Prior to World War II, Dwight Eisenhower had resigned himself to finishing out a distinguished but unremarkable military career. By 1943, however, he found himself serving as Supreme Commander, Allied ...

Future president Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower was appointed commanding general of the European Theater on this day in history, June 25, 1942. Born in Texas and raised in Kansas, Eisenhower began his ...

June 6, 1944. The seminal event of the “Good War,” fought by the “Greatest Generation.” The beginning of what General Dwight Eisenhower called the “Great Crusade” to defeat the Nazi Reich, free the ...

One day last spring General George C. Marshall summoned Dwight David (“Ike”) Eisenhower to his office and said to him: “You’re going over to command the European divisions. When can you leave?” ...

But these similarities are superficial compared to a great many basic differences. Essentially, Mr. Butcher’s book is an unconscionably long military and political gossip column. You may learn here ...