Dwight D. Eisenhower: Mr. Supreme Allied Commander Goes to Washington

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Source/Further reading:
Miller Center, in-depth essay: millercenter.org/president/ei...
Britannica, in-depth: www.britannica.com/biography/...
Biography, overview: www.biography.com/us-presiden...
Politico, brief bit on the end of Ike’s life: www.politico.com/story/2018/0...
PBS, some interesting trivia: www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/char...
Some extra evaluation: historynewsnetwork.org/articl...
Operation Torch: www.history.navy.mil/browse-b...
D-Day: www.history.com/topics/world-...
Massive Retaliation: www.history.com/this-day-in-h...
Admission of Hawaii and Alaska: www.politico.com/story/2018/0...
Civil Rights: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/why-dont-...
The Little Rock Nine: www.history.com/topics/black-...
JFK desegregation address: www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...

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[@marco_ramirez23_]

Ye

[@anarchyantz1564]

Can you do some from glorious Russia such as Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya.

[@gardenrevelation9603]

How can you neglect to include Eisenhower's farewell speech? Proof yet again that your a cookie cutter historian who merely regurgitates text book talking points.

[@marco_ramirez23_]

@@gardenrevelation9603 no one cares

[@chrisbennett6236]

Our last great president.

[@ethanramos4441]

“We the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve” Dwight D. Eisenhower

[@kevinsbott]

Fatastic

[@reggiep75]

Selection, not election

[@ethanramos4441]

@@reggiep75 Nope that not what he said on the quote

[@reggiep75]

@@ethanramos4441 - The lack of quotes in my comment clearly indicates that *IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A QUOTE* but a summary of the broken system that is well known and well accepted too. The death of democracy in the US began over 125 years ago and was largely concluded in 1963 when the Corporate Dictatorship took control. The few pockets of resistance are swiftly dealt with as the plan to divide the peasants and get them to fight with each other is working to a tee, whilst the Corporates plough on and murder all in their path!

[@bazza945]

And ex president Trumpf's motto was the exact opposite.

[@popded]

How on earth did you forget one of his most famous moments: the warning of the dangers of the military-industrial complex???

[@MatchBookNotes]

Simon is ardently against anything that wiffs of conspiracy. He is convinced reality is boring.

[@EsotericSoul]

@@MatchBookNotes Not a conspiracy, it was his Jan 1960 farewell speech from the Oval Office. It’s on KZbin...

[@RichO1701e]

@@MatchBookNotes "Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence-economic, political, even spiritual-is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government... ...In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes." - Dwight Eisenhower, Jan 17th, 1961

[@rbrinks5]

@Ty On Tilt how is it anti-Semitic to just quote what Eisenhower said?

[@killmeplease3001]

@Ty On Tilt what

[@jonnnyren6245]

His infamous phone call with JFK where Kennedy was asking advice during the Cuban Missile Crisis is just legendary for me.

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

The sign of a great leader is to sit and hear the words of those far wiser and who have tread the boards before. The Military around Kennedy at the time was looking for a small war, Eisenhower let Kennedy know that that was not how the Soviets worked once attacked. It prompted Kennedy to blink and speak with Khrushchev.

[@danieldimino4622]

Hell yeah man I completely agree with you

[@youwayo]

Something like would never happen today fortunately and unfortunately.

[@sebastianguevara3615]

@@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming Soviet Dictator Nikita Khrushchev

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming Kennedy was assassinated because he lost the Cuban Missile Crisis.

[@calebwinfield1403]

Fun fact: My grandfather worked in the secret service and was his driver. He and my grandmother have pictures of them together at dinner.

[@JnixMarshel]

That's a pretty cool family story. Awesome actually.

[@calebwinfield1403]

@@JnixMarshel Thank you. I never got to meet him, unfortunately. But my mamaw (southern for grandmother) talked about him a lot before she passed.

[@crankykransky2979]

My great grandfather meanwhile was conscripted into the SD after germany took over Hungary

[@stephen_lewis]

My boss’s grandfather worked for FDR’s secret service and has pictures too

[@uncleghandi5771]

My grandfather died at Auschwitz. He got drunk and fell out of a machine gun tower.

[@SgTSmeG]

A bit disappointed that there was no mention of Eisenhower's battles with Crohn's Disease. He's one of the most famous people to have the illness.

[@patrickmcglonejr8163]

No kidding? Had no clue, having that is no joke... I know the pain very very well.

[@JnixMarshel]

I'm one of the least famous people that have it.

[@peterdagata1610]

@WondeBumbum It shows another obstacle that this person overcame and could help inspire others as well as help people with the disease feel better about having it knowing that someone admirable and revered went through the same thing.

[@ReydelCiguay]

That’s a great missed point! Never knew that. I definitely know the pain 😭

[@tallahasseepcs8329]

My wife has it. She had. Resectioning done of her intestines suffer for 10 yrs after. Finally started vaporizing marijuana and she is in remission For the last 6 or 7 years Thank GOD! I also got her to stop smoking cigs and I believe that was a factor in the illness aswell. Either helped cause it or made it severely worse

[@thegunslinger1363]

One of few Presidents who saw the horrors of war first hand. And the last real Republican President.

