POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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complete support of President Truman’s decision
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mostly disinterest in the event
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a call to end the war immediately
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a storm of protest because many supported MacArthur
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Douglas MacArthur was an American general who commanded the Southwest Pacific in World War II, oversaw the successful Allied occupation of postwar Japan and led United Nations forces in the Korean War.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did General Douglas MacArthur react to the events in Korea? What was his stance on the Korean War? General MacArthur ordered some troops from the United Nations Forces to attack North Korea’s forces on the Front-lines. He wanted to annex China so they can regenerate China into a democratic, political system.