Cole C. Kingseed

May 23, 2024 | ausa.org | Kevin Farrell |Stephanie Hinnershitz |Cole C. Kingseed |Scott Gourley

Novel Approach to Overlord Decision-MakingThe Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower. Michel Paradis. HarperCollins. 528 pages. $35By Col. Kevin Farrell, U.S. Army retiredThis year marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings at Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, remembered since as D-Day. It is only fitting, therefore, that there is renewed interest in that landmark event.

Apr 12, 2023 | warfarehistorynetwork.com | Cole C. Kingseed

By Cole KingseedGreat commanders need great subordinates. In the campaigns in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of World War II, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was ably served by a number of extraordinary officers, including Mark W. Clark, George S. Patton Jr., and Omar Bradley. Each of Ike’s subordinates contributed mightily to Allied victory, but in the final analysis it was the unheralded Bradley who proved to be Ike’s indispensible lieutenant.