Commanders of World War II
The Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers. They were forced to adapt to new technologies and forged the direction of modern warfare. Some political leaders, particularly those of the principal dictatorships involved in the conflict, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito, acted as supreme military commanders as well as dictators for their respective countries or empires.Allied Forces
France
United States
Walter ShortRepublic of China
Australia
New Zealand
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
Milan NedicCanada
South Africa
Luxembourg
Germany
Italy
Japan
Hungary
Thailand
Romania
Slovakia
Bulgaria
Air force Stoyan StoyanovOthers
Finland
Burma
Switzerland
Ukraine