Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of Tokyo , 1950
Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP), the post occupied by General Douglas MacArthur (1945-1951) and his successor, Matthew Ridgway (1951-1952), during the occupation of Japan after World War II [ 1] [2] .
In Japan, the term SCAP did not refer only to the personality of the Commander-in-Chief, but to his headquarters ( General Headquarters ( GHQ )) and the staff of officers working there, including not only military officers, but also several thousand American civil servants .
The Australian , British , Indian , Canadian and New Zealand forces, under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, were organized into a separate department known as the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces .
Notes
- ↑ Supreme Commander for Allied Powers . - article from Encyclopædia Britannica Online . Date of treatment September 1, 2009. Archived on April 6, 2012.
- ↑ SCAP // Encyclopedia of Japan (CD-ROM). - Kodansha Ltd , 1999. - ISBN 978-4062099370 .