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 ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Michel Paradis talked about his book, "The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day and the Birth of the American Superpower," and the role of ...

Dwight David Eisenhower: Five-Star General, Supreme Allied Commander and President of the United States. Few people in the history of the world were faced with as many problems with the magnitude ...

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?” ...