he had very, very difficult people to work for like bernard montgomery, george patton and, of course, winston churchill. churchill was, let's just say, in his face quite a bit. how did eisenhower manage to balance all of these competing egos and competing agendas and launch the most ambitious amphibious attack in the history of the world in. >> so i think it's a few things. number one, he was an incredibly humble man. he knew his talents, what he was good at, but he didn't have a big ego about it. but i think that he was able to establish this sort of diplomatic relationship within all of the other layers, all the other allied commands. churchill himself, i think his innate diplomacy really showed well during this time for him. >> you have new permanent exhibits at the eisenhower presidential library and museum, and one of the things you highlight there is directly connected to d-day. do you want to talk about that? >> we do, sure. we did a major renovation recently. it just opened to the public last fall, and we were able to sort of reimagine how we interpret d-day and eisenhower's i

he had very, very difficult people to work for like bernard. montgomery in the british military and, of course, winston churchill. and he was in england planning for the d day invasion, winston churchill was, let's just say, in his face quite a bit. how did eisenhower balance all ndthese competing egos and agens and launch the most successful amphibious attack in thean worl? >>ha he knew he -- he didn't hae a big ego. i think that he was able to establish sort of diplomatic relationships within all of the other layers, all the other allieded commands. churchill himself, i think his innate diplomacy really showed well during this time for him. >> you have a new permanent exhibit at the eisenhower presidential library and museum, and one of the things you highlight there is directly connected togh d-day. do you want to talk about that? >> we do, sure. so we did a major renovation of our exhibit galleries recently. it just opened to the public last fall, and is we were able to sortnd of reimagine how we interpret d-day and eisenhower's involvement

montgomery positioned these bombs and one of them carried 100 tons of mustard gas bombs although outlawed after world war i and the american logic we were never to use mustard gas. general montgomery had a requisition shipped to him in case the germans he was fighting would take advantage of us. 100 tons of mustard gas bombs and about 330 in the afternoon that report having 30 ships in the harbor normally when you see them lined up to unload they line up right next to the dock. it was so loaded there were 30 ships in the harbor and only one of them had this on it and when they came in they dropped the bomb on the uss john harvey which exploded. no, no, not exploded, but with 100 tons one on each side and at the end of the day 1,000 military including u.s. allies and merchant marines were killed on that first day and then the cloud of smoke rises out of this and defeats your ability to breathe. now there were a total of 17 allied ships that sunk that afternoon. eight that nothing could be recovered on them and why haven't you heard about it? because in the list of the government at the tim

montgomery, he recquitioned. and one of these ships has mustard gas bombs. general montgomery asked these be made and shipped to him in case the germans would take advantage of us. 100 tons of mustard gas. about 330 in the afternoon, look at my hands, normally when you see ships line up to unload, they normally line up right next to the dock. they docked this way, there was 40 ships in that par harbor. and when they come in, they drop a bomb on the ss john harvey that exploded. it didn't explode, it decentigrated. at the end of the day 1,000 military including allies and per kmants were killed on that first day. and it was like a bomb and it is orange in color and it is must toward gas. now there was a total of 17 allied ships that were sunk that around at 3:00 p.m. nothing could be recovered on them, and why haven't you heard about it? the wisdom of our government said it's not a good thing for people to know, their thought was probably right. but i do tell you it happened and you can find out about it today, lo

montgomery, of some fame, he requisitioned these bombs and one of them, one of these ships, the "uss john harvey" carried 100 tons of mustard gas bombs. although outlawed after world war i, we were never to use mustard gas. general montgomery requisitioned these to be made in our country and shipped to him on this ship in case the germans, who he was fighting, would take advantage of us and use germ warfare. 100 tons of mustard gas bomb. at about 3:30 in the afternoon, that port having 30 ships in the harbor, look at my hands. normally when you see ships lined up to unload, they line up right next to the dock. this harbor was so loaded they docked this way. there were 30 ships in that harbor. and only one of them had this on it. and when those german planes came in they dropped a bomb on the "uss john harvey" which exploded. no, no, not exploded. it dissin grated. at the end of the day, 1,000 military, including u.s. allies and merchant marine seamen were killed on that first day. and then a cloud of smoke rises out of this. like a fog. and it's orange in color and it's mustard gas.