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.
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General Douglas MacArthur suggested this, resulting in President Harry Truman terminating MacArthur's military career on April 10, 1951 and replacing him with General Matthew Ridgway.The Korean War began on June 25, 1950 and an armistice was signed on July 27, 1953. Note: Truman had already had 4 MK-4 fission bombs shipped to Korea but had not authorized their use (so when MacArthur threatened to use fission bombs he could havebut it would have been unauthorized).
Douglas MacArthur. Gen Douglas MacArthur wanted to use the atom bomb in the war, and he did not like to take orders from President Truman, so President Truman dismissed him.
Truman announced MacArthur's dismissal on 11 April 1951.
Douglas MacArthur was a general in the US army. He had major a influence in the win of the US in the Pacific in World War II. He was dismissed by the president Harry Truman during the Korean War.
General MacArthur was a bad boy and ignored President Truman's orders. So Truman gave MacArthur the choice to either resign or be fired.
General MacArthur wanted to bomb China and President Truman did not agree. It was settled when the President basically fired General MacArthur.
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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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.
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