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=**CORRECT!!! DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER**=

General Eisenhower emerged as America's top war hero after WWII. Keeping the Allied Forces in europe united and fighting hard was no easy task when you had eccentrics like Charles de Gaulle and Bernard Montgomery in your face. But Eisenhower held it together and, like Washington and Lincoln, did not exact revenge on the enemy soldier even thought the enemy, Nazi Germany, was among the most savage in history. Eisenhower was responsible for planning D-Day. It was a success and brought down Nazi Germany. However, Eisenhower wasn't positive of the immediate success. He had written two letters as the soldiers began to invade - one was his resignation taking full blame for the failure, the second, commending the soldiers on the success of the invasion. Timing, location, and overall strategy was important and his plan was a success. He is also responsible for ordering the filming of the concentration camps as they were liberated so that there would be no doubt or denial of the atrocities committed by the Nazis. Eisenhower would go on to be our 34th president. Below is a picture of General Eisenhower giving a pep talk to the soldiers before D-Day.

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