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My Grandpa was a local war hero and when MacArthur was looking to run for President his campaign wanted my Grandpa to speak for him at an event. My Grandpa hated him, his brother (my great uncle) was killed under his command. My Grandpa said no, but they kept bothering him, so eventually he gave in and told the crowd of about 1000 people what he thought about MacArthur and his command ability. Lol

I utterly DESPISE "Dougout Doug". I too, have long considered MacArthur the most overrated, absolutely useless, General Officer in American History. It was very fortunate for America that Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz had about 80% control of the Pacific Theater in WW2, and initiated the island hopping campaign that dramatically reduced American casualties in the Pacific. After retirement in 1951, Stuffed-Shirt-Mac, approved the museum in Norfolk, VA that was dedicated to him as the "MAcArthur Memorial". Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz REFUSED to approve a museum to be dedicated to him in his hometown of Fredricksburg, TX, and requested that any museum established there instead honor the Sailors, Airman, Soldiers and Marines who had fought the war. That museum is called "The National Museum of the Pacific War". That is GENUINE character in a nutshell. An overlooked hero of the Korean War is USMC General O.P. Smith, commanding the First Marine Division in 1950, during the Chosin Reservoir fiasco. Gen. Smith who was on the ground with the 1st Mar Div, near Chosin Reservoir, had quickly come to distrust MacArthur's remote command far from the North Korean front lines. As evidence mounted of a Chinese advance into Korea, Gen. Smith ordered the building of emergency air strips and supply storage behind the front lines to aid in the event that a tactical withdrawal was needed. Gen. Smith's foresight prevented the 1st Mar Div from being overun, and prepared the Divison for a fighting withdrawal against the overwhelming number of Chinese troops when the Chosin Reservoir attack began.

McArthur should have been court martialed for Korea

Can I offer Mark Clarke whose orders were to breakout from Anzio and head across Italy to cut off the German's retreat but instead chose to take Rome for the personal glory and headlines - which lasted all of 24 hours due to the D Day landings.

Not mentioned here, but I preferred Nimitz's Central Pacific strategy VS MacArthur's Southern Pacific strategy.

Aggravating fact: General MacArthur actually received the medal of honor for his conduct during the defense of the Philippines. Fucking politics.

During the Kokoda campaign, MacArthur had his office in Brisbane. He spent the entire time there, complaining that the Australians in PNG were incompetent cowards, and that the leadership needed changing because we used a fighting retreat to stretch Japanese supply lines through the jungle before counter attacking, and he thought it would be better to just throw bodies at the jungle until the Japanese were pushed back. After that, every battle the Australians won, or played a major part in winning, he claimed for the solders under his command. He’s an asshole.

I grew up being family friends with a man named Ben Steele, he is a local legend in Montana. He was a Bataan survivor, and he told me what he and every other man thought of MacArthur, "That MacArthur was a Bastard and a son of Bitch."

He led the soldiers that gassed, bayonetted, and attacked the Bonus Army while calling them "Ungrateful bastards" for simply wanting the bonuses the government promised them.

Totally agree. Not only abandoned them, but later threw Wainwrite under the bus for surrendering. Screw that guy, he wasn't any better than Custer. Wish history would get it right sometimes.

MacArthur lost an army, a navy, and an air force in the Philippines and they gave him a Medal of Honor for it. When he fled, he was given a $500,000 'award' for his services by the Philippine President, who, with his family, joined him on the PT boats. The pre-war Orange Plan called for the defenders to retreat to a well-supplied redoubt in the Bataan peninsula and await rescue by the US Navy fleets. MacArthur refused to abide the plan, saying he felt he could defend with the forces that he had, so no supplies were stockpiled. When he received news of the Pearl Harbor raid, he locked himself in his office and did not come out for three hours. He declined to order American bombers to attack the Japanese because he didn't feel he could commit the Philippines to war. I despise the man, ignorantly lauded as our 'American Caesar'.

