U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) served as the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe on June 6, 1944, when those forces (over 150,000) landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, and began to put an end to the occupation of Western Europe by the Nazis during World War II. Upon his return to the United States he was appointed Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, and later on he led the NATO forces in Europe. In 1953 he became the 34th President of the United States.
