Essays on Douglas Macarthur

Douglas MacArthur was born on January 26th, 1880 in Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas. His desire to enroll in the army was not a surprise to anyone, as he was following the example of his father and the military career Douglas Jr. saw unravel before him. His mother played an important role in the military career of her son. She helped him to achieve the next milestone in his career and get an invitation to study at the most prestigious military institution in the United States – West Point Academy. The future general graduated the academy in 1903 with ...

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S Navy’s Finest Hour serves as a chronicle of the Battle of Samar. The author, James Hornsfischer referred to this battle as the ultimate upset in the naval warfare history. The author brilliantly combined the different accounts from official reports and firsthand witnesses of the warfare that occurred in the Gulf of Leyte. Despite being the underdog during the encounter, the ‘tin cans’ of the American forces were able to overcome the overwhelming forces of the Japanese military. It was on January ...

Already in 1937, the US government was dissatisfied with the actions of the Japanese in Manchuria, as well as with the policy of Germany and Italy. Being a major supplier of oil and steel to Japan, the United States warned the Japanese government about the possibility of termination of the supply in case the Japanese army will not leave China In order to exclude the possibility of military aggression by Japan, Roosevelt throws part of the American fleet in the Hawaiian Islands located on a military base - Pearl Harbor, which is now the headquarters of the US Pacific ...