{"id":2096485,"date":"2023-11-10T15:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T20:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-top-11-generals-2-douglas-macarthur\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T15:16:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T20:16:30","slug":"americas-top-11-generals-2-douglas-macarthur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-top-11-generals-2-douglas-macarthur\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s Top 11 Generals: #2 Douglas MacArthur"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famericas-top-11-generals-2-douglas-macarthur%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2096485&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>The Legendary General \u200dDouglas MacArthur: A Master Strategist and\u2063 Leader<\/h2>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over\u200b the years, the \u2063United States has produced many remarkable generals and admirals, but only a few\u2062 have \u2064stood\u200d out as world-class\u2064 strategists and leaders of troops.\u200c As Veterans Day approaches on November 11, let\u2019s remember and celebrate\u2064 them. \u2062Here is my list of America\u2019s finest \u200c11 commanders.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Douglas MacArthur, 1880 \u2013 1964\u200d (World\u200c War I,\u2064 World\u200d War II, Korea)<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mercurial, paranoid, and \u2064petty, yet\u2062 brilliant, \u2064and visionary, his was\u2063 a personality \u2063that loomed\u200d large in a time filled with \u200dbig personalities. But for all \u200chis arrogance, swagger, \u200dand \u2064showmanship, with his trademark corncob pipe, gaudily braided cap, and dark sunglasses,\u2062 MacArthur \u200dwas adroit\u200b at producing\u2062 victories.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_651485\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-651485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archive Photos\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although he earned the \u2063pejorative nickname \u201cDugout Doug\u201d in 1942 while under Japanese siege in the Philippines, his personal bravery was\u2063 beyond reproach. Indeed, he exposed himself to so much enemy fire over his career it is a wonder he was never nicked, let alone killed\u200b outright. \u200cBut he mystically believed that no bullet was made\u2062 for him. And thus, \u2063he casually\u200b walked battlefields, even as GIs were prone on the ground, with no fear. \u201cExcuse me, General,\u201d\u200d said a flummoxed lieutenant on the front \u200bline at Los Negros when MacArthur approached, \u201cwe \u200ckilled \u200ba Jap \u200csniper\u200c there just a few minutes ago.\u201d MacArthur replied, \u201cFine. That\u2019s the best thing to do with them.\u201d And then he continued walking the line.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_651543\" style=\"width: 747px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-651543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">General Douglas \u2064MacArthur and his acting aide Colonel\u200c Lloyd Lehrabas inspect\u2064 the results of the naval bombardment, Los \u2064Negros Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua \u200bNew Guinea,\u200d February 29, 1944. (Photo by \u2063US Army Signal Corps\/Interim Archives\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Having led the Rainbow Division \u2063during World War \u2062I, MacArthur was horrified by the\u200b carnage \u2062of \u200btrench warfare.\u2062 He vowed\u2064 if ever in a position to\u2062 lead armies, he\u2019d never commit the mass frontal assaults\u200d of Haig, P\u00e9tain and Ludendorff. And he \u200bfully grasped as few generals did how the advent \u200bof \u2063technology, particularly the airplane, would revolutionize war and \u2063allow him to avoid the butchery\u2064 of the Somme and Flanders.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_651513\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-651513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1920: General Douglas MacArthur (1880 \u2013 1964) Commandant of the West Point Military Academy with the Prince of Wales (1894\u200b \u2013 1972) later\u200c the Duke\u2064 of Windsor, who was inspecting \u2062the cadets. (Photo by Hulton Archive\/Getty \u2064Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indeed, what made MacArthur so unique was his ability to adapt new ideas. \u201cNew conditions and new weapons\u2062 require new and imaginative methods,\u201d he said. \u201cWars \u2062are never won in the past.\u201d Although he reluctantly sat on the 1925\u2063 court-martial of aviation pioneer\u2064 Billy Mitchell, he later came to embrace the maverick flier\u2019s belief in offensive use of air power to its\u200b fullest. At West Point, where he\u2064 earned the second-highest scores in school history, he\u2019d learned that bodies of water were obstacles\u2062 behind which to dig in, whereas Naval midshipmen were taught\u200b that the seas were \u200dhighways for flexibility and maneuver;\u2062 the Army brat came down hard \u200don the \u2064side of the \u200dadmirals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Until his grand strategy could be implemented, however, his US-Aussie forces had\u200c to take heavily \u2062fortified\u200b Buna on New \u2064Guinea\u2019s jungle-covered northern coast. \u200dThe battle was slow, bloody, \u200dand brutal, with ground losses\u2064 higher than at Guadalcanal \u200draging at the\u200c same time.\u200b But when\u200b Buna fell in January 1943, MacArthur handed \u2062the Emperor\u2019s troops their first defeat of the war.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_651531\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-651531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">circa 1943: General MacArthur \u2026 passing a line of Australian troops moving up to the\u200b front in the\u200b New Guinea \u2063jungle whilst he \u2064is on \u200ca tour\u200b of inspection.\u200d (Photo \u2064by Three Lions\/Getty \u2064Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once free of the jungle\u200d interior, MacArthur embarked on a stunning series of\u200b strategic advances through the Southwest Pacific. His \u200dstring of unbroken successes were achieved through sweeping flank attacks and maneuver using the sea lanes as arteries to deposit troops to capture and hold airfields, which would then provide top cover for his next advance.