Dwight David Eisenhower1 September 1944
Assumes direct operational command of Allied ground forces in northwest Europe as the campaign advances beyond Normandy.
United States of America · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Assumes direct operational command of Allied ground forces in northwest Europe as the campaign advances beyond Normandy.
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