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Later involved in the Korean War. Recalled from retirement prior to the start of the Pacific war.

Was disappointed to relinquish the Philippines to the Japanese. Promising to return, he did so in and whilst in Manila, prepared for war in Japan itself. MacArthur presided over the Japanese Unconditional Surrender in His strategy of maneuver, air strikes and force avoidance meant that soldiers under his command faced relatively low casualties. Distinguished Service Medal Army and Navy. Became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 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. Led the triumphal entry into Rome. Served under General Harold Alexander. Ordered the destruction of the religious abbey at Monte Cassino. Was commander-in-chief in Italy from late An aggressive general whose ferocious military thrusts earned him admiration and respect from all participants in the war and at times endangered his military career.

Successfully used the German tactic of armored blitzkrieg against the Germans. Legion of Honour , Distinguished Service Medal. Closed the war with operations in the Leyte Gulf and Okinawa. Commander of South Pacific Area Commander of United States Third Fleet Served as President of the Naval War College. Commander of two of the most significant battles of the war, Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. General of the Air Force. Interception of the Rex Operation Cockade Strategic bombing campaign.

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Commander of the 8th US Bomber command. 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. Marshal of the Soviet Union. 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. 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. Marshal of the Soviet Union , Marshal of Poland. Order of Victory , twice Hero of the Soviet Union. 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 Wismar.

Three Orders of Lenin. Chief of the General Staff , Organized pre-war buildup of the Red Army. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. 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. Hero of the Soviet Union. Killed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

Played a decisive role at Kursk, outmanoeuvered German commander Manstein and later routed German forces in Korsun salient. Order of Victory , Hero of the Soviet Union. Appointed head of the Soviet forces in East Germany. Play 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 leading star, Marshal Georgy Zhukov. Order of Victory , twice a Hero of the Soviet Union. Defence Commissar till 19 July 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 disaster at Kharkov, Timoshenko was removed by Stalin from front-line command but given overall commanders in different fronts of the USSR. Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union. Eastern Front Yalta conference. Pacific War Soviet—Japanese War. Marshal of Aviation of the Soviet Union.

Chief Marshal of Aviation of the Soviet Union. Two times Hero of the Soviet Union. Order of National Glory. After the war against Japan , resumed Chinese Civil War against the communists. Supreme Leader of the China Front. Led the nation to total war from his temporary capital at Chongqing. Great Leader of Chinese resistance movements. Honour Sabre of the Awakened Lion.

Organized Chinese guerrilla resistance in Japanese-held territories. Greatly expanded communist base areas during the war, and eventually usurped control of China from Kuomintang. Order of Blue Sky and White Sun. Became the commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army. Military leader of the Communist Eighth Route Army. Order of the British Empire. Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. On 1 December Sturdee was appointed Commander in Chief of the Australian Military Forces, overseeing the demobilisation of the wartime army. He was mentioned in despatches for a third time on 6 March Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.

Killed in the Canberra air disaster, Chief of the General Staff. Chief of the General Staff March—August Promoted to Field Marshal in Became an author and promoted welfare of ex-servicemen. Later Chief Justice of Australia. Received KCMG in Commander of Australian forces in the Kokoda Track campaign. Led the famous Australia defence against Rommel's in siege of Tobruk. Commander at the Battle of El Alamein. Australia forces took 22 percent of the casualties there. After learning the art of jungle warfare , was a very competent commander of operations against the Japanese in New Guinea.

Died of a coronary thrombosis months before the end of the War. Chief of Air Force. Peter Roy Maxwell Drummond. Commanded Chatham Dockyard in Britain. Commanded the Australian navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg. Involved in the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Greece. Again defeated as the Allied Commander in the Battle of Crete after Churchill failed to provide enigma intelligence. Very successful as a commander in various campaigns in the North African Campaign , including the Battle of El Alamein. Defeated again at the Battle of Cassino as a Corps Commander this is nonsense-the Germans lost at Cassino-how could Freyberg be defeated?

By the end of World War II, Freyberg had spent ten and a half long years fighting the Germans plus equals 7 years-he fought the Turks in A high scoring air ace in World War I.

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A veteran of World War I and air ace. Served under Hugh Dowding and commanded the defense of London during the Luftwaffe attacks. Dowding and Park are credited with winning the Battle of Britain. Led the defense of Malta. Bomber Command Commander 4 Group. Order of the White Eagle. Invasion of Poland Fighting Poland Movement. Was commander-in-chief of Poland during its invasion by German and Russian troops. Polish Armed Forces in the West. Polish Armed Forces in the East. Order of the Builders of People's Poland.

He was a member of the Polish United Workers Party. Was commander-in-chief of the Polish Army fighting alongside the Soviet Union. Elected Prime Minister of Polish government in Exile. Polish Resistance Warsaw Uprising. Commanded the main part of the Warsaw Uprising. Virtuti Militari Iron Cross. He was one of the officers of the Polish Legion against the Soviets. The last remaining Polish General holding the Germans off until the battle of Kock, he has never lost a battle until Kock. Later president of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.

Commander of the Czechoslovak military units on the Eastern front. Executed by the Germans in a concentration camp in Flossenburg. Commander-in-Chief of the Greek Army in Corporal actual rank Major of Artillery assumed rank. Greek Resistance Operation Harling. Commander of the National Republican Greek League resistance army. Battle of the Mediterranean. He spent the rest of the war in various prisoner of war camps, and in returned to the Netherlands. Netherlands East Indies campaign Battle of Java island. Commander of the ABDA land forces in early Knight of the Military William Order.

Died in Battle of the Java Sea. Order of the National Hero. Became President of Yugoslavia.

