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General Eisenhower addresses occupied Europe following the D-Day landings.

Eisenhower speech after D-Day

General Dwight D Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) was the Supreme Commander of Allied forces during the campaign following D-Day. Following the war he went on to become President of the United States of America, serving two terms between 1953 - 1961.

Here he broadcasts to the people of Western Europe in a statement prepared for D-Day. For many of those people of Western Europe a difficult struggle still remained...

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