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The commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War 1 was Major General John J. 'Black Jack' Pershing. He served in that capacity until the end of the war.
The Royals in World War II People rarely think of the King of the Commonwealth and his family during World War 2. King George was nearly killed by a bomb during the blitz. Did he leave? No, he said that all families in London do not get to run away from London and he and his family will not leave either. He served his country in support efforts. The current Queen Elizabeth was then Princess Elizabeth. She served the country in a program called WATS. The men in the Royal Family serve in the Armed Forces for the Nation. People do not realize they do not just sit around even in the face of war. The King or Queen is the head of all the armed forces and is responsible for them.
The Wehrmacht was the Armed forces The Army was the Heer Slang terms: Boche which is French for hard head American's called them krauts short for saurkraut. The British called them Jerry's
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Franz Joseph I was the Emperor until his death in1916, when he was succeeded by Charles IV. Chief of Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces was Count Francis Conrad von Hotzendorf.Emperor Franz Josef I gave titular command of the army to Archduke Friedrich von Österreich-Teschen, but the real authority was held by the head of the General Staff, von Hötzendorf.