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supreme commander

noun

  1. the military officer commanding all allied forces in a theater of war.


supreme commander

noun

  1. the military officer in overall command of all forces in one theatre of operations
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of supreme commander1

First recorded in 1940–45
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Akhundzada became the supreme commander of the Taliban in 2016, and is now leader of the so-called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

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In early June 1944, Sweeney sent a series of readings that helped persuade Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe, to delay D-Day and avoid potentially disastrous weather that could have wrecked the landings.

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“It was the weather that worried the Supreme Commander most,” author John Ross wrote in his book “The Forecast for D-Day,” published in 2014.

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In spring 1944, Dwight D. Eisenhower, the future US president who was then supreme commander of the allied forces, and General George S. Patton ate together on two consecutive days.

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The president’s main tasks in Lithuania’s political system are overseeing foreign and security policy, and acting as the supreme commander of the armed forces.

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