ABSTRACT
Using impressive leadership skills, General Dwight David Eisenhower coordinated the 1944 Normandy invasion that helped end World War II. As president of the United States in the 1950s, Eisenhower used these same leadership skills to keep the country on a steady course as the Cold War intensified and anticommunist sentiment became a dangerous threat in the United States. Throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, Eisenhower continued to receive important staff assignments, including postings to the army's Panama Canal base, the Command and General Staff School, and the War College. Eisenhower always believed in attacking Nazi Germany through France and got his chance in 1944. Dwight Eisenhower was the greatest all-around military leader since Napoleon. However, the qualities that enabled Eisenhower to lead successful military invasions also reflected his limitations. Although the Soviet Union deserves much credit for defeating Nazi Germany, without Eisenhower's leadership, the war would have lasted longer and cost more lives.
