When the U.S. entered World War II as a belligerent, its army ranked 17th in the world in terms of capability. In May 1942, Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall plucked a hitherto obscure Corps of Engineers officer from his duties and put him in charge of all Army sustainment operations in what would […]
Join Dr. Harry Laver for an exploration of a man that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower referred to as “one of the few great military leaders of our time.” Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder of the Royal Air Force served as Eisenhower’s deputy supreme commander for the June 1944 Overlord campaign in Normandy, and then on […]
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