[@bobfg3130]

He called it the "military industrial complex" but it was and just is plain old corruption.

[@reggiep75]

Well, he would know, he actually inflicted it on German prisoners in the Rhine Camps.. *FIRST HAND!* and oversaw hundreds of thousands of deaths. He declared German soldiers as 'Disarmed Enemy Forces' to make sure that he didn't have to look after them as PoWs, under the terms of the Geneva Conventions, hence the reason hundreds of thousands died (for not having food, clothing or shelter) and not the quoted under 8,000 figure,

[@vega469]

@@reggiep75 literally everyone committed thousands of war crimes in WW2, America didn't commit very many compared to Germany, the USSR, Italy, China, or Japan, but they still committed them

[@jamesclark9479]

@@reggiep75 because they surrendered after the war was technically over.. Study your history Furthermore considering what the Germans did to the Slavs and the Jews.. they pretty much reaped what they sowed.. in fact were treated better than they should have been... and if you ask the German soldiers who they would have rather surrender to the Russians are the Americans questioned who do you think they chose?

[@warwickeng5491]

He must have spun in his grave faster than the large hadron collider already

[@AskAScreenwriter]

George C. Marshall would be another great subject for a Biographics show. As Army Chief of Staff during WWII, he was the direct boss of both Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur, both of whom have had Biographics shows, and as US Secretary of State he was the architect of the Marshall Plan, which has had a Megaprojects video about it. He's possibly one of the most influential Americans that most of us don't really know much about!

[@Ragingcap1212]

And he won a nobel prize

[@samr131]

Orson Welles called him the greatest man he ever knew.

[@jackiebinns6205]

Blah blah blah

[@braddavid902]

George Marshall would have made a great president

[@TheArtofFugue]

I feel he woulda been a great president for america. I’m a Russian and I know about him ahhaah.

[@davidyoung5114]

You failed to mention that D.D.E. was part of a military convoy that drove across the U.S. post-W.W. 1, and his experience with the terrible driving conditions shaped his views towards the massive highway building plans of the 1950's onward. Fun note: he specifically instructed that one out of every three miles of new interstate highways built had to be 'compass' straight, so that it could serve as an emergency landing strip for planes in case the 'Cold War' escalated into an actual war.

[@David-wc5zl]

Nonsense. Eisenhower did not invent the highway or introduce it to the USA. This was already an existing idea put into reality in the 1930's that everybody that mattered knew was needed.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:20 - Chapter 1 - The call of war 5:00 - Mid roll ads 6:50 - Chapter 2 - Earning his stripes 10:15 - Chapter 3 - "Ok, let's go" 13:45 - Chapter 4 - "I like Ike" 17:05 - Chapter 5 - Prosperity for all ? 20:25 - Chapter 6 - Crises & coups

[@iceberg2466]

Thank you

[@peter-radiantpipes2800]

I still have an “I like Ike” voting button my grandparents kept from voting for him. My grandfather was a senior meteorologist for d-day and ww2. He had been teaching at Cal-Tech prior. My other grandfather was in the pacific. Grandmothers nurses.

[@Rob-vy6zx]

Me too

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

Not to belittle your claim that it was your grandfather WWII efforts, but unless he was Group Captain Sir James Stagg, Commander Allied Weather Service, Europe, Atlantic and Africa. He wasn't who you claim. It was the British Meteorological Office (Met Office) that provided all the weather forecasts for Europe, North Africa, The Atlantic and Meditteranean. The staff were all Civil Servants but also assigned a Military Service if young enough pre-war. They were sent to various stations in the UK and Ireland upon war breaking out in 1939, 3 years before the US joined the war. Those too old were moved to a wartime HQ for the Met Office in Tetbury, Gloucestershire. The Royal Airforce had the infrastructure, Weather Stations, Planes. The Royal Navy provided the sitting duck weather ships to conduct the taking of measurements for the forecasting of weather in the European Theatre. RAF Squadron 518, operating from RAF Stornaway, on the Island of Lewis in Scotland, the British Islands of Bermuda, covering the western arch, Gibraltar covered the central Atlantic and Western Mediterranean. The Islands of Malta and Crete covered the centre Mediterranean/North Africa and eastern Medertterrean/Egypt, Suez & Middle East. 518 Squadron used to fly on 10-hour missions gathering data that was then reported results back to Tetbury that then worked the forecasts out for the Military and Civilian authorities. As far as Eisenhower was concerned, it was Group Captain James Stagg of the Royal Air Force, who reported to him throughout his command. Staff was his chief and the Allies Cheif Meteorologist. As for June 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th, it was Group Captain Stagg, who persuaded General Dwight D. Eisenhower to change the date of the Allied invasion of Europe in World War II, from the 5th of June to the 6th of June 1944 due to a bad storm passing over on the preferred date of 5th June.'