The Aussies at Milne Bay were ordered to attack a larger and more experienced Japanese force that was cut off from resupply, over terrain that greatly favoured the defenders to a ridiculous degree. The Aussies during the Kokoda campaign were initially some barely trained militia, that weren't equipped with any artillery, but still managed to hold together in a pretty well ordered fighting retreat over what might just be the toughest terrain on any battlefield in the war. The Japanese overstretched themselves to the point where they were resorting to cannibalism and then the Aussies with some proper reinforcements swept through and retook all the terrain that had been lost previously. After this, MacArthur decided that the Aussie troops weren't worth much, despite the fact that the Australian contingent now contained veterans of North Africa that had taken the fight to Rommel. In a sense, this was a boon to us Aussies because we didn't have to endure any more of his fuckery.

My Uncle Bob fought in the Korean war as a Combat Engineer. He never talked about it until after I came back from Cp Pelham, S. Korea in 85. I brought back souvenirs for him and I guess it caused him to open up. He said he never got into anything real crazy, just a few skirmishes and ambushes here and there. He also said that because of MacArthur, the war dragged out 2 years longer than it had to.

That is exactly what my Grandfather, who served in the Pacific during WW2, said about MacArthur.

Considering what he did to the Bonus Army…yeah, screw him.

MacArthur was in the Philippines to safeguard it. Between the US troops there, and the local forces, it was his responsibility to make sure they can resist a Japanese invasion. And Japan waited a few days to strike the Philippines after Pearl Harbor. MacArthur had the warning that Kimmel and Short didn't. Kimmel and Short were court martialed because of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Yet MacArthur was given a pass for letting Japan over run Philippines.

Not to mention the whole Shiro Ishii debacle. Letting a war criminal like that off the hook in return for basically nothing.

My great uncle, an Army Korean war vet, said this once. "If it wasn't for MacArthur, all my buddies would have come home. And if it hadn't been for General Puller, none of us would have made it out of that reservoir."

Also AFTER PEARL HARBOR WAS ATTACKED he put no planes in the air allowing the Japanese to wipe out his planes on the ground.

MacArthur was also disappointed he didn't get the opportunity to invade and conquer Japan because the Japanese surrendered. He was wanting that big, ultimate glory of conquering an enemy's nation. That's partially why he invaded into NK, and also because he didn't believe the Chinese would join the war effort. He was incredibly disrespectful to President Truman (his boss) and he felt that, since he was the military governor of Japan that that made him Truman's equal. The guy made Patton look humble in comparison.

I literally see Nick considering the opportunity to punch MacArthur in the face.

My dad hated McArthur since the Bonus Marcher incident in '32. Then he got to fight across the Pacific under his command and grew to hate him even more. Then there was Korea where my dad said, "In Pusan every square inch was covered by enemy artillery and it was depressing to realize that the only reason you were alive was because the enemy didn't have time to target your personal foxhole yet. We could have gone anywhere and done some good but no, McArthur has to look good with the Marines!" Whenever they showed the "fade away" speech, my dad would yell, "Just fade away asshole!"

Part of the problem with MacArthur, is that by the time WWII kicked of for the US in 1941, he had already been a general (in some form or another) for 23 years. That's a very long time to be at the top and having everyone do exactly what you say, and I'm sure it really inflated his ego. When he retired in 1951, he had been in the US Army for 52 years, 33 of those years as a general officer.

Absolutely agree. The man wasn't just overrated, but also a GLORYHOUND, who would throw anyone under the bus to advance his own legacy. Including trying to counter the President's orders when he felt that some kind of "additional glory" was within reach.

What!? You're not a fan of "Dugout Doug"!?! A man who was awarded the Medal of Honor - for a level of performance equivalent to what his contemporaries were Court Marshaled for - at exactly the same time!? Boy, I'm grabbing some popcorn - because I'll never hear enough MacArthur bashing!

I remember doing a report on him (specifically the fall of the Philippines) in high school. Even as a dumb teenager I remember thinking, "This guy's a prick. Why do people idolize him?"

Constantly amazed at Nick's ability to present a clear, considered argument. The guy is a gift.

Also gave immunity to unit 731 scientists

My papa was a tank commander in Korea, and he hated McArther as well. Love from Texas.

The good and bad about MacArthur could fill volumes. I don’t agree that you can strip a dude as complex as Mac down to a YT tagline without dehumanizing him to the point of a caricature. Also…why now European discussion of his leadership skills. The guy did more than just break up protests in DC and Pacific stuff.

