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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David
"
Ike
"
Eisenhower
( ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the
34th
President of the United States
from 1953 until 1961, and the last U.S. President to have been born in the 19th century. He was a
five-star general
in the
United States Army
during
World War II
and served as
Supreme Commander
of the
Allied Forces
in Europe. He was responsible 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
. In 1951, he became the first
Supreme Commander of NATO
.
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