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Walter Bedell Smith. Actor: To Hell and Back. As a brigadier general, Walter Bedell Smith was chief of staff in Europe to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II, and he was the man who negotiated first the surrender of Italy and then of Germany.
LT. GENERAL WALTER BEDELL SMITH. Lieutenant General Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith (5 October 1895 - August 1961) was a senior U.S. Army general who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower's chief- of-staff at Allied Forces Headquarters during the Tunisia Campaign and the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943.
6 de fev. de 2011 · D.K.R. Crosswell recalls the life of American General Walter Bedell Smith (1895-1961). General Smith, Dwight Eisenhower’s chief of staff from 1942 to 1945, served in the military for over forty ...
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Há 5 dias · Now, Germany had been defeated and Lieutenant Walter “Beetle” Smith had helped orchestrate its surrender. Arlington National Cemetery honors his leadership in making VE day possible. General Smith's grave marker in Section 7 TO LEARN MORE. D.K.R. Crosswell, “Beetle: The Life of Walter Bedell Smith.” (University of Kentucky Press, 2010)
1 de jan. de 2010 · In Beetle: The Life of General Walter Bedell Smith, D. K. R. Crosswell offers the first full-length biography of the general, including insights into his close relationships with Marshall and Eisenhower. Meticulously researched and long overdue, Beetle sheds new light on Eisenhower as supreme commander and the campaigns in North Africa, Italy ...
1 de nov. de 2010 · General Walter Bedell Smith began his public service career of more than forty years at age sixteen, when he joined the Indiana National Guard. His bulldog tenacity earned him an opportunity to work with General George C. Marshall in 1941, playing an essential role in formation of the Combined and Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 5, 1895, Walter Bedell Smith graduated from various military schools before graduating from Army War College in 1937. He was an army officer from 1910 to 1945, becoming major general in 1945 and later, general.
