On April 12, 1945, Generals Eisenhower, Bradley and Patton entered Ohrdruf, a subcamp in the Buchenwald concentration camp system. (Eisenhower at Ohrdruf, courtesy of ushmm.org) Eisenhower then cabled ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Michel Paradis talked about his book, "The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day and the Birth of the American Superpower," and the role of ...
June 6, 1944. The seminal event of the “Good War,” fought by the “Greatest Generation.” The beginning of what General Dwight Eisenhower called the “Great Crusade” to defeat the Nazi Reich, free the ...
On June 5, 1944, while Allied troops headed across the English Channel toward the beaches of Normandy, General Dwight D. Eisenhower composed a hand-written press release. It read, in part, "Our ...