Dwight D Eisenhower Analysis

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The day is quiet; the soldiers are quiet - thinking of the hours to come and whether they will ever see their homes again. They have eyes of the world are upon them they are about to embark on a wondrous journey to smite the evil and the tyranny of the Natzi war machine and take back Europe. General Dwight D Eisenhower supreme commander of United States army in the western front of Europe during World War two. Allied troops in the coming hours would face the coming dangers with courage and with the words of Eisenhower on their mind. Dwight D Eisenhower is a general in the United States Army and had been in the army for more than forty six years. Eisenhower says that the Germans are battle hardened and are will fight savagely against them.

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