[@ItsMeAnn628]

I’ve got several of the metal “IKE” pins from my grandparents 😁

[@peter-radiantpipes2800]

@@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming I’ve no clue but he’s was a well known meteorologist, had a massive company as I was a young kid before retiring and was a founding father of cloud seeding and weather modification. I honestly don’t care what he did in the war… I’d be interested to know more, but I’d rather not speak to my uncle. But thank you for your valuable time, lol!

[@stephanieh.777]

It's easy from a modern seat to say that Eisenhower should have "pushed harder" on certain policies; but he was dealing with the mentalities and social climates that were their own beasts; we can only guess at a few of the dynamics he had to deal with, so I'd say he did a great job with the tasks he had to tackle.

[@Lawnmower737]

@@solaireofastora3 he was in favor of de-segregation.

[@tarikwildman]

Exactly correct.

[@Redmenace96]

Simon is gentle, but emphatic. You are correct. Too many past leaders are judged according to current attitudes, and without all the facts. Even in recent history, we don't know half the story.

[@AYVYN]

Ike explained the relationship between deficits and inflation: “When the economy is booming and the federal government concurrently is spending so heavily as to create sizable deficits, inflationary pressures are bound to build up and the cost of living can be expected to increase. This is irresponsible and practiced by only those who believe that next month’s profit and loss statement is more important than the long-term and steady growth of a free economy.” (Eisenhower, Waging Peace) When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.

[@demsandlibsareswinecancer4667]

Well only ridiculous uneducated people believe that Lyndon Baines Johnson did anything good. He is personally responsible for the 75% single motherhood rate that you see today in the black community which is what is destroying the black community by the way. Kick the man out of the house and we'll give you a check for every kid you crap onto the floor. What an amazing civil rights advancement. Keep in mind when he did this there was only a 24% single motherhood rate in the black community. So what happened? Did we get more racist after all these Decades? Of course not. Only the uneducated liberal would think that way. Everyone needs to stop championing idiots and racists that used to call their own driver the n-word. Yes I'm referring to Lyndon Baines Johnson. Sorry to break your heart.

[@old-moose]

Oddly it was Ike's desire to avoid unnecessary conflict that made him the idea Allied commander in Europe. Getting Generals of the likes of Patton, Montgomery, and de Gaulle to use the same playbook was his greatest achievement.

[@HeWhoComments]

Simon and his 6,510,728 channels provide us with so much entertainment and information ❤️

[@metamaxis]

Simon secretly is all the KZbin channels xD

[@crazyeyez1502]

The Eisenhower Interstate Highway system project would be a great MegaProjects on it's own.

[@megaprojects9649]

It's already done and in the queue for publishing!

[@crazyeyez1502]

@@megaprojects9649 awesome 👍

[@zacharisincennes8026]

I never met him, but I was told that my Great Great Uncle fought in D Day. He wanted to be a sniper, but a sniper's unique advantages would've put a big target on his back. So, he stormed the beaches of Normandy as a foot soldier instead. Plus, he came home allive. My Grandmother died of COVID last year, but she told me during her life that she remembers reuniting with my Great Great Uncle at the train station at the end of the war.

[@andreiaromanesei9270]

That is really sweet. The best feeling of a returning solider is to see his loved ones waiting for him .That's a feeling your great great uncle would never forget

[@MrTOMMYKILLS]

Every time I hear that mans name it reminds me of the ship I used to serve on CVN 69 Dwight D. Eisenhower.

[@djzrobzombie2813]

FUN FACT: When I hear his name i always think about the Germans who got her asses kicked !😎🤙

[@dandutre2272]

That is how I feel about Washington and Regan

[@ladymopar2024]

Semper Fi thank you for your service

[@MrTOMMYKILLS]

@@ladymopar2024Semper Fortis. Thank you

[@ladymopar2024]

@@MrTOMMYKILLS you are welcome

[@danieldimino4622]

Ike Eisenhower was truly just a all around good man.....a 5 star general who really cared about people

[@BasementEngineer]

Mass murderer and war criminal.

[@hakeemfullerton8645]

Andrew Jackson or Herbert Hoover would be interesting figures to do a Biographics video on

[@ihatecommunism9958]

Andrew Jackson got rid of our Central/National Bank and balanced the budget. He's the only President to ever do so. He knew the dangers of Central Banking and it's a shame that we were conned back into it by politicians..

[@CatnamedMittens]

@@ihatecommunism9958 Clinton also balanced the budget.

[@CatnamedMittens]

Both underrated.

[@ihatecommunism9958]

@@CatnamedMittens No, you have to remove a bunch of stuff, Social Security being one, to claim he balanced the budget. Unfunded liabilities are also a thing..Jackson completely balanced and we had ZERO debt..

[@ihatecommunism9958]

@@CatnamedMittens I don't think the budget was bad under him, by the way. I'm just saying that he didn't do what Andrew Jackson did, and he definitely never considered getting rid of the FED, like Jackson did..that was a big deal and we were screwed over in 1913..

[@MidnightMan5001]

It's Eisenhower who's got the power from '53 to '61!

[@Majin_Fuu]

Animaniacs?

[@Martin-jk2ng]

Severely underrated president. Also America was lucky to have him in the military when we did. One of the greatest Americans of the 20th century.

