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The June 6, 1944, order of the day was issued by Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force General Dwight D. Eisenhower to Allied forces on the eve of D-Day, the first day of the invasion of Normandy. The message was intended to impress upon the troops the importance of their mission which Eisenhower called a "Great Crusade".
Eisenhower with a member of the French resistance, 1944. The "People of Western Europe" speech was made by Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the run-up to the invasion of Normandy in 1944. Addressed to the people of occupied Europe it informed them of the start of the invasion and advised them ...
General Eisenhower reads his order of the day for June 5, 1944, the day before D-Day. In December 1943, President Roosevelt decided that Eisenhower – not Marshall – would be Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.
D-Day. And the push that lead to Hitler's defeat. At least 160,000 of those troops ... General Eisenhower had doubts in the face of a "well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened" enemy. If ...
D-Day on June 6, 1944, ... While the true meaning remains up for debate, we'll go with what U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said about it through his executive assistant, Brig. Gen. Robert Schultz ...
Eisenhower's farewell address (sometimes referred to as "Eisenhower's farewell address to the nation" [1]) was the final public speech of Dwight D. Eisenhower as the 34th president of the United States, delivered in a television broadcast on January 17, 1961.
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State of the Union addresses by Dwight D. Eisenhower (9 P) Pages in category "Speeches by Dwight D. Eisenhower" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.