Dwight David 'Ike' Eisenhower ( EYE-zən-how-ər; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969),  GCB,  OM was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of Normandy in 1944–45 from the Western Front. After the war, Eisenhower reverted to his regular rank of captain and a few days later was promoted to major, a rank he held for 16 years. Under Conner's tutelage, he studied military history and theory (including Carl von Clausewitz's On War), and later cited Conner's enormous influence on his military thinking, saying in 1962 that 'Fox Conner was the ablest man I ever knew.' Conner's comment on Eisenhower was, '[He] is one of the most capable, efficient and loyal officers I have ever met.'
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