William Daniel Leahy Quotes


Pathetic


Context

France with the largest Army in the world, did not even hold out against the Germans as long as tiny Norway had done. The military under the Vichy collaborationist government was even worse as many of the few true patriots had gone underground to form a French “resistance.”


Citations

William Daniel Leahy, 1875-1959, Navy Admiral & Chief of Staff to FDR, Description of the French Prime Minister of the Vichy Government and the French Military, 1942

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William Daniel Leahy
William Daniel Leahy
  • Born: May 6, 1875
  • Died: July 20, 1959
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Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy was an American naval officer who served as the senior-most United States military officer on active duty during World War II. He held multiple titles and was at the center of all major military decisions the United States made in World War II.