff</a> in 1948 by the newly elected <a href="/wiki/National_Party_(South_Africa)" title="National Party (South Africa)">National Party</a>. Posted as head of the South African military mission in Berlin, before embarking on a successful diplomatic career. In 1960, he became ambassador to Greece. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_campaign" title="Western Desert campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="Italian campaign (World War II)">Italian Campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6">Commanded the <a href="/wiki/6th_Armoured_Division_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Armoured Division (South Africa)">6th Armoured Division</a> upon its formation in February 1943, and led the division throughout the Italian campaign until 1945. He was among the very few South Africans to be invested as a Commander of the United States <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a>, and was invested as a Commander of the French <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">Legion of Honour</a>. He also received the French <a href="/wiki/Croix_de_Guerre_1939%E2%80%931945_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)">Croix de Guerre</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Pienaar" title="Dan Pienaar">Dan Pienaar</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MajGenDanPienaar1942.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/MajGenDanPienaar1942.JPG/100px-MajGenDanPienaar1942.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/MajGenDanPienaar1942.JPG/150px-MajGenDanPienaar1942.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/MajGenDanPienaar1942.JPG/200px-MajGenDanPienaar1942.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2397" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">Major-General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">Companion of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Infantry Division (South Africa)">General Officer Commanding, 1st Infantry Brigade</a> <p><a href="/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Infantry Division (South Africa)">General Officer Commanding, 1st Infantry Division</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Brigade_(South_Africa)" title="5th Infantry Brigade (South Africa)">General Officer Commanding, 5th Infantry Brigade</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Infantry Division (South Africa)">General Officer Commanding, 2nd Infantry Division</a> </p> </td> <td>Killed in an air crash near <a href="/wiki/Lake_Victoria" title="Lake Victoria">Lake Victoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> on his way back to <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> in December 1942. Pienaar was arguably one of South Africa's most charismatic and popular military commanders. <a href="/wiki/Regiment_Dan_Pienaar" title="Regiment Dan Pienaar">An infantry regiment</a>, the exhibition hall at the <a href="/wiki/South_African_National_Museum_of_Military_History" title="South African National Museum of Military History">South African National Museum of Military History</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Pienaar,_Bloemfontein" title="Dan Pienaar, Bloemfontein">a suburb</a> of his home town, <a href="/wiki/Bloemfontein" title="Bloemfontein">Bloemfontein</a>, were later named after him. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_African_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="East African campaign (World War II)">East African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_campaign" title="Western Desert campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">Fought in the <a href="/wiki/East_African_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="East African Campaign (World War II)">East African Campaign</a>, and led the <a href="/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Infantry Division (South Africa)">1st South African Infantry Division</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_campaign" title="Western Desert campaign">Western Desert</a>. He was recorded by the press after El Alamein as saying, "<a href="/wiki/Erwin_Rommel" title="Erwin Rommel">Rommel</a> will not get to Alexandria, he will not get the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Canal</a>, and he will never dine in Cairo - unless as a tourist." </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/George_Brink" title="George Brink">George Brink</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GenGBrink.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/GenGBrink.JPG/100px-GenGBrink.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/GenGBrink.JPG/150px-GenGBrink.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/GenGBrink.JPG/200px-GenGBrink.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1695" data-file-height="1224" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">Companion of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Infantry Division (South Africa)">General Officer Commanding, 1st Infantry Division</a> <p>General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Inland Area Command </p> </td> <td>Declared unfit for field duty and recalled to South Africa. Although he retired from the military in 1946, Brink led South Africa's demobilisation efforts from 1944 to 1948. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_African_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="East African Campaign (World War II)">East African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_campaign" title="Western Desert campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">From 1940, Brink commanded the <a href="/wiki/South_African_1st_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="South African 1st Infantry Division">1st South African Division</a> during the <a href="/wiki/East_African_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="East African Campaign (World War II)">East African Campaign</a>, and later commanded the division during the <a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert Campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a> in North Africa. In 1942, Brink turned over command of the division to <a href="/wiki/Dan_Pienaar" title="Dan Pienaar">Dan Pienaar</a> after being declared unfit for field duty due to a back injury. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hendrik_Klopper" title="Hendrik Klopper">Hendrik Klopper</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MajGenHBKlopper.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/MajGenHBKlopper.JPG/100px-MajGenHBKlopper.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/MajGenHBKlopper.JPG/150px-MajGenHBKlopper.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/MajGenHBKlopper.JPG/200px-MajGenHBKlopper.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2517" data-file-height="3479" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_Infantry_Brigade_(South_Africa)" title="3rd Infantry Brigade (South Africa)">General Officer Commanding, 3rd Infantry Brigade</a> <p><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Infantry Division (South Africa)">General Officer Commanding, 2nd Infantry Division</a> </p> </td> <td>Escaped from captivity in 1943 and was later exonerated by a 1942 Court of Inquiry into the Tobruk disaster, however, Klopper never commanded in the field again. <p>Officer Commanding the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Army_College" title="South African Army College">South African Army College</a> from 1944 to 1945, before being appointed in command of Northern Command in 1945. From 1951 to 1953, Klopper served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_military_chiefs#Chief_of_the_Army" title="List of South African military chiefs">Army Chief of Staff</a>, as Inspector-General from 1953 to 1956, and as <a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_military_chiefs#Chief_of_the_UDF" title="List of South African military chiefs">Commandant General of the Union Defence Force</a> from 1956 to 1958. </p> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_campaign" title="Western Desert campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">Briefly commanded the 2nd South African Infantry Division from May to June 1942, and was tasked as Fortress Commander of Tobruk. Forced to surrender the Tobruk garrison to Axis forces, with over 30,000 British and Commonwealth troops being taken prisoner. Klopper later escaped from captivity in 1943 and returned to South Africa. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Pierre_de_Villiers" title="Isaac Pierre de Villiers">Isaac Pierre de Villiers</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major-General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">Companion of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Infantry Division (South Africa)">General Officer Commanding, 2nd Infantry Division</a> </td> <td>Retired in 1945, became Chairman of the Immigrants Selection Board from 1946 to 1948. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert Campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">Commanded the 2nd South African Infantry Division between 1940 and 1942, later overseeing Coastal Area Command in South Africa until 1945. Relinquished command of the 2nd SA Division just one month before the <a href="/wiki/Axis_capture_of_Tobruk" title="Axis capture of Tobruk">Fall of Tobruk</a> where over 10,000 South Africans were taken prisoner by Axis forces. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#3c4645; color:white;" rowspan="2"><b>Air Force</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pierre_van_Ryneveld" title="Pierre van Ryneveld">Pierre van Ryneveld</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_military_chiefs" title="List of South African military chiefs">Chief of the General Staff of the Union Defence Force</a> <p>Founder of the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Air_Force" title="South African Air Force">South African Air Force</a> </p> </td> <td>Retired in 1949 after serving as CGS for sixteen years, including the whole of the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Pretoria" title="Pretoria">Pretoria</a> <a href="/wiki/Suburb" title="Suburb">suburb</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pierre_van_Ryneveld_Park" title="Pierre van Ryneveld Park">Pierre van Ryneveld Park</a> was named in his honour and the airport just north of <a href="/wiki/Upington,_Northern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Upington, Northern Cape">Upington</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cape" title="Northern Cape">Northern Cape</a> is also named after Van Ryneveld. Sir Pierre van Ryneveld High School is in <a href="/wiki/Kempton_Park,_Gauteng" class="mw-redirect" title="Kempton Park, Gauteng">Kempton Park, Gauteng</a>. The SAAF's annual <a href="/wiki/Air_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Air power">air power</a> symposium, is known as the Sir Pierre Van Ryneveld Air Power Symposium. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_South_African_National_Defence_Force" title="Chief of the South African National Defence Force">Chief of the General Staff</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">Established the SAAF in 1920 and directed it until 1933, when he was promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_military_chiefs" title="List of South African military chiefs">Chief of the General Staff</a> (CGS), in command of the <a href="/wiki/Union_Defence_Force_(South_Africa)" title="Union Defence Force (South Africa)">Union Defence Forces</a>. However, for the next four years, the SAAF remained under Van Ryneveld's direct control as no one was appointed as the Air Force's director until 1937. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#3c4645; color:white;" rowspan="2"><b>Air Force</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Durrant" title="Jimmy Durrant">Jimmy Durrant</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major-General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">Companion of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/40_Squadron_SAAF" title="40 Squadron SAAF">Officer Commanding, No. 40 Squadron SAAF</a> <p><a href="/wiki/24_Squadron_SAAF" title="24 Squadron SAAF">Officer Commanding, No. 24 Squadron SAAF</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/No._205_Group_RAF" title="No. 205 Group RAF">Officer Commanding, No. 205 Group RAF</a> </p><p>Air Officer Commanding, No. 231 Group SAAF </p> </td> <td>In 1946, he became Director-General of the South African Air Force and qualified on a special course at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Defence_Studies" title="Royal College of Defence Studies">Imperial Defence College</a> in 1951. He resigned from the SAAF as a result of the de-anglicisation policy instituted by the <a href="/wiki/National_Party_(South_Africa)" title="National Party (South Africa)">National Party</a> after they took power after the 1948 general election. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_African_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="East African campaign (World War II)">East African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_campaign" title="North African campaign">North African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Far East Campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">Appointed officer commanding of <a href="/wiki/No._40_Squadron_SAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 40 Squadron SAAF">No. 40 Squadron SAAF</a>, which he commanded in <a href="/wiki/East_African_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="East African Campaign (World War II)">East Africa</a> from May 1940 to September 1941 when was promoted <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-colonel">lieutenant-colonel</a> and appointed officer commanding <a href="/wiki/24_Squadron_SAAF" title="24 Squadron SAAF">24 Squadron SAAF</a>. He commanded this squadron throughout the bitter fighting in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert Campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a> in 1941–42. Later promoted <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a> and given command of 3 (Bomber) Wing SAAF in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. In 1945, he was posted to the Far East as <a href="/wiki/Air_Officer_Commanding" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Officer Commanding">AOC</a> No. 231 Heavy Bomber Group, RAF, with the rank of <a href="/wiki/Major-general" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general">major-general</a>. At the age of 32, he was the youngest major-general in the Allied forces. </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:navy; color:white;" rowspan="2"><b>Navy</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Hallifax" title="Guy Hallifax">Guy Hallifax</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Guy_Hallifax.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Guy_Hallifax.jpg/100px-Guy_Hallifax.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Guy_Hallifax.jpg/150px-Guy_Hallifax.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Guy_Hallifax.jpg/200px-Guy_Hallifax.jpg 2x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="347" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral">Rear Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" title="Order of St Michael and St George">Order of St Michael and St George</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Killed in an air crash at Baboon Point, 74 kilometres (46 mi) north of <a href="/wiki/Saldanha,_Western_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Saldanha, Western Cape">Saldanha</a> while returning from a tour of inspection to the newly established naval detachment in <a href="/wiki/Walvis_Bay" title="Walvis Bay">Walvis Bay</a> in March 1941. </td> <td> <ul><li>South African Coastal Defence</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="6">Instrumental in overseeing large-scale industrial and administrative expansion of the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Navy" title="South African Navy">South African Navy</a> between 1939 and 1941, as well as assuming operational responsibility from the Royal Navy for the first time. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank<br /><small>held during World War II</small> </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Command </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#78866b; color:white;" rowspan="2"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Freyberg,_1st_Baron_Freyberg" title="Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg">Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bernard_Freyberg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Bernard_Freyberg.jpg/100px-Bernard_Freyberg.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Bernard_Freyberg.jpg/150px-Bernard_Freyberg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Bernard_Freyberg.jpg/200px-Bernard_Freyberg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1035" data-file-height="999" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a><br />Holder of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> plus three other <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Orders</a> (World War I) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Expeditionary_Force" title="New Zealand Expeditionary Force">General Officer Commanding, New Zealand Expeditionary Force</a> <p><a href="/wiki/2nd_New_Zealand_Division" title="2nd New Zealand Division">General Officer Commanding, 2nd New Zealand Division</a> </p> </td> <td>Returned to New Zealand and later became <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_New_Zealand" title="Governor-General of New Zealand">Governor-General of New Zealand</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Greece">Battle of Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae_(1941)" title="Battle of Thermopylae (1941)">Battle of Thermopylae (1941)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Crete" title="Battle of Crete">Battle of Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisia Campaign">Tunisia Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Italian Campaign (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">A veteran of the <a href="/wiki/Mexican_Revolution" title="Mexican Revolution">Mexican Revolution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> recipient during the First World War. First soldier on beach for the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gallipoli" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Gallipoli">Battle of Gallipoli</a> during the First World War and the youngest general in the British Army during the First World War.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He liked to be in the thick of action—Churchill called him "the Salamander" due to his love of fire. Involved in the defeat in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Greece">Battle of Greece</a>. Again defeated as the Allied Commander in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Crete" title="Battle of Crete">Battle of Crete</a> after Churchill failed to provide <a href="/wiki/Enigma_machine" title="Enigma machine">enigma</a> intelligence. Very successful as a commander in various campaigns in the <a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Battle of El Alamein</a>. Defeated again at the First <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cassino" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Cassino">Battle of Cassino</a> as a Corps Commander. Relieved <a href="/wiki/Padua" title="Padua">Padua</a> and <a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venice</a>, and was first to enter <a href="/wiki/Trieste" title="Trieste">Trieste</a> in the race for Trieste, and successfully confronted <a href="/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito" title="Josip Broz Tito">Josip Broz Tito</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Partisans_(Yugoslavia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisans (Yugoslavia)">Partisans</a> there. By the end of World War II, Freyberg had spent ten and a half years fighting the Germans during both the second and first world wars.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#000001; color:white;" rowspan="6"><b>Air Force</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Coningham_(RAF_officer)" title="Arthur Coningham (RAF officer)">Arthur Coningham</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arthur_Coningham_(RAF_officer).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Arthur_Coningham_%28RAF_officer%29.jpg/100px-Arthur_Coningham_%28RAF_officer%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Arthur_Coningham_%28RAF_officer%29.jpg/150px-Arthur_Coningham_%28RAF_officer%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Arthur_Coningham_%28RAF_officer%29.jpg/200px-Arthur_Coningham_%28RAF_officer%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="370" data-file-height="679" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Marshal">Air Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/No._4_Group_RAF" title="No. 4 Group RAF">Air Officer Commanding, No. 4 Group RAF</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Desert_Air_Force" title="Desert Air Force">Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Desert Air Force</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Northwest_African_Tactical_Air_Force" title="Northwest African Tactical Air Force">Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northwest African Tactical Air Force</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/RAF_Second_Tactical_Air_Force" title="RAF Second Tactical Air Force">Air Officer Commanding, RAF Second Tactical Air Force</a> </p> </td> <td>Missing in <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle" title="Bermuda Triangle">Bermuda Triangle</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert Campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="First Battle of El Alamein">First Battle of El Alamein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch">Operation Torch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Italian Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-West_Europe_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North-West Europe Campaign">North-West Europe Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">Normandy campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">A high scoring air ace in World War I. Air force Commander working with famous Major General <a href="/wiki/George_Patton" class="mw-redirect" title="George Patton">George Patton</a> during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch">Operation Torch</a>. Commander of tactical Air Forces for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Husky" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Husky">Operation Husky</a> and <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Park" title="Keith Park">Keith Park</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Keith_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Sir_Keith_Park.jpg/100px-Sir_Keith_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Sir_Keith_Park.jpg/150px-Sir_Keith_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Sir_Keith_Park.jpg/200px-Sir_Keith_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="592" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Chief_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Chief Marshal">Air Chief Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/No._11_Group_RAF" title="No. 11 Group RAF">Air Officer Commanding, No. 11 Group RAF</a> <p><a href="/wiki/No._23_Group_RAF" title="No. 23 Group RAF">Air Officer Commanding, No. 23 Group RAF</a> </p><p>Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Air Headquarters Egypt </p><p><a href="/wiki/AHQ_Malta" title="AHQ Malta">Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Air Headquarters Malta</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Middle_East_Command" title="Middle East Command">Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East Command</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Far_East_Air_Force_(Royal_Air_Force)" title="Far East Air Force (Royal Air Force)">Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Air Command South East Asia</a> </p> </td> <td>Returned to New Zealand. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(World_War_II)" title="Siege of Malta (World War II)">Battle of Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Theatre_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Theatre of Operations">Pacific Theatre of Operations</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">A veteran of World War I and air ace. Served under <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Dowding" title="Hugh Dowding">Hugh Dowding</a> and commanded the defense of London during the Luftwaffe attacks. Dowding and Park are credited with winning the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a>. Led the defense of <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Roderick_Carr" title="Roderick Carr">Roderick Carr</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Mshl_Sir_Roderick_Carr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Air_Mshl_Sir_Roderick_Carr.jpg/100px-Air_Mshl_Sir_Roderick_Carr.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Air_Mshl_Sir_Roderick_Carr.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="215" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Marshal">Air Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/No._4_Group_RAF" title="No. 4 Group RAF">Air Officer Commanding, No. 4 Group RAF</a> </td> <td>Air Officer Commanding Indian Air Force, 1946 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">RAF Bomber Command</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">Served in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a> during the First World War. Commander of <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> <a href="/wiki/RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF">RAF</a>. Bomber Command Commander 4 Group. Deputy Chief of Staff (Air), <a href="/wiki/SHAEF" class="mw-redirect" title="SHAEF">SHAEF</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Poland">Poland</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Poland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Command </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="12" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Rydz-%C5%9Amig%C5%82y" title="Edward Rydz-Śmigły">Edward Rydz-Śmigły</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marshal_Rydz-Smigly_LOC_hec_27123.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Marshal_Rydz-Smigly_LOC_hec_27123.jpg/100px-Marshal_Rydz-Smigly_LOC_hec_27123.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Marshal_Rydz-Smigly_LOC_hec_27123.jpg/150px-Marshal_Rydz-Smigly_LOC_hec_27123.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Marshal_Rydz-Smigly_LOC_hec_27123.jpg/200px-Marshal_Rydz-Smigly_LOC_hec_27123.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2761" data-file-height="3917" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Poland" title="Marshal of Poland">Marshal of Poland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle_(Poland)" title="Order of the White Eagle (Poland)">Order of the White Eagle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_Inspector_of_the_Armed_Forces" title="General Inspector of the Armed Forces">General Inspector of the Polish Armed Forces</a> </td> <td>Suffered heart attack before he could participate in the Polish resistance. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_of_Fighting_Poland" title="Camp of Fighting Poland">Fighting Poland Movement</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="7">Was commander-in-chief of Poland during its invasion by German and Russian troops.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski" title="Władysław Sikorski">Władysław Sikorski</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg/100px-Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg/150px-Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg/200px-Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3569" data-file-height="4404" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle_(Poland)" title="Order of the White Eagle (Poland)">Order of the White Eagle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_Inspector_of_the_Armed_Forces" title="General Inspector of the Armed Forces">General Inspector of the Polish Armed Forces</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Polish_government-in-exile" title="Polish government-in-exile">Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_West" title="Polish Armed Forces in the West">Commander-in-Chief, Polish Armed Forces in the West</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in plane crash July 1943. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Army_in_France_(1939%E2%80%9340)" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish Army in France (1939–40)">Polish Armed Forces in the West</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="7">Served as Commander-in-Chief of the Polish government in exile, and formed the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces" title="Polish Armed Forces">Polish Armed Forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Anders" title="Władysław Anders">Władysław Anders</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wladyslaw_Anders.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Wladyslaw_Anders.jpg/100px-Wladyslaw_Anders.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Wladyslaw_Anders.jpg/150px-Wladyslaw_Anders.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Wladyslaw_Anders.jpg/200px-Wladyslaw_Anders.jpg 2x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle_(Poland)" title="Order of the White Eagle (Poland)">Order of the White Eagle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nowogr%C3%B3dzka_Cavalry_Brigade" title="Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade">Commander, Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Anders%27_Army" title="Anders' Army">Commander, Anders’ Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(Poland)" class="mw-redirect" title="II Corps (Poland)">Commander, Polish 2nd Corps</a> </p> </td> <td>Became <a href="/wiki/Inspector-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspector-General">Inspector-General</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Polish_contribution_to_World_War_II#Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish contribution to World War II">Polish Armed Forces in Exile</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anders%27_Army" title="Anders' Army">Polish Armed Forces in the East</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="7">Founder & commander of the Polish Forces Armed in Iran (1942), better known as <a href="/wiki/Anders_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Anders Army">Anders Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Micha%C5%82_Rola-%C5%BBymierski" title="Michał Rola-Żymierski">Michał Rola-Żymierski</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rola-%C5%BBymierski_Micha%C5%82.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Rola-%C5%BBymierski_Micha%C5%82.jpg/100px-Rola-%C5%BBymierski_Micha%C5%82.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Rola-%C5%BBymierski_Micha%C5%82.jpg/150px-Rola-%C5%BBymierski_Micha%C5%82.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Rola-%C5%BBymierski_Micha%C5%82.jpg/200px-Rola-%C5%BBymierski_Micha%C5%82.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2348" data-file-height="3500" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Poland" title="Marshal of Poland">Marshal of Poland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Builders_of_People%27s_Poland" title="Order of the Builders of People's Poland">Order of the Builders of People's Poland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_East" title="Polish Armed Forces in the East">Commander-in-Chief, Polish Armed Forces in the East</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_National_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of National Defense">Minister of National Defense</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_the_Republic_of_Poland" title="Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland">Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland</a> </p> </td> <td>He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Polish_United_Workers_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish United Workers Party">Polish United Workers Party</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armia_Ludowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Armia Ludowa">People's Army of Poland</a>.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="7">Was commander-in-chief of the Polish Army fighting alongside the Soviet Union.