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Chief of General Staff

Name: Chief of General Staff – United States of America factsheet records
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United States of America · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1942–1944Date range

2Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1942

Dwight David Eisenhower1942

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of General Staff, chief of the war plans division

1944

Walter Beddell-SmithJanuary 1944

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of General Staff

Names involved

Dwight David EisenhowerWalter Beddell-Smith

Provenance

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