Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower
(October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was a
five-star general
in the
United States Army
and the
34th
President of the United States,
from 1953 until 1961. During
World War II,
he served as
Supreme Commander
of the
Allied forces
in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the
successful
invasion of France
and
Germany
in 1944–45, from the
Western Front.
In 1951, he became the first
supreme commander of NATO.
