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Photo # USA C-2342:  General of the Army Eisenhower and Air Chief Marshall Tedder address the World, after Germany's surrender, 7 May 1945

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General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) --
Activities during World War II, 1941-1945


This page features selected views of General Eisenhower's wartime activities, through "V-E" Day, 7 May 1945.

For other images concerning Dwight D. Eisenhower, see:

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), 34th President of the United States (1953-1961) and General of the Army.


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    Photo #: SC 186341

    General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, British Army
    (left), and
    General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army (left center)

    Use field glasses to inspect installations around Messina, Sicily, 30 August 1943. They appear to be looking at enemy-held territory on the Italian mainland, across the Strait of Messina.
    Photographed by Longini.

    Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-58290

    General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army


    On board a British small craft, while returning from a destroyer in Naples Harbor, Italy.
    Taken by USS Biscayne (AVP-11). The photograph was received by the Navy Photo Science Laboratory on 2 March 1944.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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    Photo #: 80-G-368078

    General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army


    Inspects USS Quincy (CA-71) at Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland, 18 May 1944, shortly the Normandy Invasion. Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk is following immediately behind.
    Note Fleet Marine Force "seahorse" shoulder patch worn by the Marine at right.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 76KB; 600 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-231642

    General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army
    (left), with
    Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN (center) and
    Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo, USN

    On board USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) on 19 May 1944, during preparations for the Normandy invasion.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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    Photo #: 80-G-352914

    General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army

    (at right on the speakers' platform)

    Addresses the crew of USS Texas (BB-35), circa late May or early June 1944, just prior to the Normandy invasion.
    At the extreme left of the platform is Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, Commander Task Force 122.
    Note the 40mm twin gun mount at left.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 630 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: SC 191528

    U.S. Chiefs of Staff Visit the Normandy Beachhead, June 1944


    General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army, (lower left center) chats with (from left center to right): General Henry H. Arnold, USAAF, Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, and General George C. Marshall, U.S. Army, as they travel on board a landing craft to the coast of France to inspect the Normandy beachhead.
    Photograph is dated 14 June 1944, but was probably taken a few days earlier.

    Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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    Photo #: USA C-2337 (Color)

    Surrender of Germany, May 1945

    Senior Allied delegates celebrate at Rheims, France, on 7 May 1945, shortly after General Eisenhower had addressed the German mission, who had just signed the unconditional surrender document.
    Present are (from left to right, in front):
    General Susloparoff (Soviet Union);
    Lieutenant General Walter B. Smith, U.S. Army;
    General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army (holding pens used to sign the surrender document); and
    Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Royal Air Force.
    Behind the Soviet General is British General Morgan.

    Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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    Photo #: USA C-2342 (Color)

    Surrender of Germany, May 1945

    General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army (left); and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Royal Air Force, address the World via motion picture and sound recordings, shortly after the German mission had signed the instrument of unconditional surrender, at Rheims, France, 7 May 1945.
    Note the United States, British, U.S. General of the Army and SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) flags behind them.

    Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 84KB; 590 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     

    For other images concerning Dwight D. Eisenhower, see:

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), 34th President of the United States (1953-1961) and General of the Army.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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