Admiral Chester Nimitz was the commander of the entire naval fleet during World War 2 in the Pacific Theater. He is responsible for many victories over the Japanese navy and army. It was he and General MacArthur who gladly signed the instrument of surrender when the Japanese finally surrendered. He was good at thinking outside the box such as when he allowed the large bombers to use the aircraft carriers for the Doolittle Raid and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Highest ranking commander in the Pacific next to Gen MacArthur. Unlike the ETO (European Theater of Operations) which had one commander, Eisenhower; the PTO had two commanders, because it was so large.
He was a Fleet Admiral - although no longer active - and continued to be paid as such until he died in 1966 .
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The Battle of Midway.
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Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill were important individuals during the war. Additional important individuals during the war include U.S. General Mark Clark , Charles de Gaulle and U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
Nimitz idea was "Kill Japs, Kill More Japs." Those were his words not mine. That is exactly how he felt about the war. He was a victor over the Japanese military and he had more victorious attacks, missions and operations than any other person in the Pacific War of World War 2. I must admit I am proud of him and we even have a boulevard named after him in my Navy hometown of San Diego, California.