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Douglas MacArthur - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com
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Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) was an American general who commanded the Southwest Pacific in World War II (1939-1945), oversaw the successful Allied occupation of postwar Japan and led United Nations forces in the Korean War (1950-1953). A larger-than-life, controversial figure, MacArthur was talented, outspoken and, in the eyes of many, egotistical. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1903 and helped lead the 42nd Division in France during World War I (1914-1918). He went on to serve as superintendent of West Point, chief of staff of the Army and field marshal of the Philippines, where he helped organize a military. During World War II, he famously returned to liberate the Philippines in 1944 after it had fallen to the Japanese. MacArthur led United Nations forces during the start of the Korean War, but later clashed with President Harry Truman over war policy and was removed from command.
Douglas MacArthur - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com
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Great Britain, Russia, and the U.S. agreed to a Germany First posture for our bellicose intentions. After Pearl Harbor and many invasions of Asian lands, the U.S. sent it's Pacific Fleet to defend the Lines Of Communication with Australia. The Army bought in the Germany First plan and refused send many reinforcements to Asia, however, Admiral King and Nimitz refused the role of mere defenders. They went on the attack to include targets of opportunity as the Japanese were out maneuvered and incapable of fully resupplying occupied islands. They accomplished this with a degraded Pacific Fleet.
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I wonder how many hundreds of thousands of Japanese Marines and Soldiers had souls left when the war was lost to them, considering how evil they were.
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General MacArthur was a brilliant man and a hell of a commander. He was rough around the edges at time but his men loved him and would follow him anywhere. I know he didn't want to leave his men in the Philippines when they took him to Australia during the war. He kept his word to his men and the Philippino's and returned to them during the war and defeated the Japanese. The way he lead his men in the Korean War great if the president and him wouldn't have had a disagreement the war might have been won and not ended the way it did.
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