Hlavní velitelství spojeneckých expedičních sil (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF))( 15.2. 1944 - 14.7. 1945)

• 1944 - 1945Spojenecké expediční síly (Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF)) (1944 - 1945)

• 1944 - 1945Bertram Ramsay, Sir (20.1. 1883 - 2.1. 1945)

• 1944 - 1945Dwight David Eisenhower (Ike) (14.10. 1890 - 28.3. 1969)

• ?? - ??Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Sir (11.7. 1892 - 14.11. 1944)

• ?? - ??Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder of Glenguin (11.7. 1890 - 3.6. 1967)

At the close of World War II, U.S. troops in Europe were under dual command. Operational control was exercised by the combined (US/UK) "Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF)." The administration and supply of U.S. troops, were the responsibilities of the "European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army-- Communications Zone (ETOUSA-COMZ)." Both SHAPE and ETOUSA-COMZ were commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who began to shift authority from the former to the latter as the war in Europe came to a close. Two weeks after the redesignation of ETOUSA-COMZ as "U.S. Forces, European Theater (USFET)" on 1 July 1945, SHAEFwas deactivated (14 July 1945). On 1 March 1946, the USFET "component commands" were identified as the: Seventh U.S. Army; U.S. Army Air Forces (former U.S. Strategic Air Force Europe); and U.S. Naval Forces, Germany.