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Gruenther oversaw the accession of West Germany to the Alliance in 1955. He also set up the New Approach Group, which officially shifted NATO’s strategy from a troop-based approach supported by artillery and air power, to an atomic-strike approach supported by troop movements.
General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther (March 3, 1899 – May 30, 1983) was a senior United States Army officer, Red Cross president, and bridge player. After being commissioned towards the end of World War I, he served in the army throughout the interwar period and into World War II, where he was primarily a staff officer.
31 de may. de 1983 · Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, a key officer on the Eisenhower staff in World War II who became the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Supreme Military Commander from 1953 to 1956, died of...
4. 375 views 23 minutes ago #NATOhistory #NATO #OTAN. Described by NATO’s first Secretary General Lord Ismay as "the greatest soldier-statesman I have ever known," General Alfred...
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Gruenther became a four-star general in July 1951 and served as chief of staff to Dwight D. Eisenhower then to Matthew B. Ridgway at NATO headquarters from 1951 to 1953. He was supreme Allied commander in Europe from 1953 until he retired from the Army in 1956.
Retired Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, 84, the Supreme Commander of NATO forces from 1953 to 1956 and one of the most brilliant staff officers in the history of the Army, died of pneumonia...
General Lauris Norstad (left, SACEUR 1956-1963) shaking hands with General Alfred Gruenther (right, SACEUR 1953-1956). General Lauris Norstad, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1956-1963). Paul-Henri Spaak (Belgium), the second NATO Secretary General (1957-1961).