[@emiach]

Simon’s parents originally wanted to make him Kyle, but he was born narrating his own birth and formally requested to be called Simon because it was more dignified for his future as a historian.

[@theroachden6195]

I'm not sure why, but I love this comment.

[@nathanseper8738]

HAHAHAHA!

[@willhelmberkly3025]

Fun fact, Simon is not a historian, he is a propogandist as history is the objective examination of chronological events whereas Simon frequently uses his position to impose superficial moral frame works upon world events as evidenced in this particular video at 19:08 when he describes the methods used by White southerners disenfranchise non-white Americans as "dull ass tests" thus implying his very obvious bias

[@droomzy]

@@willhelmberkly3025 eh I guess you have a point about not calling him a historian but saying "propagandist" sounds solely describing Simon as if he has no objective in these videos other than to indoctrinate his own agenda upon us, which it hardly feels like. actually it doesn't feel like he is at all. how about we split the title of his occupation down the middle & just call him a documentarian or a biographer 🧐😁

[@willhelmberkly3025]

@@droomzy I consider the invasion of the USSR by the Germans and her allies as a policing action necessary to stymy the spread of international communism. Am I still allowed to be called a documentarian of biographer or am I a propogandist?

[@shakiMiki]

His victory speech when he warned about the dangers of American politics & foreign policy being taken over by the military industrial complex, his phrase, could have changed the world was he heard.Not even Democrats talk that frankly about the damage the war mongers & their industry has done.

[@thunderbird1921]

That's because the Democrats AND Republicans are on the MIC payroll. They're literally bribed to support them and half the other major megacorps. Eisenhower would despise both parties today.

[@RichO1701e]

@C I A nope, fact. Endless wars against made up and/or exagerted boogeyman enemies that need American "democracy". America goes to war at the behest of corporate greed. Facts.

[@oregongaper]

That was his farewell address in 1961

[@johnforet216]

It was not his victory speech, it was his farewell address where he warned of the dangers of the "Military Industrial Complex" (Plowshares to swords) and the influence it brings. He was my first and still remains my greatest hero. I was born in 1950. He was the most respected American President (to the World) when elected and remained so until he left office!

[@nocoastds3067]

He was born in TX. His parents moved him to Kansas when he was 3 weeks old. He was a boy from Kansas!

[@JamesSmith-rh4is]

Eisenhower was from Abeline.

[@victormontes7007]

KANSAS KANSAS KANSAS

[@lacyLor]

I was a little triggered by that too. 😂 You don’t tell Kansans that Eisenhower was from Texas. He’s the only president we’ve got.

[@MegaMecoso]

I live in Dallas and was passing thru Denison , Tx a few months ago. I saw that he was born there and thought o cool another Texas president. After I read his Wikipedia bio I said oh he's not from Texas.

[@tex0416]

If you're born in texas youre a Texan! Geography after birth be damned!

[@avatarmikephantom153]

Most underrated president.

[@hoangho6781]

I would put Calvin on that list and Dwight is not that underrated

[@avatarmikephantom153]

@@hoangho6781 I agree Calvin is very underrated, and I would put him as the second best president. But as for IKE, I think his legacy gets misunderstood, and ultimately for a stable 2 term republican president, he’s almost never mentioned in republican politics, or just modern politics altogether.

[@animeWORLDuser]

You should also do one on his boss George C Marshall: Army chief of Staff, secretary of state, secretary of defense, President of the red cross, architect of the Marshall.

[@aubreychaparral32]

"God damn D-DAY!" That got me 😂

[@franciscobuenrostro3891]

Can’t wait to see a video on Calvin Coolidge

[@abrahamkline8812]

Yes, Calvin Coolidge would be a great video

[@rhynosouris710]

I second the proposal!

[@randolphhaddock4635]

Third

[@Master_Yoda1990]

Thanks for including Eisenhower’s civil rights policies, not many people talk about it, they pretty much focus on the warfare and foreign policies. Great video as always.

[@tsilb]

Simon's editors always make it super easy to see how far to shuttle forward to skip the sponsor ads, and we all appreciate that.

[@pamelamays4186]

I was born towards the end of the Eisenhower era. My parents, however, grew up during the Eisenhower era, including his war years.

[@Superbatmanbro]

So you were born in 1940

[@scottbrazier8764]

Been waiting/expecting /hoping for this one! Well done and thank you!

[@kathgibbs2881]

Video suggestions: Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator Henry VIII: The Tudor Tyrant Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen

[@TWE_2000]

Can you please do the Allen Brothers, Allen Dulles who was Eisenhower's CIA Director, and John Foster Dulles, was the Secretary of State during the Eisenhower Administration

[@marco_ramirez23_]

Sftu

[@the10thfloor37]

Bro stop with all of these comments!

[@theoutlook55]

YES!!! Please.

[@joeyshofner639]

They are the ones who killed Kennedy, right?

[@bluejay4214]

Greatness sometimes comes from the most unexpected places

[@michaelsadams524]

I have only just discovered your channel, although you have been here for awhile. I am glad I discovered you. I have only seen a few of your presidential biographies, including this one of Eisenhower. I can say that I love each biography you have given. I have a deep love for my country, so I appreciate American History very much. Your look at our history under our presidents is truly captivating. Thank You.