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tadeusz_B%C3%B3r-Komorowski" title="Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski">Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tadeusz_Bor_Komorowski.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Tadeusz_Bor_Komorowski.jpg/100px-Tadeusz_Bor_Komorowski.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Tadeusz_Bor_Komorowski.jpg/150px-Tadeusz_Bor_Komorowski.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Tadeusz_Bor_Komorowski.jpg/200px-Tadeusz_Bor_Komorowski.jpg 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="771" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle_(Poland)" title="Order of the White Eagle (Poland)">Order of the White Eagle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_Army" title="Home Army">Commander-in-Chief, Home Army</a> </td> <td>Elected Prime Minister of <a href="/wiki/Polish_government_in_Exile" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish government in Exile">Polish government in Exile</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polish_resistance_movement_in_World_War_II" title="Polish resistance movement in World War II">Polish Resistance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising" title="Warsaw Uprising">Warsaw Uprising</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="7">Commanded the main part of the Warsaw Uprising.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Franciszek_Kleeberg" title="Franciszek Kleeberg">Franciszek Kleeberg</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kleeberg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kleeberg.jpg/100px-Kleeberg.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kleeberg.jpg/150px-Kleeberg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kleeberg.jpg/200px-Kleeberg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="457" data-file-height="550" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virtuti_Militari" title="Virtuti Militari">Virtuti Militari</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Iron_Cross" title="Iron Cross">Iron Cross</a> </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_Operational_Group_Polesie" title="Independent Operational Group Polesie">Commander, Independent Operational Group Polesie</a> </td> <td>He was one of the officers of the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Legions_in_World_War_I" title="Polish Legions in World War I">Polish Legion</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviets</a>. He was imprisoned in <a href="/wiki/Oflag_IV-B_K%C3%B6nigstein" title="Oflag IV-B Königstein">Oflag IV-B Königstein</a> and died in 1941. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War" title="Polish–Soviet War">Polish–Soviet War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland_(1939)" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Poland (1939)">Invasion of Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Eastern Front (World War I)">Eastern Front (World War I)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">The last remaining Polish General holding the Germans off until the battle of Kock, he had never lost a battle until Kock.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Czechoslovakia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ludv%C3%ADk_Svoboda" title="Ludvík Svoboda">Ludvík Svoboda</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Hero_of_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Hero of Yugoslavia">People's Hero of Yugoslavia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_Czechoslovak_Army_Corps_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union">Commander-in-Chief, 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union</a> </td> <td>Later <a href="/wiki/President_(government_title)" title="President (government title)">president</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovak_Socialist_Republic" title="Czechoslovak Socialist Republic">Czechoslovak Socialist Republic</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sokolovo" title="Battle of Sokolovo">Battle of Sokolovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dukla_Pass" title="Battle of the Dukla Pass">Battle of the Dukla Pass</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovak_military_units_on_Eastern_front" class="mw-redirect" title="Czechoslovak military units on Eastern front">Czechoslovak military units on the Eastern front</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1n_Golian" title="Ján Golian">Ján Golian</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J%C3%A1n_Golian2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/J%C3%A1n_Golian2.jpg/100px-J%C3%A1n_Golian2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/J%C3%A1n_Golian2.jpg/150px-J%C3%A1n_Golian2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/J%C3%A1n_Golian2.jpg/200px-J%C3%A1n_Golian2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="981" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier General">Brigadier General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovak_War_Cross_1939%E2%80%931945" title="Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945">Czechoslovak War Cross</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Executed by the <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germans</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Concentration_camp" title="Concentration camp">concentration camp</a> in <a href="/wiki/Flossenb%C3%BCrg_concentration_camp" title="Flossenbürg concentration camp">Flossenburg</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_National_Uprising" title="Slovak National Uprising">Slovak National Uprising</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Led the insurgent <a href="/wiki/Slovak_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Slovak Army">Slovak Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Slovak_National_Uprising" title="Slovak National Uprising">Slovak National Uprising</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Greece">Greece</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="8" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Papagos" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Papagos">Alexander Papagos</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Papagos_and_Archibald_Wavell_in_Athens,_Greece_-_194101.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Alexander_Papagos_and_Archibald_Wavell_in_Athens%2C_Greece_-_194101.jpg/100px-Alexander_Papagos_and_Archibald_Wavell_in_Athens%2C_Greece_-_194101.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Alexander_Papagos_and_Archibald_Wavell_in_Athens%2C_Greece_-_194101.jpg/150px-Alexander_Papagos_and_Archibald_Wavell_in_Athens%2C_Greece_-_194101.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Alexander_Papagos_and_Archibald_Wavell_in_Athens%2C_Greece_-_194101.jpg/200px-Alexander_Papagos_and_Archibald_Wavell_in_Athens%2C_Greece_-_194101.jpg 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="764" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cross_of_Valour_(Greece)" title="Cross of Valour (Greece)">the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Army_General_Staff" title="Hellenic Army General Staff">Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff</a> </td> <td>Deported to <a href="/wiki/Dachau_Concentration_Camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Dachau Concentration Camp">Dachau Concentration Camp</a>, led Greek army in <a href="/wiki/Greek_Civil_War" title="Greek Civil War">Greek Civil War</a>, later <a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> and Prime Minister of Greece. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Resistance" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Resistance">Greek Resistance</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief">Commander-in-Chief</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Army">Greek Army</a> in 1940–41. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Napoleon_Zervas" title="Napoleon Zervas">Napoleon Zervas</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Colonel">Lieutenant Colonel</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/EDES" title="EDES">Commander, National Republican Greek League</a> </td> <td>Twice minister, died in 1957. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Resistance" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Resistance">Greek Resistance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Harling" title="Operation Harling">Operation Harling</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander of the <a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Greek_League" class="mw-redirect" title="National Republican Greek League">National Republican Greek League</a> resistance army. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Stefanos_Sarafis" title="Stefanos Sarafis">Stefanos Sarafis</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">Major General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ELAS" title="ELAS">Commander, Greek People's Liberation Army</a> </td> <td>Later MP for the <a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Left" title="United Democratic Left">United Democratic Left</a>, died in a car accident in 1957. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balkan_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkan Campaign (World War II)">Balkan Campaign (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greco-Italian_War" title="Greco-Italian War">Greco-Italian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Klisura_Pass" title="Capture of Klisura Pass">Capture of Klisura Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Spring_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Spring Offensive">Italian Spring Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Greece">Battle of Greece</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Founder and chief leader of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_People%27s_Liberation_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek People's Liberation Army">Greek People's Liberation Army</a> (ELAS). </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Aris_Velouchiotis" title="Aris Velouchiotis">Aris Velouchiotis</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">Corporal</a> (actual rank)<br /><a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">Major</a> of <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a> (assumed rank) </td> <td> </td> <td>Leader of the <a href="/wiki/National_Liberation_Front_(Greece)" title="National Liberation Front (Greece)">National Liberation Front</a> </td> <td>Committed suicide after the Second World War. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Resistance" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Resistance">Greek Resistance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Harling" title="Operation Harling">Operation Harling</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Chief military officer of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_People%27s_Liberation_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek People's Liberation Army">Greek People's Liberation Army</a> after April 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2" style="background:navy; color:white;"><b>Navy</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alexandros_Sakellariou" title="Alexandros Sakellariou">Alexandros Sakellariou</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:On_Board_the_Greek_Cruiser_Hhms_Giorgios_Averoff._23_February_1943,_Port-said,_Rear_Admiral_a_Sakellariou,_Commander_in_Chief_of_the_Royal_Hellenic_Navy_Flies_His_Flag_in_the_Cruiser_Hhms_Giorgios_Averoff._A15198.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/On_Board_the_Greek_Cruiser_Hhms_Giorgios_Averoff._23_February_1943%2C_Port-said%2C_Rear_Admiral_a_Sakellariou%2C_Commander_in_Chief_of_the_Royal_Hellenic_Navy_Flies_His_Flag_in_the_Cruiser_Hhms_Giorgios_Averoff._A15198.jpg/100px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/On_Board_the_Greek_Cruiser_Hhms_Giorgios_Averoff._23_February_1943%2C_Port-said%2C_Rear_Admiral_a_Sakellariou%2C_Commander_in_Chief_of_the_Royal_Hellenic_Navy_Flies_His_Flag_in_the_Cruiser_Hhms_Giorgios_Averoff._A15198.jpg/150px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/On_Board_the_Greek_Cruiser_Hhms_Giorgios_Averoff._23_February_1943%2C_Port-said%2C_Rear_Admiral_a_Sakellariou%2C_Commander_in_Chief_of_the_Royal_Hellenic_Navy_Flies_His_Flag_in_the_Cruiser_Hhms_Giorgios_Averoff._A15198.jpg/200px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="611" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Admiral">Vice Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cross_of_Valour_(Greece)" title="Cross of Valour (Greece)">the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Hellenic_Navy_General_Staff" title="Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff">Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff</a> </td> <td>MP, Navy and National Defense Minister after the war. Died in 1982. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean" title="Battle of the Mediterranean">Battle of the Mediterranean</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of staff (military)">Chief of staff</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Hellenic_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Hellenic Navy">Royal Hellenic Navy</a> 1940–41, <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_National_Defence_(Greece)" title="Minister for National Defence (Greece)">Minister for National Defence</a>, 1951–52 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Netherlands">Netherlands</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Netherlands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Henri_Winkelman" title="Henri Winkelman">Henri Winkelman</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henri_Winkelman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Henri_Winkelman.jpg/100px-Henri_Winkelman.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Henri_Winkelman.jpg/150px-Henri_Winkelman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Henri_Winkelman.jpg/200px-Henri_Winkelman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="358" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Military_William_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Military William Order">Military William Order</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Netherlands)" title="Chief of Defence (Netherlands)">Chief of Defence of the Netherlands Armed Forces</a> </td> <td>Died in 1952. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Netherlands">Battle of the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maastricht" title="Battle of Maastricht">Battle of Maastricht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_The_Hague" title="Battle for The Hague">Battle for The Hague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zeeland" title="Battle of Zeeland">Battle of Zeeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Belgium">Battle of Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Was <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief">Commander-in-Chief</a> of the Netherlands army during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Netherlands">Battle of the Netherlands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hein_ter_Poorten" title="Hein ter Poorten">Hein ter Poorten</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hein_ter_Poorten.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Hein_ter_Poorten.jpg/100px-Hein_ter_Poorten.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Hein_ter_Poorten.jpg/150px-Hein_ter_Poorten.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Hein_ter_Poorten.jpg/200px-Hein_ter_Poorten.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1344" data-file-height="1792" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_East_Indies_Army" title="Royal Netherlands East Indies Army">Commander-in-Chief, Royal Netherlands East Indies Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/American-British-Dutch-Australian_Command" title="American-British-Dutch-Australian Command">Commander, American-British-Dutch-Australian Land Command</a> </p> </td> <td> </td> <td>He spent the rest of the war in various prisoner of war camps, and in 1945 returned to the Netherlands. Died in 1968. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_East_Indies_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Netherlands East Indies campaign">Netherlands East Indies campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Java_(1942)" title="Battle of Java (1942)">Battle of Java island</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander of the <a href="/wiki/American-British-Dutch-Australian_Command" title="American-British-Dutch-Australian Command">ABDA</a> land forces in early 1942. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="4" style="background:navy; color:white;"><b>Navy</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Helfrich" title="Conrad Helfrich">Conrad Helfrich</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Luitenant-admiraal_Helfrich_(1946).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Luitenant-admiraal_Helfrich_%281946%29.jpg/100px-Luitenant-admiraal_Helfrich_%281946%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Luitenant-admiraal_Helfrich_%281946%29.jpg/150px-Luitenant-admiraal_Helfrich_%281946%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Luitenant-admiraal_Helfrich_%281946%29.jpg/200px-Luitenant-admiraal_Helfrich_%281946%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1175" data-file-height="1566" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Admiral">Vice Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Netherlands_Lion" title="Order of the Netherlands Lion">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Netherlands_Navy" title="Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy">Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy</a> <p><a href="/wiki/American-British-Dutch-Australian_Command" title="American-British-Dutch-Australian Command">Commander, American-British-Dutch-Australian Sea Command</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1962. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_East_Indies_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Netherlands East Indies campaign">Netherlands East Indies campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Java_Sea" title="Battle of the Java Sea">Battle of the Java Sea</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander of the <a href="/wiki/American-British-Dutch-Australian_Command" title="American-British-Dutch-Australian Command">ABDA</a> Naval forces in 1942. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Karel_Doorman" title="Karel Doorman">Karel Doorman</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Karel_Doorman_as_lieutenant-commander.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Portrait_of_Karel_Doorman_as_lieutenant-commander.jpg/100px-Portrait_of_Karel_Doorman_as_lieutenant-commander.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Portrait_of_Karel_Doorman_as_lieutenant-commander.jpg/150px-Portrait_of_Karel_Doorman_as_lieutenant-commander.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Portrait_of_Karel_Doorman_as_lieutenant-commander.jpg/200px-Portrait_of_Karel_Doorman_as_lieutenant-commander.jpg 2x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="398" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral">Rear admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Military_William_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Military William Order">Knight of the Military William Order</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American-British-Dutch-Australian_Command" title="American-British-Dutch-Australian Command">Commander, American-British-Dutch-Australian Combined Striking Force</a> </td> <td>Died in <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Java_Sea" title="Battle of the Java Sea">Battle of the Java Sea</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_East_Indies_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Netherlands East Indies campaign">Netherlands East Indies campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Makassar_Strait" title="Battle of Makassar Strait">Battle of Makassar Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Badung_Strait" title="Battle of Badung Strait">Battle of Badung Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Java_Sea" title="Battle of the Java Sea">Battle of the Java Sea</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander of the combined American, British, Dutch and Australian (<a href="/wiki/ABDA" class="mw-redirect" title="ABDA">ABDA</a>) fleet in the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Luxembourg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td rowspan="6" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/%C3%89mile_Speller" title="Émile Speller">Émile Speller</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Major-Commandant </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Oak_Crown" title="Order of the Oak Crown">Order of the Oak Crown</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Luxembourg)" title="Chief of Defence (Luxembourg)">Chief of Defence</a> </td> <td>Arrested by Germany in 1940 following the invasion of Luxembourg but later released, died 17 January 1952<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Luxembourg" title="German invasion of Luxembourg">German invasion of Luxembourg</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Yugoslavia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEa_Mihailovi%C4%87" title="Draža Mihailović">Draža Mihailović</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Draza_Mihailovic,1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Draza_Mihailovic%2C1943.jpg/100px-Draza_Mihailovic%2C1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Draza_Mihailovic%2C1943.jpg/150px-Draza_Mihailovic%2C1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Draza_Mihailovic%2C1943.jpg/200px-Draza_Mihailovic%2C1943.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2079" data-file-height="2905" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Army_general" title="Army general">General of the Army</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chetniks" title="Chetniks">Commander of the Chetnik Detachments of Yugoslav Army</a> </td> <td>Executed by Communists in 1946. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Yugoslavia" title="World War II in Yugoslavia">World War II in Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chetniks" title="Chetniks">Chetniks</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Led the <a href="/wiki/Chetniks" title="Chetniks">Chetniks</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito" title="Josip Broz Tito">Josip Broz Tito</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Josip_Broz_Tito_uniform_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Josip_Broz_Tito_uniform_portrait.jpg/100px-Josip_Broz_Tito_uniform_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Josip_Broz_Tito_uniform_portrait.jpg/150px-Josip_Broz_Tito_uniform_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Josip_Broz_Tito_uniform_portrait.jpg/200px-Josip_Broz_Tito_uniform_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2824" data-file-height="3927" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Yugoslavia" title="Marshal of Yugoslavia">Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_National_Hero" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of the National Hero">Order of the National Hero</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_League_of_Communists_of_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia">President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Commander-in-Chief of the Yugoslav Partisans</a> </p><p>Founder of <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Federal_Yugoslavia" title="Democratic Federal Yugoslavia">Democratic Federal Yugoslavia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</a> </p> </td> <td>Became <a href="/wiki/President_of_Yugoslavia" title="President of Yugoslavia">President of Yugoslavia</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Yugoslavia" title="World War II in Yugoslavia">World War II in Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Yugoslav Partisans</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Led the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_People%27s_Army" title="Yugoslav People's Army">People's Liberation Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Du%C5%A1an_Simovi%C4%87" title="Dušan Simović">Dušan Simović</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Milan_Nedi%C4%87" title="Milan Nedić">Milan Nedić</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="China">China</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="14" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek" title="Chiang Kai-shek">Chiang Kai-shek</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chiang_Kai-shek_enhanced.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Chiang_Kai-shek_enhanced.jpg/100px-Chiang_Kai-shek_enhanced.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Chiang_Kai-shek_enhanced.jpg/150px-Chiang_Kai-shek_enhanced.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Chiang_Kai-shek_enhanced.jpg/200px-Chiang_Kai-shek_enhanced.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Generalissimo" title="Generalissimo">Generalissimo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_National_Glory" title="Order of National Glory">Order of National Glory</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="Premier of the Republic of China">Premier of the Republic of China</a> <p><a href="/wiki/National_Revolutionary_Army" title="National Revolutionary Army">Commander-in-Chief of the National Revolutionary Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Military_Affairs_Commission" title="Military Affairs Commission">Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_government" title="Nationalist government">Chairman of the Nationalist government</a> </p> </td> <td>After <a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">the war against Japan</a>, resumed <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a> against the communists. Retreated to Taiwan and led the <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> (KMT) government there until his death. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Supreme Leader of the China Front</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Was both the head of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a> and the supreme Allied commander in the China Theatre. Led the nation to total war from his temporary capital at Chongqing. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Yan_Xishan" title="Yan Xishan">Yan Xishan</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yan_Xishan.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Yan_Xishan.png/100px-Yan_Xishan.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Yan_Xishan.png 1.5x" data-file-width="120" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Blue_Sky_and_White_Sun" title="Order of Blue Sky and White Sun">Order of Blue Sky and White Sun</a> </td> <td>Commander of the <a href="/wiki/National_Revolutionary_Army" title="National Revolutionary Army">National Revolutionary Army</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shanxi" title="Shanxi">Shanxi</a> </td> <td>Fought on the side of the Republic of China in the civil war. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Chahar" title="Operation Chahar">Operation Chahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taiyuan" title="Battle of Taiyuan">Battle of Taiyuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Xinkou" title="Battle of Xinkou">Battle of Xinkou</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Warlord of Shanxi  </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chen_Cheng" title="Chen Cheng">Chen Cheng</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chen_Cheng.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Chen_Cheng.jpg/100px-Chen_Cheng.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Chen_Cheng.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="139" data-file-height="194" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Blue_Sky_and_White_Sun" title="Order of Blue Sky and White Sun">Order of Blue Sky and White Sun</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Expeditionary_Force" title="Chinese Expeditionary Force">Commander-in-Chief, Chinese Expeditionary Force</a> </td> <td>Became the Chief of the general staff. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shanghai" title="Battle of Shanghai">Battle of Shanghai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wuhan" title="Battle of Wuhan">Battle of Wuhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1939)" title="Battle of Changsha (1939)">1st Battle of Changsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_West_Hubei" title="Battle of West Hubei">Battle of West Hubei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_Burma_India_Theater_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="China Burma India Theater of World War II">Burma theatre</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="7">  </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Zhu_De" title="Zhu De">Zhu De</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chu_De2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Chu_De2.jpg/100px-Chu_De2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Chu_De2.jpg/150px-Chu_De2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Chu_De2.jpg/200px-Chu_De2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="272" data-file-height="378" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yuan_shuai" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuan shuai">Marshal of the People's Republic of China</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Honour_Sabre_of_the_Awakened_Lion" title="Honour Sabre of the Awakened Lion">Honour Sabre of the Awakened Lion</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Red_Army" title="Chinese Red Army">Commander-in-Chief, Chinese Red Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Route_Army" title="Eighth Route Army">Commander, Eighth Route Army</a> </p> </td> <td>Became the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a> of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taiyuan" title="Battle of Taiyuan">Battle of Taiyuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pingxingguan" title="Battle of Pingxingguan">Battle of Pingxingguan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Xinkou" title="Battle of Xinkou">Battle of Xinkou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hundred_Regiments_Offensive" title="Hundred Regiments Offensive">Hundred Regiments Offensive</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td colspan="7">Military leader of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Communist</a> <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Route_Army" title="Eighth Route Army">Eighth Route Army</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xue_Yue" title="Xue Yue">Xue Yue</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E8%96%9B%E5%B2%B3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/%E8%96%9B%E5%B2%B3.jpg/100px-%E8%96%9B%E5%B2%B3.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/%E8%96%9B%E5%B2%B3.jpg/150px-%E8%96%9B%E5%B2%B3.jpg 1.5x, 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<li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1939)" title="Battle of Changsha (1939)">1st Battle of Changsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%9340_Winter_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="1939–40 Winter Offensive">1939–40 Winter Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1941)" title="Battle of Changsha (1941)">2nd Battle of Changsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1942)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Changsha (1942)">3rd Battle of Changsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1944)" title="Battle of Changsha (1944)">4th Battle of Changsha</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">  </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Li_Zongren" title="Li Zongren">Li Zongren</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Liangyou_135_cover_-_Li_Zongren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Liangyou_135_cover_-_Li_Zongren.jpg/100px-Liangyou_135_cover_-_Li_Zongren.