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3 giorni fa · After the surrender of Japan, despite it waging the war in the name of Hirohito, he was not prosecuted for war crimes, for General Douglas MacArthur thought that an ostensibly cooperative emperor would help establish a peaceful Allied occupation and the U.S. achieve its postwar objectives.
3 giorni fa · For his heroism, General Douglas MacArthur presented Bong with a Medal of Honor in December 1944. As his citation noted, Bong undertook dangerous combat missions and downed enemy planes, ...
12 ore fa · Released on July 15, 1977, Macarthur is an American biographical war-drama flick. The plot aims to give viewers an in-depth glance at the fascinating life of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.
1 giorno fa · By March, a bitter dispute broke out between Adm. King and General Douglas MacArthur as to how these resources were to be deployed. This was ultimately resolved with a compromise leaving Gen. MacArthur in charge of the Southwest Pacific Area and charged with seizure of the Solomon Islands west of Guadalcanal, the northwest coast of New Guinea , and the Bismarck Archipelago including the ...
4 giorni fa · La storia di Pasqualino Rago, il soldato nato a San Marco in Lamis ucciso il 2 febbraio 1945 dai soldati russi durante il conflitto della Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Michele Ceddia, ricercatore ...
5 giorni fa · Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Douglas MacArthur oversaw the formal surrender on Sunday, Sept. 2, on board the USS Missouri in overcast Tokyo Bay. After both the Allied representatives and the Japanese signed the surrender documents, the five-star general stepped up to the microphone and pronounced, “Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.
5 giorni fa · The son of a Civil War veteran, MacArthur rose to become the most instrumental commander in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His legendary return to the Philippines in 1944 made good on one of the war’s most famous vows, and it was MacArthur who fittingly oversaw the occupation and reconstruction of Japan following the war.
