Reality. His campaign attacked places that should have been bypassed and starved. Places that could have never been a risk to the US forces that bypassed them.
And you were there to witness this.
I don’t recall any contest between Nimitz and MacArthur. I do not put too much stock in revisionists who suddenly come up with one.
> His campaign attacked places that should have been bypassed and starved. <
Yep. For example, we really didn’t need to retake the Philippines. But we did anyway, mainly so MacArthur could fulfill his famous “I shall return” pledge to the Filipinos. It was a waste of resources and blood.
On the other hand, I read somewhere that MacArthur lost less men during the entire Pacific war than Eisenhower did at the Battle of the Bulge. The author’s point (if it’s true) was that MacArthur was careful to avoid casualties.
So I guess there’s that.
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