WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Eisenhower planned and supervised two of the most consequential military campaigns of World War II: Operation Torch in the North Africa campaign in 1942–1943 and the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944.

Detailed explanation-2: -In late 1943 President Franklin Roosevelt appointed Eisenhower to serve as the Supreme Allied Commander in the European Theater of Operations. Eisenhower assumed responsibility for the invasion of Western Europe; Operation Overlord.

Detailed explanation-3: -General Dwight D. Eisenhower was supreme commander of the operation that ultimately involved the coordinated efforts of 12 nations. After much deliberation, it was decided that the landings would take place on the long, sloping beaches of Normandy.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1943, he was promoted to temporary general and the next year to temporary General of the Army. This five-star rank was made permanent in 1946. Eisenhower led the Overlord landings at Normandy in 1944 and served as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Forces in the war against Nazi Germany in Europe.

Detailed explanation-5: -General Eisenhower’s “Order of the Day, ‘’ addressed to the “Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force, ‘’ rings with confidence.