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Liangyou_135_cover_-_Li_Zongren.jpg/150px-Liangyou_135_cover_-_Li_Zongren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Liangyou_135_cover_-_Li_Zongren.jpg/200px-Liangyou_135_cover_-_Li_Zongren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Blue_Sky_and_White_Sun" title="Order of Blue Sky and White Sun">Order of Blue Sky and White Sun</a> </td> <td>Commander of the KMT Fifth War Zone </td> <td>Became the <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="Vice President of the Republic of China">Vice President of the Republic of China</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taierzhuang" title="Battle of Taierzhuang">Battle of Taierzhuang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wuhan" title="Battle of Wuhan">Battle of Wuhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Suixian%E2%80%93Zaoyang" title="Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang">Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zaoyang%E2%80%93Yichang" title="Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang">Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Henan" title="Battle of South Henan">Battle of South Henan</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">  </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bai_Chongxi" title="Bai Chongxi">Bai Chongxi</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Minister1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Minister1.jpg/100px-Minister1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Minister1.jpg/150px-Minister1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Minister1.jpg/200px-Minister1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1723" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Blue_Sky_and_White_Sun" title="Order of Blue Sky and White Sun">Order of Blue Sky and White Sun</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Became the Minister of National Defence of the Republic of China. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taierzhuang" title="Battle of Taierzhuang">Battle of Taierzhuang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wuhan" title="Battle of Wuhan">Battle of Wuhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Guangxi" title="Battle of South Guangxi">Battle of South Guangxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ichi-Go" title="Operation Ichi-Go">Battle of Henan-Hunan-Guangxi</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">  </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="6" style="background:navy; color:white;"><b>Navy</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chen_Shaokuan" title="Chen Shaokuan">Chen Shaokuan</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Chen_Shaokuan_in_1935.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chen_Shaokuan_in_1935.jpg/117px-Chen_Shaokuan_in_1935.jpg" decoding="async" width="117" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chen_Shaokuan_in_1935.jpg/177px-Chen_Shaokuan_in_1935.jpg 1.5x, 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</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Chen_Chak.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Chen_Chak.jpg/100px-Chen_Chak.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Chen_Chak.jpg/151px-Chen_Chak.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Chen_Chak.jpg/200px-Chen_Chak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="404" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Order of the British Empire</a><br /> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li>Battle of Humen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hong_Kong" title="Battle of Hong Kong">Battle of Hong Kong</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">  </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shen_Honglie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shen Honglie (page does not exist)">Shen Honglie</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:%E6%B2%88%E9%B4%BB%E7%83%88%E6%B5%B7%E8%BB%8D%E4%B8%AD%E5%B0%871927.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/%E6%B2%88%E9%B4%BB%E7%83%88%E6%B5%B7%E8%BB%8D%E4%B8%AD%E5%B0%871927.jpg/100px-%E6%B2%88%E9%B4%BB%E7%83%88%E6%B5%B7%E8%BB%8D%E4%B8%AD%E5%B0%871927.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/%E6%B2%88%E9%B4%BB%E7%83%88%E6%B5%B7%E8%BB%8D%E4%B8%AD%E5%B0%871927.jpg/150px-%E6%B2%88%E9%B4%BB%E7%83%88%E6%B5%B7%E8%BB%8D%E4%B8%AD%E5%B0%871927.jpg 1.5x, 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Axis Forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Germany">Germany</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="32" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Keitel" title="Wilhelm Keitel">Wilhelm Keitel</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H30220,_Wilhelm_Keitel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H30220%2C_Wilhelm_Keitel.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H30220%2C_Wilhelm_Keitel.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H30220%2C_Wilhelm_Keitel.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H30220%2C_Wilhelm_Keitel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H30220%2C_Wilhelm_Keitel.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H30220%2C_Wilhelm_Keitel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="547" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Generalfeldmarschall" title="Generalfeldmarschall">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td>Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Wehrmacht" title="Oberkommando der Wehrmacht">Oberkommando der Wehrmacht</a> </td> <td>Executed in 1946. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Wehrmacht" title="Oberkommando der Wehrmacht">Oberkommando der Wehrmacht</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Chief of the OKW during World War II. Was convicted of war crimes in the Nuremberg Trials and executed by the Allies.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Jodl" title="Alfred Jodl">Alfred Jodl</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-033-01,_Alfred_Jodl.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-033-01%2C_Alfred_Jodl.jpg/106px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-033-01%2C_Alfred_Jodl.jpg" decoding="async" width="106" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-033-01%2C_Alfred_Jodl.jpg/159px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-033-01%2C_Alfred_Jodl.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-033-01%2C_Alfred_Jodl.jpg/212px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-033-01%2C_Alfred_Jodl.jpg 2x" data-file-width="544" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel General">Colonel General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td>Chief of the Operations Staff of the <a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Wehrmacht" title="Oberkommando der Wehrmacht">Oberkommando der Wehrmacht</a> </td> <td>Executed in 1946. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Wehrmacht" title="Oberkommando der Wehrmacht">Oberkommando der Wehrmacht</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">Chief of the Operations Staff of the OKW.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Himmler" title="Heinrich Himmler">Heinrich Himmler</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S72707,_Heinrich_Himmler.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S72707%2C_Heinrich_Himmler.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S72707%2C_Heinrich_Himmler.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S72707%2C_Heinrich_Himmler.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S72707%2C_Heinrich_Himmler.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S72707%2C_Heinrich_Himmler.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S72707%2C_Heinrich_Himmler.jpg 2x" data-file-width="544" data-file-height="795" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reichsf%C3%BChrer-SS" title="Reichsführer-SS">Reichsführer-SS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blood_Order" title="Blood Order">Blood Order</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_Nazi_Party_Badge" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Nazi Party Badge">Golden Nazi Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reichsfuhrer-SS" class="mw-redirect" title="Reichsfuhrer-SS">Reichsfuhrer-SS</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Reichsleiter" title="Reichsleiter">Reichsleiter</a> </p><p>Chief of German Police </p><p><a href="/wiki/Reich_Security_Main_Office" title="Reich Security Main Office">Director of the Reich Security Main Office</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_the_Interior_(Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of the Interior (Germany)">Reichsminister of the Interior</a> </p> </td> <td>Chief of the SS during World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Suicide, 1945. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Konserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Konserve">Operation Konserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Nordwind" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Nordwind">Operation Nordwind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colmar_Pocket" title="Colmar Pocket">Colmar Pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Western Allied invasion of Germany</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Military commander and a leading member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) of <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>. Nazi leader <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> later appointed him Commander of the Replacement (Home) Army and <a href="/wiki/Plenipotentiary" title="Plenipotentiary">General Plenipotentiary</a> for the administration of the entire Third Reich. Himmler was one of the most influential men in Nazi Germany and one of the persons most directly responsible for <a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">the Holocaust</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Walther_von_Brauchitsch" title="Walther von Brauchitsch">Walther von Brauchitsch</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E00780,_Walther_von_Brauchitsch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E00780%2C_Walther_von_Brauchitsch.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E00780%2C_Walther_von_Brauchitsch.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E00780%2C_Walther_von_Brauchitsch.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E00780%2C_Walther_von_Brauchitsch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E00780%2C_Walther_von_Brauchitsch.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E00780%2C_Walther_von_Brauchitsch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="598" data-file-height="798" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_des_Heeres" title="Oberkommando des Heeres">Supreme Commander of the German Army</a> </td> <td>Died in 1948. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_des_Heeres" title="Oberkommando des Heeres">Oberkommando des Heeres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander-in-Chief of the German Army 1938–1941. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ludwig_Ewald_von_Kleist" title="Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist">Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1986-0210-503,_General_Ewald_von_Kleist.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1986-0210-503%2C_General_Ewald_von_Kleist.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1986-0210-503%2C_General_Ewald_von_Kleist.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1986-0210-503%2C_General_Ewald_von_Kleist.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1986-0210-503%2C_General_Ewald_von_Kleist.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1986-0210-503%2C_General_Ewald_von_Kleist.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1986-0210-503%2C_General_Ewald_von_Kleist.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_Panzer_Army" title="1st Panzer Army">Commander, 1st Panzer Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_A" title="Army Group A">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group A</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1954 in a Soviet prison. Most senior German officer to die in a Soviet prison. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Yugoslavia" title="Invasion of Yugoslavia">Invasion of Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sedan_(1940)" title="Battle of Sedan (1940)">Battle of Sedan (1940)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dunkirk" title="Battle of Dunkirk">Battle of Dunkirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rostov_(1941)" title="Battle of Rostov (1941)">Battle of Rostov (1941)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Brody_(1941)" title="Battle of Brody (1941)">Battle of Brody (1941)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Case Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dnieper" title="Battle of the Dnieper">Battle of the Dnieper</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">An aristocrat and senior commander in World War I. Commander of tank armies in the German Army in World War II. Fought in most of the actions involving blitzkrieg techniques. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Leeb" title="Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb">Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1969-048B-01A,_Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Leeb.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1969-048B-01A%2C_Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Leeb.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1969-048B-01A%2C_Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Leeb.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1969-048B-01A%2C_Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Leeb.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1969-048B-01A%2C_Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Leeb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1969-048B-01A%2C_Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Leeb.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1969-048B-01A%2C_Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Leeb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="490" data-file-height="799" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_C" title="Army Group C">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group C</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_North" title="Army Group North">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group North</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1956. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Czechoslovakia" class="mw-redirect" title="German occupation of Czechoslovakia">German occupation of Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad">Siege of Leningrad</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Exemplary service in World War I. Given the command of <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_North" title="Army Group North">Army Group North</a> in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a>. Was in charge of the unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad">siege of Leningrad</a>, which lasted nearly 1000 days. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gerd_von_Rundstedt" title="Gerd von Rundstedt">Gerd von Rundstedt</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S37772,_Gerd_v._Rundstedt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S37772%2C_Gerd_v._Rundstedt.jpg/117px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S37772%2C_Gerd_v._Rundstedt.jpg" decoding="async" width="117" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S37772%2C_Gerd_v._Rundstedt.jpg/176px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S37772%2C_Gerd_v._Rundstedt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S37772%2C_Gerd_v._Rundstedt.jpg/235px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S37772%2C_Gerd_v._Rundstedt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_South" title="Army Group South">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group South</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_A" title="Army Group A">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group A</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/OB_West" title="OB West">Oberbefehlshaber West</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1953. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Belgium">Battle of Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sedan_(1940)" title="Battle of Sedan (1940)">Battle of Sedan (1940)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dunkirk" title="Battle of Dunkirk">Battle of Dunkirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Dunkirk evacuation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Uman" title="Battle of Uman">Battle of Uman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dieppe_Raid" title="Dieppe Raid">Dieppe Raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1941)" title="Battle of Kiev (1941)">Battle of Kiev (1941)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rostov_(1941)" title="Battle of Rostov (1941)">Battle of Rostov (1941)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Battle of Normandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_advance_from_Paris_to_the_Rhine" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine">Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Operation Market Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Western Allied invasion of Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pointe_du_Hoc" title="Pointe du Hoc">Pointe du Hoc</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">A <a href="/wiki/Prussian_Military_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Prussian Military Academy">Kriegsakademie</a> graduate of the <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussian</a> nobility, and a major World War I veteran, Rundstedt distinguished himself as commander of numerous fronts of World War II including the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern</a> fronts of Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_von_Kluge" title="Günther von Kluge">Günther von Kluge</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14,_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14%2C_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14%2C_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14%2C_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14%2C_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14%2C_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14%2C_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="528" data-file-height="798" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="4th Army (Wehrmacht)">Commander, 4th Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Centre" title="Army Group Centre">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group Centre</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Oberbefehlshaber_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Oberbefehlshaber West">Oberbefehlshaber West</a> </p> </td> <td>Committed suicide in 1944. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mars" title="Operation Mars">Operation Mars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Smolensk_(1943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Smolensk (1943)">Battle of Smolensk (1943)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Atlantic" title="Operation Atlantic">Operation Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Goodwood" title="Operation Goodwood">Operation Goodwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Verri%C3%A8res_Ridge" title="Battle of Verrières Ridge">Battle of Verrières Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cobra" title="Operation Cobra">Operation Cobra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_L%C3%BCttich" title="Operation Lüttich">Operation Lüttich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falaise_Gap" class="mw-redirect" title="Falaise Gap">Falaise Gap</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander of many successful operations including the invasion of Poland, France and the Soviet Union. Involved in the failed Hitler assassination, he decided to commit suicide.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Georg_von_K%C3%BCchler" title="Georg von Küchler">Georg von Küchler</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R63872,_Georg_von_K%C3%BCchler.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R63872%2C_Georg_von_K%C3%BCchler.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R63872%2C_Georg_von_K%C3%BCchler.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R63872%2C_Georg_von_K%C3%BCchler.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R63872%2C_Georg_von_K%C3%BCchler.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R63872%2C_Georg_von_K%C3%BCchler.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R63872%2C_Georg_von_K%C3%BCchler.jpg 2x" data-file-width="545" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/18th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="18th Army (Wehrmacht)">Commander, 18th Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_North" title="Army Group North">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group North</a> </p> </td> <td>Arrested in 1948 and sent to the Soviet Union by the Americans. Released in 1953. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Netherlands">Battle of the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Lys_(1940)" title="Battle of the Lys (1940)">Battle of the Lys (1940)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad">Siege of Leningrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leningrad%E2%80%93Novgorod_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive">Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Relieved von Leeb as commander of the siege of Leningrad. After this failed, withdrew <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_North" title="Army Group North">Army Group North</a>, which prevented its destruction.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Fedor_von_Bock" title="Fedor von Bock">Fedor von Bock</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-120-11,_Fedor_von_Bock.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-120-11%2C_Fedor_von_Bock.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-120-11%2C_Fedor_von_Bock.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-120-11%2C_Fedor_von_Bock.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-120-11%2C_Fedor_von_Bock.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-120-11%2C_Fedor_von_Bock.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-120-11%2C_Fedor_von_Bock.jpg 2x" data-file-width="559" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_North" title="Army Group North">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group North</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_B" title="Army Group B">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group B</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Centre" title="Army Group Centre">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group Centre</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_South" title="Army Group South">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group South</a> </p> </td> <td>Was killed by a British fighter pilot in 1945 and became the only one of two of Adolf Hitler's field marshal's to die from enemy fire. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Netherlands">Battle of the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Belgium">Battle of Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bia%C5%82ystok-Minsk" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Białystok-Minsk">Battle of Białystok-Minsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yelnya_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Yelnya Offensive">Yelnya Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Smolensk_(1941)" title="Battle of Smolensk (1941)">Battle of Smolensk (1941)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Kharkov" title="Second Battle of Kharkov">Second Battle of Kharkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Case Blue</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite">Pour le Mérite</a> from World War I, rose rapidly in rank to field marshal by the fall of France. Took command of Army Group Centre, whose Panzer groups penetrated the furthest into Russia. Was one of the senior Wehrmacht commanders before the outbreak of war. Play a decisive role in the defeat of Poland and France. Bock was German Army Group Center commander during Operation Barbarossa, after the defeat at Moscow was relieved of command by Hitler. After Reichenau death, he was appointed to take over Army Group South. He was instructmental in defeating Marshal Timoshenko forces at Kharkov. However, Hitler was displeased with Bock and dismissed him. Played no further part in the war<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Erich_von_Manstein" title="Erich von Manstein">Erich von Manstein</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H01757,_Erich_von_Manstein.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H01757%2C_Erich_von_Manstein.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H01757%2C_Erich_von_Manstein.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H01757%2C_Erich_von_Manstein.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H01757%2C_Erich_von_Manstein.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H01757%2C_Erich_von_Manstein.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H01757%2C_Erich_von_Manstein.jpg 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="797" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves and Swords</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/18th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="18th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">Commander, 18th Infantry Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/XXXVIII_Army_Corps_(Wehrmacht)" title="XXXVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)">Commander, XXXVIII Army Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/LVI_Panzer_Corps" title="LVI Panzer Corps">Commander, LVI Panzer Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/11th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="11th Army (Wehrmacht)">Commander, 11th Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Don" title="Army Group Don">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group Don</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_South" title="Army Group South">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group South</a> </p> </td> <td>Imprisoned after war, later released and served as senior advisor to the <a href="/wiki/Bundeswehr" title="Bundeswehr">Bundeswehr</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sevastopol" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Sevastopol">Battle of Sevastopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Odessa_(1941)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Odessa (1941)">Siege of Odessa (1941)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Case Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Winter_Storm" title="Operation Winter Storm">Operation Winter Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Kharkov" title="Third Battle of Kharkov">Third Battle of Kharkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dnieper" title="Battle of the Dnieper">Battle of the Dnieper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1943)" title="Battle of Kiev (1943)">Battle of Kiev (1943)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamenets-Podolsky_pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamenets-Podolsky pocket">Kamenets-Podolsky pocket</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">The master of mobile battle, authored the original Sichelschnitt plan, a plan which enabled Germany to capture France with minimal casualties. Manstein captured Sevastapol and was responsible for shoring up the Southern Front after the defeat at Stalingrad. He later recaptured Kharkov. After the defeat at Kursk, he successfully handled his army group retreat. However, he was dismissed by Hitler after frequently clashing with him in 1944. He then played no further part in the war from then on.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Erwin_Rommel" title="Erwin Rommel">Erwin Rommel</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-018-13A,_Erwin_Rommel(brighter).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-018-13A%2C_Erwin_Rommel%28brighter%29.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-018-13A%2C_Erwin_Rommel%28brighter%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-018-13A%2C_Erwin_Rommel%28brighter%29.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-018-13A%2C_Erwin_Rommel%28brighter%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-018-13A%2C_Erwin_Rommel%28brighter%29.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1977-018-13A%2C_Erwin_Rommel%28brighter%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="778" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite">Pour le Mérite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/7th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">Commander, 7th Panzer Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Afrika_Korps" title="Afrika Korps">Commander, Afrika Korps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Panzer_Army_Africa" title="Panzer Army Africa">Commander, Panzer Army Africa</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Group Africa">Commander, Army Group Africa</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_B" title="Army Group B">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group B</a> </p> </td> <td>Committed suicide after being implicated in the Valkyrie plot. Official cause of death by the State was succumbing to wounds from an Allied air attack. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arras_(1940)" title="Battle of Arras (1940)">Battle of Arras (1940)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Lille_(1940)" title="Siege of Lille (1940)">Siege of Lille (1940)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert Campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sonnenblume" title="Operation Sonnenblume">Operation Sonnenblume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Tobruk" title="Siege of Tobruk">Siege of Tobruk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Brevity" title="Operation Brevity">Operation Brevity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Battleaxe" title="Operation Battleaxe">Operation Battleaxe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Crusader" title="Operation Crusader">Operation Crusader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gazala" title="Battle of Gazala">Battle of Gazala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bir_Hakeim" title="Battle of Bir Hakeim">Battle of Bir Hakeim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="First Battle of El Alamein">First Battle of El Alamein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Alam_Halfa" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Alam Halfa">Battle of Alam Halfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_El_Agheila" title="Battle of El Agheila">Battle of El Agheila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisia Campaign">Tunisia Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Kasserine_Pass" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Kasserine Pass">Battle of the Kasserine Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Medenine" title="Battle of Medenine">Battle of Medenine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Battle of Normandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Caen" title="Battle for Caen">Battle for Caen</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Nicknamed <i>The Desert Fox,</i> Rommel headed the German campaign of North Africa. Rommel was highly decorated in World War I with the <a href="/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite">Pour le Mérite</a>, Germany's highest award. During World War II, he made an immediate impact in the Saharan desert, conquering all of West Africa and threatening to reach Suez. A number of factors such as stretching supply lines and the reinforcement of Allied military power (both in Morocco and Egypt) turned the tide in the favour of the Allies, and his forces were routed in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tunisia" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Tunisia">Battle of Tunisia</a> in 1943. Before he could counterattack, German high command reassigned him to defend the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Wall" title="Atlantic Wall">Atlantic Wall</a>. Rommel failed to stop the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">allied invasion of Normandy</a>. Though typically linked to the assassination of Hitler, Rommel likely did not take part in the <a href="/wiki/July_20_plot" class="mw-redirect" title="July 20 plot">July 20 plot</a> as he did not want future generations to think that the Axis lost the war due to backstabbing. Nevertheless, Rommel committed suicide in order to avoid trial after the war.