born 1890 - died 1969, a US general in World War II and a statesman. He commanded the Allied forces during and after the Normandy landings in June 1944.
Eisenhower was a complex, mercurial man. Confident and self-contained in public, he was content with his public image as president as a grinning, patriotic but somewhat inarticulate citizen-politician. In truth, he was a far more calculating man than he let on, with great natural political skills.
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