ii) MacArthur wanted to expand the war into China; he wanted to strategically bomb Manchurian production centers and Chinese airfields and send ground troops into China, a provocative and strategically risky proposal (Jackson, 2010). iii) MacArthur "mistreated the British political representative" in Japan, and "clashed regularly with British press correspondents"; his "strategic views, independence, and aggressive machinations frightened and infuriated the British" (Belmonte, 1995)
Some of his policies were so provocative -- and even progressive in some cases -- they will certainly surprise and perhaps shock readers in 2012. (a) MacArthur saw that the incidence of venereal disease within the American forces that were occupying Japan, and the returning Japanese reached "nearly 30%" right after the war; clinics were set up to distribute condoms, to give antibiotics to solders (Buhite, 2008)
i) the Joint Chiefs of Staff demanded that MacArthur avoid attacking the Yalu bridges because he would have to fly over Manchurian territory and though MacArthur's airmen tried heroically to isolate Korea" the way islands were isolated in WWII, it wasn't to be done, but MacArthur had a more bizarre strategy for Manchuria and China in any event (Weigley, 1977). ii) MacArthur wanted to expand the war into China; he wanted to strategically bomb Manchurian production centers and Chinese airfields and send ground troops into China, a provocative and strategically risky proposal (Jackson, 2010)
Douglas MacArthur The actual reason that President Harry Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur has generally been explained as "insubordination" (Pearlman, 2008), but there are several other reasons in the literature that explain in greater detail why MacArthur was removed from his position
Douglas MacArthur The actual reason that President Harry Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur has generally been explained as "insubordination" (Pearlman, 2008), but there are several other reasons in the literature that explain in greater detail why MacArthur was removed from his position. MacArthur was known to engage in bizarre & arrogant behaviors which led -- after years of his having offended many -- ultimately to his dismissal a) MacArthur was in his penthouse suite in Manila when the war department informed him the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor; but he left his fleet of B-17 bombers and his P-40 fighter planes on the nearby runways at Clark ad Iba airfields (Wainstock
Thesis THREE: MacArthur, now in charge of the American & UN forces in Korea, showed his militant independence as to how to conduct the war, and presented some outrageously controversial plans as to how to win the war along with alienating American allies. i) the Joint Chiefs of Staff demanded that MacArthur avoid attacking the Yalu bridges because he would have to fly over Manchurian territory and though MacArthur's airmen tried heroically to isolate Korea" the way islands were isolated in WWII, it wasn't to be done, but MacArthur had a more bizarre strategy for Manchuria and China in any event (Weigley, 1977)