The Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) was the supreme military command for the western Allies during World War II. It was a body constituted from the British Chiefs of Staff Committee and the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Western Allies was the alliance of democracies in World War II - in other words, the combined Allies minus the Soviet Union. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... The Chiefs of Staff Committee is composed of the most senior military personnel in the British forces. ... Joint Chiefs of Staff symbol The Joint Chiefs of Staff is a panel comprising the highest-ranking members of each major branch of the armed services in any particular country. ...

Formed in February 1942, the CCS usually held its meetings in Washington. Since the British military chiefs could not be expected to be continually present thousands of miles away from their own capital, the British Joint Staff Mission was a body permanently assigned to Washington to represent British interests. The full CCS usually met only during the great wartime conferences on grand strategy, such as at Casablanca. State nickname: The Evergreen State Other U.S. States Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire (D) Official languages None Area 184,824 km² (18th)  - Land 172,587 km²  - Water 12,237 km² (6. ... The British Joint Staff Mission was a body constitued in Washington during World War II to represent British interests on the Combined Chiefs of Staff when the British Chiefs of Staff Committee could not attend meetings of the Combined Chiefs of Staff. ... Hassan II Mosque A view on the boulevard de Paris in central Casablanca Parc de la Ligue Arabe Casablanca (Arabic: الدار البيضاء, transliterated ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʼ) is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. ...

The key members of the CCS were General George C. Marshall, the United States Army chief of staff, and Gen. Sir Alan Brooke (later Viscount Alanbrooke), Chief of the Imperial General Staff. General is a military rank used by nearly every country in the world. ... George C. Marshall George Catlett Marshall (December 31, 1880–October 16, 1959), an American military leader and statesman, was born into a middle-class family in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Statue of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke, MoD Building, Whitehall, London Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (July 23, 1883 - June 17, 1963) was a British Field Marshal during World War II. He also served as Lord High Constable during the coronation of... Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) was the title of the professional head of the British Army from 1908 to 1964. ...

Although it was responsible to both the British and US governments, the CCS controlled forces from many different countries in all theatres, including the Pacific, India and North Africa. It can safely be said that the degree of integration between the militaries of various nations, achieved by the CCS, has never been equalled or surpassed in the history of warfare.