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2007-05-24 19:33:34 · 11 answers · asked by bannah 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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Including Admirals:

American-
Douglas McArthur
Omar Bradley
George Simpson Patton
George Marshall
Chester Nimitz
Ernest King
William Halsey
Dwight David Eisenhower
Spaatz

British-
Wavell
Arthur E Percival
William Slim
Bernard Law Montgomery

Japanese-
Tojo
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Isoroku Yamamoto

French-
Henri Petain
Charles De Gaulle

German-
Erich von Manstein
Hasso von Manteuffel
Heinz Guderian
Friedrich Paulus
von Braustitsch
Erwin Rommel
Albert Kesselring
Alfred Jodl
Keitel
Erich Raeder
Karl Doenitz
Walter Wenck
Heinrici

Russian-
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov
Chuikov
Rossokovsky

2007-05-24 23:55:59 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin F 4 · 0 0

There were thousands of generals. A site that lists them all is http://www.generals.dk Here are the top few from each country. Note, I list Navy and Air Force Commanders as well:

UK: Montgomery, Alexander, Brooke, Wavell, Percival and Wilson

Germany: Jodl, Rommel, Erich von Manstein, Heinz Guderian, Wilhelm Keitel, Gerd von Rundstedt

US: Marshall, Nimitz (really an admiral), Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, MacArthur, Halsey (admiral), Arnold

Soviets: Zukov, Rokossovsky, Vasilevsky, Konev, Timoshenko

Polish: Rydz-Śmigły

China: Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, Xishan

French: de Gaulle, Gamelin (most surrendered and sat out the war eating cheese and criticizing the Allies)

Japan: Tojo, Sugiyama, Terauchi, Yamashita, Nagumo, Yamamoto, Toyoda, Kan'in

Canada: Crerar, Simonds

check out this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commanders_of_World_War_II

2007-05-25 02:54:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Off the top of my head:
U.S.
G. Patton
D. Eisenhower
M. Clark
L. Truscott
O. Bradley
M. Taylor
J. Dolittle
J. Gavin
H. Arnold
J. Stilwell
C. Chenneault (sp?)

British:
B. Montgomery
H. Alexander
M. Dempsey
B. Horrocks
A. Wavell
L. Mountbatten

German:
G. von Runstedt
E. Rommel
E. von Manstein
H. Guderian
W. von Leeb
F. von Bock
P. von Kleist
A. Kesselring
W. Model
S. Dietrich
W. Biitrich

Russian:
G. Zhukov
K. Rokossovsky (sp?)
Timoshenko
Koniev

2007-05-25 10:13:58 · answer #3 · answered by Bob Mc 6 · 0 0

Von Paulus, Rommel, Montgomery, Patton, MacArthur, Eisenhower, Graziani, Zukov....

2007-05-25 04:58:56 · answer #4 · answered by sparviero 6 · 0 0

Joseph Stillwell, Omar Bradley, Henry "Hap" Arnold, George Patton, Dwight Eisenhower, and Douglas Macarthur.

2007-05-25 02:38:07 · answer #5 · answered by brknhallelujah 2 · 0 0

Eisenhower
MacArthur
Arnold
Stilwell
Bradley
Patton
Rommel
Zhukov
Montgomery
Alexander
de Gaulle
Petain

2007-05-25 02:48:22 · answer #6 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0 0

Kurt "Panzer" Meyer
Paul Hausser
Manstein
Rommel
Guderian
von Paulus
Runstedt
Kluge

Patton
Bradley
Eisenhower
MacArthur
James Gavin
Hodges
Ridgeway

Montgomery
Wavell
Auchenlech (sp)

Zuchov

2007-05-25 16:29:40 · answer #7 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0 0

Typical American insulism, most of you have missed the other countries involved.

OK, as well as the yanks:

Monty (Montgomery)
Rommell
Manstein
Von Paulus
Von Kleist
De-Gaul
Tojo
Yammamoto
Zurkov

There are a few others, looking at the Far East theater and also North Africa, but can't remember off the top of my head.

Luck

2007-05-25 03:54:21 · answer #8 · answered by Alice S 6 · 0 0

Patton, Eisenhower, Rommel, Montogomery, Macarthur, Manstein...hmmm can't remember more.

2007-05-25 02:40:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

zokof
omar bradly
Montgomry
Rommel
Dwight Eisenhower
Himmler
go to this link
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-leaders/ww2/allied_ww2.htm

2007-05-25 02:39:53 · answer #10 · answered by knight_of_sherwoood 1 · 0 1

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