During the Korean War, MacArthur suddenly visited Taiwan and gave great encouragement to chiang kai-shek. But then something went wrong, and U.S. President Harry S. Truman was dissatisfied with it, even angry.
According to the data, the then Secretary of State Acheson showed It to Truman with a newspaper, and he asked Truman if he approved MacArthur's visit to Taiwan. Truman was surprised, he did not expect MacArthur to visit Taiwan behind his back and meet with Old Chiang. Chinese saying that it is called "stepping over the pot head of the kang", it is too much to take him as the president in his eyes.
MacArthur's visit to Taiwan caused a sensation around the world for a time. It was reported in the major media in the United States. MacArthur's arrogant appearance made Truman look angry, and he was very noisy, as if he were the president of the United States. But Truman's anger has a lot of meaning in it.
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Truman thought macArthur was visiting Taiwan without asking him, and didn't take him seriously. Truman believed that MacArthur's actions would lead to dissatisfaction between China and the Soviet Union, and it was very likely that China and the Soviet Union would join forces to invade Korea, which would lead to a world war. This was an ending That Truman did not want to see.
In fact, the contradiction between Truman and MacArthur has long existed, and it is no secret that the generals are not in harmony. Truman believed that MacArthur, as commander of the Coalition Forces, was not at all cautious in his actions, believing that MacArthur had damaged the image of the United States in the early days of the Korean War.
Originally, after the outbreak of the Korean War, Truman wanted to let the Air Navy help Syngman Rhee, but he did not expect macArthur to take a plane to cruise around the Korean Peninsula without authorization, and also sent a telegram to Truman asking for reinforcements from the Truman field troops.
MacArthur even bragged to Truman that a single regiment of American troops could defeat the Northern Dynasty, but the result was that a regiment was like a meat bun beating a dog and never returning. Later, another division and an army were sent, but they still could not defeat the North Korean People's Army, which made the US army very uncomfortable. Truman believed that MacArthur wanted what he wanted in the Korean War, what he gave, but MacArthur threw the Face of the United States and bragged everywhere.
In fact, after MacArthur's visit to Taiwan, he had already reported the situation of his trip to Taiwan to Johnson of the Pentagon, and he asked the United States to approve Chiang Kai-shek's invasion of Korea. Johnson agreed with MacArthur's suggestion. But later, believing that the matter was very big, he reported to Secretary of State Acheson and emphatically suggested that Chiang Kai-shek send troops.
When Defense Secretary Johnson later reported to Truman, although he thought macArthur's visit to Taiwan was inappropriate and that someone else should be sent, MacArthur was too high-profile. But Johnson believed that MacArthur, as the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces and the commander-in-chief of the United Nations Forces, could go within his range.
Although Truman thought it was also reasonable, he still sent the fire to MacArthur, believing that MacArthur was talking nonsense in Taiwan, privately promising the old Chiang Kai-shek, and that he was too bold to be reused by such a person. Even asked Johnson to replace MacArthur immediately.
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Truman had his own strategy in the Korean War, and he believed the U.S. military could accomplish the mission. But unexpectedly, the US military failed. In Truman's eyes, the Korean War was a Soviet fire on the Korean Peninsula against the United States, and if Chinese mainland sent troops to Taiwan at this time, Japan would be in danger. The U.S. strategy in the Western Pacific would fail.
After World War II, the strategic center of gravity of the United States was in Europe, but if Asia was lost, the global strategy of the United States would be out of balance, and Truman's mood was also very contradictory; he was afraid that the mainland would attack Taiwan, and he was also afraid that chiang Kai-shek would take the initiative to attack the mainland, so he sent the Seventh Fleet, mainly to stabilize the Taiwan Strait and avoid war, otherwise the United States would be distracted.
In Truman's eyes, he opposed Chiang Kai-shek's invasion of North Korea, while the Pentagon did not understand it, and MacArthur did not understand Truman's intentions, so MacArthur hastily visited Taiwan, causing passivity.
Truman then ordered that someone be sent to Tokyo to explain his strategy to MacArthur and not to let MacArthur make similar mistakes again.
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Harry Truman sent Harryman to Tokyo to explain to MacArthur, but MacArthur did not pay attention to President Truman at all, and no matter how Harriman was liberated, he still insisted on his opinion.
MacArthur also told the envoy from home about his strategy, which was later the Landing at Inchon. MacArthur was not concerned about Truman's alleged strategy. Later, after the Landing at Inchon, macArthur's American army did achieve a great victory, but the contradictions between the generals and marshals were even more serious. Because MacArthur was even more invincible, he thought that he would soon cross the Yalu River and extend the war to China.
After the successful landing at Inchon, the situation of the Korean War underwent tremendous changes and the war situation was reversed. Kim Il Sung requested Chinese assistance, and Chairman Mao accepted Kim Il Sung's request to form a volunteer army to invade Korea and appointed Peng Dehuai as the commander and political commissar of the Chinese Volunteer Army.
On October 15, 1950, after a series of defeats, the U.S. government recalled MacArthur to return to China to report for duty, but MacArthur told the White House that he was too busy to return to Washington. MacArthur later met with President Truman on Wake Island. Truman was so angry with the arrogant MacArthur that he asked MacArthur to fight a limited war in Korea.
On October 19, 1950, the U.S. army captured Pyongyang, at this time the Chinese Volunteer Army also secretly entered the DPRK to fight the United Nations, from October 25, 1950 to January 8, 1951, the volunteer army launched three campaigns, Marshal Peng Dehuai led the volunteer army to macArthur's United Nations army to the 38th line.
On April 11, 1951, MacArthur even proposed to strike at military targets in northeast China, believing that nuclear weapons could be used. Truman firmly disagreed, believing that it would cause the Soviet Union to be dissatisfied and enter the war, and MacArthur did not learn a lesson because of the defeat, but openly opposed Truman's decision, and even sent reconnaissance planes into Chinese airspace.
After the first three battles, the United Nations was again defeated and suffered heavy losses. The fourth battle was a draw, but MacArthur had no plans to unify the peninsula and remained unconvinced after being defeated. Later, Ridgway became the commander of the Eighth Army, which slightly turned the tide of the war.
MacArthur's self-indulgence increasingly displeased Truman and the U.S. Department of Defense, and on April 11, 1951, Truman ordered MacArthur to be removed from his post and let Ridgway take over as commander. The reason was that "U.S. and United Nations policies cannot be supported."
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