Korean War - PART 20, MacArthur is Fired, 6.25 전쟁

[SabraStiehl]

MacArthur, who proposed bombing Chinese cities, also wanted a plutonium belt created by dropping about thirty A-Bombs along the Yalu River, which he thought would leave enough radiation to prevent further Chinese intervention. Besides Truman keeping nuclear cores away from the military, the U.S. had fewer than thirty warheads in 1951, so it was an impossible proposal. We now face a nuclear N. Korea, which is about to transfer power for a second time, and is even more hostile than in those days.

[VegardMinde]

Truman used the atomic bomb as an pretext to cut down on military spending after the war. For Mac this was a natural development in war theori like not repeating trench warfare.

[itisaduck]

MAcarthur thought he could push Truman around. Truman told him to meet him in Hawaii and Mac returned with meet me on Wake Is. Truman flew to Wake where the bastard did not statute him. T's word!

Truman read Macarther the riot act. MACarthur was told not to press the Chinese. M swore he would not and the rest was history. Then Mac whined he was going to get wiped out. He ran. Another gen turned and fought below the 38th.

[itisaduck]

Truman told Mac to shut his mouth as Truman was trying to cut a deal with China. Macarthur kept having press conferences and calling out the Chinese and belittling Truman. Truman axed the SOB. Macarther came back the hero but was old news in a few short months...and Truman continued on with good decisions al thru his time in office. His wife hated DC so he bailed!

[itisaduck]

MACarthur was fired for a disrespectful atitude ending in failure to take orders. He was a loose cannon!

[womblewandering]

@itisaduck

He was a loose cannon, overrated idiot, totally arrogant which borders on incompetence.

All in all....a useless general who was given a run for his money by a third world nation who was poorly armed.

[DutchTuna]

Great to get it from a British point of view!