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Partly because of the nearly equal roles of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy in conducting war in the Pacific Theater , but largely for domestic political reasons, there was not a single Allied or US commander for the theater (comparable to Eisenhower in the ETO ). Indeed, the organizational structure was rather tangled, with the Joint Chiefs Of Staff frequently required to be involved, and the Army and Navy commanders reporting to both the Secretary Of The Navy and the Secretary Of War . (No doubt the attendant difficulties helped motivate the formation of the Department Of Defense in 1947 .) The two main Allied commanders in the PTO were Commander-in-Chief Pacific Ocean Areas , the title held by Admiral Chester Nimitz and '''Supreme Allied Commander South West Pacific Area ''' 1 , General Douglas MacArthur (following termination of the short-lived ABDACOM , in early 1942 .) JAPANESE NOMENCLATURE
A THEATER OF OPERATIONS ''The term "theater of operations" was defined in the {Link without Title} field manuals as the land and sea areas to be invaded or defended, including areas necessary for administrative activities incident to the military operations (chart 12). In accordance with the experience of World War I, it was usually conceived of as a large land mass over which continuous operations would take place and was divided into two chief areas-the combat zone, or the area of active fighting, and the communications zone, or area required for administration of the theater. As the armies advanced, both these zones and the areas into which they were divided would shift forward to new geographic areas of control.'' 2 SEE ALSO
REFERENCES # Douglas MacArthur as Supreme Commander SWPA # 88 Msg: through established channels # [http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/orgadmin/org_admin_wwii_chpt7.htm Chapter VII: Prewar Army Doctrine for Theater] EXTERNAL LINKS
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