General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Eisenhower was the commander of the D-Day Invasion force of 3.5 million troops that attacked the Germans in Normandy, in northwest France. This invasion was history's greatest attack by land and ocean. As commander of the Allied forces in Europe, Eisenhower used his gift for working well with people and joined together the American and British armies. Because of this unison, British, American, French, and Canadian troops fought the Germans at Normandy, defeated German defenses, and forced them to retreat. Dwight D. Eisenhower later became president of the United States.