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Dwight D. Eisenhower

General Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of the Allied invasion force on D-Day.

Person

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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Born on: Oct. 14, 1890
  • Born in: Denison (Texas), USA
  • Died on: March 28, 1969
  • Died in: Washington D.C, USA

Dwight D. Eisenhouwer

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Publiek domein

General Eisenhower (1890-1969) was commander-in-chief of the Allied invasion force on D-Day. In 1915, he became a lieutenant in the US Army. During the First World War he was not posted to Europe. He remained in the military and was promoted to brigadier general in October 1941. Eisenhower led the American operations in North Africa, and then the invasion of Sicily. In January 1944 he became commander-in-chief of the Western Allies, and had responsibility for the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944.[1] In 1953, Eisenhower won the US presidential election over Adlai Stevenson.[2] Otto Frank was in America in the run-up to these elections, and wore a Stevenson button on his lapel.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ D-Day and the advance of the Allies were followed closely in the Secret Annex. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 6, 9 and 13 June 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. ^ Wikipedia: Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  3. ^ Familiearchief Anne Frank-Fonds, Bazel, Fritzi Frank, AFF_FrF_corr_01: Otto Frank aan Fritzi Frank-Markovits, 30 oktober 1952.