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General Walter Bedell (Beetle) Smith during a celebration in his honor, June 6, 1945 Credit: Indiana Historical Society View Source. Upon his return from Europe, Smith chose to remain in the service and pursued military studies at the army’s Infantry School, the Command and General Staff College, and the Army War College, ascending to the rank of captain.
Chapter 20 - The Last Salute. CHAPTER XX. General Walter Bedell Smith. Special Full Honor Funeral. 9-14 August 1961. On 9 August 1961 General Walter Bedell Smith suffered a heart attack at his home in Washington and died in the ambulance on the way to Walter Reed General Hospital. He was sixty-five years old and had retired.
Walter Bedell Smith (Indianapolis, 5 ottobre 1895 – Washington, 9 agosto 1961) è stato un generale statunitense durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Capo di stato maggiore e principale collaboratore militare del generale Dwight Eisenhower , ebbe un ruolo importantissimo nella conduzione delle operazioni durante la campagna alleata del 1944-1945 sul Fronte occidentale .
Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith ( 5 oktober 1895 – 9 augustus 1961) was een Amerikaans militair, de chef-staf van Dwight D. Eisenhower in de Tweede Wereldoorlog, inlichtingenofficier en later ambassadeur voor de Verenigde Staten in de Sovjet-Unie . Hij was degene die eind april 1945 de besprekingen leidde in Achterveld met Arthur Seyss-Inquart ...
Despite his shortcomings, Walter Bedell Smith was just the kind of officer General Dwight David Eisenhower sorely needed to run his command staff. Smith was also the perfect choice to run interference between Ike and the British, who did not always see eye to eye on the numerous issues during the conflict. Eisenhower could be indecisive at ...
Walter Bedell Smith, pseud. Beetle (ur. 5 października 1895 w Indianapolis , zm. 9 sierpnia 1961 w Waszyngtonie ) – amerykański wojskowy i dyplomata, generał US Army , dyrektor Centrali Wywiadu , tym samym szef CIA od października 1950 do lutego 1953, ambasador USA w ZSRR od 3 kwietnia 1946 do 25 grudnia 1948.
12. Dez. 2011 · December 12, 2011. Walter Bedell Smith, known as "Beetle," first saw action in World War I, rose to become General Dwight Eisenhower's chief of staff in World War II, and ended his career as the number two in the State Department during Eisenhower's presidency. Beetle is a major contribution to the history of World War II.
