POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
THE MARSHALL PLAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Drop an atomic bomb on the USSR
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Drop an atomic bomb on China
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Drop an atomic bomb on North Korea and China
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Drop an atomic bomb on North Korea and the USSR
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Detailed explanation-1: -In a public statement, again without getting any clearance from Washington, MacArthur taunted the Chinese for failing to conquer South Korea. He then went on to threaten to attack China unless the Chinese gave up the fight. He even said he would meet the enemy military commander to arrange how to end the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -MacArthur had already turned down Air Force proposals to fire bomb North Korean cities, and suggested that atomic bombs could be used to isolate North Korea by taking out bridges and tunnels. The Army staff considered this impractical.
Detailed explanation-3: -Such criticisms were not limited to civilians. The very day after the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima, the personal pilot of General Douglas MacArthur, commander of Allied forces in the Pacific, recorded in his diary that MacArthur was “appalled and depressed by this Frankenstein monster."
Detailed explanation-4: -MacArthur was initially successful in driving back the North Korean forces over the 38th parallel. He made a controversial move, however, when he continued to push the North Koreans further north and suggested bombing cities in China that were thought to be aiding the North Korean troops.
Detailed explanation-5: -As U.S. and United Nations forces turned the tide of battle in Korea, MacArthur argued for a policy of pushing into North Korea to completely defeat the communist forces.