For the duration of WWII, he was the supreme commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific
[DOC] [TLE] World War II | HistoryNet [PAR] Facts, information and articles about World War II, 1939-1945 .... warthe 
Germans actually used the term blitzkrieg to refer to a war of short duration, but it 
... Hitler turned his attention from Britain, a country he hadn't really wanted to fight, 
..... was named supreme commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific 
after his... [DOC] [TLE] General Douglas MacArthur :: US Army General Biography [PAR] Length: 955 words (2.7 double-spaced pages) ... for being the commander of all 
Allied forces in the Pacific theater during World War II.