Case Study 1 : Macarthur and the Philippines.
General Douglas Macarthur showed the world that you could win a war against an army that was larger than the Allied forces and its civilians were not scared of dieing for their country at all costs. Macarthur took the political approach in winning President Roosevelt's approval for his strategies as opposed to the military tactics the Chiefs of Staff wanted to implement such as island-hopping, which would allow the gradual pushing back of the enemy but would have consequent heavy casualties.
Analysis.
The Chiefs of Staff wanted to attack the Japanese head on by taking over each Philippine island at all costs, including heavy casualties. Luzon was the greater strategic prize because they would provide guerilla support to the Americans. On the other hand Macarthur's strategy was to isolate the islands from the Japanese so they were starved and incapacitated. This allowed him to attack and seize with minimum losses to construct airfields and cut off supply lines to Japanese troops. The bypass strategy was not expected by the Japanese and mislead their plans as they wanted the Americans to attack them head on and incapacitate their troops. Macarthur looked for peaceful ways of dealing with the Japanese so that the war could be contained among the troops and not get the civilians involved. Hirohito himself looked for a peaceful end to the war, but the Americans ultimatum to abolish the monarchy failed, as the Japanese would not destroy their history and culture. In the end the Chiefs of Staff carried out the Atomic blasts and ended the war through military means and decimated the Japanese army and people.
Conclusion.
Macarthur took a huge risk against the Chiefs of Staff by going against the island-hopping strategy. In my view Macarthur wanted to show the world he is a conscious leader that was protecting American lives and would bring freedom to the Philippines and to the world.
General Douglas MacArthur was born January 26, 1880. ... Right after this, he went on his first assignment in the Philippines. ... On December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor was attacked and the Philippines were invaded. ... MacArthur ran the dangerous Japanese blockade to Australia while the Japanese captured the Philippines. ... Over a short period of time, he won back the entire Philippines with his troops. ...
The defense perimeter in the Pacific would run from Aleutians, off Alaska, down Japan, the Ryukyu's Islands and the Philippines. ... Army, Navy, and Marine Corps were apposed to MacArthur's plan. For six weeks they and MacArthur argued over it. ... Finally, MacArthur got his way. ... MacArthur's plan was a success. ...
The defense perimeter in the Pacific would run from Aleutians, off Alaska, down Japan, the Ryukyu's Islands and the Philippines. ... Army, Navy, and Marine Corps were apposed to MacArthur's plan. For six weeks they and MacArthur argued over it. ... Finally, MacArthur got his way. ... MacArthur's plan was a success. ...
The US, suspecting war was inevitable, began to build up their military forces in the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur, stationed in the Philippines, was confident of America's forces, especially the new B-17 fighter planes, which were just arriving at several military bases. ... Nine hours later, that very same day, the Japanese fleet caught MacArthur's entire air force at the Philippines by surprise and destroyed it. ... MacArthur claimed the attack on the Philippines military force had caught him by surprise, yet he had Japanese deciphering machines. ... If MacArthur had...
The US, suspecting war was inevitable, began to build up their military forces in the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur, stationed in the Philippines, was confident of America's forces, especially the new B-17 fighter planes, which were just arriving at several military bases. ... Nine hours later, that very same day, the Japanese fleet caught MacArthur's entire air force at the Philippines by surprise and destroyed it. ... MacArthur claimed the attack on the Philippines military force had caught him by surprise, yet he had Japanese deciphering machines. ... If MacArthur had...
General Douglas MacArthur and his ground forces in the Philippines began to organize into an army. The B-17 was just arriving at many air force bases throughout the country, and was a great confidence to MacArthur upon its arrival. MacArthur became so confident in his forces stationed in the Philippines that on December 5,1941, he said, " Nothing would please me better than if they would give me three months and then attack here. " The strongest and most powerful part of the American defense in the Pacific Ocean was the U.S. ...
General MacArthur sent American troops deep into the South. ... But General MacArthur publicly disagreed with President Truman. On April 11th, 1951, Truman dismissed MacArthur and replaced him with Matthew Ridgway. ... However, the Republic of Korea, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States supported South Korea. ...
This supreme commander was later elected as General Douglas MacArthur for the Allied Powers on January 19, 1946. ... They were the following: United States of America, Republic of China, The United Kingdom of Great Britain, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, The Commonwealth of Australia (presiding judge), Canada, The Republic of France, The Kingdom of Netherlands, New Zealand, India, and The Commonwealth of the Philippines. ... Again like the emperor, the war criminals from Class B and C were not brought to trial and freed in 1947 and 1948 by General MacArthur.5 (Pg 23-34) Moreover ano...
