The last of four programmes
The story of a man who had to contend, as no commander before him in history, with the problem of bringing different nations together in modern warfare. And he alone had to take the agonising decision to invade Europe in the appalling weather of June 1944.
Those taking part: Dr Milton Eisenhower, Gen Alfred M. Gruenther, US Army, Maj-Gen Sir Francis de Guingand, Maj-Gen Sir Kenneth Strong, Brig Sir James Gault, Harry C. Butcher, Thor Smith
Written by Professor Stephen E. Ambrose, editor of The Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower: The War Years