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The Commanders: 4: General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower

on BBC One London

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

Contributors

Interviewee:
Dr Milton Eisenhower
Interviewee:
Gen Alfred M. Gruenther
Interviewee:
Maj-Gen Sir Francis de Guingand
Interviewee:
Maj-Gen Sir Kenneth Strong
Interviewee:
Brig Sir James Gault
Interviewee:
Harry C. Butcher
Interviewee:
Thor Smith
Writer:
Professor Stephen E. Ambrose
Narrator:
Frank Gillard
Quotations from the letters of General Eisenhower read by:
David Bauer
Film Editor:
Pam Bosworth
Producer:
Patricia Meehan

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