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William Daniel
Leahy (6 Mei 1875 – 20 Juli 1959) adalah seorang pimpinan angkatan udara Amerika yang menjabat sebagai pimpinan militer Amerika Serikat paling senior yang aktif selama Perang Dunia II.
Kehidupan awal
Berasal dari keluarga Irlandia-Amerika,
Leahy lahir di Hampton, Iowa, dan pindah dengan orangtuanya ke Ashland, Wisconsin ketika masa kanak-kanak.
Referensi
Bacaan tambahan
Adams, Henry H. Witness to Power: The Life of Fleet Admiral
William D.
Leahy (Naval Institute Press, 1985) 348 pp. the standard scholarly biography
Borneman, Walter "The Admirals: The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea" (Little, Brown, 2012)
Hayes, Grace P. The history of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in World War II (1982) 964 pages
Langer,
William L. Our Vichy gamble (1947)
Pranala luar
William D.
Leahy Official Website (with photo and newsreel archive) Diarsipkan 2014-03-23 di Wayback Machine.
Navy Historical Center Diarsipkan 2012-10-17 di Wayback Machine.
Naval War College Guide to Archives, Manuscripts -2001 Diarsipkan 2005-12-30 di Wayback Machine.
Leahy,
William D. Library of Congress Archives Diarsipkan 2006-12-08 di Wayback Machine.: Papers, 1897-1959 (8,000 items)
Paradoxes of Naval History: Witness to Power: The Life of Fleet Admiral
William D.
Leahy
President Roosevelt to the Appointed Ambassador to France (
Leahy) on December 20, 1940
Chronology regarding Truman and the A-bomb: Diarsipkan 2007-11-17 di Wayback Machine. From 8/2/45 - 8/10/45 with Smyth report on atomic bomb (August 6, 1951)
US Navy Historic Center biography of
William Leahy Diarsipkan 2008-06-28 di Wayback Machine.
arlingtoncemetery.net: Biography of
William D.
Leahy Diarsipkan 2021-01-30 di Wayback Machine.
Annotated bibliography for
William D.
Leahy from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues Diarsipkan 2006-08-28 di Wayback Machine.
The Last Salute: Civil and Military Funeral, 1921-1969, CHAPTER XVII, Former Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Admiral
William D.
Leahy, Special Military Funeral, 20-23 July 1959 Diarsipkan 2019-05-22 di Wayback Machine. by B. C. Mossman and M. W. Stark. United States Army Center of Military History.