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Eisenhower applied for the Naval Academy before being accepted to Westpoint. What if he joined the Navy, how would he have turned out?
Oddly the only Navy men of any rank who made the White House were Carter and Kennedy. (Nixon?)
Unlikely that he would have ended up as President. Most likely you would have seen MacArthur as President. Admirals don't usually make it into any high political office - two exceptions being Horthy and Donitz (but by the time they became of the leaders of their countries they were virtually without any navies). As far as I can recall only US Admirals George Dewey and James Stockdale have come close.
The contributions of the navy are frequently overlooked by the public and there are just alot more stature associated with being a general.
Okay, but what does a whole lot of these particular individuals have to do with Eisenhower being Admiral?
Okay, but what does a whole lot of these particular individuals have to do with Eisenhower being Admiral?
They were all officers in the Navy and became President.
Possibly much better. Ike would be junior to King, Edwards, & Nimitz, & probably in the same class as Lockwood, so he wouldn't get really high postings prewar, but senior to Christie, so during the war, he'd probably get the senior Sub Force job in SWP (presuming he isn't CoS to Edwards in London or something, & never heard from again...In WWII, most likely the naval war goes better then in OTL
Maybe not. Who was senior enough to get Ike's slot if he didn't? And strong-willed enough to keep both Patton & Monty on short leash? FDR wanted to hang onto Marshall, Monty was unlikely (U.S. would insist on an American), Patton was busy getting bitch-slapped at FUSAG,and the land war goes pretty much on schedule, possibly a little worse.