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  2. Ike: Countdown to D-Day - Wikipedia

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    In December 1943, Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower meets with Prime Minister Winston Churchill to discuss the forthcoming land invasion of western Europe. Eisenhower threatens to resign his newly appointed command as Supreme Commander of SHAEF unless he is given control of all airborne operations, citing the need to dictate where and how strategic bombing operations are carried out.

  3. Battle of the Bulge (1965 film) - Wikipedia

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    As late as December 1965—the month the Warner film was released—there were still plans to make the Columbia film. Casting announcements included Van Heflin as Eisenhower, John Wayne as General Patton, David Niven as General Montgomery, and Laurence Olivier as Hitler.

  4. Henry J. F. Miller - Wikipedia

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    Henry Jervis Friese Miller (September 10, 1890 – January 7, 1949) served as a general in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.. While serving in the European theater, Miller made publicly recorded comments about the top secret date of the Allied invasion of Normandy in May 1944.

  5. Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia

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    Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas, and raised in Abilene, Kansas. His family had a strong religious background, and his mother became a Jehovah's Witness. Eisenhower, however, belonged to no organized church until 1952. He graduated from West Point in 1915 and later married Mamie Doud, with whom he had two sons.

  6. The Chilling Letter Eisenhower Drafted in Case the ... - AOL

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    As they stormed the beaches, General Dwight D. Eisenhower's confident words summed up the incredible significance of their mission: "You are about to embark upon a great crusade, toward which we ...

  7. Pressure (upcoming film) - Wikipedia

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    The same month, Brendan Fraser was cast as Dwight D. Eisenhower. [5] The following month, Kerry Condon joined the cast as Eisenhower's assistant Captain Kay Summersby. [6] They were later joined in the cast by Damien Lewis and Chris Messina. Principal photography began in the UK in September 2024. [7] [8]

  8. The Last Days of Patton - Wikipedia

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    As a result of General George S. Patton's (George C. Scott) decision to use former Nazis to help reconstruct post-World War II occupied Germany (and publicly defending the practice), General Dwight Eisenhower (Richard Dysart) removes him from that task and reassigns him to supervise "an army of clerks" whose task is to write the official history of the U.S. military involvement in World War II.

  9. 36 Hours (1964 film) - Wikipedia

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    Having attended General Eisenhower's final briefing on the upcoming Normandy landings, U.S. Army major Jeff Pike is sent to Lisbon, Portugal on June 1, 1944 to meet an informant to confirm that the Nazis still expect the invasion at the Pas de Calais. He is abducted and transported to Germany. Pike awakens in what seems to be a U.S. Army hospital.