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Model" title="Walter Model">Walter Model</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Walther_Model_on_the_front.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Walther_Model_on_the_front.jpg/109px-Walther_Model_on_the_front.jpg" decoding="async" width="109" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Walther_Model_on_the_front.jpg/164px-Walther_Model_on_the_front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Walther_Model_on_the_front.jpg/218px-Walther_Model_on_the_front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2203" data-file-height="3498" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">Commander, 3rd Panzer Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/XLI_Panzer_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="XLI Panzer Corps">Commander, XLI Panzer Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/9th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="9th Army (Wehrmacht)">Commander, Ninth Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_North" title="Army Group North">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group North</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_North_Ukraine" title="Army Group North Ukraine">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group North Ukraine</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Centre" title="Army Group Centre">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group Centre</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_B" title="Army Group B">Commander-in-Chief, Army Group B</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Oberbefehlshaber_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Oberbefehlshaber West">Oberbefehlshaber West</a> </p> </td> <td>Committed suicide in 1945. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Rzhev" title="Battles of Rzhev">Battles of Rzhev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mars" title="Operation Mars">Operation Mars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leningrad%E2%80%93Novgorod_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive">Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tractable" title="Operation Tractable">Operation Tractable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chambois" title="Battle of Chambois">Battle of Chambois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_262" title="Hill 262">Hill 262</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falaise_pocket" title="Falaise pocket">Falaise pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_advance_from_Paris_to_the_Rhine" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine">Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Operation Market Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Operation Bagration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_H%C3%BCrtgen_Forest" title="Battle of Hürtgen Forest">Battle of Hürtgen Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Queen" title="Operation Queen">Operation Queen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Western Allied invasion of Germany</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">German Army officer whose expertise in defensive warfare earned him the nickname of the 'Führer's fireman'<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Guderian" title="Heinz Guderian">Heinz Guderian</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-139-1112-17,_Heinz_Guderian.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-139-1112-17%2C_Heinz_Guderian.jpg/128px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-139-1112-17%2C_Heinz_Guderian.jpg" decoding="async" width="128" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-139-1112-17%2C_Heinz_Guderian.jpg/192px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-139-1112-17%2C_Heinz_Guderian.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-139-1112-17%2C_Heinz_Guderian.jpg/256px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-139-1112-17%2C_Heinz_Guderian.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="711" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel General">Colonel General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2nd_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">Commander, 2nd Panzer Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/XVI_Army_Corps_(Wehrmacht)" title="XVI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)">Commander, XVI Army Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/XIV_Panzer_Corps" title="XIV Panzer Corps">Commander, XIX Army Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/2nd_Panzer_Army" title="2nd Panzer Army">Commander, 2nd Panzer Army</a> </p><p>Acting Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_des_Heeres" title="Oberkommando des Heeres">Oberkommando des Heeres</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1954. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_des_Heeres" title="Oberkommando des Heeres">Oberkommando des Heeres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wizna" title="Battle of Wizna">Battle of Wizna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kobry%C5%84" title="Battle of Kobryń">Battle of Kobryń</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Luxembourg">Invasion of Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sedan_(1940)" title="Battle of Sedan (1940)">Battle of Sedan (1940)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Montcornet" title="Battle of Montcornet">Battle of Montcornet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Boulogne_(1940)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Boulogne (1940)">Battle of Boulogne (1940)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Smolensk_(1941)" title="Battle of Smolensk (1941)">Battle of Smolensk (1941)</a></li> <li>Operation Wotan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Early pioneer of <a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">Blitzkrieg</a> tactics. Chief of OKH General Staff 1944–1945.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Paulus" title="Friedrich Paulus">Friedrich Paulus</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B24575,_Friedrich_Paulus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B24575%2C_Friedrich_Paulus.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B24575%2C_Friedrich_Paulus.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B24575%2C_Friedrich_Paulus.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B24575%2C_Friedrich_Paulus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B24575%2C_Friedrich_Paulus.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B24575%2C_Friedrich_Paulus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="541" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Generalfeldmarschall" title="Generalfeldmarschall">Generalfeldmarschall</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves</a> </td> <td>Deputy Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_des_Heeres" title="Oberkommando des Heeres">Oberkommando des Heeres</a> <p><a href="/wiki/6th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="6th Army (Wehrmacht)">Commander, 6th Army</a> </p> </td> <td>Soviet captivity until 1953. Became a vocal critic of the Nazi regime. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Kharkov" title="Second Battle of Kharkov">Second Battle of Kharkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Uranus" title="Operation Uranus">Operation Uranus</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander of the disastrous campaign in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Josef_Dietrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Josef Dietrich">Josef Dietrich</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J27366,_Sepp_Dietrich.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J27366%2C_Sepp_Dietrich.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J27366%2C_Sepp_Dietrich.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J27366%2C_Sepp_Dietrich.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J27366%2C_Sepp_Dietrich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J27366%2C_Sepp_Dietrich.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J27366%2C_Sepp_Dietrich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="799" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SS-Oberst-Gruppenf%C3%BChrer" title="SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer">SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer und Generaloberst der Waffen-SS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leibstandarte_SS_Adolf_Hitler" class="mw-redirect" title="Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler">Commander, Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler</a><br /><a href="/wiki/I_SS_Panzer_Corps" title="I SS Panzer Corps">Commander, I SS Panzer Corps</a><br /><a href="/wiki/5th_Panzer_Army" title="5th Panzer Army">Commander, 5th Panzer Army</a><br /><a href="/wiki/6th_Panzer_Army" title="6th Panzer Army">Commander, 6th Panzer Army</a> </td> <td>Sentenced to life, reduced to 25 years imprisonment in 1946. Promoted welfare of ex-servicemen on release. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vevi_(1941)" title="Battle of Vevi (1941)">Battle of Vevi (1941)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kleisoura_Pass" title="Battle of Kleisoura Pass">Battle of Kleisoura Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Perch" title="Operation Perch">Operation Perch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Epsom" title="Operation Epsom">Operation Epsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Charnwood" title="Operation Charnwood">Operation Charnwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Goodwood" title="Operation Goodwood">Operation Goodwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Verri%C3%A8res_Ridge" title="Battle of Verrières Ridge">Battle of Verrières Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Spring" title="Operation Spring">Operation Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Caen" title="Battle for Caen">Battle for Caen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Spring_Awakening" title="Operation Spring Awakening">Operation Spring Awakening</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Before World War II, Dietrich was very close to Hitler, commanded his bodyguard unit, was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Prussian_State_Council_(Nazi_Germany)" title="Prussian State Council (Nazi Germany)">Prussian State Council</a>, and played a key part in the <a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives" title="Night of the Long Knives">Night of the Long Knives</a>. In World War II, he became the commander of <a href="/wiki/1st_SS_Panzer_Division_Leibstandarte_SS_Adolf_Hitler" title="1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler">1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler</a> and General of the <a href="/wiki/Waffen-SS" title="Waffen-SS">Waffen-SS</a>. Dietrich came into prominence for his role in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a> in late 1944. He later commanded the defense of Vienna. He was a widely respected person in Germany both during and after the war.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="10" style="background:#3c4645; color:white;"><b>Air force</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring" title="Hermann Göring">Hermann Göring</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Goeringcaptivity2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Goeringcaptivity2.jpg/100px-Goeringcaptivity2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Goeringcaptivity2.jpg/150px-Goeringcaptivity2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Goeringcaptivity2.jpg/200px-Goeringcaptivity2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="206" data-file-height="272" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reichsmarschall" title="Reichsmarschall">Reichsmarschall</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Grand Cross of the Iron Cross">Grand Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reichsmarschall" title="Reichsmarschall">Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich</a> (supreme commander of the <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a>) <p>Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Luftwaffe" title="Oberkommando der Luftwaffe">Oberkommando der Luftwaffe</a> </p> </td> <td>Committed suicide after being sentenced to death for war crimes. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Luftwaffe" title="Oberkommando der Luftwaffe">Oberkommando der Luftwaffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotterdam_Blitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Rotterdam Blitz">Rotterdam Blitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin_(RAF_campaign)" title="Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign)">Battle of Berlin</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">Was a high scoring <a href="/wiki/Air_ace" class="mw-redirect" title="Air ace">air ace</a> and took over the <a href="/wiki/Red_Baron" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Baron">Red Baron</a>'s famous squadron, and won the prestigious <a href="/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite">Pour le Mérite</a> in World War I. Hitler's second in command. Commander-in-Chief of Luftwaffe 1935–1945. He was involved with the running of Germany and the war, including implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Holocaust" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust">Holocaust</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Kesselring" title="Albert Kesselring">Albert Kesselring</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R93434,_Albert_Kesselring.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R93434%2C_Albert_Kesselring.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R93434%2C_Albert_Kesselring.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R93434%2C_Albert_Kesselring.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R93434%2C_Albert_Kesselring.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R93434%2C_Albert_Kesselring.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R93434%2C_Albert_Kesselring.jpg 2x" data-file-width="545" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luftflotte_1" title="Luftflotte 1">Commander, Luftflotte 1</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Luftflotte_2" title="Luftflotte 2">Commander, Luftflotte 2</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Oberbefehlshaber_S%C3%BCd" title="Oberbefehlshaber Süd">Oberbefehlshaber Süd</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_C" title="Army Group C">Commander, Army Group C</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Oberbefehlshaber_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Oberbefehlshaber West">Oberbefehlshaber West</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1960 at the age of 75. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Luftwaffe" title="Oberkommando der Luftwaffe">Oberkommando der Luftwaffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisia Campaign">Tunisia Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(World_War_II)" title="Siege of Malta (World War II)">Siege of Malta (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Italian Campaign (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Western Allied invasion of Germany</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Was commander-in-chief of Luftwaffe South (1941–1943), then South-west (1943–1945), then West Europe (1945). Chief of the defense of Italy against the allies during the prolonged battles of <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio" title="Battle of Anzio">Anzio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cassino" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Cassino">Monte Cassino</a>. Was a leader in the defense of Germany at the end of the war. Kesselring was admired by both sides of the war and was responsible for protecting priceless artworks and even the City of Rome from destruction.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Wolfram_Freiherr_von_Richthofen" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen">Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portr%C3%A4t_Generalmajor_Wolfram_Freiherr_von_Richthofen,_sitzend_Bild_183-J1005-0502-001_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Portr%C3%A4t_Generalmajor_Wolfram_Freiherr_von_Richthofen%2C_sitzend_Bild_183-J1005-0502-001_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Portr%C3%A4t_Generalmajor_Wolfram_Freiherr_von_Richthofen%2C_sitzend_Bild_183-J1005-0502-001_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Portr%C3%A4t_Generalmajor_Wolfram_Freiherr_von_Richthofen%2C_sitzend_Bild_183-J1005-0502-001_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Portr%C3%A4t_Generalmajor_Wolfram_Freiherr_von_Richthofen%2C_sitzend_Bild_183-J1005-0502-001_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Portr%C3%A4t_Generalmajor_Wolfram_Freiherr_von_Richthofen%2C_sitzend_Bild_183-J1005-0502-001_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Portr%C3%A4t_Generalmajor_Wolfram_Freiherr_von_Richthofen%2C_sitzend_Bild_183-J1005-0502-001_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2229" data-file-height="3032" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/8th_Air_Corps_(Germany)" title="8th Air Corps (Germany)">Commander, 8th Air Corps</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Luftflotte_2" title="Luftflotte 2">Commander, Luftflotte 2</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Luftflotte_4" title="Luftflotte 4">Commander, Luftflotte 4</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1945. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Montcornet" title="Battle of Montcornet">Battle of Montcornet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Case Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Greece">Battle of Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ritter_von_Greim" title="Robert Ritter von Greim">Robert Ritter von Greim</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-401-0204-25,_Robert_Ritter_v._Greim.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-401-0204-25%2C_Robert_Ritter_v._Greim.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-401-0204-25%2C_Robert_Ritter_v._Greim.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-401-0204-25%2C_Robert_Ritter_v._Greim.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-401-0204-25%2C_Robert_Ritter_v._Greim.jpg 1.5x, 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</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">An ace of World War I and winner of the prestigious <a href="/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite">Pour le Mérite</a> award. Before World War II, went to China to help build their air force. A commander of the Luftwaffe during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Poland">Battle of Poland</a>. He was loyal to Hitler to the end, flying in on 26 April 1945 with <a href="/wiki/Hanna_Reitsch" title="Hanna Reitsch">Hanna Reitsch</a>. He and Hanna Reitsch said "It was the blackest day when we could not die at our Führer's side.".<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Student" title="Kurt Student">Kurt Student</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1979-128-26,_Bernhard-Hermann_Ramcke,_Kurt_Student_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1979-128-26%2C_Bernhard-Hermann_Ramcke%2C_Kurt_Student_crop.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1979-128-26%2C_Bernhard-Hermann_Ramcke%2C_Kurt_Student_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1979-128-26%2C_Bernhard-Hermann_Ramcke%2C_Kurt_Student_crop.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1979-128-26%2C_Bernhard-Hermann_Ramcke%2C_Kurt_Student_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1979-128-26%2C_Bernhard-Hermann_Ramcke%2C_Kurt_Student_crop.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1979-128-26%2C_Bernhard-Hermann_Ramcke%2C_Kurt_Student_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="431" data-file-height="543" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_Parachute_Division_(Germany)" title="1st Parachute Division (Germany)">Commander, 1st Parachute Division</a> </td> <td>Held as a Prisoner of War by the British and freed in 1948. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rotterdam" title="Battle of Rotterdam">Battle of Rotterdam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balkan_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkan Campaign (World War II)">Balkan Campaign (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Crete" title="Battle of Crete">Battle of Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Operation Market Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Overloon" title="Battle of Overloon">Battle of Overloon</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">An ace of World War I. Before World War II, trained troops in airborne operations. Commanded the successful airborne operations in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Crete" title="Battle of Crete">Battle of Crete</a>. Commanded the highly successful operation to free <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a>. Successful again in the defense against airborne landings near <a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Arnhem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="4" style="background:navy; color:white;"><b>Navy</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Erich_Raeder" title="Erich Raeder">Erich Raeder</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-128-63,_Erich_Raeder.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-128-63%2C_Erich_Raeder.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-128-63%2C_Erich_Raeder.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-128-63%2C_Erich_Raeder.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-128-63%2C_Erich_Raeder.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-128-63%2C_Erich_Raeder.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-128-63%2C_Erich_Raeder.jpg 2x" data-file-width="524" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Admiral">Grand Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td>Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Marine" title="Oberkommando der Marine">Oberkommando der Marine</a> </td> <td>Died in 1960. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Marine" title="Oberkommando der Marine">Oberkommando der Marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Norway" title="German occupation of Norway">German occupation of Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sea_Lion" title="Operation Sea Lion">Operation Sea Lion</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander-in-Chief of Kriegsmarine 1936–1943.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Karl_D%C3%B6nitz" title="Karl Dönitz">Karl Dönitz</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-127-06A,_Karl_D%C3%B6nitz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-127-06A%2C_Karl_D%C3%B6nitz.jpg/106px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-127-06A%2C_Karl_D%C3%B6nitz.jpg" decoding="async" width="106" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-127-06A%2C_Karl_D%C3%B6nitz.jpg/160px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-127-06A%2C_Karl_D%C3%B6nitz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-127-06A%2C_Karl_D%C3%B6nitz.jpg/213px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-127-06A%2C_Karl_D%C3%B6nitz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="798" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Admiral">Grand Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Befehlshaber_der_U-Boote" title="Befehlshaber der U-Boote">Befehlshaber der U-Boote</a> <p>Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Marine" title="Oberkommando der Marine">Oberkommando der Marine</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany_(1919%E2%80%931945)" title="President of Germany (1919–1945)">President of Germany</a> </p> </td> <td>Briefly became President of Germany. Spent 10 years in prison. Died in 1980. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Marine" title="Oberkommando der Marine">Oberkommando der Marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">Commander-in-Chief of Kriegsmarine 1943–1945.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Italy">Italy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Italy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td rowspan="19" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pietro_Badoglio" title="Pietro Badoglio">Pietro Badoglio</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Pietro_Badoglio_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pietro_Badoglio_3.jpg/110px-Pietro_Badoglio_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pietro_Badoglio_3.jpg/165px-Pietro_Badoglio_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pietro_Badoglio_3.jpg/220px-Pietro_Badoglio_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="363" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Italy" title="Marshal of Italy">Marshal of Italy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Order_of_the_Most_Holy_Annunciation" title="Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation">Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Italy)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)">Chief of the Supreme General Staff</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Italian_Ethiopia" title="Italian Ethiopia">Viceroy of Ethiopia</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Italy" title="Prime Minister of Italy">Prime Minister of Italy</a> </p> </td> <td>Succeeded Mussolini and arranged an Armistice of his country with the Allies. Died in 1956 of natural causes (<a href="/wiki/Cardiac_asthma" title="Cardiac asthma">Cardiac asthma</a>). </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Campaign_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Adriatic Campaign of World War II">Adriatic Campaign of World War II</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Supreme commander of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Italian_Army_during_World_War_II" title="Royal Italian Army during World War II">Royal Italian Army</a>. Was not in favour of Italy's alliance to Germany, and resigned after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Greece">Battle of Greece</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rodolfo_Graziani" title="Rodolfo Graziani">Rodolfo Graziani</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rodolfo_Graziani_1940_(Retouched).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Rodolfo_Graziani_1940_%28Retouched%29.jpg/100px-Rodolfo_Graziani_1940_%28Retouched%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Rodolfo_Graziani_1940_%28Retouched%29.jpg/150px-Rodolfo_Graziani_1940_%28Retouched%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Rodolfo_Graziani_1940_%28Retouched%29.jpg/200px-Rodolfo_Graziani_1940_%28Retouched%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="553" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Italy" title="Marshal of Italy">Marshal of Italy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saints_Maurice_and_Lazarus" title="Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Italian_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the Italian Army">Chief of Staff of the Royal Italian Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Libya" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General of Libya">Governor-General of Libya</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Italian_East_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General of Italian East Africa">Governor-General of Italian East Africa</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Italian_Minister_of_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Minister of Defence">Minister of National Defense of the Italian Social Republic</a> </p> </td> <td>Graziani was sentenced to 19 years in jail but only 4 months were served. Died in 1955. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Italian Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Viceroy" title="Viceroy">Viceroy</a> of <a href="/wiki/Italian_East_Africa" title="Italian East Africa">Italian East Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General">Governor-General</a> of <a href="/wiki/Italian_Libya" title="Italian Libya">Italian Libya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Defense">Minister of Defense</a> of <a href="/wiki/Italian_Social_Republic" title="Italian Social Republic">RSI</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ugo_Cavallero" title="Ugo Cavallero">Ugo Cavallero</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Italy" title="Marshal of Italy">Marshal of Italy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Italy)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)">Chief of the Supreme General Staff</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Italian_Ethiopia" title="Italian Ethiopia">Viceroy of Ethiopia</a> </p> </td> <td>Committed suicide in 1943 after alienating both Germany and non-fascist Italy. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Campaign_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Adriatic Campaign of World War II">Adriatic Campaign of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balkan_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkan Campaign (World War II)">Balkan Campaign (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greco-Italian_War" title="Greco-Italian War">Greco-Italian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Klisura_Pass" title="Capture of Klisura Pass">Capture of Klisura Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Greece">Battle of Greece</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="7">Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Comando_Supremo" title="Comando Supremo">Italian Supreme Command</a> 1940–1943.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Messe" title="Giovanni Messe">Giovanni Messe</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Giovanni_Messe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Giovanni_Messe.jpg/100px-Giovanni_Messe.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Giovanni_Messe.jpg/150px-Giovanni_Messe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Giovanni_Messe.jpg/200px-Giovanni_Messe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="371" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Italy" title="Marshal of Italy">Marshal of Italy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Savoy" title="Military Order of Savoy">Grand Officer of the Military Order of Savoy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Italian_Expeditionary_Corps_in_Russia" title="Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia">Commander, Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia</a> <p><a href="/wiki/1st_Army_(Italy)" title="1st Army (Italy)">Commander, First Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Italy)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)">Chief of the Supreme General Staff</a> </p> </td> <td>Became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Senate">Italian Senate</a>. Died in 1968. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Petrikowka" title="Battle of Petrikowka">Battle of Petrikowka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisia Campaign">Tunisia Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pugilist" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Pugilist">Operation Pugilist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_El_Guettar" title="Battle of El Guettar">Battle of El Guettar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wadi_Akarit" title="Battle of Wadi Akarit">Battle of Wadi Akarit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Vulcan" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Vulcan">Operation Vulcan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balkan_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkan Campaign (World War II)">Balkan Campaign (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Expeditionary_Corps_in_Russia" title="Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia">Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia</a>. Later defected to the Allies as leader of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Co-belligerent_Army" title="Italian Co-belligerent Army">Italian Co-belligerent Army</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ettore_Bastico" title="Ettore Bastico">Ettore Bastico</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ettore_Bastico.