, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general
in the United States Army
. During World War II
, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces
in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa
in Operation Torch
in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany
in 1944–45, from the Western Front
.
1943 World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.
1943 World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the Royal Navy battleship {{HMS|Nelson|28|6}} off Malta.
1943 World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the Supreme Allied Commander.
1950 US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
1952 Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the first Republican President in twenty years.
1953 Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document National Security Council Paper No. 162/2, which states that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.
1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
This is a long tough road we have to travel. The men that can do things are going to be sought out just as surely as the sun rises in the morning. Fake reputations, habits of glib and clever speech, and glittering surface performance are going to be discovered.
Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
Steady Monty. You can't speak to me like that. I'm your boss.
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its stupidity.
We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose. We must be willing, individually and as a Nation, to accept whatever sacrifices may be required of us. A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.