As the first Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Eisenhower accepted the challenge to preserve peace at home and abroad in the Cold War era.

Only months after the news of the Soviet Union’s first satellite launch Eisenhower put the first US Satellite into orbit, setting in motion the unprecedented feats NASA continues to achieve today.

As the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces during World War II, Dwight D. Eisenhower changed the course of history by launching the D‑Day invasion of France. Go inside this pivotal moment.

Eisenhower’s landslide victory in securing the presidency placed him at the forefront of one of the most challenging eras of US history, guiding the nation and the world through dangerous and unsettling times.