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Ettore_Bastico.jpg/100px-Ettore_Bastico.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Ettore_Bastico.jpg/150px-Ettore_Bastico.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Ettore_Bastico.jpg/200px-Ettore_Bastico.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2480" data-file-height="3498" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Italy" title="Marshal of Italy">Marshal of Italy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Italian_Republic" title="Order of Merit of the Italian Republic">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Italian_Islands_of_the_Aegean" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the Italian Islands of the Aegean">Governor of the Italian Islands of the Aegean</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Libya" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General of Libya">Governor-General of Libya</a> </p><p>Commander-in-Chief of Italian forces in North Africa </p> </td> <td>Marshal of Italy and high rank officer during North Africa Campaign. Died in 1972. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Governor of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Islands_of_the_Aegean" title="Italian Islands of the Aegean">Italian Aegean Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_Libya" title="Italian Libya">Libya</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mario_Roatta" title="Mario Roatta">Mario Roatta</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mario_Roatta_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Mario_Roatta_portrait.jpg/100px-Mario_Roatta_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Mario_Roatta_portrait.jpg/150px-Mario_Roatta_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Mario_Roatta_portrait.jpg/200px-Mario_Roatta_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="637" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Military_Valor" title="Medal of Military Valor">Silver Medal of Military Valor</a> (3) </td> <td>Deputy Chief of Staff of the Royal Italian Army <p><a href="/wiki/2nd_Army_(Italy)" title="2nd Army (Italy)">Commander, Second Army</a> </p> </td> <td>Removed from service by Badoglio in 1943 under Allies' request. He later fled to Spain living under protection of <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Franco" title="Francisco Franco">Francisco Franco</a>. In Italy he was sentenced <i>in absentia</i> to life imprisonment but his sentence was overturned in 1948. Died in 1968. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_M%C3%A1laga_(1937)" title="Battle of Málaga (1937)">Battle of Málaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guadalajara" title="Battle of Guadalajara">Battle of Guadalajara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Yugoslavia" title="World War II in Yugoslavia">World War II in Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Yugoslavia" title="Invasion of Yugoslavia">Invasion of Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_White" title="Case White">Case White</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">General of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Second_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Second Army">Italian Second Army</a> known for his cruelty against civilians in the Italian-occupied Yugoslavia and for the deportation of many Slavs to the <a href="/wiki/Rab_concentration_camp" title="Rab concentration camp">Rab concentration camp</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Guzzoni" title="Alfredo Guzzoni">Alfredo Guzzoni</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alfredo_guzzoni.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Alfredo_guzzoni.jpg/100px-Alfredo_guzzoni.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Alfredo_guzzoni.jpg/150px-Alfredo_guzzoni.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Alfredo_guzzoni.jpg/200px-Alfredo_guzzoni.jpg 2x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saints_Maurice_and_Lazarus" title="Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus">Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/XXVI_Army_Corps_(Italy)" title="XXVI Army Corps (Italy)">Commander-in-Chief, Higher Forces Command Albania</a> <p><a href="/wiki/4th_Army_(Italy)" title="4th Army (Italy)">Commander, Fourth Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Liguria" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Group Liguria">Commander, Army Group Liguria</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1965. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_France" title="Italian invasion of France">Italian invasion of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Allied invasion of Sicily</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief">Commander-in-Chief</a> of <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Liguria" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Group Liguria">Army Group Liguria</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vittorio_Ambrosio" title="Vittorio Ambrosio">Vittorio Ambrosio</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VittorioAmbrosio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/VittorioAmbrosio.jpg/100px-VittorioAmbrosio.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/VittorioAmbrosio.jpg/150px-VittorioAmbrosio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/VittorioAmbrosio.jpg/199px-VittorioAmbrosio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="295" data-file-height="402" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Savoy" title="Military Order of Savoy">Commander of the Military Order of Savoy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2nd_Army_(Italy)" title="2nd Army (Italy)">Commander, 2nd Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Italian_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the Italian Army">Chief of Staff of the Italian Army</a> </p> </td> <td>Was Chief of Staff of the Italian Army. Was demoted to Inspector-General of Army by Badoglio because the Allies didn't trust him. Died in 1958. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Yugoslavia" title="Invasion of Yugoslavia">Invasion of Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Served an instrumental role in the fall of Benito Mussolini and the breakdown of the alliance between Italy and Germany. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Castellano" title="Giuseppe Castellano">Giuseppe Castellano</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Giuseppe_Castellano.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Giuseppe_Castellano.jpg/100px-Giuseppe_Castellano.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Giuseppe_Castellano.jpg/150px-Giuseppe_Castellano.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Giuseppe_Castellano.jpg/200px-Giuseppe_Castellano.jpg 2x" data-file-width="386" data-file-height="582" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Medal_of_Military_Valor" title="Bronze Medal of Military Valor">Bronze Medal of Military Valor</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Negotiated <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_Cassibile" title="Armistice of Cassibile">the armistice between Italy and the Allied armed forces</a> in September 1943. Died in 1977. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Yugoslavia" title="Invasion of Yugoslavia">Invasion of Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Emilio_De_Bono" title="Emilio De Bono">Emilio de Bono</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:De_Bono1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/De_Bono1.jpg/123px-De_Bono1.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/De_Bono1.jpg/184px-De_Bono1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/De_Bono1.jpg/246px-De_Bono1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="850" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Italy" title="Marshal of Italy">Marshal of Italy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Order_of_the_Most_Holy_Annunciation" title="Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation">Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>He was one of the members of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Council_of_Fascism" title="Grand Council of Fascism">Fascist Grand Council</a> who voted oust Benito Mussolini. After Mussolini was put in charge of the Italian Social Republic, de Bono was sentenced to death after the <a href="/wiki/Verona_trial" title="Verona trial">Verona trial</a> in 1944. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War" title="Second Italo-Ethiopian War">Second Italo-Ethiopian War</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="9" style="background:navy; color:white;"><b>Navy</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Riccardi" title="Arturo Riccardi">Arturo Riccardi</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ADM_Arturo_Riccardi.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/ADM_Arturo_Riccardi.png/100px-ADM_Arturo_Riccardi.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/ADM_Arturo_Riccardi.png 1.5x" data-file-width="142" data-file-height="169" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saints_Maurice_and_Lazarus" title="Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus">Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Italian_Navy" title="Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy">Chief of Staff of the Regia Marina</a> </td> <td>Removed from office by Badoglio. Died in 1966. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean" title="Battle of the Mediterranean">Battle of the Mediterranean</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Served as <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of staff (military)">Chief of staff</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Navy" title="Italian Navy">Italian Navy</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Angelo_Iachino" title="Angelo Iachino">Angelo Iachino</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Angelo_Iachino.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Angelo_Iachino.jpg/100px-Angelo_Iachino.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Angelo_Iachino.jpg/150px-Angelo_Iachino.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Angelo_Iachino.jpg/200px-Angelo_Iachino.jpg 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="821" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_of_Italy" title="Order of the Crown of Italy">Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy</a> </td> <td>Commander-in-Chief, Battle Fleet </td> <td>Died in 1976. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean" title="Battle of the Mediterranean">Battle of the Mediterranean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento" title="Battle of Cape Spartivento">Battle of Cape Spartivento</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Matapan" title="Battle of Cape Matapan">Battle of Cape Matapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Sirte" title="First Battle of Sirte">First Battle of Sirte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Sirte" title="Second Battle of Sirte">Second Battle of Sirte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Vigorous" title="Operation Vigorous">Operation Vigorous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Halberd" title="Operation Halberd">Operation Halberd</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Naval_Academy" title="Italian Naval Academy">Italian Naval Academy</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Junio_Valerio_Borghese" title="Junio Valerio Borghese">Junio Valerio Borghese</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Borghese.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Borghese.jpg/100px-Borghese.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Borghese.jpg/150px-Borghese.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Borghese.jpg/200px-Borghese.jpg 2x" data-file-width="227" data-file-height="330" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frigate_captain" title="Frigate captain">Frigate captain</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Savoy" title="Military Order of Savoy">Knight of the Military Order of Savoy</a> </td> <td>Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Decima_Flottiglia_MAS" title="Decima Flottiglia MAS">Decima Flottiglia MAS</a> </td> <td>Died under mysterious circumstances in 1974. His death could be compatible with <a href="/wiki/Arsenic_poisoning" title="Arsenic poisoning">arsenic poisoning</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Alexandria_(1941)" title="Raid on Alexandria (1941)">Raid on Alexandria</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Known for his neofascist activism in post-war Italy and for the <a href="/wiki/Golpe_Borghese" title="Golpe Borghese">Golpe Borghese</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Inigo_Campioni" title="Inigo Campioni">Inigo Campioni</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Admiral_Inigo_Campioni.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Admiral_Inigo_Campioni.jpg/100px-Admiral_Inigo_Campioni.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Admiral_Inigo_Campioni.jpg/150px-Admiral_Inigo_Campioni.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Admiral_Inigo_Campioni.jpg 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="203" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saints_Maurice_and_Lazarus" title="Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus">Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Executed by a firing squad at <a href="/wiki/Parma" title="Parma">Parma</a> on 24 May 1944 after being convicted of high treason by the military tribunal of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Social_Republic" title="Italian Social Republic">Italian Social Republic</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean" title="Battle of the Mediterranean">Battle of the Mediterranean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Calabria" title="Battle of Calabria">Battle of Calabria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taranto" title="Battle of Taranto">Battle of Taranto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_White" title="Operation White">Operation White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento" title="Battle of Cape Spartivento">Battle of Cape Spartivento</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodecanese_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Dodecanese Campaign">Dodecanese Campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Fioravanzo" title="Giuseppe Fioravanzo">Giuseppe Fioravanzo</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Giuseppe_Fioravanzo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Giuseppe_Fioravanzo.jpg/112px-Giuseppe_Fioravanzo.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Giuseppe_Fioravanzo.jpg/168px-Giuseppe_Fioravanzo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Giuseppe_Fioravanzo.jpg/224px-Giuseppe_Fioravanzo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="238" data-file-height="304" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Italy" title="Military Order of Italy">Military Order of Italy</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Died in 1975. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Harpoon_(1942)" title="Operation Harpoon (1942)">Operation Harpoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Matapan" title="Battle of Cape Matapan">Battle of Cape Matapan</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Alberto_Da_Zara" class="mw-redirect" title="Alberto Da Zara">Alberto Da Zara</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Alberto_Da_Zara.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Alberto_Da_Zara.jpg/122px-Alberto_Da_Zara.jpg" decoding="async" width="122" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Alberto_Da_Zara.jpg/183px-Alberto_Da_Zara.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Alberto_Da_Zara.jpg/244px-Alberto_Da_Zara.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1528" data-file-height="1260" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Italy" title="Military Order of Italy">Military Order of Italy</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Died in 1951. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pedestal" title="Operation Pedestal">Operation Pedestal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Harpoon_(1942)" title="Operation Harpoon (1942)">Operation Harpoon</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="5" style="background:#3c4645; color:white;"><b>Air Force</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Italo_Balbo" title="Italo Balbo">Italo Balbo</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Italo_Balbo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Italo_Balbo.jpg/100px-Italo_Balbo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Italo_Balbo.jpg/150px-Italo_Balbo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Italo_Balbo.jpg/200px-Italo_Balbo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3075" data-file-height="3850" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshal of the Air Force">Marshal of the Air Force</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saints_Maurice_and_Lazarus" title="Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Council_of_Fascism" title="Grand Council of Fascism">Quadrumvir of the Grand Council of Fascism</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Aeronautics" title="Minister of Aeronautics">Minister of Aeronautics</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Libya" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General of Libya">Governor-General of Libya</a> </p> </td> <td>Killed by friendly fire over <a href="/wiki/Tobruk" title="Tobruk">Tobruk</a> in 1940. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Governor-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General">Governor-General</a> of <a href="/wiki/Italian_Libya" title="Italian Libya">Libya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief">Commander-in-Chief</a> of <a href="/wiki/Italian_North_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian North Africa">Italian North Africa</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rino_Corso_Fougier" title="Rino Corso Fougier">Rino Corso Fougier</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rino_Corso_Fougier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Rino_Corso_Fougier.jpg/100px-Rino_Corso_Fougier.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Rino_Corso_Fougier.jpg/150px-Rino_Corso_Fougier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Rino_Corso_Fougier.jpg/200px-Rino_Corso_Fougier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="389" data-file-height="497" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Italian_Air_Force" title="Italian Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saints_Maurice_and_Lazarus" title="Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Italian_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Royal Italian Air Force</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Corpo_Aereo_Italiano" title="Corpo Aereo Italiano">Commander of the Corpo Aereo Italiano</a> </p> </td> <td>Served as the commander of the <a href="/wiki/Corpo_Aereo_Italiano" title="Corpo Aereo Italiano">Corpo Aereo Italiano</a>. Served as the Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force between 1941 and 1943. Died in 1963. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Commanded the <a href="/wiki/Regia_Aeronautica" title="Regia Aeronautica">Regia Aeronautica</a> between 1941 and 1943. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Pricolo" title="Francesco Pricolo">Francesco Pricolo</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_Francesco_Pricolo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Gen_Francesco_Pricolo.png/119px-Gen_Francesco_Pricolo.png" decoding="async" width="119" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Gen_Francesco_Pricolo.png/178px-Gen_Francesco_Pricolo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Gen_Francesco_Pricolo.png/237px-Gen_Francesco_Pricolo.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="470" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Italian_Air_Force" title="Italian Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Savoy" title="Military Order of Savoy">Military Order of Savoy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Italian_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Royal Italian Air Force</a> </td> <td>Served as the Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force from 1939 to 1941. Died in 1980 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(World_War_II)" title="Siege of Malta (World War II)">Siege of Malta</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Japan">Japan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="14" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Tojo" title="Hideki Tojo">Hideki Tojo</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hideki_Tojo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Hideki_Tojo.jpg/100px-Hideki_Tojo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Hideki_Tojo.jpg/150px-Hideki_Tojo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Hideki_Tojo.jpg/200px-Hideki_Tojo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="613" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="Order of the Rising Sun">Order of the Rising Sun</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister of Japan</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Army" title="Ministry of the Army">Minister of War</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army_General_Staff_Office" title="Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office">Chief of Army General Staff</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kwantung_Army" title="Kwantung Army">Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army</a> </p> </td> <td>Executed in 1948. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_War_Council_(Japan)" title="Supreme War Council (Japan)">Supreme War Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Prime minister of Japan and President of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Rule_Assistance_Association" title="Imperial Rule Assistance Association">Imperial Rule Assistance Association</a> in 1941-1944 was also a military commander. Chief of the Army General Staff in 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hajime_Sugiyama" title="Hajime Sugiyama">Hajime Sugiyama</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hajime_Sugiyama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Hajime_Sugiyama.jpg/100px-Hajime_Sugiyama.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Hajime_Sugiyama.jpg/150px-Hajime_Sugiyama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Hajime_Sugiyama.jpg/200px-Hajime_Sugiyama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="643" data-file-height="870" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gensui_(Imperial_Japanese_Army)" title="Gensui (Imperial Japanese Army)">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="Order of the Rising Sun">Order of the Rising Sun</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Army" title="Ministry of the Army">Minister of the Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Inspector-General_of_Military_Training" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspector-General of Military Training">Inspector-General of Military Training</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Japanese_North_China_Area_Army" title="Japanese North China Area Army">Commander North China Area Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mongolia_Garrison_Army" title="Mongolia Garrison Army">Commander Mongolia Garrison Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army_General_Staff_Office" title="Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office">Chief of Imperial Japanese Army General Staff</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/First_General_Army_(Japan)" title="First General Army (Japan)">Commander First General Army</a> </p> </td> <td>Committed suicide shortly after the end of the war. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_War_Council_(Japan)" title="Supreme War Council (Japan)">Supreme War Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Chief of the Army General Staff 1940–1944.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Prince_Kan%27in_Kotohito" title="Prince Kan'in Kotohito">Prince Kotohito Kan'in</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prince_Kanin_Kotohito.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Prince_Kanin_Kotohito.jpg/100px-Prince_Kanin_Kotohito.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Prince_Kanin_Kotohito.jpg/150px-Prince_Kanin_Kotohito.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Prince_Kanin_Kotohito.jpg/200px-Prince_Kanin_Kotohito.jpg 2x" data-file-width="366" data-file-height="587" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Chrysanthemum" title="Order of the Chrysanthemum">Order of the Chrysanthemum</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army_General_Staff_Office" title="Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office">Chief of Imperial Japanese Army General Staff</a> </td> <td>Died in 1945 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_War_Council_(Japan)" title="Supreme War Council (Japan)">Supreme War Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wuhan" title="Battle of Wuhan">Battle of Wuhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Chief of staff of the Army, 1931–1940 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hisaichi_Terauchi" title="Hisaichi Terauchi">Hisaichi Terauchi</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hisaichi_Terauchi_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Hisaichi_Terauchi_2.jpg/100px-Hisaichi_Terauchi_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Hisaichi_Terauchi_2.jpg/150px-Hisaichi_Terauchi_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Hisaichi_Terauchi_2.jpg/200px-Hisaichi_Terauchi_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="596" data-file-height="816" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="Order of the Rising Sun">Order of the Rising Sun</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Army_of_Japan" title="Taiwan Army of Japan">Commander, Taiwan Army of Japan</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Japanese_North_China_Area_Army" title="Japanese North China Area Army">Commander, North China Area Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Army" title="Ministry of the Army">Minister of the Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Southern_Expeditionary_Army_Group" title="Southern Expeditionary Army Group">Commander-in-Chief, Southern Expeditionary Army Group</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in a prisoner of war camp in Malaya June 1946. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South West Pacific theatre of World War II">South West Pacific theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokoda_Track_campaign" title="Kokoda Track campaign">Kokoda Track campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South-East_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South-East Asian theatre of World War II">South-East Asian theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mount_Song" title="Battle of Mount Song">Battle of Mount Song</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">Son of former PM <a href="/wiki/Terauchi_Masatake" title="Terauchi Masatake">Terauchi Masatake</a>, became the senior officer of the Imperial Japanese after the coup of 1936. Was at one time considered as Tojo successor after the latter's resignation. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shunroku_Hata" title="Shunroku Hata">Shunroku Hata</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shunroku_Hata.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Shunroku_Hata.jpg/100px-Shunroku_Hata.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Shunroku_Hata.jpg/150px-Shunroku_Hata.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Shunroku_Hata.jpg/200px-Shunroku_Hata.jpg 2x" data-file-width="334" data-file-height="486" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal">Field Marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="Order of the Rising Sun">Order of the Rising Sun</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Division_(Imperial_Japanese_Army)" title="14th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)">Commander, 14th Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Army_of_Japan" title="Taiwan Army of Japan">Commander, Taiwan Army of Japan</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Inspector-General_of_Military_Training" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspector-General of Military Training">Inspector-General of Military Training</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Central_China_Expeditionary_Army" title="Central China Expeditionary Army">Commander, Central China Expeditionary Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Army" title="Ministry of the Army">Minister of the Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/China_Expeditionary_Army" title="China Expeditionary Army">Commander-in-Chief, China Expeditionary Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Second_General_Army_(Japan)" title="Second General Army (Japan)">Commander-in-Chief, 2nd General Army</a> </p> </td> <td>Sentenced to imprisonment. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taierzhuang" title="Battle of Taierzhuang">Battle of Taierzhuang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wuhan" title="Battle of Wuhan">Battle of Wuhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhejiang-Jiangxi_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign">Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Henan-Hunan-Guangxi" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Henan-Hunan-Guangxi">Battle of Henan-Hunan-Guangxi</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commanded the <a href="/wiki/Second_General_Army_(Japan)" title="Second General Army (Japan)">Second General Army</a>, based in Hiroshima from 1944 to 1945 in preparation for the anticipated <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Yamashita" title="Tomoyuki Yamashita">Tomoyuki Yamashita</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yamashita_Tomoyuki.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Yamashita_Tomoyuki.jpg/100px-Yamashita_Tomoyuki.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Yamashita_Tomoyuki.jpg/150px-Yamashita_Tomoyuki.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Yamashita_Tomoyuki.jpg/200px-Yamashita_Tomoyuki.jpg 2x" data-file-width="688" data-file-height="974" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="Order of the Rising Sun">Order of the Rising Sun</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Guard_(Japan)" title="Imperial Guard (Japan)">Commander, 3rd Imperial Infantry Regiment</a> <p><a href="/wiki/4th_Division_(Imperial_Japanese_Army)" title="4th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)">Commander, 4th Division</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Twenty-Fifth_Army_(Japan)" title="Twenty-Fifth Army (Japan)">Commander, 25th Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Japanese_First_Area_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese First Area Army">Commander, First Area Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Philippines" title="Governor-General of the Philippines">Military Governor of the Philippines</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Fourteenth_Area_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Fourteenth Area Army">Commander, Fourteenth Area Army</a> </p> </td> <td>Executed at 1946. