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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory On October 14, 1890, the 34th President of the United States, Eisenhower, was born
135 years ago today, October 14, 1890 (September 1, 1890), the 34th President of the United States Eisenhower was born. Eisenhower and his three generals: Patton, Bradley and Hodges Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander of the Western European Allied Forces during World War II and the 34th President of the United States. Eisenhower was a poor child and graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1915. During the First World War, he commanded a tank training center, did an excellent job, and was promoted to captain. 1922-1924 He served in the Yunhe District of Panama in 1999 and was inspired by General F-Connor. With the help of Connor, he entered Leavenworth Command and Staff School. He then entered the Army Academy for further study due to his excellent grades, and graduated in 1928. Later, he was sent to France to compile a summary of the battlefield of World War I. In 1933, he served as assistant to D-MacArthur, Chief of Staff of the Army. Two years later, he followed MacArthur to the Philippines to help rebuild the Philippine Federal Army and was promoted to lieutenant colonel. After Germany invaded Poland, he returned to the United States from the Philippines. In March 1941, he was promoted to colonel and served as chief of staff of the 3rd Army. He was appreciated by G-C-Marshall, Chief of Staff of the Army, for his good planning and dispatch during a military exercise involving 500,000 people. He was promoted to brigadier general in September this year. After the United States entered the war in December, Marshall appointed him to be in charge of the Battle Planning Office to prepare the Allied strategy for attacking Europe. In March 1942, he was transferred to director of operations and promoted to major general; in June, Marshall selected him as commander of the troops stationed in Europe and the United States. Against the background of a not-so-brilliant military career, his rapid promotion was due to his insight into military strategy, excellent organizational skills, and ability to persuade, mediate and be receptive to opinions. People from different backgrounds and nationalities were impressed by his friendliness, humility and optimism, liked and trusted him. In July, he was promoted to lieutenant general and was assigned to command the Allied forces to implement the "Operation Torch Plan" in French North Africa. This was the first large-scale Allied offensive in World War II. The offensive began on November 8, 1942 and ended successfully in May of the following year. During the battle Eisenhower's decision to work with French Admiral J-F-Darlan, who had collaborated with the Germans, aroused protests from allies, but President Roosevelt supported his action. He was promoted to general in February this year. Later, he directed an ambitious attack on Sicily and mainland Italy, resulting in the occupation of Rome on June 4, 1944. At the same time, he participated in the formulation of plans to cross the English Channel and land in France. On December 24, 1943, he was appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force and immediately left for London to prepare for the landing operation. On June 6, 1944, despite the bad weather, he ordered the crossing of the sea. About 4000 ships and a million troops landed in Normandy, France, and began to advance towards central France. Paris was liberated on August 25. In December, the German army smashed a crazy counterattack in the Ardennes. Crossing the Rhine River in March of the following year. Germany surrendered on May 7 and the war in Europe ended. In December 1944, Eisenhower was promoted to five-star general. After returning triumphantly in June 1945, President Truman appointed him to succeed Marshall as Chief of Staff of the Army, leading the demobilization and bringing the various services under centralized leadership. He retired in May 1948 and became president of the University of Colombia. The book "European Crusaders" he wrote was published this autumn and sold well, making him a rich man. The training and experience of a soldier are not suitable for the job of a university president, and he has not been very successful in this position. In the autumn of 1950, Truman appointed him as the supreme commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In June 1952, he resigned from the military and returned to the United States to devote himself to running for president, and finally won the election as a Republican presidential candidate. In terms of foreign policy, he and Secretary of State Dulles were committed to ending the Korean War and building a collective defense agreement. They visited South Korea immediately after taking office. Perhaps partly due to Stalin's death, an armistice agreement was finally negotiated in July 1953. In December of the same year, the "Atomic Energy for Peace" proposal was put forward (it finally established the International Atomic Energy Agency by 62 countries in 1957). In July 1955, at the summit meeting held in Geneva, the heads of state of Britain, France and the Soviet Union put forward the proposal of "open skies"(that is, the United States and the Soviet Union allow each other to conduct continuous aerial inspections of their own military facilities). Although it was welcomed by world public opinion, it was rejected by the Soviet Union. The Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) was established in September 1954, and the Joint Defense Treaty was signed with Chiang Kai-shek in December. In 1956, he re-elected president in the general election, while the opposition party (Democrats) controlled Congress. In January 1957, he raised the so-called Eisenhower Doctrine to Congress, promising to send troops to any Middle Eastern country that asked for assistance in resisting communist aggression. When Arkansas Governor O-Forbes stopped desegregation in public schools in September 1957, he sent a thousand federal troops into Little Rock. In 1957, the first Civil Rights Act since 1875 was passed. After the Soviet Union launched the first artificial earth satellite on October 4, 1957, he took measures to increase space research expenses and establish the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. After Dulles 'death in the spring of 1959, he became more prominent in his leadership role in foreign policy. He successively visited Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America to improve relations with the Soviet Union and invited Khrushchev to visit the United States. In May 1960, a U.S. U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, canceling his plan to return to the Soviet Union. In January 1961, before Eisenhower left office, the United States interrupted diplomatic relations with Cuba. After retirement, he settled in Gettysburg Farm to write memoirs. He successively published "Authorizing Change"(1963),"Striving for Peace"(1965), and "Stories told to Friends in Leisure Hours"(1967) Taking a photo with his family at the White House with Churchill (May 1944)(1956) Photo of newly married Eisenhower as a child News raw data sources → https://www.abtool.cn/today_detail/1gwm.html 17WorldNews[2025.09.28-06:49] 访问:73
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