Dwight D. Eisenhower (History Maker Bios Series)

True of False? Dwight D. Eisenhower led the attack that helped end World War II.

True! Germany surrendered after Eisenhower led armies from nineteen countries in an attack on German troops in France.

• As president, he created the interstate highway system so that people could travel more quickly and easily.
• Eisenhower was willing to fight for freedom, but he believed in peace. He negotiated a peaceful end to the Korean War.
• He also sent soldiers to protect black children who were trying to go to an all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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