so eisenhower's left is general du gaulle immediate commander.hese men on the morning of august 22nd as the truce was falling apart with paris, had a discussion and data made a determination in the conditions in paris were such they could not bypass the city. eisenhower sent word to the combined chiefs of staff, the senior british commanders, informing them of this decision. to eisenhower's credit, he couched this message to the chiefs of staff that precluded debate, that precluded counter orders coming down saying you're not going into fires. what he said in essence, if we bypass paris the germans have sufficient combat power to continually threaten our frank our flanks and rear. if the germans evacuate paris, without a fight, it's hours anyway. what eisenhower did he made the decision to move into paris militarily based decision rather than one made on political considerations. eisenhower had already given approval for the man in the center of this photograph. general phillip leclerc. the commander of the second french armored division, to be t

from the arc du triomphe through the champs elysee through the place de la concord and scores of other military and civilian officials and eisenhower did this, one, to show support for de gaullend secondly to remind parisians that the united states played a pretty significant role in the liberation of their city, as well. b@r(t&háhp &hc% well, when eisenhower and another photograph of the 28th division and there is quite an impressive sight and you can google this and see it easily. when eisenhower visited paris just the day after de gaulle's parade, first thing they did was to call on de gaulle's war ministry and this was by eisenhower to show support to acknowledge him as the legitimate leader and the provisional president of the republic of france and eisenhower wrote later his motivations for this. he said he wanted to show the people my support for de gaulle and that i believed de gaulle was the boss of france, and he said that's the effect i wanted and that's the effect that i got. eisenhower also told de gaulle on that visit that he was going to establish his military headquarters on the outskirts of paris and not on the city. another gesture and support of de gaulle b