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To: Tennessee Nana

Ike was supreme commander - allied forces europe.
Nimitz ran the navy in the pacific theater.
I don’t know if Nimitz outranked Mac Arthur.
Kennedy ultimately worked for Nimitz or MacArthur.
I think Marshall ran the whole show.

13 posted on 10/15/2018 1:05:03 PM PDT by Palio di Siena

To: Palio di Siena

Nimitz and McArthur ran separate areas of operations in the Pacific.

29 posted on 10/15/2018 1:17:33 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)

To: Palio di Siena

I don’t know if Nimitz outranked Mac Arthur.

They drew an artificial line in the Pacific. Navy was in charge (Nimitz) on one side of the line, Army (MacArthur) on the other side.

I had to look it up - MacArthur had the Southwest Pacific - Australia, South China Sea, New Guinea, the Philippines, most of Indonesia (Dutch East Indies), Bismark Archipelago and most of the Solomons. Nimitz had the rest of the Pacific.

I think, but am not sure, that Guadalcanal fell on Nimitz's side of the line even though it was in the Solomons. - Found the answer to that - the line ran between the Santa Cruz Islands (Nimitz) and Tugali (MacArthur) so the line was shifted 60 miles west to give the whole operation to Nimitz.

Additional background on the rivalry here
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a528913.pdf
(sorry, cut and paste).

40 posted on 10/15/2018 1:24:11 PM PDT by PAR35

To: Palio di Siena

Nimitz and mcarthur both had areas of responsibility. Nimitz was CINCPAC MacArthur SWPOA they were on the same level

53 posted on 10/15/2018 1:29:29 PM PDT by sharkhawk (Chelsea Dagger)

To: Palio di Siena

And JFK should have been put on trial for getting his PT boat ran over by a Jap cruiser! What was he doing, passed out from liquor?

81 posted on 10/15/2018 1:55:50 PM PDT by 9422WMR (Daniel 6:24)

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