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South-East_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South-East Asian theatre of World War II">South-East Asian theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Thailand" title="Japanese invasion of Thailand">Japanese invasion of Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayan Campaign">Malayan Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kampar" title="Battle of Kampar">Battle of Kampar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Singapore">Battle of Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Sumatra_(1942)" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Sumatra (1942)">Invasion of Sumatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte" title="Battle of Leyte">Battle of Leyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ormoc_Bay" title="Battle of Ormoc Bay">Battle of Ormoc Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Lingayen_Gulf" title="Invasion of Lingayen Gulf">Invasion of Lingayen Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Luzon" title="Battle of Luzon">Battle of Luzon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bessang_Pass" title="Battle of Bessang Pass">Battle of Bessang Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan" title="Raid at Cabanatuan">Raid at Cabanatuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maguindanao" title="Battle of Maguindanao">Battle of Maguindanao</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">Forced the surrender of the allies in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Singapore">Battle of Singapore</a>. Defender of the Philippines against MacArthur. an American military tribunal in Manila tried General Yamashita for war crimes relating to the <a href="/wiki/Manila_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Manila Massacre">Manila Massacre</a> and many atrocities in the Philippines and Singapore against civilians and prisoners of war, such as the <a href="/wiki/Sook_Ching_massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Sook Ching massacre">Sook Ching massacre</a>, and sentenced him to death. This controversial case has become a precedent regarding the command responsibility for war crimes and is known as the Yamashita Standard.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Iwane_Matsui" title="Iwane Matsui">Iwane Matsui</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Iwane_Matsui.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Iwane_Matsui.jpg/100px-Iwane_Matsui.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Iwane_Matsui.jpg/150px-Iwane_Matsui.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Iwane_Matsui.jpg/200px-Iwane_Matsui.jpg 2x" data-file-width="328" data-file-height="445" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="Order of the Rising Sun">Order of the Rising Sun</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/11th_Division_(Imperial_Japanese_Army)" title="11th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)">Commander, 11th Division</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Army_of_Japan" title="Taiwan Army of Japan">Commander, Taiwan Army of Japan</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Expeditionary_Army" title="Shanghai Expeditionary Army">Commander, Shanghai Expeditionary Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Central_China_Expeditionary_Army" title="Central China Expeditionary Army">Commander, Central China Expeditionary Army</a> </p> </td> <td>Retired 1938, executed in 1948. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shanghai" title="Battle of Shanghai">Battle of Shanghai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nanjing" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Nanjing">Battle of Nanjing</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Arrested by the American occupation authorities after the surrender of Japan, Matsui was charged with war crimes in connection with the actions of the Japanese army in China also known as The <a href="/wiki/Nanking_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanking Massacre">Nanking Massacre</a>. In 1948, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) found him guilty of class B and C war crimes, and he was hanged that December at Sugamo Prison, alongside six others, including Hideki Tojo. He was 70 at the time of his death. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="14" style="background:navy; color:white;"><b>Navy</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Osami_Nagano" title="Osami Nagano">Osami Nagano</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Osami_Nagano.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Osami_Nagano.jpg/100px-Osami_Nagano.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Osami_Nagano.jpg/150px-Osami_Nagano.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Osami_Nagano.jpg/200px-Osami_Nagano.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4545" data-file-height="5718" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gensui_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy)">Fleet Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="Order of the Rising Sun">Order of the Rising Sun</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Navy_(Japan)" title="Ministry of the Navy (Japan)">Minister of the Navy</a> <p>Chief of <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_General_Staff" title="Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff">Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff</a> </p> </td> <td>Died of a heart attack in 1947. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_War_Council_(Japan)" title="Supreme War Council (Japan)">Supreme War Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">Chief of the Navy General Staff, 1941–1944. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Prince_Fushimi_Hiroyasu" title="Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu">Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prince_Fushimi_Hiroyasu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Prince_Fushimi_Hiroyasu.jpg/100px-Prince_Fushimi_Hiroyasu.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Prince_Fushimi_Hiroyasu.jpg/150px-Prince_Fushimi_Hiroyasu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Prince_Fushimi_Hiroyasu.jpg/200px-Prince_Fushimi_Hiroyasu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="518" data-file-height="700" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gensui_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy)">Fleet Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Chrysanthemum" title="Order of the Chrysanthemum">Order of the Chrysanthemum</a> </td> <td>Chief of <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_General_Staff" title="Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff">Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff</a> </td> <td>Died in 1946. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_War_Council_(Japan)" title="Supreme War Council (Japan)">Supreme War Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">Chief of staff of the Navy, 1932–1941. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Isoroku_Yamamoto" title="Isoroku Yamamoto">Isoroku Yamamoto</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yamamoto-Isoroku.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Yamamoto-Isoroku.jpg/100px-Yamamoto-Isoroku.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Yamamoto-Isoroku.jpg/150px-Yamamoto-Isoroku.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Yamamoto-Isoroku.jpg/200px-Yamamoto-Isoroku.jpg 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gensui_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy)">Fleet Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Chrysanthemum" title="Order of the Chrysanthemum">Order of the Chrysanthemum</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_Aviation_Bureau" title="Imperial Japanese Navy Aviation Bureau">Director of the Imperial Japanese Navy Aviation Bureau</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Navy_(Japan)" title="Ministry of the Navy (Japan)">Vice-Minister of the Navy</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/1st_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="1st Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)">Commander-in-Chief, First Fleet</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Combined_Fleet" title="Combined Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet</a> </p> </td> <td>The plane carrying him was shot down in 1943. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theatre_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II">Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">Attack on Pearl Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_campaign" title="Solomon Islands campaign">Solomon Islands campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Tulagi_(May_1942)" title="Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942)">Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Guadalcanal Campaign">Guadalcanal Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Savo_Island" title="Battle of Savo Island">Battle of Savo Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons" title="Battle of the Eastern Solomons">Battle of the Eastern Solomons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands" title="Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands">Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal" title="Naval Battle of Guadalcanal">Naval Battle of Guadalcanal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rennell_Island" title="Battle of Rennell Island">Battle of Rennell Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ke" title="Operation Ke">Operation Ke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_I-Go" title="Operation I-Go">Operation I-Go</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander of the 7 December 1941 <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">Attack on Pearl Harbor</a>, Hawaii. Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1939–1943. Isoroku Yamamoto, was killed on Bougainville Island when his transport bomber aircraft was shot down by United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft operating from Kukum Field on Guadalcanal.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mineichi_Koga" title="Mineichi Koga">Mineichi Koga</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koga_Mineichi_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Koga_Mineichi_3.jpg/100px-Koga_Mineichi_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Koga_Mineichi_3.jpg/150px-Koga_Mineichi_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Koga_Mineichi_3.jpg/200px-Koga_Mineichi_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="779" data-file-height="1045" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gensui_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy)">Fleet Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="Order of the Rising Sun">Order of the Rising Sun</a> </td> <td>Vice Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_General_Staff" title="Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff">Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff</a> <p><a href="/wiki/2nd_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="2nd Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)">Commander, 2nd Fleet</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/China_Area_Fleet" title="China Area Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, China Area Fleet</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Combined_Fleet" title="Combined Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet</a> </p> </td> <td>Killed in plane crash 1944. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theatre_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II">Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hong_Kong" title="Battle of Hong Kong">Battle of Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Rabaul_(November_1943)" title="Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943)">Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1943–1944.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Soemu_Toyoda" title="Soemu Toyoda">Soemu Toyoda</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Toyoda_Soemu.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Toyoda_Soemu.JPG/100px-Toyoda_Soemu.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Toyoda_Soemu.JPG/150px-Toyoda_Soemu.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Toyoda_Soemu.JPG/200px-Toyoda_Soemu.JPG 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="442" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="Order of the Rising Sun">Order of the Rising Sun</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4th_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="4th Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)">Commander-in-Chief, 4th Fleet</a> <p><a href="/wiki/2nd_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="2nd Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)">Commander-in-Chief, 2nd Fleet</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kure_Naval_District" title="Kure Naval District">Commander-in-Chief, Kure Naval District</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_Naval_District" title="Yokosuka Naval District">Commander-in-Chief, Yokosuka Naval District</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_General_Staff" title="Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff">Chief of Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1957 at the age of 73. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_War_Council_(Japan)" title="Supreme War Council (Japan)">Supreme War Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1944–1945, Chief of staff of the Navy 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABichi_Nagumo" title="Chūichi Nagumo">Chūichi Nagumo</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chuichi_Nagumo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Chuichi_Nagumo.jpg/100px-Chuichi_Nagumo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Chuichi_Nagumo.jpg/150px-Chuichi_Nagumo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Chuichi_Nagumo.jpg/200px-Chuichi_Nagumo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4592" data-file-height="5784" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="Order of the Rising Sun">Order of the Rising Sun</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_Air_Fleet" title="1st Air Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, 1st Air Fleet</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Third_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="Third Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)">Commander-in-Chief, 3rd Fleet</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sasebo_Naval_District" title="Sasebo Naval District">Commander-in-Chief, Sasebo Naval District</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kure_Naval_District" title="Kure Naval District">Commander-in-Chief, Kure Naval District</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/1st_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)" title="1st Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)">Commander-in-Chief, 1st Fleet</a> </p><p>Commander-in-Chief of <a href="/wiki/Central_Pacific_Area_Fleet" title="Central Pacific Area Fleet">Central Pacific Area Fleet</a> and 14th Air Fleet </p> </td> <td>Committed suicide in 1944 during the battle of Saipan. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">Attack on Pearl Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_raid" title="Indian Ocean raid">Indian Ocean raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Darwin,_February_19,_1942" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombing of Darwin, February 19, 1942">Bombing of Darwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons" title="Battle of the Eastern Solomons">Battle of the Eastern Solomons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands" title="Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands">Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saipan" title="Battle of Saipan">Battle of Saipan</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#edf1f1;"> <td colspan="8">Torpedo specialist and commander of the <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Striking_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Striking Task Force">Carrier Striking Task Force</a> that attacked Pearl Harbor. Successful raids at Darwin and the Indian Ocean were reversed at the Battle of Midway. Although he had tactical victories in the Guadalcanal campaigns, his battle strength was severely depleted, and was switched to the defence of the Mariana Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jisabur%C5%8D_Ozawa" title="Jisaburō Ozawa">Jisaburō Ozawa</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ozawa11.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Ozawa11.jpg/100px-Ozawa11.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Ozawa11.jpg/150px-Ozawa11.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Ozawa11.jpg/200px-Ozawa11.jpg 2x" data-file-width="422" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Admiral">Vice Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Sacred_Treasure" title="Order of the Sacred Treasure">Order of the Sacred Treasure</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Combined_Fleet" title="Combined Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet</a> </td> <td>Died in 1966. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Sumatra_(1942)" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Sumatra (1942)">Invasion of Sumatra (1942)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Palembang" title="Battle of Palembang">Battle of Palembang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea" title="Battle of the Philippine Sea">Battle of the Philippine Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf" title="Battle of Leyte Gulf">Battle of Leyte Gulf</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Replaced Toyoda in 1945 to become commander-in-chief of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Combined_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Combined Fleet">Japanese Combined Fleet</a><sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Army: <a href="/wiki/Korechika_Anami" title="Korechika Anami">Korechika Anami</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hungary">Hungary</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Hungary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="14" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Guszt%C3%A1v_J%C3%A1ny" title="Gusztáv Jány">Gusztáv Jány</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J%C3%A1ny_Guszt%C3%A1v.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/J%C3%A1ny_Guszt%C3%A1v.jpg/100px-J%C3%A1ny_Guszt%C3%A1v.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/J%C3%A1ny_Guszt%C3%A1v.jpg/150px-J%C3%A1ny_Guszt%C3%A1v.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/J%C3%A1ny_Guszt%C3%A1v.jpg/200px-J%C3%A1ny_Guszt%C3%A1v.jpg 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="455" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel General">Colonel General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Army_(Hungary)" title="Second Army (Hungary)">Commander, Hungarian Second Army</a> </td> <td>Sentenced to death in 1947. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Voronezh_(1942)" title="Battle of Voronezh (1942)">Battle of Voronezh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ostrogozhsk%E2%80%93Rossosh_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensive">Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Little_Saturn" title="Operation Little Saturn">Operation Little Saturn</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Commanders of the <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Second_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungarian Second Army">Hungarian Second Army</a> at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dezs%C5%91_L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3" title="Dezső László">Dezső László</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dezso_Laszlo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Dezso_Laszlo.png/100px-Dezso_Laszlo.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Dezso_Laszlo.png/150px-Dezso_Laszlo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Dezso_Laszlo.png/200px-Dezso_Laszlo.png 2x" data-file-width="303" data-file-height="444" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel General">Colonel General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Army_(Hungary)" title="First Army (Hungary)">Commander, Hungarian First Army</a> </td> <td>Sentenced to death in 1949. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dukla_Pass" title="Battle of the Dukla Pass">Battle of the Dukla Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Budapest" title="Siege of Budapest">Battle of Budapest</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Commanders of the <a href="/wiki/First_Army_(Hungary)" title="First Army (Hungary)">Hungarian First Army</a> at <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Budapest" title="Siege of Budapest">Battle of Budapest</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9za_Lakatos" title="Géza Lakatos">Géza Lakatos</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LakatosG%C3%A9za_Portrait_1940s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/LakatosG%C3%A9za_Portrait_1940s.jpg/100px-LakatosG%C3%A9za_Portrait_1940s.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="121" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Hungarian_Royal_Gendarme_Veterans%27_Association" title="Hungarian Royal Gendarme Veterans' Association">militarily organized corps</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Was a colonel general in the <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungarian Army">Hungarian Army</a> during World War II who served briefly as <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Hungary" title="Prime Minister of Hungary">Prime Minister of Hungary</a>, under governor <a href="/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Horthy" title="Miklós Horthy">Miklós Horthy</a> from 29 August 1944, until 15 October 1944. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ferenc_Szombathelyi" title="Ferenc Szombathelyi">Ferenc Szombathelyi</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_general" title="Colonel general">Colonel General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary">Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Defence_Forces_(Hungary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Defence Forces (Hungary)">Chief of General Staff of the Royal Hungarian Army</a> </td> <td>Died in 1946. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_occupation_of_Yugoslav_territories" title="Hungarian occupation of Yugoslav territories">Hungarian occupation of Yugoslav territories</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Served as Chief of Army Staff of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Hungarian_Army" title="Royal Hungarian Army">Royal Hungarian Army</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ferenc_Feketehalmy-Czeydner" title="Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner">Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ferenc_Feketehalmy-Czeydner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Ferenc_Feketehalmy-Czeydner.jpg/110px-Ferenc_Feketehalmy-Czeydner.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Ferenc_Feketehalmy-Czeydner.jpg/165px-Ferenc_Feketehalmy-Czeydner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Ferenc_Feketehalmy-Czeydner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="249" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_general" title="Colonel general">Colonel General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary">Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(Hungary)" title="V Corps (Hungary)">Commanding General, V Corps</a> </td> <td>Died in 1946. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_occupation_of_Yugoslav_territories" title="Hungarian occupation of Yugoslav territories">Hungarian occupation of Yugoslav territories</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Had a significant role in the <a href="/wiki/Novi_Sad_massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Novi Sad massacre">Novi Sad massacre</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Mikl%C3%B3s" title="Béla Miklós">Béla Miklós</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:D%C3%A1lnoki_Mikl%C3%B3s_B%C3%A9la_1942-11.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/D%C3%A1lnoki_Mikl%C3%B3s_B%C3%A9la_1942-11.png/109px-D%C3%A1lnoki_Mikl%C3%B3s_B%C3%A9la_1942-11.png" decoding="async" width="109" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/D%C3%A1lnoki_Mikl%C3%B3s_B%C3%A9la_1942-11.png/164px-D%C3%A1lnoki_Mikl%C3%B3s_B%C3%A9la_1942-11.png 1.5x, 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He supported leaving the Axis powers and joining the Red Army. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Thailand">Thailand</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Thailand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Plaek_Phibunsongkhram" title="Plaek Phibunsongkhram">Plaek Phibunsongkhram</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Field_Marshal_Plaek_Phibunsongkhram.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Field_Marshal_Plaek_Phibunsongkhram.jpg/100px-Field_Marshal_Plaek_Phibunsongkhram.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Field_Marshal_Plaek_Phibunsongkhram.jpg/150px-Field_Marshal_Plaek_Phibunsongkhram.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Field_Marshal_Plaek_Phibunsongkhram.jpg/200px-Field_Marshal_Plaek_Phibunsongkhram.jpg 2x" data-file-width="948" data-file-height="1270" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_marshal_(Thailand)" title="Field marshal (Thailand)">Field marshal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Nine_Gems" title="Order of the Nine Gems">Order of the Nine Gems</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Highest_Commander_of_the_Royal_Thai_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="The Highest Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces">Commander of the Royal Thai Army</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Thailand" title="Prime Minister of Thailand">Prime Minister of Thailand</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Thailand)" title="Ministry of Defence (Thailand)">Minister of Defence</a> </p> </td> <td>Later ousted after the defeat of the Japanese, only to return to power in 1948 and become prime minister until 1957. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South-East_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South-East Asian theatre of World War II">South-East Asian theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French-Thai_War" class="mw-redirect" title="French-Thai War">French-Thai War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Thailand" title="Japanese invasion of Thailand">Japanese invasion of Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayan Campaign">Malayan Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burma_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma Campaign">Burma Campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Prime Minister and dictator of Thailand during the war, eventually commanding the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Armed_Forces" title="Royal Thai Armed Forces">Royal Thai Armed Forces</a> during the <a href="/wiki/French-Thai_War" class="mw-redirect" title="French-Thai War">French-Thai War</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Charun_Rattanakun_Seriroengrit" title="Charun Rattanakun Seriroengrit">Charun Rattanakun Seriroengrit</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A4%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%8C.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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battalion and took part in <a href="/wiki/Japanese_conquest_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese conquest of Burma">the invasion and occupation of the Shan States in Burma</a>. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_conquest_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese conquest of Burma">Japanese conquest of Burma</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Commander of <a href="/wiki/Phayap_Army" title="Phayap Army">Phayap Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Romania">Romania</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Romania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="32" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ion_Antonescu" title="Ion Antonescu">Ion Antonescu</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ion_antonescu.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ion_antonescu.png/100px-Ion_antonescu.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ion_antonescu.png/150px-Ion_antonescu.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Ion_antonescu.png 2x" data-file-width="195" data-file-height="313" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshal of Romania">Marshal of Romania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Michael_the_Brave" title="Order of Michael the Brave">Order of Michael the Brave</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Romania" title="Prime Minister of Romania">Prime Minister of Romania</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Conduc%C4%83tor" title="Conducător">Conducător of Romania</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defence_(Romania)" title="Ministry of National Defence (Romania)">Minister of War of Romania</a> </p><p>Commander-in-Chief of <a href="/wiki/Romanian_Armed_Forces" title="Romanian Armed Forces">Romanian Armed Forces</a> </p> </td> <td>Executed in 1946. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_M%C3%BCnchen" title="Operation München">Operation München</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive">Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Took control of Romania when <a href="/wiki/Carol_II_of_Romania" title="Carol II of Romania">Carol II</a> abdicated and established a fascist dictatorship with the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Guard" title="Iron Guard">Iron Guard</a> Party. Acted as Commander-in-Chief of the Romanian Army and <a href="/wiki/Conduc%C4%83tor" title="Conducător">Conducător</a> of Romania, recapturing <a href="/wiki/Bessarabia" title="Bessarabia">Bessarabia</a> and northern <a href="/wiki/Bucovina" class="mw-redirect" title="Bucovina">Bucovina</a>, then appointed himself marshal. When his forces were decimated at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a>, he started negotiating for peace <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. His career ended in 1944 when he was arrested by <a href="/wiki/Michael_of_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael of Romania">King Michael</a>, who signed an armistice with the Allies.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Petre_Dumitrescu" title="Petre Dumitrescu">Petre Dumitrescu</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Petre_Dumitrescu.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Petre_Dumitrescu.JPG/100px-Petre_Dumitrescu.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Petre_Dumitrescu.JPG/150px-Petre_Dumitrescu.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Petre_Dumitrescu.JPG/200px-Petre_Dumitrescu.JPG 2x" data-file-width="259" data-file-height="307" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Army_(Romania)" title="Third Army (Romania)">General Officer Commanding, Romanian Third Army</a> </td> <td>Died in 1950 after a bout with cancer. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_M%C3%BCnchen" title="Operation München">Operation München</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dnieper%E2%80%93Carpathian_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive">Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="First Jassy–Kishinev Offensive">First Jassy–Kishinev Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive">Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Commanded the <a href="/wiki/First_Army_(Romania)" title="First Army (Romania)">Romanian First Army</a> between 1940 and 1941. Commanded the <a href="/wiki/Third_Army_(Romania)" title="Third Army (Romania)">Romanian Third Army</a> between 1941 and 1944. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Constantin_Constantinescu-Claps" title="Constantin Constantinescu-Claps">Constantin Constantinescu-Claps</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Michael_the_Brave" title="Order of Michael the Brave">Order of Michael the Brave</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Army_(Romania)" title="Fourth Army (Romania)">General Officer Commanding, Romanian Fourth Army</a> </td> <td>Died in 1961. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Army_(Romania)" title="Fourth Army (Romania)">Romanian Fourth Army</a> between 1941 and 1943. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Avramescu" title="Gheorghe Avramescu">Gheorghe Avramescu</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gheorghe_Avramescu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Gheorghe_Avramescu.jpg/100px-Gheorghe_Avramescu.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Gheorghe_Avramescu.jpg/150px-Gheorghe_Avramescu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Gheorghe_Avramescu.jpg/200px-Gheorghe_Avramescu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="481" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/German_Cross_in_Gold" class="mw-redirect" title="German Cross in Gold">German Cross in Gold</a> </td> <td>General Officer Commanding, 10th Division <p><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A2n%C4%83tori_de_munte" title="Vânători de munte">General Officer Commanding, Mountain Corps</a> </p><p>General Officer Commanding, III Corps </p><p>General Officer Commanding, VI Corps </p><p><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Army_(Romania)" title="Fourth Army (Romania)">General Officer Commanding, 4th Army</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1945. