In 1941, MacArthur was relieved of his post as commander-in-chief of the American Forces in the Far East, and he learned that he had been dismissed because his wife had overheard the morning radio news.
On April 11, 1951, ridgway accompanied Secretary of War Pace on a tour of the front line, and a reporter suddenly and inexplicably asked Ridgway: "Does the general accept my congratulations?" Ridgway didn't know what to do, who knew what was next, a telegram unveiled the mystery.
That evening, Pace received a telegram and quickly called Ridgway, saying: "The president has removed MacArthur, and you are now the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, the commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces, and the commander-in-chief of the American forces in the Far East." ”
This surprised Ridgway, "Why did the president do this?" ”
Of course Truman had to do this, and macArthur was arrogant and arrogant, and he did it himself!
Truman later recalled: "I have never forgotten that the main enemy of the United States is the Soviet Union, and as long as this enemy is not involved in the war, we will never waste our strength." ”
At that time, the White House had already decided on a national policy: the United States must not fall into a protracted war in Asia, consuming the military forces that should have been deployed in Europe, and this is likely to be what the Kremlin wants.
However, the fact that the Korean battlefield was in full swing, but the Soviet Union did not move and had no intention of getting involved in this war, which made the US military and political leaders worried a lot, and the British and French allies also opposed the expansion of the war with China and advocated negotiations with China.
At this time in the Korean War, Ridgway had returned to the 38th Parallel, and Truman felt that the United States had already had the face to negotiate peace. He has hidden several times to express his willingness to negotiate with China, and has even drawn up a statement that clearly expresses his hope for sino-North Korean armistice negotiations and is full of specious and diplomatic rhetoric.
Truman hopes that in this statement, the willingness to negotiate peace can be realized by China, and at the same time hopes to gain a few points in international public opinion.
But at this time, MacArthur, who was bent on fighting the war to the end, issued a statement privately, completely disrupting Truman's plan.
In his statement, MacArthur claimed that China lacked all the necessary means to conduct a modern war, and that the enormous numerical superiority of the Chinese military could not offset the shortcomings of its old war machine.
MacArthur even explicitly threatened that victory would be just around the corner if the United Nations reversed its decision to limit the war to North Korea and extended its military operations to China's coastal areas and internal bases.
MacArthur's announcement amounted to an ultimatum.
As soon as the statement came out, the world scolded the statement, and even the US allies believed that it was a book of war declared by the United States.
Truman was outraged, and the Joint Chiefs report claimed that the "Commander of the United Nations Forces" could not find a more effective way to make the President furious.
MacArthur's statement completely undermined Truman's plan to withdraw from Korea, and an enraged Truman told his men: "I recognize that there is no other way but to remove the nation's supreme war commander."
On April 5, MacArthur finally threw a grenade that killed himself: U.S. Rep. Martin read a letter from Congress supporting macArthur's use of Nationalist troops to fight in North Korea.
This is the end of MacArthur's military career!
On April 16, MacArthur, who had been relieved of his duties, left Japan and returned to the United States, which had been gone for 15 years. Soon, he entered the age of the wind and candle, and was forgotten by the times.
MacArthur died at the Washington Army Hospital in 1964, ending his blind and belligerent life. Truman's political career was also greatly frustrated by his termination of MacArthur's military career. The following year, in view of the inevitable defeat in the election, he voluntarily announced that he would not run for re-election for the presidency and withdrew from politics.
The coffin concluded that Truman and MacArthur lost both, not only because of the private contest between the two of them, but also because the war they announced went against the people's will to love peace and oppose war, and it was unpopular! #战争风云 #
