Commander-in-chief
C5429
concept
The Commander-in-chief is the highest-ranking authority responsible for the overall command, strategic direction, and ultimate decision-making of a nation's armed forces.
Observed surface forms (5)
- Lord High Admiral of England ×1
- World War II political leader ×1
- civilian command authority ×1
- generalissimo ×1
- supreme military command authority ×1
Instances (6)
- Władysław Sikorski
- Haakon VII of Norway via concept surface "World War II political leader"
- President of the United States as Commander in Chief of the militia of the several states when called into federal service via concept surface "civilian command authority"
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham via concept surface "Lord High Admiral of England"
- Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China via concept surface "supreme military command authority"
- Albrecht von Wallenstein via concept surface "generalissimo"