What was the impact of General MacArthur on the Korean War?
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- Created on: 20-09-15 21:50
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- What was the impact of General MacArthur on the Korean War?
- Success
- MacArthur decided to break out of the Pusan perimeter and stage a huge sea-borne attack behind enemy lines at the port of Inchon
- Seoul was relieved and N. Korean troops driven back across the 38th Parallel
- UNO mission accomplished
- MacArthur was fired after disobeying orders for the use of nuclear bombs on China and was replaced by General Ridgeway
- Prevented World War 3
- UNO counter attacks
- Seoul was retaken for the last time by UNO forces in March 1951
- forced the Chinese and N. Koreans back to the 38th Parallel
- MacArthur decided to break out of the Pusan perimeter and stage a huge sea-borne attack behind enemy lines at the port of Inchon
- Failure
- After pushing the Communists back over the N. Korean border MacArthur now decided to reunite the whole Korean Peninsula
- Chinese feared an invasion of their territory and so launched a massive counter attack
- Seoul was captured by the Communist in early 1957
- UNO forces were driven southwards and back across the 38th Parallel
- Failure for MacArthur personally
- After the Chinese counter attack MacArthur argued the case for the use of nuclear weapons against China
- MacArthur was fired after disobeying orders and was replaced by General Ridgeway
- After the Chinese counter attack MacArthur argued the case for the use of nuclear weapons against China
- After pushing the Communists back over the N. Korean border MacArthur now decided to reunite the whole Korean Peninsula
- Success
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