To: Ozguy1945
MacArthur was responsible for a lot of needless deaths when he insisted on retaking the Philippines in 1944 when it was not at all necessary for the defeat of Japan.
He does deserve credit for Inchon though.
5 posted on
01/26/2019 8:43:52 AM PST by
Eric Pode of Croydon
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon
MacArthur was responsible for a lot of needless deaths when he insisted on retaking the Philippines in 1944 when it was not at all necessary for the defeat of Japan.How? What should MacArthur have done differently... stop attacking towards Japan in 1944 because of a belief that forces under Nimitz would take Okinawa in mid-1945?
14 posted on
01/26/2019 9:36:54 AM PST by
fso301
To: Eric Pode of Croydon
The recapturing of the Philippines cut off Japans raw material supplies from Malaysia and Indonesia. That is why the Japanese fought so hard to keep it.
22 posted on
01/26/2019 9:59:18 AM PST by
MCF
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon
The Inchon plans were devised by Navy and Marine Corps planners. Mac rejected them at first but then accepted the plan making it clear that they would take the blame for failure.
His insistence on campaigns like Peleliu and the scope/timing of retaking the Philippines resulted in thousands of needless casualties. He was the McClelland of his time; good at self-promotion and getting troops killed.
28 posted on
01/26/2019 11:10:54 AM PST by
RJS1950
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