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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 542 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 ...
In 1939 Congress also assigned the ex officio rank of lieutenant general to the major generals of the Regular Army specifically assigned to command each of the four field armies, allowing President Franklin D. Roosevelt to appoint the first new active-duty lieutenant generals since World War I: First Army commander Hugh A. Drum, Second Army ...
This is a complete list of major generals in the United States Regular Army before July 1, 1920. For most of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the rank of major general was the highest possible in the Regular Army. It was also one of the rarest: until 1915, there were at most eight major generals on active duty at any given time.
List of United States Army four-star generals; List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 1990 to 1999; List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009; List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019; List of United States Army lieutenant generals since 2020; General officers in the United States *
List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019; List of United States Army lieutenant generals since 2020; List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960; List of general officers of the United States Army Medical Department in World War II; List of female United States military generals and flag officers ...
United States Army generals of World War II (1 C, 541 P) United States Marine Corps World War II generals (90 P) Pages in category "Generals of World War II"
United States Army generals of World War II (1 C, 541 P) United States Marine Corps World War II generals (90 P) United States Navy World War II admirals (233 P)