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How badly did MacArthur lose the Korean War? Almost ruined his own future

In the movie "Chosin Lake", MacArthur did not appear much, but appeared for more than a minute at the beginning, but if you know enough about the Korean War, you will find an indisputable fact, that is, in the Korean War, MacArthur can be described as a very arrogant person, not only threatening to say that the battle ended before Christmas, but also saying that the Chinese army would never participate in the war, and burned the war to the yalu River.

How badly did MacArthur lose the Korean War? Almost ruined his own future

MacArthur can be described as crazy, but you may not know that MacArthur was also a man of great achievements, participated in the War of France as a colonel during World War I, and later served as the allied commander of the Pacific Theater during World War II, and at the end of World War II, MacArthur was stunned to be a five-star general in the Army, when MacArthur became a veritable top American military figure after World War II.

How badly did MacArthur lose the Korean War? Almost ruined his own future

However, such a well-known figure in the United States was broken into sand in the Korean War, and the first mistake MacArthur made in the Korean War was to burn the war to the Yalu River, he ordered bombers to burn the war to Chinese territory, and then he bet that the Chinese army would not participate in the war.

How badly did MacArthur lose the Korean War? Almost ruined his own future

As a result, these two wrong decisions made MacArthur a miserable bet, and the volunteers were stunned to push the front all the way to the vicinity of the 38th Line; at this time, MacArthur also arrogantly shouted about bombing China's military targets in the northeast region, and even threatened to carry out some nuclear weapons attack, which was opposed by Truman, and at this time, MacArthur could not sit still and privately ordered the dispatch of reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter China's territory.

How badly did MacArthur lose the Korean War? Almost ruined his own future

MacArthur did not expect that in the first three battles of the Volunteer Army, the United Nations army led by the American army was defeated one after another, MacArthur still did not feel anything, and arrogantly prepared to attack with atomic bombs, MacArthur's various behaviors made the people at the top of the United States more and more dissatisfied with the people, and finally, Truman found an excuse and removed MacArthur from his post, and was replaced by Ridgway, whom we are familiar with later.

How badly did MacArthur lose the Korean War? Almost ruined his own future

It is also because of the Korean War in the sand, MacArthur in the later career is very unhappy, later, because of the lack of dealing with President Truman, was suppressed by Truman, and later, to participate in the Republican primary election failed to win, after macArthur faded out of people's sight, and finally, in 1964 because of gallstone burps, at the age of 84, it can be said that the Korean War made MacArthur lose very badly.

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