Chief of Staff, General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area

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The Chief of Staff, General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area was the senior staff officer responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing Allied military operations in the Southwest Pacific under General Douglas MacArthur during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military position ⓘ
military staff position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
appointedBy General Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
linked to: Douglas MacArthur
areaOfResponsibility New Guinea campaign ⓘ
Philippines campaign (1944–1945) ⓘ
operations in the Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ
operations in the Netherlands East Indies ⓘ
associatedWith Allied Air Forces, Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
Allied Land Forces, Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
Allied Naval Forces, Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
linked to: Allied Naval Forces
basedOn U.S. Army chief of staff system ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Allied powers ⓘ
linked to: Allied forces
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
duty coordinating operations with Allied governments and commands in the theater ⓘ
supervising GHQ staff sections ⓘ
translating strategic directives of the Supreme Commander into operational plans ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
hasRankRequirement general officer ⓘ
hasTitle Chief of Staff, GHQ SWPA ⓘ
historicalPeriod Pacific War ⓘ
inception April 1942 ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locationOfWork Brisbane ⓘ
Manila ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableCommander Richard K. Sutherland ⓘ
Stephen J. Chamberlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHolder Richard K. Sutherland ⓘ
Stephen J. Chamberlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
replacedBy staff positions in postwar occupation commands in Japan ⓘ
reportsTo General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
responsibleFor coordinating Allied military operations in the Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
directing Allied military operations in the Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
planning Allied military operations in the Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority theater-level operations ⓘ
startTime 1942 ⓘ
subordinateTo General Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
linked to: Douglas MacArthur

Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
theater Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
typeOfPosition senior staff officer role ⓘ
worksWith Australian military forces ⓘ
Netherlands East Indies forces ⓘ
other Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ

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Richard K. Sutherland → positionHeld → Chief of Staff, General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