[@chrisherman7531]

My Dad was in the Metiorological Unit that was in charge of the forecast for D-day.

[@calvincoolidge3406]

Where’s my Biographics, Simon

[@cb41503]

You got it my friend

[@In_TheMoonlight]

My dad was a kid when Eisenhower was president and has been fond of him his entire life. It's very nice to finally learn an in-depth history of him.

[@rbrinks5]

I get so excited to see a new video from you Simon. Great work as always.

[@anarchyantz1564]

Can you do one on Joe Medicine Crow. He was a Native American writer, historian and war chief of the Crow Nation and the last Plains Indian war chief, which he managed to achieve while serving in WWII completing all four tasks required to become a war chief: touching an enemy without killing him (counting coup), taking an enemy's weapon, leading a successful war party, and stealing an enemy's horse and this is only part of this True Native American Badass.

[@davidfitzpatrick4254]

Interesting fact about D-day here. It actually got delayed twice due to weather and then the allies were just like "F it! Let's go!"

[@theoutlook55]

Actually no, the Allies did Not act impetuously. They lucked out with a favorable weather report that said the storms would disappate in 2(?) days, making it (albeit not ideal) good conditions for the Invasion. I get where you're coming from though.

[@davidfitzpatrick4254]

@@theoutlook55 Hey if u seen saving private ryan which starts off at d day them waves and storms were still going on. But you're right as they were not as sever as they had been.

[@sherlockgnomes8971]

@@davidfitzpatrick4254 ah yes, Saving Private Ryan; the extremely accurate war film 🤣🤣🤣

[@davidfitzpatrick4254]

@@sherlockgnomes8971 Really? Cause I had multiple WW2 vets in HS tell me that saving Private Ryan's OPENING scene of the beaches of Normandy were extremely accurate. The rest of the movie they did said was pretty trash though.

[@jimpatterson1111]

One of the running jokes during his presidency was “The bland leading the bland.” Oh to live in and have bland times...

[@ageeau]

Another fascinating video! Thanks for your work!

[@troylowe814]

Simon, I just recently stumbled over your KZbin page. It is very well done, I appreciate the hard work and thoughtfulness that has obviously went into it. Subscribed, and thank you.

[@GrayNeko]

"Ike, he doesn't make the weather, he just talks about it." - General Omar Bradley. "Well tell him to say nicer things!" - Ike. -From the Movie 'Ike'.

[@MadDog6945]

I’ve met and/or known 5 or 6 generals, from 1 star to 4. They all had one thing in common- they were extremely affable. You couldn’t help but like them all. It is truly the likability factor that separates the officers who max out at colonel from the General officers. Is that a good thing? Probably not, but being nice to everyone can get you far in life.

[@Redmenace96]

Great comment.

[@lexdad1193]

Thank you for your tireless efforts. Kudos.

[@cliffordnewell2445]

Great video. Thanks Simon.

[@montyollie]

I know it's hard to fit a lot in, but you missed a golden opportunity to touch on his "military industrial complex" speech upon his leaving office. So so so powerful and prophetic.

[@RichO1701e]

Yep, I agree, "Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence-economic, political, even spiritual-is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government... ...In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes." - Dwight Eisenhower, Jan 17th, 1961

[@sirbader1]

He warned us. We didn't listen. JFK tried, and, well....we know how that went.

[@theroachden6195]

Tell me, what did he ACTUALLY mean by that statement? What did he mean and not you all THINK it means?

[@RichO1701e]

@@theroachden6195 why don't you tell us what YOU think it means, rather than what we know what it means.

[@avatarmikephantom153]

After finishing the video, I’m disappointed you didn’t talk about his cross country convoy, his start up of NASA and DARPA, or the farewell address regarding the MIC.

[@thunderbird1921]

Unbelievable how little his presidency is talked about today. He blew all our modern ones out of the water.

[@BudFunOne]

Great piece! Thank you

[@Babebubby]

That was actually good! Thank you for sharing!

[@thomasmedford988]

Sadly you did not mention Ike's address concerning the military industrial complex.

[@RichO1701e]

Yep, I agree "Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence-economic, political, even spiritual-is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government... ...In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes." - Dwight Eisenhower, Jan 17th, 1961

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

Wise man. He foresaw something people around the world can see and it affects the US to its pores. Had Johnson took heed, he wouldn't have seen the birth of the state within a state that exists today. I am far from being a Trump admirer, he did resist this lobby, something no President since Kennedy had done. He simply didn't need their money to get elected. That status quo will hopefully not return under any President soon. The US needs to invest in its infrastructure, I was shocked at just how bad some places had got when I last visited.

[@Laughing4life4421]

The world needs a leader of this man character. Love the video bio

[@Nitero_]

Fantastic as always.

[@maxmorgan4879]

I’ve been waiting for this video for 6 months. Thank you!!

[@nathanielleack4842]

Ever since Truman Ive been so excited for Eisenhower!

