<P> Dwight David `` Ike '' Eisenhower ( / ˈaɪzənhaʊ. ər / EYE - zən - how - ər ; October 14 , 1890 -- March 28 , 1969 ) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 . During World War II , he was a five - star general in the United States Army and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe . He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942 -- 43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944 -- 45 from the Western Front . </P>
<P> Dwight David `` Ike '' Eisenhower ( / ˈaɪzənhaʊ. ər / EYE - zən - how - ər ; October 14 , 1890 -- March 28 , 1969 ) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 . During World War II , he was a five - star general in the United States Army and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe . He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942 -- 43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944 -- 45 from the Western Front . </P>
who was president for most of the 1950 's
who was president for most of the 1950 's
Dwight David `` Ike '' Eisenhower
Dwight David `` Ike '' Eisenhower