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Pages in category "United States Army generals of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 541 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The United States entered World War II on 7 December 1941 with one Army general, chief of staff George Marshall, authorized. [166] Legislation enacted in 1933 and amended in 1940 allowed the president to appoint officers of the Regular Army , the Army's professional military component, to higher temporary grades in time of war or national ...
The Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers.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, Adolf Hitler (Germany), Benito Mussolini (Italy), and Hirohito (Japan), acted as dictators for their respective countries or empires.
The following list of lieutenant generals includes all officers appointed to that rank in the United States Army prior to January 1, 1960, including brevet and temporary lieutenant generals. [ 4 ] Entries are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was appointed to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk (*) if the ...
In 1954, the United States Congress passed Public Law 83-508, which promoted lieutenant generals who had commanded an army or Army Ground Forces during World War II to the rank of general. When it took effect on 19 July 1954, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. and Lesley J. McNair were posthumously promoted.
United States Army generals of World War II (1 C, 541 P) Pages in category "United States Army generals" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,647 total.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:United States Army Air Forces generals. It includes United States Army Air Forces generals that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
During World War II, 73 officers of the United States Army Medical Department were promoted to general officer.All are listed below with their dates of rank, most notable duty assignment during the war, and their status as of late 1946.