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A2n%C4%83tori_de_munte" title="Vânători de munte">Romanian Mountain Corps</a> between 1941 and 1943. Commanded the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Army_(Romania)" title="Fourth Army (Romania)">Romanian Fourth Army</a> between 1944 and 1945. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ioan_Mihail_Racovi%C8%9B%C4%83" title="Ioan Mihail Racoviță">Ioan Mihail Racoviță</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:MihailRacovita.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/MihailRacovita.jpg/105px-MihailRacovita.jpg" decoding="async" width="105" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/MihailRacovita.jpg/157px-MihailRacovita.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/MihailRacovita.jpg/210px-MihailRacovita.jpg 2x" data-file-width="912" data-file-height="1198" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Michael_the_Brave" title="Order of Michael the Brave">Order of Michael the Brave</a> </td> <td>General Officer Commanding, Romanian Cavalry Corps <p><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Army_(Romania)" title="Fourth Army (Romania)">General Officer Commanding, Romanian Fourth Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defence_(Romania)" title="Ministry of National Defence (Romania)">Minister of Defense of Romania</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1954. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the Romanian Cavalry Corps between 1941 and 1943. Commanded the Romanian Mechanized Troops between 1943 and 1944. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vasile_Atanasiu" title="Vasile Atanasiu">Vasile Atanasiu</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Vasile_Atanasiu.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Vasile_Atanasiu.png/116px-Vasile_Atanasiu.png" decoding="async" width="116" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Vasile_Atanasiu.png/173px-Vasile_Atanasiu.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Vasile_Atanasiu.png/231px-Vasile_Atanasiu.png 2x" data-file-width="1170" data-file-height="1396" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Lion" title="Order of the White Lion">Order of the White Lion</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Army_(Romania)" title="First Army (Romania)">General Officer Commanding, 1st Romanian Army</a> </td> <td>Died in 1964. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prague_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Prague Offensive">Prague Offensive</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the 3rd Army Corps in the liberation of <a href="/wiki/Bessarabia" title="Bessarabia">Bessarabia</a>, the battle for the <a href="/wiki/Beachhead" title="Beachhead">beachhead</a> of <a href="/wiki/Albi%C5%A3a,_Vaslui" class="mw-redirect" title="Albiţa, Vaslui">Albiţa</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Prut_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Prut River">Prut River</a>, the advance to the <a href="/wiki/Dniester" title="Dniester">Dniester</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tiraspol" title="Tiraspol">Tiraspol</a> between 1941 and 1943. Commanded the <a href="/wiki/First_Army_(Romania)" title="First Army (Romania)">Romanian First Army</a> in 1945, in the battles on the Czechoslovakian front in the <a href="/wiki/Javorina" title="Javorina">Javorina</a>, between the rivers <a href="/wiki/Hron" title="Hron">Hron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Morava_(river)" title="Morava (river)">Morava</a> and thereafter in <a href="/wiki/Bohemia" title="Bohemia">Bohemia</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mihail_Lasc%C4%83r" title="Mihail Lascăr">Mihail Lascăr</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_mihail_lascar-177072629.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Gen_mihail_lascar-177072629.jpg/93px-Gen_mihail_lascar-177072629.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Gen_mihail_lascar-177072629.jpg/139px-Gen_mihail_lascar-177072629.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Gen_mihail_lascar-177072629.jpg/186px-Gen_mihail_lascar-177072629.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="297" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Died in 1959. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Campaign">Crimean Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_armies_in_the_Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Romanian armies in the Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A2n%C4%83tori_de_Munte" class="mw-redirect" title="Vânători de Munte">1st Mixed Mountain Brigade</a>, an elite unit of the <a href="/wiki/Third_Army_(Romania)" title="Third Army (Romania)">Romanian Third Army</a> between 1941 and 1942. Commanded the 6th Division of the <a href="/wiki/Third_Army_(Romania)" title="Third Army (Romania)">Romanian Third Army</a> in 1942. Was taken prisoner at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a> and became commander of the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Army_(Romania)" title="Fourth Army (Romania)">Romanian Fourth Army</a> in 1945. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Constantin_S%C4%83n%C4%83tescu" title="Constantin Sănătescu">Constantin Sănătescu</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:ConstantinSanatescu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/ConstantinSanatescu.jpg/101px-ConstantinSanatescu.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/ConstantinSanatescu.jpg/151px-ConstantinSanatescu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/ConstantinSanatescu.jpg/201px-ConstantinSanatescu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="857" data-file-height="1174" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>General Officer Commanding, 4th Army Corps <p><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Army_(Romania)" title="Fourth Army (Romania)">General Officer Commanding, Romanian Fourth Army</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Romanian_General_Staff" title="Chief of the Romanian General Staff">Chief of the Romanian General Staff</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1948. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the 4th Army Corps between 1941 and 1943. Commanded the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Army_(Romania)" title="Fourth Army (Romania)">Romanian Fourth Army</a> between 1943 and 1944. Major participant in the <a href="/wiki/1944_Romanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1944 Romanian coup d'état">1944 Romanian coup d'état</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Constantin_Nicolescu" title="Constantin Nicolescu">Constantin Nicolescu</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:ConstantinNicolaescu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/ConstantinNicolaescu.jpg/103px-ConstantinNicolaescu.jpg" decoding="async" width="103" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/ConstantinNicolaescu.jpg/154px-ConstantinNicolaescu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/ConstantinNicolaescu.jpg/206px-ConstantinNicolaescu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="954" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Michael_the_Brave" title="Order of Michael the Brave">Order of Michael the Brave</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defence_(Romania)" title="Ministry of National Defence (Romania)">Minister of Defense of Romania</a> </td> <td>Died in 1972. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the Bucharest Military between 1941 and 1943. Commanded the 4th Army Corps between 1943 and 1944. Was among the generals who prepared the <a href="/wiki/King_Michael_Coup" class="mw-redirect" title="King Michael Coup">King Michael Coup</a>, and from November 1944 until the abolition of the monarchy in December 1947 served as head of the royal household. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Corneliu_Dragalina" title="Corneliu Dragalina">Corneliu Dragalina</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Corneliu_Dragalina.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Corneliu_Dragalina.jpg/92px-Corneliu_Dragalina.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Corneliu_Dragalina.jpg/138px-Corneliu_Dragalina.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Corneliu_Dragalina.jpg/184px-Corneliu_Dragalina.jpg 2x" data-file-width="436" data-file-height="654" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bukovina_Governorate" title="Bukovina Governorate">Governor-General of Bukovina</a> </td> <td>Died in 1949. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the 6th Army Corps between 1940 and 1943. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ioan_Dumitrache" title="Ioan Dumitrache">Ioan Dumitrache</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ioan_Dumitrache.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Ioan_Dumitrache.jpg/95px-Ioan_Dumitrache.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Ioan_Dumitrache.jpg/143px-Ioan_Dumitrache.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Ioan_Dumitrache.jpg/191px-Ioan_Dumitrache.jpg 2x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td>General Officer Commanding, 2nd Mountain Division <p><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A2n%C4%83tori_de_munte" title="Vânători de munte">General Officer Commanding, Mountain Corps</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1977. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the 2nd Mountain Division between 1942 and 1944. Was promoted to major general in 1944 and commanded the <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A2n%C4%83tori_de_munte" title="Vânători de munte">Romanian Mountain Corps</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Manoliu" title="Gheorghe Manoliu">Gheorghe Manoliu</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td>General Officer Commanding, 4th Mountain Division </td> <td>Died in 1974. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the 4th Mountain Division between 1940 and 1942. Was promoted to major general in 1943 and commanded the 4th Army Corps. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Emanoil_B%C3%A2rzotescu" title="Emanoil Bârzotescu">Emanoil Bârzotescu</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Emanoil_Barzotescu.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Emanoil_Barzotescu.png/112px-Emanoil_Barzotescu.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Emanoil_Barzotescu.png/168px-Emanoil_Barzotescu.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Emanoil_Barzotescu.png/225px-Emanoil_Barzotescu.png 2x" data-file-width="902" data-file-height="1108" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_(Romania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of the Crown (Romania)">Order of the Crown (Romania)</a> </td> <td>General Officer Commanding, 1st Division <p>General Officer Commanding, 6th Corps </p> </td> <td>Died in 1968. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the <a href="/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(Romania)" title="1st Infantry Division (Romania)">1st Infantry Division</a> between 1940 and 1942. Retired in 1942 and was recalled in 1945. Commanded the 6th Crops Area in 1945. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dumitru_D%C4%83m%C4%83ceanu" title="Dumitru Dămăceanu">Dumitru Dămăceanu</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Dumitru_Damaceanu_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/General_Dumitru_Damaceanu_1945.jpg/94px-General_Dumitru_Damaceanu_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/General_Dumitru_Damaceanu_1945.jpg/141px-General_Dumitru_Damaceanu_1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/General_Dumitru_Damaceanu_1945.jpg/188px-General_Dumitru_Damaceanu_1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="615" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">Brigadier General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Michael_the_Brave" title="Order of Michael the Brave">Order of Michael the Brave</a> </td> <td>General Officer Commanding, 10th Roșiori Cavalry Regiment <p>General Officer Commanding, Capital Military Command </p> </td> <td>Died in 1978. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the 10th Cavalry Regiment between 1941 and 1942. Chief of Staff in Bucharest Military between 1942 and 1944. Major participant in <a href="/wiki/King_Michael%27s_Coup" class="mw-redirect" title="King Michael's Coup">King Michael's Coup</a> of 1944. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Mociulschi" title="Leonard Mociulschi">Leonard Mociulschi</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Leonard_Mociulschi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Leonard_Mociulschi.jpg/97px-Leonard_Mociulschi.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Leonard_Mociulschi.jpg/146px-Leonard_Mociulschi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Leonard_Mociulschi.jpg/195px-Leonard_Mociulschi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="476" data-file-height="674" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">Brigadier General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Died in 1979. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A2n%C4%83tori_de_Munte" class="mw-redirect" title="Vânători de Munte">1st Mixed Mountain Brigade</a>, an elite unit of the <a href="/wiki/Third_Army_(Romania)" title="Third Army (Romania)">Romanian Third Army</a> between 1940 and 1941. Commanded the <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A2n%C4%83tori_de_Munte" class="mw-redirect" title="Vânători de Munte">3rd Mixed Mountain Brigade</a> between 1942 and 1943. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Corneliu_Teodorini" title="Corneliu Teodorini">Corneliu Teodorini</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Corneliu_Teodorini.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Corneliu_Teodorini.jpg/110px-Corneliu_Teodorini.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Corneliu_Teodorini.jpg/165px-Corneliu_Teodorini.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Corneliu_Teodorini.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">Brigadier General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Died in 1976. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the 6th Cavalry Regiment. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2" style="background:navy; color:white;"><b>Navy</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Horia_Macellariu" title="Horia Macellariu">Horia Macellariu</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Romanian_Rear_Admiral_Horia_Macellariu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Romanian_Rear_Admiral_Horia_Macellariu.jpg/84px-Romanian_Rear_Admiral_Horia_Macellariu.jpg" decoding="async" width="84" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Romanian_Rear_Admiral_Horia_Macellariu.jpg/126px-Romanian_Rear_Admiral_Horia_Macellariu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Romanian_Rear_Admiral_Horia_Macellariu.jpg/168px-Romanian_Rear_Admiral_Horia_Macellariu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="374" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear Admiral">Rear Admiral</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> </td> <td>Commander-in-Chief, Black Sea Fleet </td> <td>Died in 1989. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_Campaigns_(1941%E2%80%9344)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Sea Campaigns (1941–44)">Black Sea Campaigns (1941–44)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Achse" title="Operation Achse">Operation Achse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Offensive">Evacuation of the Crimea</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the <a href="/wiki/Romanian_Naval_Forces" title="Romanian Naval Forces">Royal Romanian Navy</a>'s Black Sea Fleet between 1941 and 1944. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Slovakia">Slovakia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Slovakia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_%C4%8Catlo%C5%A1" title="Ferdinand Čatloš">Ferdinand Čatloš</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">Major General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_Army_Bernol%C3%A1k" title="Field Army Bernolák">General Officer Commanding, Field Army Bernolák</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Slovakia)" title="Ministry of Defence (Slovakia)">Minister of Defence of Slovakia</a> </p> </td> <td>Was briefly imprisoned, set free in 1948, died in 1972. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_invasion_of_Poland" title="Slovak invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_National_Uprising" title="Slovak National Uprising">Slovak National Uprising</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Slovakian Minister of Defence and Chief General Staff. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Bulgaria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Air_Force" title="Bulgarian Air Force">Air force</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Stoyan_Stoyanov" title="Stoyan Stoyanov">Stoyan Stoyanov</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Others">Others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Finland">Finland</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Finland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="12" style="background:#78866b; color:white;"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim" title="Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim">Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim.png/139px-Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim.png" decoding="async" width="139" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim.png/209px-Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim.png/278px-Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim.png 2x" data-file-width="3420" data-file-height="3834" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Finland" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshal of Finland">Marshal of Finland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Cross_of_Liberty" title="Order of the Cross of Liberty">Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Finland)" title="Chief of Defence (Finland)">Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces</a> <p><a href="/wiki/President_of_Finland" title="President of Finland">President of Finland</a> </p> </td> <td>Succeeded Risto Ryti as President of Finland. Died in 1951 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Summa" title="Battle of Summa">Battle of Summa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuation_War" title="Continuation War">Continuation War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyborg%E2%80%93Petrozavodsk_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive">Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad">Siege of Leningrad</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">Was Commander-in-Chief of Finnish army during World War II. Organised the Mannerheim Line in the Karelian Peninsula.<sup id="cite_ref-TOCTWW2_1-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOCTWW2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Lennart_Oesch" title="Karl Lennart Oesch">Karl Lennart Oesch</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Karl_oesch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Karl_oesch.jpg/100px-Karl_oesch.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Karl_oesch.jpg/150px-Karl_oesch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Karl_oesch.jpg/200px-Karl_oesch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1079" data-file-height="1563" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mannerheim_Cross" title="Mannerheim Cross">Mannerheim Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Finnish_II_Corps_(Continuation_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish II Corps (Continuation War)">Commander, II Corps</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Finnish_IV_Corps_(Continuation_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish IV Corps (Continuation War)">Commander, IV Corps</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1978 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_reconquest_of_the_Karelian_Isthmus_(1941)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish reconquest of the Karelian Isthmus (1941)">Finnish reconquest of the Karelian Isthmus (1941)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front (World War II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyborg%E2%80%93Petrozavodsk_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive">Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tienhaara" title="Battle of Tienhaara">Battle of Tienhaara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tali-Ihantala" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Tali-Ihantala">Battle of Tali-Ihantala</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="7">An influential Finnish general. <a href="/wiki/Finnish_II_Corps_(Winter_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish II Corps (Winter War)">II Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Finnish_III_Corps_(Winter_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish III Corps (Winter War)">III Corps</a> of the Finnish ground forces were under his command at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Continuation_War" title="Continuation War">Continuation War</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ruben_Lagus" title="Ruben Lagus">Ruben Lagus</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ruben_lagus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Ruben_lagus.jpg/107px-Ruben_lagus.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Ruben_lagus.jpg/161px-Ruben_lagus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Ruben_lagus.jpg/214px-Ruben_lagus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">Lieutenant General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mannerheim_Cross" title="Mannerheim Cross">Mannerheim Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Armoured_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish Armoured Division">Commander, Finnish Armoured Division</a> </td> <td>Died in 1959. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuation_War" title="Continuation War">Continuation War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapland_War" title="Lapland War">Lapland War</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Taipaleenkyl%C3%A4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Taipaleenkylä (page does not exist)">Battle of Taipaleenkylä</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Ylimaa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Ylimaa (page does not exist)">Battle of Ylimaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rovaniemi" title="Battle of Rovaniemi">Battle of Rovaniemi</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Armoured_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish Armoured Division">Finnish Armoured Division</a> (Panssaridivisioona) during the <a href="/wiki/Lapland_War" title="Lapland War">Lapland War</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Erik_Heinrichs" title="Erik Heinrichs">Erik Heinrichs</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:A_heinrichs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/A_heinrichs.jpg/115px-A_heinrichs.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/A_heinrichs.jpg/173px-A_heinrichs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/A_heinrichs.jpg/230px-A_heinrichs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="803" data-file-height="1156" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mannerheim_Cross" title="Mannerheim Cross">Mannerheim Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Finnish_III_Corps_(Winter_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish III Corps (Winter War)">Commander, III Corps</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Isthmus" title="Army of the Isthmus">Commander, Army of the Isthmus</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Army_of_Karelia" title="Army of Karelia">Commander, Army of Karelia</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1965. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuation_War" title="Continuation War">Continuation War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taipale" title="Battle of Taipale">Battle of Taipale</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Commanded the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Karelia" title="Army of Karelia">Army of Karelia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Isthmus" title="Army of the Isthmus">Army of the Isthmus</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vilho_Petter_Nenonen" title="Vilho Petter Nenonen">Vilho Nenonen</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Nenonen3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Nenonen3.jpg/115px-Nenonen3.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Nenonen3.jpg/174px-Nenonen3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Nenonen3.jpg/231px-Nenonen3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="728" data-file-height="964" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mannerheim_Cross" title="Mannerheim Cross">Mannerheim Cross</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Died in 1960. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuation_War" title="Continuation War">Continuation War</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">He was extremely influential in the development of the Finnish Army's artillery. The trajectory calculation formulas he developed are still in use today by modern artillery. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Paavo_Talvela" title="Paavo Talvela">Paavo Talvela</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Paavo_Talvela.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Paavo_Talvela.png/151px-Paavo_Talvela.png" decoding="async" width="151" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Paavo_Talvela.png/227px-Paavo_Talvela.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Paavo_Talvela.png/302px-Paavo_Talvela.png 2x" data-file-width="2823" data-file-height="2823" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mannerheim_Cross" title="Mannerheim Cross">Mannerheim Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Finnish_IV_Corps_(Winter_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish IV Corps (Winter War)">Commander, IV Corps</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Finnish_III_Corps_(Winter_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish III Corps (Winter War)">Commander, III Corps</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Finnish_VI_Corps_(Continuation_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish VI Corps (Continuation War)">Commander, VI Corps</a> </p> </td> <td>Died in 1973. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tolvaj%C3%A4rvi" title="Battle of Tolvajärvi">Battle of Tolvajärvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuation_War" title="Continuation War">Continuation War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_reconquest_of_Ladoga_Karelia_(1941)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish reconquest of Ladoga Karelia (1941)">Finnish reconquest of Ladoga Karelia (1941)</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">He commanded the <a href="/wiki/Finnish_III_Corps_(Winter_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish III Corps (Winter War)">Finnish III Corps</a> in the Winter War from February 1940 to the end of the Winter War. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Burma">Burma</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Burma"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#78866b; color:white;" rowspan="2"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Aung_San" title="Aung San">Aung San</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aung_San_in_uniform.jpg" 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</td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South-East_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South-East Asian theatre of World War II">South-East Asian theatre of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burma_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma Campaign">Burma Campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Led the <a href="/wiki/Burma_National_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma National Army">Burma National Army</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Anti-Fascist_Organisation" title="Anti-Fascist Organisation">Anti-Fascist Organisation</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ukraine">Ukraine</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Ukraine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#000; color:white;">Armed Force </th> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Highest Rank </th> <th>Highest Award </th> <th>Commands </th> <th>Fate </th> <th>Theatres / Battles </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;vertical-align: top;"> <td style="background:#78866b; color:white;" rowspan="2"><b>Army</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Shukhevych" title="Roman Shukhevych">Roman Shukhevych</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roman_Shukhevych.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Roman_Shukhevych.jpg/100px-Roman_Shukhevych.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Roman_Shukhevych.jpg/150px-Roman_Shukhevych.