This shows how General Eisenhower was a good general. General Eisenhower was a good general because he had good strategies in war. In the article “A United Force: Eisenhower and AAF Strategy for Operation Overlord” it states that “In the lead-up to Operation Overlord, the start of the Allied liberation of Europe, Eisenhower, and other top Allied commanders knew that the Normandy landings could only be accomplished with 3 air superiority. Allied success in Normandy relied on control of the skies to protect landing troops from attacks by the Luftwaffe. For Ike– as the AEF’s Supreme Commander, this meant working with a new cast of leaders to accomplish this goal.” This quote states that General Eisenhower used Air control because Normandy relied on