After the United States entered World War II, Eisenhower oversaw the invasions of North Africa and Sicily before supervising the invasions of France and Germany. Following the war, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1941.

During World War I, he was denied a request to serve in Europe and instead commanded a unit that trained tank crews. He graduated from West Point in 1915 and later married Mamie Doud, with whom he had two sons. Eisenhower, however, belonged to no organized church until 1952.

His family had a strong religious background, and his mother became a Jehovah's Witness. 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 invasion of Normandy in 1944.Įisenhower was born in Denison, Texas, and raised in Abilene, Kansas. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army. ər/ EYE-zən-how-ər born David Dwight Eisenhower Octo– March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Dwight David Eisenhower ( / ˈ aɪ z ən h aʊ.

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