WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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serving as Commander of the U.S. Army in the Pacific and claimed Japanese islands
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assuming the role as Army Chief of Staff and vowed to send 8 million troops to combat
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being appointed as Supreme commander of Allied forces and commander of D-Day Invasion
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fighting as a Sergeant in trench warfare that would capture over 132 Germans by himself
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Detailed explanation-1: -He commanded the Allied Forces landing in North Africa in November 1942; on D-Day, 1944, he was Supreme Commander of the troops invading France.
Detailed explanation-2: -Army Chief of Staff, 1945–1948 Following the end of the World War II, Marshall retired in November 1945. On Marshall’s recommendation, President Truman selected Eisenhower as the new Chief of Staff of the Army.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eisenhower helped strengthen established programs, such as Social Security, and launch important new ones, such as the Interstate Highway System in 1956, which became the single largest public works program in U.S. history. Yet there were problems and failures as well as achievements.
Detailed explanation-4: -Between February and June 1942, Eisenhower was assigned to the War Department and rose rapidly within its ranks. As the leading general of the U.S. forces in Europe, Eisenhower was directly involved with planning and executing U.S. military strategy in the fight to liberate Europe from Germany and fascist Italy.