Chester Nimitz
Assuming you mean the American fleet, it would be Admiral Nimitz. A brilliant and the most successful commander of ww11. He rebuilt and reorganized American naval forces in the Pacific and orchestrated the counterattack that ultimately destroyed the Japanese navy.
His fleet supported, transported and supplied General Douglas McArthur, the brilliant army and marines commander. It transported and supplied the USAAF. through the Solomons, island hopping, the Philippines, and through the Aleutians campaigns. Combined these destroyed Japanese military power in the Pacific and positioned American forces for a direct invasion of the Japanese home islands in 1945.
The Japanese Yamamato, must be considered a brilliant commander. He was singled out by American fliers who intercepted his plane over the southeast Pacific (late 1942 if I recall correctly). His death was a great blow to the Japanese although he could not have prevented Japan's collapse. They could put hardly a ship to sea at the end so loosing communication with the majority of their army, then in China, which faced general Chang Kai Check, with millions, and marshal Zhukov with hundreds of veteran red army divisions.
Generals Le May and McArthur captured the headlines but admiral Nimitz captured Japan, from an office.
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Admiral Chester W. Nimitz had overall command of all air , land and sea forces in the Pacific theater : Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CinCPac) .
Yes , Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was the overall commander in the Pacific Theater as the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CinCPac) .
The U.S. Pacific Fleet had several different commanders during the course of World War II, including James O. Richardson, Husband E. Kimmel, and William S. Pye. Others were Chester W. Nimitz, and Raymond A. Spruance.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was CINCPAC (Commander in Chief Pacific) from just after the Pearl Harbor attack, throughout the rest of the war. Nimitz wore two hats - he was the head of the US Navy in the Pacific, and, he was a Theater Commander. The Pacific was divided into two Theaters of Operations. The Central Pacific theater, and all Allied personnel in it, were under Nimitz. Army General Douglas MacArthur commanded the Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations, and all Allied personnel there. From time to time Nimitz had army troops under his command, in his role as Theater Commander. Similarly, a few times MacArthur had Marines (which are a part of the US Navy) and always had some naval forces under his control.
General MacArthur was the Supreme Allied Commander of the ground troops in the Pacific Theater of World War 2. General Eisenhower was the Supreme Allied Commander of the European Theater of the war.
William "Bull" Halsey was the US commander of the South Pacific Area in the early stages of the Pacific War against Japan and was later the commander of the Third Fleet.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz had overall command of all air , land and sea forces in the Pacific theater : Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CinCPac) .
The buck stopped with Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, whose WWII titles included the dual command of Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas for U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces.
Commander of American naval forces in the Pacific.
Yes , Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was the overall commander in the Pacific Theater as the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CinCPac) .
The U.S. Pacific Fleet had several different commanders during the course of World War II, including James O. Richardson, Husband E. Kimmel, and William S. Pye. Others were Chester W. Nimitz, and Raymond A. Spruance.
Based at Pearl Harbor.
General Douglas MacArthur was the supreme commander of the allied forces in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War 2.
The commander of the Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II was General Douglas MacArthur
The U.S. Pacific Fleet had several different commanders during the course of World War II, including James O. Richardson, Husband E. Kimmel, and William S. Pye. Others were Chester W. Nimitz, and Raymond A. Spruance.
Isoroku Yamamoto .
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