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He knew that China was supporting North Korea,including actually sending Chinese troops into the fight. McArthur wanted to take the war into China but he was overruled by President Truman who was apprehensive of sparking a wider conflict,not unreasonable considering that WWII had ended just 5 years before the Korean War started.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoGeneral MacArthur wanted nothing short of total war. He proposed to conquer North Korea, then push into China and use Nuclear Weapons to subdue resistance.
This would have very likely drawn the USSR into the war, and could have escalated into a nuclear exchange.
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∙ 7y agouse of atomic weapons against north korean and chinese forces
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What was general mcarthurs great plan in the Korean war?
Atomic bomb China
How was the Korean war a hot war?
There was fighting. Unlike the cold war.
The united nations were first fighting who in the Korean war?
North Korean invading forces
Was there a winner at the end of the Korean war?
No, there was no winner at the end of the Korean War. It ended with a cease-fire. That is, the sides agreed to stop fighting.
Who were the Americans fighting in the Korean War?
North Korea, China and a few Russians.
What was general mcarthurs great plan in the Korean war?
Atomic bomb China
How was the Korean war a hot war?
There was fighting. Unlike the cold war.
What were the issue in the Korean War?
Fighting Communist aggression.
Who did the most fighting in the Korean war?
it was probably koreans!
What did the armistice create in the Korean war?
An end to the fighting.
What was the US fighting about in the Korean war?
Communist aggression.
The united nations were first fighting who in the Korean war?
North Korean invading forces
Why were the parties of Korean War fighting?
To stop communist aggression.
What was going on in the 1950's?
The US was fighting in the Korean war
Was there a winner at the end of the Korean war?
No, there was no winner at the end of the Korean War. It ended with a cease-fire. That is, the sides agreed to stop fighting.
Did the US win in the Korean war?
It was a tie. They all stopped fighting.
What was the level of us involvement in the Korean war of the early 1950s?
Fierce fighting..
