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As the breakout from Normandy took place, the Allies launched the invasion of southern France on 15 August 1944 with the US 6th Army Group (6 AG) under the command of Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers.
Ike’s first act as ETOUSA commander in chief was to appoint Mark Clark as his deputy. (Clark continued to command the II Corps, which had no troops to oversee.) Marshall promoted the hard-nosed Beetle Smith to brigadier general and appointed him Ike’s chief of staff.
Dwight David Eisenhower[a] (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army.
During World War II, Eisenhower became the epitome of a coalition commander–calm, in control, and optimistic. The dark days of 1920 and the uncertainty of the future of the Tank Corps, and his Army career, were over. He had learned from adversity and his own determination over the years.
Working long hours, Ike devised the strategy of the crossChannel invasion from England to France that would ultimately come to fruition on June 6, 1944. Although junior to many, Marshall chose Eisenhower to be the supreme commander of the Allied Forces.
Ike had refused to take command of Allied ground forces on August 1 when Patton’s Third Army was activated. He cited poor communication facilities at his new headquarters near Granville, but the real reason seemed to be his reluctance to demote Montgomery.
9 lut 2010 · Eisenhower takes command. Following his arrival in London, Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower takes command of U.S. forces in Europe on June 25, 1942. Although Eisenhower had never seen combat...