I love how Nicholas begins cooking and Donut and the boys are just sharing snacks around because it’s Story Time.

In 1932 as the Army Chief of Staff MacArthur lead the attack on the WW1 Bonus Army Veterans in Washington DC.

He also DISOBEYED orders in the defense of the P.I. leading to a MUCH faster defeat. He should have been relived upon returning to the states. Yo, F.E. while it is a defeat, the fall of the P.I. would make an awesome historic dive / episode for your channel. We can learn from our defeats and mistakes.

Between him and Montgomery I have yet to figure out who was the bigger Prima Donna!!🤣🤣🤣

The vast majority of MacArthur’s tactical success can be attributed to Generals Walter Kruger and General Robert Eichelberger who were nicked named “MacArthur’s Germans” in army command circles. None of these men received the amount of credit they deserved due to all credit going to their boss. I consider MacArthur more of a concept guy while others handled the details. Despite his hubris, pettiness, arrogance, paranoia and being a raging narcissist with political aspirations, he was actually an innovative general who was open to creating his own intelligence apparatus and creating his own special force type units in the Pacific which was due to him not trusting the navy or OSS. The Alamo Scouts (included in US Army Special Forces lineage) was a recon unit created by Kruger and given that name by the men due to Kruger’s connection to San Antonio. As far as Korea goes, Inchon was an unexpected move that was genius, not paying attention to intel that told you a quarter of a million Chinese was about to fall on your lines is not only crapping the bed but the whole room. He was a good General who is still revered in the Philippines but probably wasn’t the best human at times and made flawed decisions based on pride.

He and his G2 totally ignored all intelligence about the presence of Chinese troops.

Let’s not forget he essentially screwed the 1st marine division twice

I heard he told his men he's going to go for cigarettes.. but never came back.

Finally someone tells the truth about this general

My grandfather was in the Dutch army in the 50’s and he fucking HATED MCARTHUR for exactly what you’re saying.

Personally, I think MacArthur's post-war reconstruction service in Japan is heavily underrated.

Pretty sure he also broke the WW1 veteran protesters in DC.

My grandfather was one of those marines that got surrounded by the chinese. He survived the Chosin Reservoir.

When he took the Philippines back all of the bigger cities where burned to the ground, thousands of soldiers died, hundreds of thousands of civilians died. He could have went around the island saved many lives, but the glory was to hard to turn down

"All of the negative qualities of Patton and none of the upsides." Holy shit, I was thinking the exact same thing.

Thank you I have literally been saying the same thing for 40 years and people look at me like I don't know what the f*** I'm talking about

Max Hastings book on the pacific theatre is very critical of MacArthur.

I won't blame him for following orders & evacuating. The rest of his behavior before and after that point are 100% his responsibility.

You should do a video on Fr. Emil Kapaun, he was a farm boy from Wichita Kansas who was a chaplain in the Korean War. He was captured by the Chinese when he volunteered to stay with the wounded. He then carried a soldier back to a Chinese POW camp and was able to bring hope and humanity back to the men in the camp. After he died in the camp he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

What's even worse about the Philippines is that MacArthur, in the minutes and hours following being notified about Pearl Harbor, did absolutely nothing. Pre-war plans called for things like dispersing of the Philippines' air assets and stocking up on provisions at Bataan so that it could hold out against a prolonged siege, thereby slowing down the Japanese war effort. Had this been done the war in the Pacific could've been shortened by months or even a full year. Thanks, MacArthur!

Primadonna... he was a spoiled brat..

