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    The UN interfered with the capturing. The K. war happened General MacArthur To defeat North Korean army North Korea was stronger than they initially thought. UN troops fought north korea. President Truman To keep the UN troops away from the China border‚ so that there was not a chance that China would enter the war. General MacArthur didn’t listen to orders and China entered the war. President Truman fired General MacArthur for going against his initial. China The UN troops to stay away

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    American Literature Ms.Stiles 9/12/17 MacArthur The Battle of Incheon was an amphibious invasion and battle of the Korean War. The Code name for the operation was Operation Chromite and this operation involved around 75‚000 troops and 261 naval vessels. Also‚ this operation led to the take back of capital of South Korea‚ Seoul. On June 25th‚ 1950 North Korean armies invaded South Korea with the tanks and combat planes. At the morning of this day‚ General MacArthur sent the boats and planes to rescue

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    city of North Korea. July 4‚ 1950 The US Troops are defeated in Osan Surprisingly that the US troops are force to be defeated by the North Korean troops by the North Korean Army. September 15‚ 1950 The United States claim a victory in Inchon Douglas MacArthur leads troops to invade South Korea at the city of Inchon. United Nations troops go to Seoul and take it back from North Korea October 20‚ 1950 The US army reached the capital of North Korea US troops push their way into Pyongyang. Soldiers believe

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    The Occupation of Japan lasted from 1945-1953 and the leader was… the famous Douglas MacArthur. From his beginnings in Little Rock‚ Arkansas to his heroic actions in the 2 World Wars he was one of the greatest generals of all time. The occupation was considered an Allied-led mission to “disarm” Japan and prevent them from remilitarizing. And while their military was totally dismantled that wasn’t enough from MacArthur. He believed that Japan needed to be in “peace-like state” and he vastly changed

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    2nd 1949‚ the Imperial Japanese Army surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur and the Allied Forces‚ bringing an end to the war that shook the earth‚ World War II. While the Allied Forces were fighting against the Nazi threat in western Europe‚ another part of the war was being fought in eastern Asia against the Japanese. This part of the war was known as the Pacific Ocean theater‚ and was mainly fought by the US‚ led by General MacArthur‚ against the Imperial Japanese Army. MacArthur’s victory in

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    Somebody ... Wanted ... But ... So ... North Korea -To unite Korea under one communist leader. -They were stopped by the US and UN. -The Chinese joined the Koreans side and helped fight back against US troops. General MacArthur -To completely defeat the Korean and Chinese armies. -President Truman ordered for him to stop his assault on the Asian countries. -He persisted and was eventually fired because his arrogance cost them the battle. President Truman -To keep Korea from

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    into Korea to prevent the Soviets from gaining another Satellite state. The line that would separate the Soviet controlled sector from the American controlled sector was declared the 38th parallel by Dean Rusk‚ a colonel in the army. General Douglas MacArthur announced the splitting of into two occupation zones‚ and Stalin accepted. While the USSR and US moved in‚ an association of Korean Nationalists formed a government known as the KPR (Korean People’s Republic). As time passed‚ this government

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    order has been given. This statement by Truman was one of the most delicate problems between the civilian and military command because a weapon of war was controlled by civilians rather than an acting commander in the military. In December of 1950‚ MacArthur requested that this control be transferred over to him which would give him the power to deploy these weapons in the conflict as he saw fit.

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    War. General Douglas MacArthur The US general in charge of US forces in the Pacific‚ whose strategy of island hopping lead to the US victory over Japan. His strategy to defeat Japan was island hopping‚ which would let him bypass big island fortresses by taking smaller nearby island and then bombing the main island. This would give him control over Japan’s empire over the course of several years‚ and would soon give him control over the island of japan itself. General Douglas MacArthur wouldn’t become

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    The very first aim of USA in the Korean War was to drive out the invaders who were the communists from the South Korea from the North Korea. This aim is already accomplished by General Douglas Macarthur in 1951 when the war was in stalemate. Thus I saw no points of continuing the war. The United Nations did not only help USA by providing troops from the eighteen states but also by providing different kind of support (including to replace the obsolete weapons of USA). Therefore with the help of the

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