The name Eisenhower is not unfamiliar in textbooks, he was a five-star American general during World War II and the supreme commander of the anti-fascist allies in Europe. However, there are some things that are not written in textbooks, he is also the biggest leader of the World's largest capitalist country, the United States, waging wars around the world to destroy peace, and has long been in cahoots with the Chiang Kai-shek regime in Taiwan, and in 1958 he also brazenly sent troops to the Middle East country of Lebanon under the pretext of "protecting the overseas Chinese". This article is about the military president and look at his military and political career.
Dwight David Eisenhower, nicknamed "Ike", was born on October 14, 1890 in Dennison, Texas, to a family of Bankrupt American merchants of German descent, and later became the 34th President of the United States, five-star general, and a prominent politician and military figure. In 1911, Eisenhower was admitted to the U.S. Naval Academy, but was not admitted because of his overage, and was recommended by the state's senators to enter the tuition-free United States Military Academy at West Point. Here's a cursory look at the hard and glorious resume of military President Eisenhower:
In 1915, he graduated from the West Point Military Academy with the rank of second lieutenant and went to San Antonio, Texas.
In 1916, he was promoted to major in the Army.
In 1921, he graduated from the Army Tank School.
In 1922, he was transferred to the staff of the 20th Infantry Brigade in Panama. The brigade commander, General Fox Connor, considered him promising and spared no time and energy to cultivate him.
In 1923, with Connor's help, he entered the Army Command and Staff School.
In 1926, after graduating with the first place, he was introduced by Connor to France for a battlefield investigation.
In 1927, he studied at the Army Military Academy.
In 1929, he served in the Office of the Assistant Minister of war.
In 1933, he was appointed senior aide to the chief of staff, General Douglas MacArthur.
In 1935, he served as a senior assistant to General MacArthur, the U.S. Military Adviser to the Philippines.
In 1936, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Army.
In February 1940, he was transferred to the 15th Infantry Regiment in California, and in November he was promoted to chief of staff of the 3rd Division.
In March 1941, he was promoted to chief of staff of the 9th Army; in June of the same year, he became chief of staff of the 3rd Army, where he had been promoted to brigadier general 25 years earlier; on December 7, the Japanese attacked the U.S. military base at Pearl Harbor, and on the fifth day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Marshall's chief of staff called Eisenhower to return to Washington. Initially appointed Deputy Chief of the War Planning Division, he was soon promoted to the War Office, he was appointed Director of the War Office, and subsequently promoted to Major General.
In 1942, he served as the commander of the U.S. Army in the European Theater and the Commander of the Allied Forces in the North African Theater, and was promoted to lieutenant general and admiral of the Army.
In 1943, he successfully planned and commanded the anti-fascist Allied landings in Sicily, which dismantled Mussolini's fascist regime and liberated Italy.
In 1944, he was appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, successfully planned and commanded the Normandy Landing Campaign, where the Allies opened the second battlefield in Europe, and was promoted to five-star general.
In 1945, he succeeded George Marshall as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army.
In February 1948, he retired as president of Columbia University until 1953 (but remained absent from 1950 and served as Commander-in-Chief of nato's Armed Forces).
In 1952, he ran for president as a Republican presidential candidate and won, becoming the 34th president of the United States. At the beginning of his term of office, he introduced many tough new policies, such as "comprehensive containment and cold war", "strategic development of the air force", the abolition of President Tru's "policy of abandoning Taiwan" and the implementation of the "policy of protecting Taiwan", and the allocation of funds to help defend the anti-Soviet countries in the Middle East "Eisenhowerism". In the meantime, he also made a clear announcement of his "Cold War creed": "You rise up, it retreats".
In 1956, he ran for re-election and won the presidency with a 442:89 margin.
In 1959, U.S. Marines were ordered to land in Lebanon, which was in the midst of a Civil War between Christians and Muslims, and safely picked up the American diaspora who remained in the country.
In 1960, he visited the Taiwan region, which had just ended the "artillery battle in the Taiwan Strait."
In the early 1960s, he used his charisma to persuade the young Ronald Reagan to break away from the Democratic Party and turn to the Republican Party, and more than two decades later, he led the United States, forcing the seemingly powerful opponent of the former Soviet Union to put away its "nuclear deterrent face" with a superb strategy of combining rigidity and softness and enwei.
During his 8 years in office, American society experienced the most stable and prosperous period after the war, and he signed the Korean Armistice Agreement in the first half of his term of office, after which he firmly supported all state powers opposed to the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact Group.
In October 1962, after the "Cuban Missile Crisis", then-Democratic President John F. Kennedy ruled out partisan differences and specifically called the former famous general Eisenhower to talk, humbly consult and consult, and seriously discuss good countermeasures.
What is less known is that in the counterattack phase of the late World War II, because of the full trust and support of Commander Eisenhower, his brave general General Patton achieved many brilliant achievements, and later became like-minded close friends with this anti-Soviet and anti-communist love general.
In April 1951, President Truman dismissed MacArthur from his post as commander-in-chief of the United Nations army because of his different ideas of war, and Ike publicly expressed strong opposition (after General MacArthur returned to the United States, he was warmly welcomed by thousands of people, and the American opposition to Truman also reached a climax, and the support rate plummeted to 26%); he also made a very strong criticism of Truman's Korean War and strategy of abandoning Taiwan in his memoirs.
In addition, in his memoirs, he expressed his strong criticism of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's betrayal of China's interests in the Yalta Accords, and expressed remorse for his failure to adopt a tough strategy of "no appeasement" during the Cold War.
In addition to his status as a soldier, a military man, and a statesman, General Eisenhower was also quite literary and artistic, and his representative works in the world include "Expedition to Europe", "Building Peace", "White House Years" and "Leisurely Words".
On March 28, 1969, General Eisenhower died of a heart attack at the age of 78, and his body was transported to Washington, D.C., for human viewing, and the presidents, prime ministers, and envoys of 87 countries around the world attended the funeral; his coffin was buried in his hometown of Abilene on April 2. His last words were: "I have always loved my wife, I have always loved my son, I have always loved my grandchildren, I have always loved my motherland." ”
Americans say of Military President Gen. Eisenhower:
One of the most capable, efficient, and loyal officers. (General Connor)
Eisenhower made the war, and the war made the Eisenhower. (Time Magazine)
General Eisenhower occupies a unique place in the history of the United States, in the hearts of the American people and the people of the world (former President of the United States Richard Nixon)
A military politician who slightly lost to his veteran commander, General MacArthur, in terms of strategy and tactics, but far surpassed Marshal McMay in coordinating allied relations, political experience, and decision-making ability.