Walter Bedell Smith

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Director of Central Intelligence United States Army general diplomat human

Walter Bedell Smith was a U.S. Army general and senior military diplomat who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s chief of staff during World War II and later as Director of Central Intelligence.

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Label	Occurrences
Walter Bedell Smith canonical	9
General Walter Bedell Smith	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Director of Central Intelligence ⓘ United States Army general ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived	Bronze Star Medal ⓘ Croix de Guerre ⓘ Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ surface form: Distinguished Service Medal (United States Army) Legion of Merit ⓘ Order of the Bath ⓘ Order of the British Empire ⓘ Order of the Crown of Italy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
employer	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Department of State ⓘ
familyName	Smith ⓘ
fieldOfWork	diplomacy ⓘ intelligence ⓘ military strategy ⓘ
givenName	Walter ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
middleName	Bedell ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
notableFor	reorganizing and strengthening the Central Intelligence Agency in the early Cold War period ⓘ serving as Eisenhower’s chief of staff in the European Theater during World War II ⓘ serving as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union after World War II ⓘ
notableWork	Allied High Command ⓘ surface form: Allied staff planning for Operation Overlord Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ surface form: Organization of Allied headquarters in the European Theater in World War II
participantIn	Cold War diplomacy ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian campaign of World War II North African campaign ⓘ Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front (World War II) World War II ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Dwight D. Eisenhower) ⓘ Director of Central Intelligence ⓘ United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workedWith	Allen Dulles ⓘ surface form: Allen W. Dulles Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ George C. Marshall ⓘ President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman Joseph Stalin ⓘ Winston Churchill ⓘ

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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → notableCommander → Walter Bedell Smith ⓘ

German Instrument of Surrender → signedByForAllies → Walter Bedell Smith ⓘ

Allen Dulles → replaced → Walter Bedell Smith ⓘ

Lycée Roosevelt surrender signing site → surrenderAcceptedBy → Walter Bedell Smith ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Walter Bedell Smith

Bedell → isMiddleNameOf → Walter Bedell Smith ⓘ

Bedell → usedBy → Walter Bedell Smith ⓘ

Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Dwight D. Eisenhower) → notableHolder → Walter Bedell Smith ⓘ

armistice of Cassibile → signedByRepresentativeOfAllies → Walter Bedell Smith ⓘ

subject surface form: Armistice of Cassibile

Reims surrender signing site → acceptedBy → Walter Bedell Smith ⓘ

Allied headquarters in Reims → surrenderSignedBy → Walter Bedell Smith ⓘ