Famous Generals of World War II: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower (“Ike”) the soldier-statesman, began to pave the way for his future military success while attending West Point. With World War II progressing slowly, and with the blessings of Chief of Staff General George Marshall, Eisenhower was made the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces, in charge of the forthcoming invasion of France. Ike proved himself a genius in the direction of inter-allied campaigns. Throughout the conflict, Eisenhower’s success as Supreme Commander rested on his ability as a strategist and his capacity for harmonizing the personalities of his mixed-national commanders and the often divergent national goals of the Allies. At the end of the war, Eisenhower was as much a hero to the British people as to the Americans who elected him President in 1952.