I'm not a huge MacArthur fan, but a little realism is need. At the start of the war, military preparation in the Philippines was pretty bad because of lack of material and equipment. A handful of American regular Army, Pilipino Militia, WWI weapons and not enough of them was a guarantee that the larger, better equipped and experience Japanese Army would win. The original pre-war plan was for him to hang on until a relief force could get to the area. There was never a relief column even considered after Pearl Harbor, something they didn't tell MacArthur until it was too late. He had the choice of going down with the ship or live to fight another day. He followed his order and left. His success in the SW Pacific Theater seem to justify that decision. Fighting with the last priority for equipment and men, he still managed to fight his way up from the Soloman's and back to the Philippines. As for Korea, MacArthur gets blamed for following Instructions. Here is a quote from Brittanica " On September 27 the Joint Chiefs gave him final authority to conduct operations north of the 38th parallel; however, he was instructed to limit operations in the event of Russian or Chinese intervention. For the UNC the war aim was expanded. As announced by the UN General Assembly on October 7, it was to include the occupation of all of North Korea and the elimination of the KPA as a threat to the political reconstruction of Korea as one nation. To that end, ROKA units crossed the parallel on October 1, and U.S. Army units crossed on October 7. The ROK I Corps marched rapidly up the east coast highway, winning the race for Wŏnsan; P’yŏngyang fell to the U.S. I Corps on October 19. The Kim Il-sung government, with the remnants of nine KPA divisions, fell back to the mountain town of Kanggye. Two other divisions, accompanied by Soviet advisers and air defense forces, struggled northwest toward the Yalu River and the Chinese border at Sinŭiju. The UNC assumed that the KPA had lost its will to fight. In reality, it was awaiting rescue." MacArthur was just following orders and when that blew up in their faces, forbid him to take any actions to stop Chinese troop movement or attack infrastructure north of the Yalu River. When he gripped about it to the press, Truman fired him.

My Grandmother's cousin served in the Philippines in 1944, during their Liberation. Hated MacArthur. My Dad's Stepfather served in Korea, was trapped behind enemy lines during the first Chinese counter-offensive. I've never had a high opinion of old Mac, and I'm glad to see that history is starting to see him the way i do.

2 things: 1) Mac didn't deserve his CMH by a long shot. 2) My dad's cousin was one he left behind. Survived the Death March, was a POW for two years, then when the Japaneese evacuated them, the ship was sunk by a US submarine, and they machinegunned all the survivors.

Right, most generals I look up to would have probably stayed with their men. No matter how fucking stupid that choice would have been. MacArthur wasn’t just the commander of the forces in The Philippines, he was the commander for all army forces in the Pacific Theater. If he actually died or got captured by the Japanese, that probably would have been one of the worst strategic failures for the U.S. of the war. Yeah, he stayed with his men….cool, he retained his honor. How is that supposed to help with the war effort if he’s dead or if he was captured? Yeah it sounds really bad of him, but I don’t know, maybe the bigger picture was more important. I don’t even want to think of the damage to troop morale if that happened that early into the war. Everything he did after, and his behavior towards his men, alright I can concede to that. It’s just the argument about The Philippines always urks me. That being said, he was a glory hound and it sounds like an over all asshole. Far from the best commander in WW2. I defiantly like Nimitz a lot more.

I think most of us only know MacArthur from the movie

The kind of history that should and need to be taught.

It’s easy to tear things apart 80 years later. No one is perfect, and politics does more damage to war efforts than any other thing. Why didn’t Roosevelt send men and supplies to the Phillipines in 1941 and ‘42? More than just submarines. Put everything MacArthur knew on the table only, and see what decisions you come up with.

My uncle was in the Navy in the Pacific theater, on a ship right behind McArthur's, and I know he hated him.

I would encourage you to take a more critical look at Patton, too. Really any general in WWII that had a camera crew following them around was severely overrated because they could write their own legacy regardless of their actual military prowess (Rommel, Patton, MacArthur, etc). Honestly, the most effective commanders are usually the ones that emphasize organization (logistics, intelligence, communications, command structure, etc) over raw aggression (Eisenhower, Nimitz, Montgomery, Napoleon, etc). The ones that emphasized aggression abandoned their men (Rommel, MacArthur), beat wounded soldiers in a field hospital (Patton), or charged off into obvious traps/diversions (Halsey)

My father served during the Korean War. He told me when they heard McArthur had been fired, troops cheered cheered all over the base.

Read MacArthur's autobiography. It made Mussolini's autobiography sound tame. MacArthur also hung Billy Mitchell out to dry at Mitchell's court martial. MacArthur in 1930 ordered American troops to ATTACK WW1 Veterans who were wanting the pay promised to them.