[@octaviomoreno3542]

I know it's a very long bio, but would've loved it if you had covered his warning against the military industrial complex.

[@RichO1701e]

"Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence-economic, political, even spiritual-is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government... ...In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes." - Dwight Eisenhower, Jan 17th, 1961

[@girlfriday1299]

Well done! Great video!

[@valmid5069]

*Many can say that it is pretty great to see Robin Williams performing him and Teddy Roosevelt as well*

[@moose2577]

Definitely should do a Megaprojects video on the Interstate Highway System!

[@Ragingcap1212]

Your wish is granted

[@Rob-vy6zx]

You guys missed his cross country logistics exploration that gave the us the impetus to build a national highway system and later the interstate highway system which is named after him.

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

Nope, you are 20 years foo late. That was all started under FDR with his New Deal. He drew three lines East to West, three lines South to North and let your Bureau of Public Roads get on with it. Shocked that even I, a Brit knew that!

[@Rob-vy6zx]

@@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming Eisenhower was involved with The Transcontinental Motor Truck Convoy in 1919. Then as President, Eisenhower urged Congress in 1956 to create the Interstate highway system as a national priority, with 90 percent of the funding coming from the federal government.

[@paul20g20]

In one of my highschool years, during a classroom "choose a historical figure" and make an 'x' page paper report on chosen historical figure(there was a decent sized list to choose from) and Mr. Eisenhower was the pick I would do a research about. We had no real reliable source on the internet, rather it was difficult to find as we strictly could not rely on Wikipedia! I completed my report with a B- because of some minor things like some grammar that slipped by, the formatting, etc. My research brought me great respect for Eisenhower. My biggest "wow!" moment was finding out about his project to create a state-connected highway. The fact he tested their current road system and took him weeks to go east to west and began the Interstate project. A huge chunk of people have zero clue why our current road system is as, or when it was created! I heard a whole lot claiming the Chinese built the roads as slaves! They had no clue the Chinese actually did work on the railroad, as work with pay but so minimal and almost non-existant(scammed!)

[@BasementEngineer]

Eisenhower copied the Autobahn that was built in Germany during the 1930's. You can find videos of its construction here on KZbin. Hitler Highway would be an accurate description. Eisenhower was also a war criminal and mass murderer in the true sense of the word. The Rhine Meadows Camps were run on his orders. Google it.

[@showmemojo4784]

Good job I was hoping to hear a little bit more about the interstate system but but my respect from definitely went up

[@AiyaEaerendil]

I would like to see a video on George Marshall, who lay a lot of foundations for both the US and Europe before, during and after WW2.

[@presidentaiden1075]

you should do Calvin Coolige Americas most forgotten president

[@jaytrace1006]

Coolidge was a good one!

[@presidentaiden1075]

@Jay Trace i would rank him number 7 he was really good!

[@melissajackson79]

One of your very best videos. Good job

[@TheTrainspotterFromTauranga]

Perhaps this would be a good opportunity to mention that there was a British steam locomotive named after Eisenhower; LNER Class A4 No. 4496, which became 60008 under British Railways. That engine is now on display at a museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

[@jamesc.murray5932]

Simon, you and your writer sure favor a liberal view of things, especially politically.: To me, Ike was a great man. Everyone loved him, and no doubt he had the common touch. For his day, a Moderate Republican. And, though positive social change can be slow, it may be that is change's nature, and Ike never thwarted it. I think as I have gotten older I have come to realize that politics, especially, is an imperfect game, at best. If a leader dedicated to a cause can get even half of what he wants accomplished, he has done a good, if not great job. I think this is even more true, today, and I think Ike accomplished the possible, for his time. And though true that Ike performed in the lower one third of his graduating class at West Point, he still was an excellent writer, communicator, and he was completely literate, for he loved the verbal arts. (West Point, at the time, had a more technical curriculum, and a man prone toward being an English major had no place for intellectual recognition at West Point, for that type of gift.) As well, Ike played football for Army against the great Jim Thorpe, and suffered a leg/knee injury that he had to live with for the rest of his life, being crushed by one of the greatest athletes who ever lived. In my opinion and in-short, the very likeable, plain Midwestern boy from Abilene, Kansas was simply great.

[@jamesc.murray5932]

@WondeBumbum Eisenhower's Administration/a Cabinet member he selected may have had something to do with where we as a Nation mined uranium, along with the ultimate decision being confirmed by the Federal legislature either directly or indirectly (through funding), most likely for our National Security, at the time. But the man himself directly most likely had nothing to do with the decision, either bad or good, alone. (It is too easy to place the blame on only one person, though Eisenhower was possibly the President at the time, when such a vast decision was really made by very large bureaucracies and many, many people at the time, involved in government. Let alone a possible tribal decision made on sovereign land, for employment opportunities, funding, or the like.) Also, if the actual work resulting in a poisonous environment on Navajo land was only due to Federal Government work (or sponsored work) done only during the 1952 through 1960 period of American history (or not) is something, at least I would have to verify. (If before 1952, Truman was President, and after 1959, Kennedy was President, both Democrats.) Also, if all safety measures known at the time were taken, but were not effective, the resulting water poisoning of that area of the Navajo Nation was probably more of an accident, than intentional.

