Biography
Dwight David Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. A member of the Republican Party, he was renowned as a World War II general who commanded Allied forces in Operation Torch and Operation Overlord. He attained the five-star rank of General of the Army in 1944.
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Awards & recognition
- Theodore Roosevelt Award · 1967
- National Defense Service Medal · 1966
- Horatio Alger Award · 1961
- Hoover Medal · 1960
- Order of Sikatuna · 1960
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- Order of the Royal House of Chakri · 1960
- Time Person of the Year · 1959
- Nishan-e-Pakistan · 1957
- Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero · 1956
- National Defense Service Medal · 1953
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martin · 1950
- honorary doctor of Caen University · 1948
- American Defense Service Medal · 1947
- Army of Occupation Medal · 1947
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal · 1947
- World War II Victory Medal · 1947
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross · 1946
- Order of Aeronautical Merit · 1946
- Order of Ismail · 1946
- Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa · 1946
- Croix de Guerre · 1945
- Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945 · 1945
- Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold · 1945
- Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta · 1945
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown · 1945
- Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion · 1945
- honorary citizen of Brussels · 1945
- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion · 1945
- Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class · 1945
- Order of the Elephant · 1945
- Order of Victory · 1945
- Order of Suvorov, 1st class · 1944
- Africa Star · 1943
- Grand Cordon of the order of Nichan Iftikhar · 1943
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour · 1943
- Grand Cross of the Order of Wissam Alaouite · 1943
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath · 1943
- Legionnaire of Legion of Merit · 1943
- World War I Victory Medal (United States) · 1919
- Mexican Border Service Medal · 1918
- Atoms — Peace Award
- Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
- Companion of the Liberation
- Distinguished Service Medal
- honorary doctor of the Hofstra University
- Inter-Allied Victory Medals
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of Savoy
- Order of Propitious Clouds
- Order of the Redeemer
- Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
- World Golf Hall of Fame
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1963 · nominated
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1960 · nominated
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1957 · nominated
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1955 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Odyssey
Apocalypse: The Second World War
Apocalypse: D-Day
The Vietnam War
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Greatest Events of WWII in Colour
Memphis Belle in Color
A Wall in Jerusalem
Beyond Glory
Race for the White House
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
The Untold History of the United States
Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps
World War II in Colour
Genocide
Hearts and Minds
Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the Ice
Storm Front in Mayo
Above Majestic
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
The War at Home
The Queen and the Coup
Crusade in Europe
Money, Explained
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
The Bloody Hundredth
History 101
Good Night, and Good Luck.
The Front
The King Who Fooled Hitler
Get Me Roger Stone
Sputnik Mania
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
The Smashing of the Reich
It's Always Fair Weather
The Endless Trench
D-Day Sacrifice
Nixon
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Family
Imminent Threat
Freedom's Fury
60 Minutes
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Fat Fiction
The Presidents
American Experience
The True Glory
Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis