Dwight D. Eisenhower
...ginning of his military career. After his graduation from West Point, he went through a series of promotions and became an important advisor to General Douglas Macarthur. Eisenhower showed great skill in organizing the movement of a large number of troops, so he was eventually promoted to Brigadier General. He was put in charge of all the Allied forces in Europe, which meant controlling the armies of the US, Britain, and Canada. This was a major turning point in his life, as later on he would lead the Allied invasion of Normandy, otherwise known as D-Day. On June 6th, 1944; 6,400 ships, 800,000 men, and 10,000 aircraft crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy. Stakes were high, if this battle was lost, Hitler would attack England with his most feared weapon, the V-2 rocket. Fortunately, the Allied forced were led to victory. After Eisenhower retired from the Army, he was elected vice-president to Harry Truman, and later o...