Harold R. Stark
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 admirał | ||
| Data i miejsce urodzenia | 12 listopada 1880 Wilkes-Barre | |
| Data i miejsce śmierci | 20 sierpnia 1972 Waszyngton | |
| Przebieg służby | ||
| Lata służby | 1899–1946 | |
| Siły zbrojne |  United States Navy | |
| Stanowiska | Chief of Naval Operations, dowódca US Naval Forces w Europie | |
| Główne wojny i bitwy | I wojna światowa II wojna światowa | |
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Harold Rainsford Stark (ur. 12 listopada 1880 w Wilkes-Barre, zm. 20 sierpnia 1972 w Waszyngtonie)[1] – admirał amerykański.
Zarys biografii
W 1903 ukończył Akademię Marynarki Wojennej Stanów Zjednoczonych.
Jako Szef Operacji Morskich (CNO), piastował najwyższą funkcję wojskową w Marynarce Wojennej Stanów Zjednoczonych, gdy samoloty japońskie 7 grudnia 1941 zaatakowały Pearl Harbor. Wkrótce prezydent Roosevelt zdecydował się przywrócić stanowisko głównodowodzącego US Navy i powierzył je admirałowi Kingowi, a nie Starkowi, o czym przesądziła klęska w Pearl Harbor[2].
W marcu 1942 objął dowodzenie amerykańskimi siłami morskimi w Europie, które sprawował do sierpnia 1945. Ustalenia komisji śledczej w sprawie Pearl Harbor skłoniły dowódcę marynarki wojennej do wydania zakazu sprawowania przez niego stanowiska wiążącego się z dużą odpowiedzialnością. choć później uznano zakaz za zbyt surowy. Stark nie powrócił do czynnej służby.
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Przypisy
- ↑ Arlington National Cemetery Website – Harold Rainsford Stark (ang.) [dostęp 2014-03-16]
- ↑ S. Żerko, Biograficzny leksykon II wojny światowej, Poznań 2013, s. 385.
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