POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
COLD WAR IN ASIA
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Question
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What major general is fired by Truman?
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MacArthur
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Eisenhower
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Pershing
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Patton
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On April 11, 1951, President Truman officially relieved Douglas MacArthur of his command. Word of his firing spread quickly, and the American public found the news upsetting.
Detailed explanation-2: -MacArthur wanted to bomb China and use nationalist Chinese forces on Taiwan against the communists. Truman rebuffed him. In a 1973 article in Time magazine, Truman was quoted as having said, off the record, in the early 1960s: “I fired him because he wouldn’t respect the authority of the president.
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