MacArthur as a pre-Korean War
"United Nations Army"
The commander-in-chief, who led the "United Nations Army" to carry out the Inchon landing operation, left a very deep impression on many people. Many people thought that MacArthur could lead his troops to completely defeat North Korea.
however
Ever since the Chinese Volunteers intervened in the Korean War, the "United Nations Army" has been a bit of a wretched one
Although MacArthur had many battle plans, there were few that could lead to a complete victory for the U.S. military.
Just as MacArthur was trying to make plans for the next step,
He heard from the radio that he had been relieved of all his duties.
After MacArthur left, the commander-in-chief of the "United Nations Army" became
Ridgway
Ridgway was a greater threat to the Chinese Volunteers than MacArthur, but he still failed to lead the "United Nations Army" counterattack.
Now that more than 70 years have passed since the Korean War, people have begun to think about this question when they talk about this war:
If Truman hadn't removed MacArthur and put him in command, how would the Korean War have developed?
Command experienced veterans
First, although MacArthur did not perform so well on the Korean battlefield, this man had also experienced many wars before the Korean War
Have a strong enough military command ability
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As an excellent graduate of The West Point Military Academy, MacArthur received a good military education during his school days, plus MacArthur's father was also a well-known soldier in the United States at that time
This gave MacArthur a unique advantage in operational command.
During World War II, MacArthur served
Commander-in-Chief of the United States Far East Army
He was responsible for directing the army to confront the Japanese army head-on.
At that time, the overall strength of MacArthur's army was not as strong as that of the Japanese army, and in order to deal with the Japanese army as much as possible, MacArthur carried out in the southwest Pacific theater
"Island Hopping Tactics"
Targeted selection of some islands that are conducive to the US military to promote the war for landing operations.
This caused a lot of trouble for the Japanese army that was running rampant in the Pacific Theater at that time.
Although later, because of MacArthur's misjudgment and the serious attrition of the US-Philippine army, coupled with the fact that the United States focused its operations on Europe, thus
As a result, MacArthur was ultimately unable to stop the Japanese attack
But in terms of some of its command decisions, we can still see that MacArthur was in combat command
Small talent
If MacArthur had not been removed
MacArthur's defeat on the Korean battlefield was largely due to his failure to correctly recognize the true strength of the Chinese volunteer army.
Previously, the Chinese troops contacted by the United States were mainly "national troops", which led the United States to believe that the strength of the Chinese volunteer army and the national army composed of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was not much different, and as a result, the light enemy was gradually defeated in several battles.
If MacArthur hadn't been removed,
Based on his previous experience in combat command, MacArthur would not have been a mistake
He should have found that the Chinese volunteers were logistics weak and most of the materials relied on individual soldiers to carry their own supplies, and then adopted corresponding targeted tactics.
Although the performance of the US military on the Korean battlefield is not outstanding, we have to admit that the US military has a sufficiently complete and comprehensive analysis system.
They were able to use this analytical system to learn about the current weaknesses of the Volunteers
, thus attacking these weak points.
This was actually taken by Ridgway after taking over the commander-in-chief
"Magnetic Tactics"
The main reason.
In addition, even if MacArthur did not pay attention to the logistical problems of the Chinese volunteers, Ridgway under him would most likely make suggestions, so that in fact, unlike Ridgway in charge and command, the situation in the Korean battlefield would most likely follow
"The two sides found that no one could help anyone, and could only fight and talk until the signing of the Armistice Agreement was temporarily concluded"
Direction of development.
Talk at the end
Many people think that Truman removed MacArthur from his position as commander-in-chief because of his lack of command, but in fact this is only one of the reasons.
We have to know that
MacArthur and Truman actually had conflicts as early as the end of World War II
Truman, who was president at the time, still attached great importance to the strategic development of the European region, but in MacArthur's eyes, the European system itself had various problems, and rather than sinking in this land, it was better to develop towards the Pacific coast of Asia.
However, for various reasons, there were not as many people who supported MacArthur at that time as there were people who supported Truman, which led to MacArthur having to rely on himself
"Hard work"
One of the main reasons For MacArthur's efforts to take care of Japan at that time was probably to let everyone see that he was right.
But
For Truman, MacArthur was a disobedient subordinate
And from time to time to ask for military expenses from themselves, it is really annoying.
Most importantly, after the outbreak of the Korean War, faced with volunteers far beyond their expectations,
MacArthur also proposed the use of the atomic bomb
As soon as this proposal came out, the entire United States was set on the edge of the fire, and Truman, as the president of the United States, not only had to pay attention to international public opinion, but also had to deal with the many allies who came to the door. Finally, Truman decisively removed MacArthur from his post
The Korean War was also temporarily quelled by the signing of the Armistice Agreement by the United States without victory.