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| 1765 | Cage, Thomas |  |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1775 | Washington, George | |
| 3rd July Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 3rd July Appointed Commander of the Continental forces |
| 1780 | Greene, Nathanael | |
| 6th Oct Appointed Commander of the Southern forces by Washington as his "right hand man" |
| 1861 | McClellan, George Brinton | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1862 | Lee, Robert Edward | |
| Virginia Appointed Commander of the army of North Virginia |
| Virginia Leads the army of Northern Virginia |
| 1913 | Pershing, John Joseph | |
| Appointed Commander of the 8th Cavalry Brigade |
| 1917 | Patton, George Smith | |
| Appointed Commander of the USATank School |
| 1917 | Pershing, John Joseph | |
| Appointed Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in France |
| 1918 | Lejeune, John | |
| Appointed Commander of the USA2nd Division, 1st marine to command a USAarmy division |
| 1941 | Cunningham, Winfield Scott | |
| Wake Island Appointed Commander of all USAforces on Wake Island |
| Wake Island Appointed Commander of USAforces on Wake Island |
| 1941 | Kimmel, Edward Husband | |
| Appointed Commander of the USAPacific Fleet |
| 1941 | MacArthur, Douglas | |
| Appointed Commander of the USAArmy Forces in the Far East |
| 1941 | Nimitz, Chester | |
| 17th Dec Appointed Commander of the Pacific Fleet after the attack on Pearl Harbour |
| 1941 | Parker, George Marshall | |
| Luzon Appointed Commander of the Southern Luzon Force in the Philippines |
| 24th Dec Bataan Trans ferred to Bataan to deny the Japanese the control of Luzon |
| 1941 | Patton, George Smith | |
| 11th April Fort Benning Appointed Commanding General of the Second Armored Division at Fort Benning, Georgia |
| 1941 | Stilwell, Joseph Warren | |
| Appointed Commander the 5th Army in China |
| Appointed Commander the 6th Army in China |
| 1942 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Appointed Commander of Allied forces in Northwest Africa |
| 1942 | Parker, George Marshall | |
| Appointed Commander of II Corps |
| 1942 | Patton, George Smith | |
| Appointed Commander of the Western Task Force during the North African Landings |
| 1942 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| June Appoints Eisenhower as the Commander of the USAforces in Europe |
| 1942 | Stark, Harold R | |
| Mar Appointed Commander of the USANaval forces in Europe |
| 1942 | Stilwell, Joseph Warren | |
| Appointed Commander of all USAforces in China, Burma & India |
| Appointed Commander of USAforces in China, Burma & India |
| 1943 | Bradley, Omar Nelson | |
| Sicily Appointed Commander of the II Corps in Sicily |
| Appointed Commander of the II Corps in Tunisia |
| 1943 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Appointed Supreme Allied Commander for Nth Africa |
| Appointed Supreme Allied Commander for the western Mediterranean |
| Appointed Supreme Allied Commander for western Europe |
| Appointed Supreme Allied Commander in the western Mediterranean |
| Appointed Supreme Allied Commander in western Europe |
| Dec Cairo Appointed Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord |
| Dec Cairo Appointed Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord at the Cairo Conference |
| 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 |
| 1943 | Patton, George Smith | |
| Appointed Commander of II USACorps |
| 1944 | Arnold, Henry H | |
| 4th April Appointed Commander of the 20th USAAir Force |
| 1944 | Bradley, Omar Nelson | |
| Appointed Commander of the 12th Army Group |
| Appointed Commander of the 1st Army |
| 1944 | Brereton, Lewis H | |
| Normandy Appointed Commander of the 9th USAAirforce |
| 1944 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 25th Jan Appointed Supreme Allied Commander |
| 25th Jan The directive appointing Eisenhower Supreme Allied Commander for Overlord is issued |
| 1944 | Hodges, Courtney Hicks | |
| Appointed Commander of the USA1st Army |
| Appointed Deputy Commander of the USA1st Army under General Bradley |
| 1st Aug Appointed Commander of the 1st Army |
| 1st Aug Appointed Commander of the USA1st Army |
| 1944 | LeMay, Curtis | |
| 20th Jan Guam Appointed Commander of the 21st Bomber Command |
| 20th Jan Guam Appointed Commander of the 21st Bomber Command to launch raids on Japan |
| 1944 | Manton, Eddy | |
| Aug Appointed Commander of XII Corps |
| 1944 | Patch, Alexander McCarrell | |
| 15th Aug Appointed Commander of the 7th Army |
| 1944 | Patton, George Smith | |
| 28th July Appointed Commander of the 8th Corps |
| 1st Aug Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army |
| 1944 | Simpson, William Hood | |
| Appointed Commander of the 9th Army |
| 1944 | Stilwell, Joseph Warren | |
| Appointed Commander of the USA10th Army in the Pacific |
| 1944 | Truscott, Lucien | |
| 19th Feb Appointed Commander of VI Corps |
| 1945 | Hoge, William Morris | |
| Appointed Commander of the USA4th Armoured Division |
| 1945 | MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 5th April Appointed Commander of the Army forces against Japan |
| 15th Aug Appointed Supreme Commander for Allied Powers |
| 1945 | Patton, George Smith | |
| Oct Appointed Commander of the 15th Army |
| 1950 | Church, John Huston | |
| 25th July Appointed Commander of the 24th USAInfantry Division |
| 1950 | MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 8th July Appointed Commander-in-Chief, United Nations forces in the Korean War |
| 26th Sep Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1950 | Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 23rd Dec Appointed Commander of ground forces in Korea, replacement for Walton Walker |
| 1950 | Truman, Harry S | |
| 7th July MacArthur is appointed as the Supreme Commander of the UN forces in Korea |
| 1951 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Appointed Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe |
| 1951 | Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 11th April Appointed Commander of the UN forces in Korea |
| 1952 | Clark, Mark | |
| Nov Appointed Commander of the UN forces in Korea |
| 1952 | Ridgway, Matthew | |
| Nov Appointed Commander of NATO |
| 1964 | Sharp, Jnr, Grant | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1966 | McCutcheon, Keith | |
| Appointed Commander 3rd Marine Amphibious Force |
| 1968 | Abrams, Creighton | |
| 3rd July Appointed Commander of the USAforces in Vietnam |
| 1974 | Haig, Alexander Megis | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the USAforces in Europe |
| 1991 | Schwarzkopf, Norman "Stormin" | |
| Appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied forces |
| 2007 | Petraeus, David | |
| 4th Jan Lt. Gen. David Petraeus is named the top Commander in Iraq |
