President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Major Accomplishments
In 1941 he was promoted to brigadier general in WWII. In 1942 he became a major general and then he was appointed commander of all U.S. forces in Europe. He was then named Supreme Allied Commander in charge of the D-Day invasion. In 1944 he was made a five-star general.
When Eisenhower was in presidency he travelled to Korea before he took office to help conclude the peace talks.
Eisenhower began building up on nuclear weapons to protect America and to warn the Soviet Union that the U.S. would retaliate if fired upon. He also created the Eisenhower Doctrine where he asserted that America had the right to aid any country threatened by Communist aggression. Eisenhower Doctrine The Cold War was raging while he was in office.
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