Dwight D. Eisenhower's Leadership During World War II

During World War 2, many leaders emerged from chaos and destruction that it had caused, either helping their people for goods or to find a way to suit their own personal needs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the then Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, helped the United States tremendously with the war effort by becoming the main commander of their armed forces. He led the attack in North Africa known as Operation Torch, and orchestrated the infamous D-Day on June 6, 1944. He was also known to be the cause for Germany’s surrender, which led to a chain reaction in which ultimately resulted in the end of the Second Great World War. Dwight David Eisenhower was “Born in Texas in 1890, brought up in Abilene, Kansas, Eisenhower was the third of seven