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Eisenhower tasked with leading NATO defense in Europe
Washington reports Eisenhower to head SHAPE as supreme Allied commander with broad powers over NATO, with oversight of western European forces, training, organization, and equipment. Plans aim for 60 divisions by 1953, production standardization, and a new NATO Defense Production Board to speed rearmament.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Moscow
Stalin
W. Stuart Symington
Air Force
Clark Clifford
White House
Eisenhower
Europe
Supreme Headquarters
Symington and
Clark
Uncle Joe
Harvard
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Germany
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lteral
Brussels
NATO
Lord Montgomery
Fontainbleau
Generalhower
Western Europe
France
United States
United Kingdom
NATO Defense Production Board
DPB