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| 1765 | Cage, Thomas |  |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief
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| 1775 | Washington, George | |
| 3rd July Appointed Commander-in-Chief
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| 3rd July Appointed Commander of the Continental forces
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| 1780 | Greene, Nathanael | |
| 6th Oct Appointed Commander of the Southern forces by Washington as his "right hand man"
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| 1861 | McClellan, George Brinton | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief
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| 1862 | Lee, Robert Edward | |
| Virginia Appointed Commander of the army of North Virginia
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| Virginia Leads the army of Northern Virginia
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| 1913 | Pershing, John Joseph | |
| Appointed Commander of the 8th Cavalry Brigade
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| 1917 | Patton, George Smith | |
| Appointed Commander of the US Tank School
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| 1917 | Pershing, John Joseph | |
| Appointed Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in France
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| 1918 | Lejeune, John | |
| Appointed Commander of the US 2nd Division, 1st marine to command a US army division
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| 1941 | Cunningham, Winfield Scott | |
| Wake Island Appointed Commander of all US forces on Wake Island
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| Wake Island Appointed Commander of US forces on Wake Island
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| 1941 | Kimmel, Edward Husband | |
| Appointed Commander of the US Pacific Fleet
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| 1941 | MacArthur, Douglas | |
| Appointed Commander of the US Army Forces in the Far East
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| 1941 | Nimitz, Chester | |
| 17th Dec Appointed Commander of the Pacific Fleet after the attack on Pearl Harbour
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| 1941 | Parker, George Marshall | |
| Luzon Appointed Commander of the Southern Luzon Force in the Philippines
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| 24th Dec Bataan Transferred to Bataan to deny the Japanese the control of Luzon
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| 1941 | Patton, George Smith | |
| 11th April Fort Benning Appointed Commanding General of the Second Armored Division at Fort Benning, Georgia
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| 1941 | Stilwell, Joseph Warren | |
| Appointed Commander the 5th Army in China
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| Appointed Commander the 6th Army in China
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| 1942 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief
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| Appointed Commander of Allied forces in Northwest Africa
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| 1942 | Parker, George Marshall | |
| Appointed Commander of II Corps
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| 1942 | Patton, George Smith | |
| Appointed Commander of the Western Task Force during the North African Landings
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| 1942 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| June Appoints Eisenhower as the Commander of the US forces in Europe
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| 1942 | Stark, Harold R | |
| Mar Appointed Commander of the US Naval forces in Europe
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| 1942 | Stilwell, Joseph Warren | |
| Appointed Commander of all US forces in China, Burma & India
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| Appointed Commander of US forces in China, Burma & India
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| 1943 | Bradley, Omar Nelson | |
| Sicily Appointed Commander of the II Corps in Sicily
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| Appointed Commander of the II Corps in Tunisia
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| 1943 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Appointed Supreme Allied Commander for Nth Africa
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| Appointed Supreme Allied Commander for the western Mediterranean
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| Appointed Supreme Allied Commander for western Europe
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| Appointed Supreme Allied Commander in the western Mediterranean
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| Appointed Supreme Allied Commander in western Europe
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| Dec Cairo Appointed Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord
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| Dec Cairo Appointed Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord at the Cairo Conference
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| 6th Dec Cairo Churchill & Roosevelt agree Gen Eisenhower will command Allied forces for the planned invasion of Europe, Eisenhower's appointment as Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, publicly announced by Roosevelt
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| 1943 | Patton, George Smith | |
| Appointed Commander of II US Corps
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| 1944 | Arnold, Henry H | |
| 4th April Appointed Commander of the 20th US Air Force
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| 1944 | Bradley, Omar Nelson | |
| Appointed Commander of the 12th Army Group
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| Appointed Commander of the 1st Army
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| 1944 | Brereton, Lewis H | |
| Normandy Appointed Commander of the 9th US Airforce
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| 1944 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 25th Jan Appointed Supreme Allied Commander
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| 25th Jan The directive appointing Eisenhower Supreme Allied Commander for Overlord is issued
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| 1944 | Hodges, Courtney Hicks | |
| Appointed Commander of the US 1st Army
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| Appointed Deputy Commander of the US 1st Army under General Bradley
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| 1st Aug Appointed Commander of the 1st Army
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| 1st Aug Appointed Commander of the US 1st Army
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| 1944 | LeMay, Curtis | |
| 20th Jan Guam Appointed Commander of the 21st Bomber Command
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| 20th Jan Guam Appointed Commander of the 21st Bomber Command to launch raids on Japan
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| 1944 | Manton, Eddy | |
| Aug Appointed Commander of XII Corps
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| 1944 | Patch, Alexander McCarrell | |
| 15th Aug Appointed Commander of the 7th Army
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| 1944 | Patton, George Smith | |
| 28th July Appointed Commander of the 8th Corps
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| 1st Aug Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army
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| 1944 | Simpson, William Hood | |
| Appointed Commander of the 9th Army
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| 1944 | Stilwell, Joseph Warren | |
| Appointed Commander of the US 10th Army in the Pacific
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| 1944 | Truscott, Lucien | |
| 19th Feb Appointed Commander of VI Corps
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| 1945 | Hoge, William Morris | |
| Appointed Commander of the US 4th Armoured Division
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| 1945 | MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 5th April Appointed Commander of the Army forces against Japan
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| 15th Aug Appointed Supreme Commander for Allied Powers
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| 1945 | Patton, George Smith | |
| Oct Appointed Commander of the 15th Army
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| 1950 | Church, John Huston | |
| 25th July Appointed Commander of the 24th US Infantry Division
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| 1950 | MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 8th July Appointed Commander-in-Chief, United Nations forces in the Korean War
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| 26th Sep Appointed Commander-in-Chief
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| 1950 | Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 23rd Dec Appointed Commander of ground forces in Korea, replacement for Walton Walker
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| 1950 | Truman, Harry S | |
| 7th July MacArthur is appointed as the Supreme Commander of the UN forces in Korea
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| 1951 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Appointed Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe
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| 1951 | Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 11th April Appointed Commander of the UN forces in Korea
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| 1952 | Clark, Mark | |
| Nov Appointed Commander of the UN forces in Korea
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| 1952 | Ridgway, Matthew | |
| Nov Appointed Commander of NATO
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| 1964 | Sharp, Jnr, Grant | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief
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| 1966 | McCutcheon, Keith | |
| Appointed Commander 3rd Marine Amphibious Force
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| 1968 | Abrams, Creighton | |
| 3rd July Appointed Commander of the US forces in Vietnam
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| 1974 | Haig, Alexander Megis | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the US forces in Europe
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| 1991 | Schwarzkopf, Norman "Stormin" | |
| Appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied forces
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| 2007 | Petraeus, David | |
| 4th Jan Lt. Gen. David Petraeus is named the top Commander in Iraq
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