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MacArther was resisting the orders of his commander in chief. In public. He was fired.
It was General Douglas MacArthur, until relieved of command and replaced by General Matthew Ridgeway.
Because MacArthur wanted to liberate South Korea completely, completely beat North Korea. However, when the U.S. army was close to victory, China joined forces with N. Korea. Truman then wanted to draw out from Korea to avoid conflict with China. However, MacArthur wanted to drop atomic bombs on China and start a war with them as well.
In North Korea and China during the Korean war. He got fired by Truman for that.
Nimitz was a quiet, considerate, thinking man. MacArthur was extremely bold and ego driven. MacArthur was part Nimitz and part General Patton.
General MacArthur wanted to bomb China and President Truman did not agree. It was settled when the President basically fired General MacArthur.
because they both wanted to go to El Salvador ( the best country in the world)
General MacArthur was a bad boy and ignored President Truman's orders. So Truman gave MacArthur the choice to either resign or be fired.
MacArthur was willing to invade Red China if it entered the war; and use atomic weapons to defeat them. Truman relieved MacArthur of command.
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Because he had a born obsession that seemed similar to Hitler's of having total power.
Taking on the Chinese after they invaded North Korean at Christmas during the Korean War.
Harry S. Truman
General Douglas MacArthur. Wikipedia has a very good article on him. True. General Douglas MacArthur accused Truman of preventing him from bombing supply depots.
No. Truman went to Hawaii during the Korean War to meet with MacArthur, who came from Japan.
General MacArthur was defiant of President Truman's philosophy of containment in the Korean conflict so President Truman relieved him of his command in Korea on April 10th, 1951.
Because he had a born obsession that seemed similar to Hitler's of having total power.