Mac is also responsible for the sinking of the USS Indianapolis by stripping them of the destroyers that had escorted her into his AO. He's also responsible for the massive losses in the assault of Pelieu because he "Needs it for an airbase" that he never built. Not to mention that ordered troops with cavalry and tanks to burn the shanty town the "WWI Bonus Soldiers" had built in DC because they had to have somewhere to live while they were begging for Congress to pay them what was promised to them. He used tear gas on veterans, their wives and children. Then assault troops with bayonets beat people tile they fled or died.

dugout doug....that man that created the requirement for long range communications so he could be far far far far far far away from the battle safe in a command bunker

The order to abandon his men, given by FDR, wasn't something even FDR wanted to do btw. The president really, REALLY didnt like MacArthur by this point, but was semi forced into trying to save him by public opinion and politics. Its a whole mess, the start of the war in the usa was essentially all politics vs what made strategic sense due to isolationists hamstringing the administration at every single step imaginable.

"I'm not the arbiter of reality, I don't get to choose morality" - Fat Electrician dropping some of the dopest hip hop lyrics in 2024.

He also costed SK, USA and its allies nearly the korean war by underestimating chinese. Has he taken their intent to intervene seriously although divided UN would have gotten a much larger part of Korean peninsula had they made a defensive line north of Pyongyang instead of trying to reach Yalu or even if the UN decided to to go for Yalu they should have made to at least two defensive lines (like in Italy during WW2) one at narrowest part of korean peninsula i.e. north of Pyongyang and a second at 50% of Korean peninsula which is south of Pyongyang but still at artillery distance from your line. A more favourable ending to Korean war would have lead to eventual unification of Korean peninsula years later.

My dad was in Korea, and his said the mood amongst the folks around him was McArthur basically made all their effort worth nothing. He blamed the entire snafu that is the DPRK on the guys vainglorious behavior.

On the abdandoning Phillipines, as bad as it sounds like. And I am not defending MacArthur, I’m defending the order of the President. It is a good idea to try to keep as many experienced officers and pull them back if the situation seems like it’s going to collapse. Because you will need all of the people that can plan and run things, grunt work alone does not win wars (not that i’m saying it is not appreciated, by far is it the main force, but officers make the big plans too). So i understand if a general is good, not wanting to deprive your side of his expertise. However, is MacArthur good enough to justify that? I can’t say, i wouldn’t be confident saying yes even. But the principle is sound. On the other side, as honorful as it sounds to hear of the japanese captains and admirals sinkins with their ships in the battle of Midway, that is one example of something that “sounds” right being detrimental to a military in the long run. All those years of experience know how of leadership was lost, and went on to help the americans indirectly.

Not to mention that he positioned his troops and planes the same way that General Short did in Hawaii even though he had much more warning then Short did. Even though he knew about the attack. Short was relieved and this guy got a promotion.

"Good soldiers follow orders." "That depends on who's giving them."

The fact that Husband Kimmel and Walter Short were relieved from command after Pearl Harbor (perhaps justifiably) but MacArthur, despite having far more warning about the Philippines, is also caught off guard, and then not only doesn't get fired, but is awarded the Medal of Honor has never sat right with me.

Sorry bro, he was ordered by Roosevelt to leave. The opinion was it would be problematic for a WW1 hero and general of his rank to be killed or become a prisoner. While he was absolutely arrogant and irascible as a commander...he was no coward.

MacArthur's even worse than Nic Points out: when the war kicked off in December 41, he was told, flatly, "You are now at war, conduct yourself accordingly." What did he do? go back to bed. He thought that Japan was at war with America, not him. he was that narcissistic. the man had 36 of the 50 B-17s in service in December 41 sitting on Clark Field on Luzon, he had the biggest damn air fleet the US had put together at that time. he wasted it because he though himself an independent fiefdom. He didn't leave because he was ordered to: he didn't follow orders anyway. He left because it saved his precious ass.

Just before 7 Dec, 1941, he received orders, from Washington D.C, to displace his planes and up his guards. This was to prepare for a possible attack by the Japanese. He ignored the order. Subsequently, his planes were destroyed. This resulted in the P.T. boat having to evacuate him.