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Led the People's Liberation Army. Order of the Companions of Honour. De facto commander-in-chief of the Canadian military. Companion of the Order of Canada. In he was appointed Chief of the General Staff. Devised the Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier. Minister of National Defense. A noteworthy scientist and inventor of a direction finding device for artillery, a precursor to Radar. Commander of the Canadian troops until Was defeated in the Dieppe Raid. Opposed the breaking up of the Canadian Army , and insisted it fight as a single unit.

Smuts signed the Paris Peace Treaty, resolving the peace in Europe, thus becoming the only signatory of both the treaty ending the First World War, and that ending the Second. Order of the Oak Crown. Arrested by Germany in following the invasion of Luxembourg but later released, died 17 January [9]. German invasion of Luxembourg. Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Was convicted of war crimes in the Nurembeg Trials and executed by the Allies. Blood Order , Golden Nazi Party. Himmler was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and one of the persons most directly responsible for the Holocaust. Oberkommando des Heeres Operation Barbarossa. Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist. Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. An aristocrat and senior commander in World War I. Fought in most of the actions involving blitzkrieg techniques.

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb. Exemplary service in World War I. Was in charge of the unsuccessful siege of Leningrad , which lasted nearly days. 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. Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. Relieved von Leeb as commander of the siege of Leningrad. After this failed, withdrew Army Group North , which saved them.

Was killed by a British fighter pilot in and became the only one of two of Adolf Hitler's field marshal's to die from enemy fire. Was one of the senior Wehrmacht commanders before the outbreak of war. Play a decisive role in the defeat of Poland and France. 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 [1]. Imprisoned after war, later released and served as senior advisor to the Bundeswehr. The master of mobile battle, authored the original Sichelschnitt plan, a plan which enabled Germany to capture France with minimal casualties. Manstein was one of the ablest general Hitler had. Manstein captured Sevastapol and was responsible for shoring up the Southern Front after the defeat at Stalingrad. He later recaptured Kharkov and gave the Soviets a beating.

After the defeat at Kursk, he skillfully handled his army group retreat. However, he was dismissed by Hitler after frequently clashing with him in He then played no further part in the war from then on. 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. 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 Battle of Tunisia in Before he could counterattack, German high command reassigned him to defend the Atlantic Wall.

Rommel failed to stop the allied invasion of Normandy. Though typically linked to the assassination of Hitler, Rommel probably did not take part in the July 20 plot as he did not want future generations to think that the Axis lost the war due to backstabbing. Nevertheless, Rommel had to commit suicide, lest he face a mock-trial which would have surely ended in the death of him, his family and his aides. Main creator of Blitzkrieg tactics. Commander of the disastrous campaign in the Battle of Stalingrad.

Sentenced to life, reduced to 25 years imprisonment in Promoted welfare of ex-servicemen on release. Dietrich came into prominence for his role in the Battle of the Bulge in late He later commanded the defense of Vienna. He was a widely respected person in Germany both during and after the war. Grand Cross of the Iron Cross. Hitler's second in charge. Commander-in-Chief of Luftwaffe During World War II, he did not live up to his prior high standards. He was involved with the running of Germany and the war, and the central decision making, including implementation of the Holocaust.

Was commander-in-chief of Luftwaffe South — , then South-west — , then West Europe Was a very competent commander as chief of the defense of Italy against the allies, when he caused plenty of problems, even though heavily outnumbered, including at the prolonged battles of Anzio and Monte Cassino.

Was a leader in the defense of Germany at the end of the war. Kesselring was widely admired and acknowledged on both sides as a "fair fighter" and was responsible for protecting priceless artworks and even the City of Rome from destruction. Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen. An exception to this is the borough commander of Westminster , who actually holds the rank of commander due to the size, complexity, and high-profile nature of the borough.

The Metropolitan Police Service announced that by Summer the rank would be phased out, along with that of chief inspector. The rank badge worn by a commander or an assistant chief constable consists of crossed tipstaves within a wreath. Until the abolition of the rank of deputy commander in , however, a commander wore the same badge of rank as a deputy assistant commissioner. The insignia consists of a crown over three bath stars in a triangular formation, equivalent to a brigadier in the army.

In all four forces, it is junior to the rank of assistant commissioner , and senior to the rank of chief superintendent , with the exception of Western Australia and Victoria where it is senior to the rank of superintendent. In New South Wales the position of commander is instated to officers usually superintendents in charge of a command or unit.

Some large police departments and sheriff's offices in the US have a commander rank. Most commonly, this is the next rank above captain. In others, such as the Phoenix Police Department and Saint Paul Police Department , a commander rank is the next rank above lieutenant, and is equivalent to captain.

A commander in the LAPD is equivalent to an inspector in other large US departments such as the NYPD ; the LAPD rank was originally called inspector as well, but was changed in to commander after senior officers voiced a preference for the more military -sounding rank. The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia also uses the rank of commander, which is a grade above inspector and two grades above captain. The insignia worn is usually a gold oak leaf equivalent to an army major.

It may alternatively be a silver oak leaf equivalent to an army lieutenant colonel or one or more stars. Commander is also used as a title in certain circumstances, such as the commander of a squad of detectives, who would usually be of the rank of lieutenant. In the Incident Command System the incident commander is in charge of the response to an emergency. The title may pass from person to person as the incident develops.

The title of commander is used in chivalric orders such as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta for a member senior to a knight. The title of knight commander is often used to denote an even higher rank. These conventions are also used by most of the continental orders of chivalry.

The United Kingdom uses different classifications. In most of the British orders of knighthood, the grade of knight or dame commander is the lowest grade of knighthood, but is above the grade of companion which does not carry a knighthood. In the Royal Victorian Order and the Order of the British Empire , the grade of commander is senior to the grade of lieutenant or officer, but junior to that of knight or dame commander. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Naval and air force officer rank. This article is about the military rank.

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