Narrator On a different stage, another American, General Dwight David Eisenhower, appointed by Roosevelt, Overlord Supreme Commander. Eisenhower had commanded the Allied North African expedition in 1942. As well as generalship, he would need the finesse of a diplomat, as he was now to lead a huge multinational force.
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