It was the right thing to get Mac out of PI. He was already a celebrity capturing him would have been huge for the Japanese. He did a hundred other things but getting him out of PI was the thing to do.

Read the Book " American Caesar " By William Manchester. You may change your mind.

There's a few important things left out about MacAurther in the Philippines. Roosevelt lied to MacAurther several times. First, he promised supplies and reinforcements to MacAurther for months during the invasion. Some supplies came through submarines, but that was it. Also, MacAurther refused to leave the Philippines several times even after being ordered to. Even when the president of the United States ordered him to, he refused at first. He didn't agree to leave until Roosevelt told him he was leaving to command at counteroffensive in the Philippines. When he found out he was being sent to Australia and not commanding a counteroffensive, he was furious. MacAurther demanded to talk to Roosevelt, but Roosevelt wouldn't even see him for almost a year. I have seen interviews with people who were in his staff, and they said them and MacAurther didn't know they were going to Australia until they got on planes to go there. MacAurther was an ass hole and a glory hound for sure. Roosevelt is responsible for the Pacific campaign being put on the back burner. Us ground forces in the Pacific had almost only ww1 equipment until midway through the capture of guadalcanal. It took a year for them to get m1s and light machine guns. Also, m4 Shermans didn't make it there till guadalcanal. The us forces in North Africa had the latest us military equipment from the start. The m1 garand was adopted in 1936, but it took till 1943 for soldiers and marines to receive them. The men were using bolt action rifles and maxim machine guns against human wave attacks in the jungle.

😂 This guy has no clue what hes talking about, he spreads misinformation to sound like he knows what hes talking about to people that don’t know much about the topic.

McArthur and Patton. One of them leads by saying “Follow me”

What was criminal, was the unprepared state of the Philippine Air Force. The Army Air Corps was sending most of their green fighter pilot grads to the PI. The training there was inadequate, shortage of spare parts, refusal to recognize Japanese threat even though their recon planes were flying over the islands. The attitude in the months leading up to the war in pilot training there was like a country club; an hour or 2 of training, hit the beach, drinks, dinner and dancing. When the Japanese attacked Manila, most of the US Philippine Air Force was lost due to dumb mishaps, like accidents caused by dust clouds stirred up by taxiing B-17s resulting in fighters unable to see and colliding!

And especially coming from us guys from Australia he hated us I reckon he was a secret racist only being seen as the good man when the camera's are around he wasn't even a good leader not even close he is in my humble opinion a disgrace to the uniform and the hat yep as a general he was a disgrace, so so many problems in the pacific was caused from him or the lack of him listening to accurate reports and yeah he only wanted what he wanted to hear from intelligent reports omg everything he does it makes your Brian's hurt more and more the more you read into him how he never got fired is a joke he should have fired when the war started.

See also: Sam Kinnison's character in Old School...

He had one shining moment during WWI and rode that pony to 4 stars. He was the epitome of everything wrong with the American officer corps--arrogant, patrician, and incurious. He ordered a cavalry charge against an encampment of WWI veterans in Anacostia (DC) who were peacefully protesting getting screwed by the government.

My Dad served in the Pacific in WWII as a radar operator (US Army, Signal Corps), this was back when radar was pretty much considered a "secret weapon.' They'd land his unit in forward bases, where they'd set up portable radar stations prior to invasions, to monitor enemy air and naval traffic. He was involved in a number of invasions, including the return to the Philippines. Dad had mixed feelings about MacArthur, especially his leaving his command behind in the Philippines, but one thing Dad did admire about MacArthur was his desire, during the Korean War, to use nuclear weapons to stop the Chinese... it would have certainly changed Cold War history (consider... neither Russia nor China was in a position to match nukes vs the US at that point in time, and maybe there would be no future Vietnam conflict?), but Truman stopped him, and then forced MacArthur's retirement. Another thing Dad admired was MacArthur did do a good job rebuilding Japan, re-establishing stability (Dad served as part of the Japan Occupation forces for some time after they surrendered).

