Dwight D. Eisenhower ran on the campaign of active Cold War containment, pledging “I shall go to Korea” to secure “an early and honorable” peace. Challenges: In 1957, the Soviet Sputnik—the world’s ...

Eisenhower commanded the Allied Forces landing in North Africa in November 1942; on D-Day, 1944, he was Supreme Commander of ... Negotiating from military strength, he tried to reduce the strains of ...

WASHINGTON -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, the victorious allied commander of World War II who went on to become America's President in peace-time, died at 12:25 p.m. EST. He was 78. The famed general of ...

Here is an enduring image of the Second World War—Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, huddling with members of the 101st Airborne Division on the eve of D-Day.