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Fugg MacArthur.

what he said.

MacArthur was America's Montgomery

Patton. Why was it necessary to liberate the Philippines in 1944? The objective was Japan. Could the Japs on the Philippines have possibly helped thwart the defeat of Japan? Or was it to save McArthur's image?

There are different types of Generals. All types are very important to winning a war. Patton was a Battlefield General, a true fighter and leader of battle units, who could inspire, lead and fight. MacArthur was more of an all around administrative Statesman type General who could manage all aspects of General duties including managing other Generals, logistics management, implementing strategy and inspiring his occupied Philippine people. Patton had a lot same skills but his true abilities were on the battlefield killing the enemy. They each fulfilled important but separate roles. Another is General George Marshall. His planning and logistics management helped win WW2 but you would not have wanted Patton & Marshall to switch roles.

They were our friends and ally in the region. Japs were kicking the crap out of them. Atrocity and murder of innocents.
It was a Jap beat down that was necessary.

Clone Patton and put him in charge of every battle.

It took Montgomery 3 weeks to take Caen. Patton would have done it in 3 days.

They both gave the Bonus Army hell

Oh boy you really summed it up there. If you say so. Tell that to the military scholars and historians, West Point staff, history books and all the officers inspired by him.

Patton.
As a leader of fighting men, who knew how to inspire those men, Patton was a master.

MacArthur was more concerned with securing his own place in history, at the cost of his men's blood.

Stormin' Norman

MacArthur stood up to the commie and organized crime lackey in the whitehouse at the cost of his career and by doing so almost single handedly held at bay the bullshit we're now facing for decades. He deserves our eternal gratitude for that.

True, but beating Japan into submission was the over riding necessity. How many Filipinos were killed in the fighting to retake the Philippines vs. how many would have been killed if the place had been left as is until Japan surrendered? Would the money and effort been better directed against the Jap home islands? The question remains, what could those Japs in the Philippines have done to stave off the defeat of Japan?

McArthur had to go directly to Roosevelt and cajole him into agreeing to over ride Nimitz who wanted to bypass the Philippines. I believe a man like Patton would have understood that Japan was the target.

Patton.

Patton.

Patton

Truman? Surely not? Truman was an honest man.