[@jamesc.murray5932]

@WondeBumbum I am speaking about a complicated issue that I am generally knowledgeable about. Or, at least knowledgeable enough to know that your overall problem on tribal land is not due to just one man, and his past actions. You yourself refer to it as a governmental problem that has lasted for decades, in your last reply. And no President in modern United States history has served alone, for so long. (FDR only comes close being elected to four terms in office, one of which he died at the beginning of the fourth term, taken-over by Truman.) I "open my mouth" about things I know about, and not over emotional issues that you draw from. And, I am sure throughout the years the Navajo Nation has taken-up the issue with the Federal Government, and most likely with the Supreme Court of the United States, if true legal action could be taken in the past. It is with that Court that your treaty is kept between your Nation as sovereign land and the United States of America, as assigned by The Constitution of the United States. That is where you will find satisfaction in solving your water problem, if any solution can be found, and not with me, complaining that I am not "emotional" enough about the issue, though I am truly sympathetic about your predicament.

[@Speckadactyl]

I’ve been to the Eisenhower museum where he spent most of his childhood in Kansas, they allow you to tour his house and on the property there’s also an excellent WWII museum to walk through. I can honestly say it’s one of the few interesting things to see in my state

[@Speckadactyl]

@WondeBumbum lol he’s not a saint, but there’s far worse presidents than Eisenhower. If you want a terrible president’s grave to spit on Reagan and Buchanan work pretty well

[@johnwaggoner8739]

You forgot about the biggest ball of twine

[@sebastianguevara3615]

@@Speckadactyl Shut Up!!!!!!!!!! Communist Pig!!!!!!!!!! Stop Spreading False Information!!!!!!!!!! Dwight Eisenhower Was A Great President And A Great Leader!!!!!! He Was A Saint Period!!!!!! Ronald Reagan Was A Great President And A Great Leader!!!!!! As Well As Trump Was A Great President And A Great Leader!!!!!!!! Trump 2024!!!!!!! Keep America Great!!!!!!! Save America!!!!!!

[@Speckadactyl]

@@sebastianguevara3615 lol you either sound like a 10 year old growing up in a Republican family or you’re a middle aged Neanderthal who has spent his life believing every lie his party shoved down his throat. Which is it?

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@multiyapples]

Very informative.

[@mpersad]

An extraordinary life, both in the military and politics. It's also worth remembering that in his Farewell Adress to the Nation in 1961 Ike drew attention to the potential of misplaced power occasioned by the rise of the "military-industrial complex". As summarised in the Wiki reference he said ".... The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist." The incredible costs and documented corruption in that complex show the prescience of this thought. Terrific video, as always.

[@pereraddison932]

... Mark, Ike not presiant. Predictive Programme Propaganda Proslitizer Profiteering's all about getting being staying JUST one step ahead is thee only rule of power-!!!

[@mpersad]

@@pereraddison932 I don't agree.

[@pereraddison932]

@@mpersad ... Then... God Bless Everyone, Bless Everything, Always, Amen For the guarantee of a balanced equation is assured when it's all Top-Down Bottom-Up Highest-Order Preditor-Prey, hey-!!!

[@sebastianguevara3615]

@@pereraddison932 Shut Up!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Communist Pig!!!!!!!!!! Stop Spreading False Information And Malicious Anti-American Propaganda!!!!!!! There's Nothing Wrong With Making Profit We're A Capitalist Country With A Free Market Economy Not A Socialist Nor Communist Country Stop Spreading False Information And Communist Propaganda!!!!!!!

[@piperpete89]

Hey guys, would love a video on Lieutenant Colonel Anthony B Herbert. Only just starting to hear his story and the amount of frontline combat he not only survived but excelled in is unreal.

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@paulmiller6647]

Fascinating individual and great man beyond words.

[@jimmorrison7102]

He had a bad knee from tackling Jim Thorpe in football.

[@MPYarnall]

Probably the highest ranking warrior ever to NEVER see combat in his career...

[@Ashannon888]

Yeah, they generally like to keep the really high ranking guys off the front lines. Nothing like a stray bomb or bullet to really mess with the chain of command.

[@Rob-vy6zx]

Well considering he a 5 star and that rank has since been retired and the last one died in 1981, yeah probably. Although the rank was retired 5 star officers could technically never retire. So even after Eisenhower was president he was often referred to as general. You can hear this if you listen to Kennedy's calls with him during the cuban missile crisis.

[@MPYarnall]

@@Ashannon888 Meaning he NEVER saw combat, even when he was just an ordinary Lt, or Captain.

[@MPYarnall]

@@Rob-vy6zx What does that to do with anything I said?

[@Rob-vy6zx]

@@MPYarnall You said he was the highest ranking and I was explaining why that was unlikely to change since he reached a rank that is no longer available.

