General Eisenhower was by far one of the greatets leaders the U.S. has ever had. I was interested by him starting the war out in the Pacific with McCarthur and then moving his way to the Atlantica by commanding SHAEF. He had much responsiblity considering that his command was joint by leading the the many nations who were fighting the Germans well before the U.S. entered the war. His conduct proves that he executed this job well.
Another point of interest was how he had to ballance the action on the Western Front between Monty and Patton. He showed reasonable leadership by permitting Monty to take the main action on this front opposed to Patton at times. An example being the Market Garden Campaign in which military resources were allocated to Monty's forces opposed to Bradely and Patton in the South.
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It was interesting to learn how the liberation of France could be such a morale booster not only to the ground troops, but to the politicians back home making decisions. The Allies truly thought the war would be over by Christmas of 1944.
The presentation on President Eisenhower was very interesting. It did a good job illustrating his role in the Second World War as well his influence at the time. Plus, his interstate highways worked out alright too..
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