2:27 why did we get involved in this conversation ????? (Im brazilian XD)

Yes ! finally someone speaks the truth

From what I learned, MacArthur only left the Philippines because he was informed that he was supposed to build up a new fighting force in Australia and he interpreted that info as there was a fighting force being assembled in Australia that he could then use to fight Japan as soon as he got to Australia

MacArthur and Patton were "twins" like Devito and Schwarzenegger.

The TV show MASH used to always subtly rip on him

"Player 3 enters the battle" LOL

His problem was the same one a LOT of people have; he believed his own BS. He sold himself as some near-mythical tactician; and never bothered to prepare defense in depth, because he's mcarthur and they won't get past him in the first place... then they did. Then it happened again, because he didn't learn anything from the last time.

Hal Moore video from Chubby Electron Man when?

It was protocol to evacuate a a commanding general so he was not captured You are throwing 💩 to get views and comments

Now I see where Tim Walz got his inspiration.

My uncle was a Korean War Vet, and he cursed McArthur's name.

He put himself in for medal of honor 3 times. Mexico, ww1, ww2.

MacArthur wasn't recalled for crossing the 38th Parallel into North Korea, he was recalled because his private opinion that was made public was that the United States aim in the Korean War was not victory over the Chinese. President Truman's aim in Korea was not victory but containment. General Bradley pointed out that Korea was "the wrong war, in the wrong place and with the wrong enemy." The frustration of any military commander is to have resources available and not be able to use them. In this case, rules of engagment that prevented him attacking his enemy's logistic and military support(possibly with nuclear weapons, but there is no evidence they were needed or wanted by MacArthur at the time, there is a posthumously revealed interview that took place after the war that does not put the most positive light on MacArthur's understanding of nuclear weapons) but MacArthur did not agree with the idea of a limited war. Although limited war is the most appropriate in the context of nuclear weapons. The worldwide stockpile of nuclear weapons in 1950 was 305. 299 in the hands of the USA, 4 in the Soviet Union and 1 in the UK. Only deliverable by bomber and the Soviet TU-4 was not overly reliable, but it was a remarkable reverse engineering of interned and crashed B-29s. I am not saying Truman was wrong, a nuclear catastrophe in Korea would have totally destroyed K-Pop.

Most generals are overrated. The thing is we overblow most leaders achievements or histories. It's not just old MacNCheese. key example, Patton. Can't convince me that Patton wasn't a downright ego driven man that ran his men through a meat grinder our of pure laziness and lack of tactical thought. My great grandfather was in WWII (None combat role, he maintained trainer aircraft In the states) but he sure talked to a lot of people that came home from combat. Some of them came from Patton command and let me tell you, he they never had anything good to say about the man in private, only when the newspapers and cameras where asking did they say a single sweet word about him. From everything my great grandfather told me about what they said, Patton saw himself as above everyone else, a man with a destiny and no qualms about how many he had to throw into the grinder to get his rightful fame and glory. He always suspected someone on our side offed him for being a right bastard. Or maybe it was all that "Lets go invade Russia" talk of his and the government did it... though that's my preferred theory. (Not an original thought mind you) Please note all of this is the words of my great grandfather and men who's names I do not know. (Not gonna pretend I'm speaking gospel truth here) But i have NO reason not to believe him, he didn't talk shit, EVER, but he HATED Patton and this man didn't get angry over anything.

so many comments here by those who think Google tells you everything 1) FDR, commander in chief, ordered him out of Bataan. Only a moron calls that abandoning them 2) He screwed up badly in thinking his troops could perform better than they did; not well trained and not well equipped. That was his worse performance as a combat general; that and not ordering the evacuation of supplies to Bataan sooner. 3) he did very well later in the war; leap frogging was something he embraced early on. NOT island hopping. 4) retaking the philippines was the right thing to do; the HONORABLE thing. The Formosa plan had some very difficult logistic problems that might not have been able to be worked out 5) Inchon was one of the greatest plans in military history 6) not fully preparing for the Chinese to come in was his other huge mistake as a general 7) he did NOT ask or want nuclear weapons used against the Chinese. 8) his rebuilding of Japan was masterful. He had plusses and minuses but he was a gigantic figure of the time. OVer rated? Probably. But then so were other figures of note.