[@Lazbotable]

I've been waiting for this one

[@bidensniffed.myballs6894]

my man Simon, you know more about my country then i do, i love your videos and listen to them daily while working

[@beerybill]

I was a college student when Ike ran for a second term. My major required a speech class and it turned out to be "taught" by the department chair. From the first day he delved into politics as a Stevenson supporter. Nobody in the class was political but took advantage of the liberal prof to agitate and avoid giving speeches. I recall the day when the prof was seriously annoyed because everyone showed up wearing I Like Ike buttons. The prof sure was down in the dumps after the election and missed several classes after. Those absences, we later learned, were the result of him being an alcoholic.

[@San_Deep2501]

Next: (The list of presidents that aren't covered yet) Herbert Hoover Calvin Coolidge Warren Harding Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft William McKinley Grover Cleveland (He's a great man, do this please) Benjamin Harrison Chester Arthur(Nah, no one cares about him) James Garfield Rutherford Hayes James Buchanan Franklin Pierce Millard Fillmore Zachary Taylor James Polk (He's a great man and great president as well) John Tyler William Harrison Martin Van Buren Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams Thomas Monroe James Madison Thomas Jefferson(I think he's already covered) John Adams My personal request: Speaker of the House Henry Clay. He had a long and interesting career in politics, got involved in few scandals as well and ran for president like a hundred times. Waiting for his biographic.

[@theoutlook55]

I strongly agree with Henry Clay, the great compromiser who, perhaps because of that, did not live on that strongly in the collective memory of today's Americans. Separately, James Polk a great president?!? I know he greatly expanded the US territory and what have you but the guy was an imperialist and likely racist, I know it was not uncommon for the time, but still.

[@Iamtheliquor]

How about doing other world leaders? Theres been more than enough US presidents so far

[@piusx8317]

@@theoutlook55 Who cares if he was a racist? Most men of his generation were so get over it

[@piusx8317]

@@Iamtheliquor Because no one cares about other leaders.

[@Iamtheliquor]

@@piusx8317 no one cares about US presidents either

[@cwfnc1]

I had been thinking about buying Manscaped's products and getting a discount and supporting this channel just sealed the deal for me. That being said, I would love to see a Biographics video on Robert Moses of New York.

[@door1754]

Been waiting. 😁

[@ramal5708]

The thing is during his military service he was more of a diplomatic General with political power rather than normal generals who excels in commanding troops and strategy

[@SandfordSmythe]

His job

[@seanbrazell6147]

The sheer absurd unlikelyness of Johnson being the great civil rights champion leaves me bemused every time I think about it.

[@Lawnmower737]

@F B I Johnson was a big racist, the only reason why he signed it was because he pretty much had to or else his popularity would plummet beyond belief.

[@Lawnmower737]

@F B I before he was President, multiple times he voted in against de-segregation.

[@mzmscoyote]

Eisenhower is the first president I remember and the first president I criticized. I was about 10 when I asked my mother why the president never did anything. To her credit Mother gave me a satisfying answer and in an backwards way agreed with me that the president never did anything. She said, “we have been through the Great Depression and WWII. Maybe the president knows we need a rest.”

[@markstott6689]

Thank you Simon. I asked for this months ago. My favourite American ever. Also my favourite US President. Aided by reading Stephen Ambrose's biography of Ike twenty years ago. He was a the right man at the right time. History is rarely so kind or co-operative.

[@David-wc5zl]

Nonsense. He enabled the Nixon Right, set up Vietnam for failure, did nothing about McCarthyism & fueled both Communism and the rise of Jihadism.

[@peter-radiantpipes2800]

Love to see one on Ike vs. MacArthur

[@Superbatmanbro]

🤣🎉

[@ramal5708]

Same man who warns the American people about the dangers of Military Industrial Complex during his farewell speech

[@clumeroo]

Please keep up the president videos, I notice there have been a few recently and it's really got me fascinated by the topic

[@jefframsay8399]

No reference to his farewell address warning of the potential danger of an unrestrained "military-industrial complex ?

[@zakcash7337]

Was waiting on it also

[@maxschaeffner9005]

Great video, although you left out how even though he loathed Senator McCarthy and his Un-American Activities Committee and had staffers urging him to step in, he avoided taking action to prevent McCarthy from getting a bigger stage in a fight with the president.

[@Redmenace96]

Although it is ambiguous history, think you interpret the most likely scenario. If you call out a worm like McCarthy, there is a chance he can win, and it is 100% that he will get more attention and followers. Ike chose prudence.

[@red-stapler574]

The military industrial complex speech also included warnings about an emerging technocratic society. "...in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite."

[@stephd2607]

I went to Eisenhower Elementary School at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. We lived right across from the CGSC on Wint Ave. This was the late 80’s.

[@nicholascorbett1256]

Simon...you totally forgot his continuing efforts to keep us out of the military industrial complex. An that he was reluctant to have the American people sucked into continued conflict. Great video. But I think that you could have made this video more detailed like you did Augustus.

[@VegetableMigraine]

His mother wasn't a Mennonite, she was an International Bible Student.

[@egggge4752]

Eisenhower: what if we just dont feed POWs wouldnt that be funny?

[@tylerhewitt1204]

Thank you