Dwight D. Eisenhower: Mr. Supreme Allied Commander Goes to Washington

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[ethanramos]

“We the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve”
Dwight D. Eisenhower

[popded]

How on earth did you forget one of his most famous moments: the warning of the dangers of the military-industrial complex???

[calebwinfield]

Fun fact: My grandfather worked in the secret service and was his driver. He and my grandmother have pictures of them together at dinner.

[thegunslinger]

One of few Presidents who saw the horrors of war first hand. And the last real Republican President.

[jonnnyren]

His infamous phone call with JFK where Kennedy was asking advice during the Cuban Missile Crisis is just legendary for me.

[SgTSmeG]

A bit disappointed that there was no mention of Eisenhower's battles with Crohn's Disease. He's one of the most famous people to have the illness.

[AskAScreenwriter]

George C. Marshall would be another great subject for a Biographics show. As Army Chief of Staff during WWII, he was the direct boss of both Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur, both of whom have had Biographics shows, and as US Secretary of State he was the architect of the Marshall Plan, which has had a Megaprojects video about it. He's possibly one of the most influential Americans that most of us don't really know much about!

[HeWhoComments]

Simon and his 6, 510, 728 channels provide us with so much entertainment and information ❤️

[peter-radiantpipes]

I still have an “I like Ike” voting button my grandparents kept from voting for him. My grandfather was a senior meteorologist for d-day and ww2. He had been teaching at Cal-Tech prior. My other grandfather was in the pacific. Grandmothers nurses.

[sth.]

It's easy from a modern seat to say that Eisenhower should have "pushed harder" on certain policies; but he was dealing with the mentalities and social climates that were their own beasts; we can only guess at a few of the dynamics he had to deal with, so I'd say he did a great job with the tasks he had to tackle.

[emiach]

Simon’s parents originally wanted to make him Kyle, but he was born narrating his own birth and formally requested to be called Simon because it was more dignified for his future as a historian.

[hakeemfullerton]

Andrew Jackson or Herbert Hoover would be interesting figures to do a Biographics video on

[davidyoung]

You failed to mention that D.D.E. was part of a military convoy that drove across the U.S. post-W.W. 1, and his experience with the terrible driving conditions shaped his views towards the massive highway building plans of the 1950's onward. Fun note: he specifically instructed that one out of every three miles of new interstate highways built had to be 'compass' straight, so that it could serve as an emergency landing strip for planes in case the 'Cold War' escalated into an actual war.

[old-moose]

Oddly it was Ike's desire to avoid unnecessary conflict that made him the idea Allied commander in Europe. Getting Generals of the likes of Patton, Montgomery, and de Gaulle to use the same playbook was his greatest achievement.

[shakiMiki]

His victory speech when he warned about the dangers of American politics & foreign policy being taken over by the military industrial complex, his phrase, could have changed the world was he heard.Not even Democrats talk that frankly about the damage the war mongers & their industry has done.

[ignitionfrn]

1:20 - Chapter 1 - The call of war
5:00 - Mid roll ads
6:50 - Chapter 2 - Earning his stripes
10:15 - Chapter 3 - "Ok, let's go"
13:45 - Chapter 4 - "I like Ike"
17:05 - Chapter 5 - Prosperity for all ?
20:25 - Chapter 6 - Crises & coups

[crazyeyez]

The Eisenhower Interstate Highway system project would be a great MegaProjects on it's own.

[zacharisincennes]

I never met him, but I was told that my Great Great Uncle fought in D Day. He wanted to be a sniper, but a sniper's unique advantages would've put a big target on his back. So, he stormed the beaches of Normandy as a foot soldier instead. Plus, he came home allive. My Grandmother died of COVID last year, but she told me during her life that she remembers reuniting with my Great Great Uncle at the train station at the end of the war.

[danieldimino]

Ike Eisenhower was truly just a all around good 5 star general who really cared about people

[Martin-jkng]

Severely underrated president. Also America was lucky to have him in the military when we did. One of the greatest Americans of the 20th century.