General Douglas Macarthur
General Douglas MacArthur was born on January 26th, 1880 in Little Rock, Arkansas on the Arsenal base. He was born into military, as his father was a Medal of Honor recipient for being the army officer who led a courageous charge up Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga in the Civil War, Arthur MacArthur. Douglas MacArthur died on April 5th, 1964 with 84 years of age and some great accomplishments under his belt.
After North Korea crossed the 38th Parallel invading South Korea, the Security Council appointed the United Nations to help the declining nation. General Douglas MacArthur was the Allied Commander of the Southwest Pacific as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Far East in the postwar period. In his position, MacArthur showed his military genius with the ambitious marine landing in Inchon. Doing this was very risky on his part as well as South Korea and the United Nations behalf. However, it was so successful that it would be recognized as one of MacArthur's most successful military moves of his career. The assault cut the North Korean forces in half and turned the tide of the war- at least for the time being.
While he still had the upper hand, MacArthur pushed across the 38th Parallel into North Korea, pushing them farther North until they reached the border of China where he soon met 300,000 Chinese troops ready for battle. China- being ruled by communism- was ready to defend itself as well as North Korea. The war was, once again, not in South Korea's favor. Fearing the wider with China and possibly it's all, the Soviet Union, President Truman refused to order attacks in China.
MacArthur's thirst for victory by force was not satisfied because Truman wanted limited fighting. This infuriated Douglas. He wanted to take the war to China so- despite Truman's orders- he wrote a letter. The letter was written in late March of 1951 to the Republican Speaker of the House criticizing Truman's limited-war strategy. Truman then wrote in his diary, "This looks like the last straw. Rank insubordination... I've come to the conclusion that our Big General in the Far East must be recalled." This would then led to MacArthur being relieved of his command on April 11th, 1951.
MacArthur was stubborn and wanted things done his way, I believe that the success with the Inchon landing got to his head and this led to him disobeying Truman's orders. He publicly went against Truman, criticizing his war strategy. If he would have done what he was told he wouldn't have been relieved of his duty as well as be replaced by General Matthew Ridgeway.
After North Korea crossed the 38th Parallel invading South Korea, the Security Council appointed the United Nations to help the declining nation. General Douglas MacArthur was the Allied Commander of the Southwest Pacific as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Far East in the postwar period. In his position, MacArthur showed his military genius with the ambitious marine landing in Inchon. Doing this was very risky on his part as well as South Korea and the United Nations behalf. However, it was so successful that it would be recognized as one of MacArthur's most successful military moves of his career. The assault cut the North Korean forces in half and turned the tide of the war- at least for the time being.
While he still had the upper hand, MacArthur pushed across the 38th Parallel into North Korea, pushing them farther North until they reached the border of China where he soon met 300,000 Chinese troops ready for battle. China- being ruled by communism- was ready to defend itself as well as North Korea. The war was, once again, not in South Korea's favor. Fearing the wider with China and possibly it's all, the Soviet Union, President Truman refused to order attacks in China.
MacArthur's thirst for victory by force was not satisfied because Truman wanted limited fighting. This infuriated Douglas. He wanted to take the war to China so- despite Truman's orders- he wrote a letter. The letter was written in late March of 1951 to the Republican Speaker of the House criticizing Truman's limited-war strategy. Truman then wrote in his diary, "This looks like the last straw. Rank insubordination... I've come to the conclusion that our Big General in the Far East must be recalled." This would then led to MacArthur being relieved of his command on April 11th, 1951.
MacArthur was stubborn and wanted things done his way, I believe that the success with the Inchon landing got to his head and this led to him disobeying Truman's orders. He publicly went against Truman, criticizing his war strategy. If he would have done what he was told he wouldn't have been relieved of his duty as well as be replaced by General Matthew Ridgeway.