United States Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890- 1969) talks to Allied troops just before they invade the Normandy region of Nazi-controlled France during World War II. Eisenhower planned and commanded the invasion, which took place in 1944 and led to Nazi Germany's eventual surrender in l945. Eisenhower was President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
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