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Roman_Shukhevych.jpg/200px-Roman_Shukhevych.jpg 2x" data-file-width="948" data-file-height="1136" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> </td> <td>Gold Cross of Combat Merit First Class, the Cross of Merit in gold </td> <td>Supreme Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army" title="Ukrainian Insurgent Army">Ukrainian Insurgent Army</a> </td> <td>Died fighting <a href="/wiki/NKVD" title="NKVD">NKVD</a> forces in <a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Lviv</a> in 1950. </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-partisan_operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-partisan operations">Ukraine anti partisan operations</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td colspan="8">Supreme commander of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army" title="Ukrainian Insurgent Army">Ukrainian Insurgent Army</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commanders_of_World_War_II&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit 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class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Keelhaul" title="Operation Keelhaul"><i>Keelhaul</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Plan" title="Marshall Plan">Marshall Plan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany" title="Allied-occupied Germany">Occupation of Germany</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan" title="Occupation of Japan">Occupation of Japan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Osoaviakhim" title="Operation Osoaviakhim"><i>Osoaviakhim</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Paperclip" title="Operation Paperclip"><i>Paperclip</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_occupations_by_the_Soviet_Union" title="Military occupations by the Soviet Union">Soviet occupations</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states" title="Occupation of the Baltic states">Baltic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hungary%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations" title="Hungary–Soviet Union relations">Hungary</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic" title="Polish People's Republic">Poland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Romania" title="Soviet occupation of Romania">Romania</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oder%E2%80%93Neisse_line" title="Oder–Neisse line">Territorial changes of Germany</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Final_Settlement_with_Respect_to_Germany" title="Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany">Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_in_World_War_II" title="War crimes in World War II">War crimes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allied_war_crimes_during_World_War_II" title="Allied war crimes during World War II">Allied war crimes</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="Soviet war crimes">Soviet war crimes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="British war crimes">British war crimes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="United States war crimes">United States war crimes</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="German war crimes">German war crimes</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Forced_labour_under_German_rule_during_World_War_II" title="Forced labour under German rule during World War II">forced labour</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht" title="War crimes of the Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht war crimes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">The Holocaust</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Holocaust" title="Aftermath of the Holocaust">Aftermath</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_response_to_the_Holocaust" title="International response to the Holocaust">Response</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nuremberg_trials" title="Nuremberg trials">Nuremberg trials</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_war_crimes" title="Italian war crimes">Italian war crimes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes" title="Japanese war crimes">Japanese war crimes</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre" title="Nanjing Massacre">Nanjing Massacre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Unit_731" title="Unit 731">Unit 731</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East" title="International Military Tribunal for the Far East">Prosecution</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Usta%C5%A1e" title="Ustaše">Croatian war crimes</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Genocide_of_Serbs_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia">Genocide of Serbs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia">Persecution of Jews</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Romania#The_Holocaust" title="History of the Jews in Romania">Romanian war crimes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Sexual violence</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_military_brothels_in_World_War_II" title="German military brothels in World War II">German military brothels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_camp_brothels_in_World_War_II" title="German camp brothels in World War II">Camp brothels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_occupation_of_Germany" title="Rape during the occupation of Germany">Rape during the occupation of Germany</a>  /  <a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_occupation_of_Japan" title="Rape during the occupation of Japan">Japan</a>  /  <a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_Soviet_occupation_of_Poland" title="Rape during the Soviet occupation of Poland">Poland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_liberation_of_France" title="Rape during the liberation of France">Rape during the liberation of France</a>  /  <a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_liberation_of_Serbia" title="Rape during the liberation of Serbia">Serbia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sook_Ching" title="Sook Ching">Sook Ching</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Comfort_women" title="Comfort women">Comfort women</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manila_massacre#Mass_rapes" title="Manila massacre">Rape of Manila</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marocchinate" title="Marocchinate">Marocchinate</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_by_country" title="World War II by country">Participants</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Algeria_in_World_War_II" title="Algeria in World War II">Algeria</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Australia during World War II">Australia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_World_War_II" title="Belgium in World War II">Belgium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_in_World_War_II" title="Brazil in World War II">Brazil</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_during_World_War_II" title="Bulgaria during World War II">Bulgaria</a> (<a href="/wiki/1944_Bulgarian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1944 Bulgarian coup d'état">from September 1944</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Canada_in_World_War_II" title="Canada in World War II">Canada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">China</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cuba_during_World_War_II" title="Cuba during World War II">Cuba</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Czechoslovakia_(1938%E2%80%931945)" title="Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)">Czechoslovakia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_World_War_II" title="Denmark in World War II">Denmark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War" title="Second Italo-Ethiopian War">Ethiopia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eswatini_in_World_War_II" title="Eswatini in World War II">Eswatini</a> (formerly Swaziland)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_World_War_II" title="Finland in World War II">Finland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lapland_War" title="Lapland War">from September 1944</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/France_during_World_War_II" title="France during World War II">France</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Free_France" title="Free France">Free France</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Greece_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Greece during World War II">Greece</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/India_in_World_War_II" title="India in World War II">India</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_Co-belligerent_Army" title="Italian Co-belligerent Army">Italy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Italian_Civil_War" title="Italian Civil War">from September 1943</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_in_World_War_II" title="Luxembourg in World War II">Luxembourg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mexico_during_World_War_II" title="Mexico during World War II">Mexico</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Netherlands_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the Netherlands during World War II">Netherlands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Newfoundland_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Newfoundland during World War II">Newfoundland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_New_Zealand_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of New Zealand during World War II">New Zealand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">Norway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Philippines_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the Philippines during World War II">Philippines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="History of Poland (1939–1945)">Poland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_World_War_II" title="Romania in World War II">Romania</a> (<a href="/wiki/1944_Romanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1944 Romanian coup d'état">from August 1944</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_in_World_War_II" title="Sierra Leone in World War II">Sierra Leone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_South_Africa_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of South Africa during World War II">South Africa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia_in_World_War_II" title="Southern Rhodesia in World War II">Southern Rhodesia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_in_World_War_II" title="Soviet Union in World War II">Soviet Union</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tuva_in_World_War_II" title="Tuva in World War II">Tuva</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_Kingdom_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II">United Kingdom</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_Empire_in_World_War_II" title="British Empire in World War II">British Empire</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">United States</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Ricans_in_World_War_II" title="Puerto Ricans in World War II">Puerto Rico</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Yugoslavia" title="World War II in Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_of_Albania_(1939%E2%80%931943)" title="Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)">Albania protectorate</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_during_World_War_II" title="Bulgaria during World War II">Bulgaria</a> (until September 1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wang_Jingwei_regime" title="Wang Jingwei regime">Wang Jingwei regime</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Independent State of Croatia">Independent State of Croatia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_World_War_II" title="Finland in World War II">Finland</a> (until September 1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German Reich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_World_War_II" title="Hungary in World War II">Hungary</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Azad_Hind" title="Azad Hind">Azad Hind</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/French_Indochina_in_World_War_II" title="French Indochina in World War II">French Indochina</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War" title="Anglo-Iraqi War">Iraq</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Italy during World War II">Italy</a> (until September 1943)</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_Social_Republic" title="Italian Social Republic">Italian Social Republic</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Philippine_Republic" title="Second Philippine Republic">Philippines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_World_War_II" title="Romania in World War II">Romania</a> (until August 1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="Slovak Republic (1939–1945)">Slovak Republic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thailand_in_World_War_II" title="Thailand in World War II">Thailand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Template:Collaboration_with_Axis_Powers" title="Template:Collaboration with Axis Powers">Collaboration</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Neutral_powers_during_World_War_II" title="Neutral powers during World War II">Neutral</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Afghanistan" title="Kingdom of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Andorra#20th_and_21st_centuries" title="History of Andorra">Andorra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Irish_neutrality_during_World_War_II" title="Irish neutrality during World War II">Ireland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_in_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Liechtenstein in World War II">Liechtenstein</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Portugal_during_World_War_II" title="Portugal during World War II">Portugal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Spain_during_World_War_II" title="Spain during World War II">Spain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_during_World_War_II" title="Sweden during World War II">Sweden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Switzerland during the World Wars">Switzerland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tibet_(1912%E2%80%931951)" title="Tibet (1912–1951)">Tibet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City_during_World_War_II" title="Vatican City during World War II">Vatican City</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Resistance_during_World_War_II" title="Resistance during World War II">Resistance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Albania" title="World War II in Albania">Albania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Austrian_resistance" title="Austrian resistance">Austria</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Resistance" title="Belgian Resistance">Belgium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_resistance_movement_during_World_War_II" title="Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II">Bulgaria</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Resistance_in_the_Protectorate_of_Bohemia_and_Moravia" title="Resistance in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia">Czech lands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danish_resistance_movement" title="Danish resistance movement">Denmark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_the_Dutch_East_Indies#Underground_resistance" title="Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Estonian_anti-German_resistance_movement_1941%E2%80%931944" title="Estonian anti-German resistance movement 1941–1944">Estonia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arbegnoch" title="Arbegnoch">Ethiopia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/French_Resistance" title="French Resistance">France</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_resistance_to_Nazism" title="German resistance to Nazism">Germany</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greek_resistance" title="Greek resistance">Greece</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong#Anti-Japanese_resistance" title="Japanese occupation of Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_resistance_movement" title="Italian resistance movement">Italy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Political_dissidence_in_the_Empire_of_Japan#Dissidence_during_World_War_II" title="Political dissidence in the Empire of Japan">Japan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jewish_resistance_in_German-occupied_Europe" title="Jewish resistance in German-occupied Europe">Jews</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Korean_Liberation_Army" title="Korean Liberation Army">Korean Liberation Army</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Korean_Volunteer_Army" title="Korean Volunteer Army">Korean Volunteer Army</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Latvian_anti-Nazi_resistance_movement_1941%E2%80%931945" title="Latvian anti-Nazi resistance movement 1941–1945">Latvia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Resistance_in_Lithuania_during_World_War_II" title="Resistance in Lithuania during World War II">Lithuania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_Resistance" title="Luxembourg Resistance">Luxembourg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Peoples%27_Anti-Japanese_Army" title="Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army">Malaya</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_resistance" title="Dutch resistance">Netherlands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Anti-Japanese_United_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army">Northeast China</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_resistance_movement" title="Norwegian resistance movement">Norway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_resistance_against_Japan" title="Philippine resistance against Japan">Philippines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Polish_resistance_movement_in_World_War_II" title="Polish resistance movement in World War II">Poland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Romanian_anti-communist_resistance_movement" title="Romanian anti-communist resistance movement">Romania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Free_Thai_Movement" title="Free Thai Movement">Thailand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_partisans" title="Soviet partisans">Soviet Union</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Slovak_National_Uprising" title="Slovak National Uprising">Slovakia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army" title="Ukrainian Insurgent Army">Western Ukraine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Vietnam</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vi%E1%BB%87t_Nam_Qu%E1%BB%91c_D%C3%A2n_%C4%90%E1%BA%A3ng" title="Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng">Quốc dân Đảng</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Viet_Minh" title="Viet Minh">Viet Minh</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Yugoslavia</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">POWs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Finnish_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Finnish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">German prisoners</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_Azerbaijan" title="German prisoners of war in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_United_States" title="German prisoners of war in the United States">United States</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="German prisoners of war in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Italian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_prisoners_of_war_in_World_War_II" title="Japanese prisoners of war in World War II">Japanese prisoners</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_atrocities_committed_against_Polish_prisoners_of_war" title="German atrocities committed against Polish prisoners of war">German atrocities against Polish POWs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Soviet prisoners</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_prisoners_of_war_in_Finland" title="Soviet prisoners of war in Finland">Finland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_atrocities_committed_against_Soviet_prisoners_of_war" title="German atrocities committed against Soviet prisoners of war">atrocities by Germans</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Polish_prisoners-of-war_in_the_Soviet_Union_after_1939" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish prisoners-of-war in the Soviet Union after 1939">Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Romanian_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Romanian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_timelines_of_World_War_II" title="List of timelines of World War II">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="Prelude" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_II" title="Causes of World War II">Prelude</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Abyssinia_Crisis" title="Abyssinia Crisis">Africa</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War" title="Second Italo-Ethiopian War">Second Italo-Ethiopian War</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Events_preceding_World_War_II_in_Asia" title="Events preceding World War II in Asia">Asia</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol" title="Battles of Khalkhin Gol">Battles of Khalkhin Gol</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Events_preceding_World_War_II_in_Europe" title="Events preceding World War II in Europe">Europe</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anschluss" title="Anschluss">Anschluss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Munich_Agreement" title="Munich Agreement">Munich Agreement</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Czechoslovakia_(1938%E2%80%931945)" title="Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)">Occupation of Czechoslovakia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Himmler" title="Operation Himmler">Operation Himmler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_Albania" title="Italian invasion of Albania">Italian invasion of Albania</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1939)" title="Timeline of World War II (1939)">1939</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Phoney_War" title="Phoney War">Phoney War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1939)" title="Battle of Changsha (1939)">First Battle of Changsha</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Guangxi" title="Battle of South Guangxi">Battle of South Guangxi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%931940_Winter_Offensive" title="1939–1940 Winter Offensive">1939–1940 Winter Offensive</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1940)" title="Timeline of World War II (1940)">1940</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">Norwegian campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)" title="German invasion of Denmark (1940)">German invasion of Denmark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zaoyang%E2%80%93Yichang" title="Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang">Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Luxembourg" title="German invasion of Luxembourg">German invasion of Luxembourg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_the_Netherlands" title="German invasion of the Netherlands">German invasion of the Netherlands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1940)" title="German invasion of Belgium (1940)">German invasion of Belgium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Dunkirk evacuation</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean" title="Battle of the Mediterranean">Battle of the Mediterranean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_campaign" title="Western Desert campaign">North Africa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa_in_World_War_II" title="French West Africa in World War II">West Africa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_British_Somaliland" title="Italian invasion of British Somaliland">British Somaliland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hundred_Regiments_Offensive" title="Hundred Regiments Offensive">Hundred Regiments Offensive</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states" title="Occupation of the Baltic states">Baltic states</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Bessarabia_and_Northern_Bukovina" title="Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina">Eastern Romania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_French_Indochina" title="Japanese invasion of French Indochina">Japanese invasion of French Indochina</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greco-Italian_War" title="Greco-Italian War">Italian invasion of Greece</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Compass" title="Operation Compass">Compass</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1941)" title="Timeline of World War II (1941)">1941</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Henan" title="Battle of South Henan">Battle of South Henan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shanggao" title="Battle of Shanggao">Battle of Shanggao</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Yugoslavia" title="Invasion of Yugoslavia">Invasion of Yugoslavia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Greece" title="German invasion of Greece">German invasion of Greece</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Crete" title="Battle of Crete">Battle of Crete</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War" title="Anglo-Iraqi War">Anglo-Iraqi War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Shanxi" title="Battle of South Shanxi">Battle of South Shanxi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_campaign" title="Syria–Lebanon campaign">Syria–Lebanon campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/East_African_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="East African campaign (World War II)">East African campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Invasion of the Soviet Union</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Summer_War" title="Summer War">Summer War</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Continuation_War" title="Continuation War">Finland</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Silver_Fox" title="Operation Silver Fox">Silver Fox</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/June_Uprising_in_Lithuania" title="June Uprising in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1941)" title="Battle of Kiev (1941)">Battle of Kiev</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran" title="Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran">Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1941)" title="Battle of Changsha (1941)">Second Battle of Changsha</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad">Siege of Leningrad</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Gorky_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Gorky in World War II">Bombing of Gorky</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sevastopol_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)">Siege of Sevastopol</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">Attack on Pearl Harbor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Thailand" title="Japanese invasion of Thailand">Japanese invasion of Thailand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hong_Kong" title="Battle of Hong Kong">Fall of Hong Kong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippines_campaign_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Philippines campaign (1941–1942)">Fall of the Philippines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guam_(1941)" title="Battle of Guam (1941)">Battle of Guam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island" title="Battle of Wake Island">Battle of Wake Island</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Malayan_campaign" title="Malayan campaign">Malayan campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Borneo_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Battle of Borneo (1941–1942)">Battle of Borneo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Burma" title="Japanese invasion of Burma">Japanese invasion of Burma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Battle of Changsha (1941–1942)">Third Battle of Changsha</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Great_Famine_(Greece)" title="Great Famine (Greece)">Greek famine of 1941–1944</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1942)" title="Timeline of World War II (1942)">1942</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Singapore" title="Fall of Singapore">Fall of Singapore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Java_Sea" title="Battle of the Java Sea">Battle of the Java Sea</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid" title="St Nazaire Raid">St Nazaire Raid</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Christmas_Island" title="Battle of Christmas Island">Battle of Christmas Island</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea" title="Battle of the Coral Sea">Battle of the Coral Sea</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Madagascar" title="Battle of Madagascar">Battle of Madagascar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Zhejiang-Jiangxi_campaign" title="Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign">Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gazala" title="Battle of Gazala">Battle of Gazala</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dutch_Harbor" title="Battle of Dutch Harbor">Battle of Dutch Harbor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aleutian_Islands_campaign" title="Aleutian Islands campaign">Aleutian Islands campaign</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Kiska" title="Japanese occupation of Kiska">Kiska</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Attu" title="Japanese occupation of Attu"> Attu</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Blue</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="First Battle of El Alamein">First Battle of El Alamein</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kokoda_Track_campaign" title="Kokoda Track campaign">Kokoda Track campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rzhev,_summer_1942" title="Battle of Rzhev, summer 1942">Rzhev</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dieppe_Raid" title="Dieppe Raid">Jubilee</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal_campaign" title="Guadalcanal campaign">Guadalcanal campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch"><i>Torch</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_famine_of_1942%E2%80%931943" title="Chinese famine of 1942–1943">Chinese famine of 1942–1943</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1943)" title="Timeline of World War II (1943)">1943</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Black_May_(1943)" title="Black May (1943)">Black May</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_campaign" title="Tunisian campaign">Tunisian campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_West_Hubei" title="Battle of West Hubei">Battle of West Hubei</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Attu" title="Battle of Attu">Battle of Attu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Gorky_in_World_War_II#June_1943" title="Bombing of Gorky in World War II">Bombing of Gorky</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Allied invasion of Sicily</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Smolensk_operation" title="Smolensk operation">Smolensk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_campaign" title="Solomon Islands campaign">Solomon Islands campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cottage" title="Operation Cottage"><i>Cottage</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dnieper" title="Battle of the Dnieper">Battle of the Dnieper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy" title="Allied invasion of Italy">Allied invasion of Italy</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_Cassibile" title="Armistice of Cassibile">Armistice of Cassibile</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burma_campaign" title="Burma campaign">Burma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Northern_Burma_and_Western_Yunnan" title="Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan">Northern Burma and Western Yunnan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changde" title="Battle of Changde">Changde</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1943)" title="Battle of Kiev (1943)">Second Battle of Kiev</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Marshall_Islands_campaign" title="Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign">Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa" title="Battle of Tarawa">Tarawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Makin" title="Battle of Makin">Makin</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">Bengal famine of 1943</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1944)" title="Timeline of World War II (1944)">1944</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tempest" title="Operation Tempest"><i>Tempest</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino" title="Battle of Monte Cassino">Monte Cassino</a> / <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio" title="Battle of Anzio">Anzio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Korsun%E2%80%93Cherkassy" title="Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy">Korsun–Cherkassy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Narva_(1944)" title="Battle of Narva (1944)">Narva</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ichi-Go" title="Operation Ichi-Go"><i>Ichi-Go</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord"><i>Overlord</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings"><i>Neptune</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign" title="Mariana and Palau Islands campaign">Mariana and Palau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration"><i>Bagration</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lvov%E2%80%93Sandomierz_offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Lvov–Sandomierz offensive">Western Ukraine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guam_(1944)" title="Battle of Guam (1944)">Second Battle of Guam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tannenberg_Line" title="Battle of Tannenberg Line">Tannenberg Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising" title="Warsaw Uprising">Warsaw Uprising</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_offensive" title="Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive">Eastern Romania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_Paris" title="Liberation of Paris">Liberation of Paris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon"><i>Dragoon</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gothic_Line" title="Gothic Line">Gothic Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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