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General Douglas MacArthur - Essay

General Douglas MacArthur

MacArthur was the General of the Pacific fleet Navy during WWII. He led a southern attack against Japan that began just above Australia and eventually captured every Japanese occupied islands except the mainland.?At the outset of the War, MacArthur was in command of the US forces in the Philippines. During the initial attack, he was responsible for organized resistance there. When the situation in the Bataan became tactically hopeless, he was ordered to escape to Australia by President Roosevelt. As he left his troops, he made his famous quote “I Shall Return.” His arrival in Australia allowed him to rally the rather demoralized Allied forces in the area, as he quickly assumed command of ...

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Australian, and British, but also Dutch, Free French, and several indigenous nationalist groups. For the vast majority of the war, the fighting consisted mostly of smaller land and naval actions, primarily defensive on the part of the Allies. The retaking of the Philippines was the major exception to this, with the overall command of the operation falling to ...

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Added: 4/10/2012 07:04:15 PM
Submitted By: cbush41
Category: Biographies
Type: Free Paper
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