\u2064 \u201cVictory,\u201d he \u2063declared, \u201cdepends on the advancement of the bomber line.\u201d Unlike\u2064 Nimitz\u2019s \u200bisland-hopping campaigns in which direct pressure was applied to enemy\u2063 garrisons such as at Tarawa, Saipan, and Iwo Jima, MacArthur practiced what he called \u201cleap-frogging\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When planning\u2063 his advance up New Guinea to the Philippines, MacArthur\u2019s staff worried about the losses they \u2064faced taking the\u200c many strongholds dotting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-top-11-generals-2-douglas-macarthur\/\" title=\"America\u2019s Top 11 Generals: #2 Douglas MacArthur\">huge land mass\u2019 northern coast<\/a> as well \u2063as powerfully garrisoned islands \u2064like New Britain and the Admiralties. MacArthur,\u2062 instead, \u2062informed them\u2063 of his intention\u2063 to, in his words, \u201cEnvelop them. Incapacitate them. Apply the hit-em-where-they-ain\u2019t, let-em-die-on-the-vine \u2062philosophy. The jungle. Starvation. \u200cThey are my allies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_651537\" style=\"width: 748px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-651537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait of General MacArthur and General Thomas Blamey,\u2062 New Guinea, 1942 1943, Australian Department Of Information. Getty IMages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This momentous\u2062 strategy effectively led\u200d to MacArthur\u2019s forces in 1943 bypassing heavily fortified Japanese strongholds on New Guinea, as well as the massive \u200bJapanese base at Rabaul on the tip\u2063 of New Britain. Instead, such\u200d formidable positions would be cut off from supplies using his navy and air force to seal the \u200btraps. Once he\u2019d established his\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hayward-the-next-war-a-look-ahead-at-hypersonic-missiles-a-i-space-combat-and-bio-weapons\/\" title=\"Hayward \u2013 The Next War: A Look Ahead at Hypersonic Missiles, A.I., Space Combat, and Bio-Weapons\">forward air bases<\/a>, captured and guarded by his infantry and\u200d artillery in one of \u2063his \u2062over 80 successful amphibious landings from 1943 to 1945, \u200bthe side-stepped Japanese would be compelled \u2062to either march through\u2063 some of the densest jungle \u200dterrain \u2063on earth for \u200bmiles to attack his\u200c waiting men or retreat on escape routes left for \u200cthem that led to nowhere. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_651549\" style=\"width: 736px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-651549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">General Douglas MacArthur (second from left) walks to the \u200dshore of Leyte Island with a\u2062 group\u2063 of U.S. Army and\u200d Philippine\u200b officers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not \u200donly did MacArthur\u2019s strategy mean the most efficient use of resources while U.S. strength in the Pacific \u2062grew with the nation\u2019s\u200d industrial production, it kept casualty rolls relatively low. \u201cThe days\u2064 of\u2062 the frontal \u2063attack\u200d are over,\u201d MacArthur declared. \u201cGood commanders do not turn \u200bin heavy \u2064losses.\u201d And while he talked \u2062bloody, his short casualty lists told a far different story. Indeed, although\u2063 unpopular with his troops who distrusted his flamboyant persona, had they better understood how he\u200c was using \u2062them, their bitterness might have faded some. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For every GI, Digger or Marine killed, the General\u200d killed ten Japanese. ETO comparisons are worth noting. At \u2062Normandy\u2064 alone Eisenhower\u2062 suffered some 28,300 losses; Lucas lost a staggering 72,300 at Anzio. Yet, from the launch of his New Guinea campaign to \u2064landing on the Philippines two\u2062 years later, MacArthur suffered a mere\u200c 27,500 \u200closses. Hence a \u2064senior Japanese intelligence officer Juio Matsuichi would declare MacArthur\u2019s maneuvers \u201cthe type of strategy we hated most\u200c \u2026 because it\u2062 gained the most while losing the\u200c least.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His operation to circumvent the enemy strongholds \u200cat Hansa Bay and Wewak on New Guinea to strike the Japanese at Hollandia \u2014 400 miles up the coast, and 280 miles behind\u200d enemy lines \u2014 \u200cwith little loss, is the \u2064classic example \u200bof \u2062this strategy in\u200b practice, as well as MacArthur\u2019s \u2064willingness to take calculated risks, similar to his naval counterpart Nimitz.\u200c The\u200b Hollandia \u2063lunge was\u2062 an incredibly daring operation for it first meant shedding Army air cover \u200dto rely solely on \u200blimited carrier support until his GIs \u200csecured the beachheads and engineers\u200b patched cratered\u2064 runways.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_651509\" style=\"width: 449px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-651509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial view \u2026 \u200cof USAF attack on\u2064 5th\u200d April 1944\u2062 at Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea now Jayapura in the province\u2063 of Papua, Indonesia. \u200bOfficial US Air Force Photo. (Photo by INP\/Bettmann Archive\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The surprise, however, was complete. One MacArthur staff \u2062officer \u200dremembered: \u201cWhen we landed at Hollandia, there were very few Japanese \u2064troops \u200cthere, but\u2063 there\u200b was \u200da great\u200c deal of Japanese brass, \u2062admirals \u200band generals, who had taken post up at Hollandia to get the reports\u200c from Hansa Bay, and how the\u200d imperial \u200bforces were\u200b going to massacre the Americans. Suddenly the Americans were on their front step!\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biographer William Manchester proposes the Hollandia lunge to\u200b be of comparable genius to Hannibal\u2019s movements at Cannae and Napoleon\u2019s at Austerlitz. Like many MacArthur masterpieces, however, \u2062it is also much less famous because the casualties \u2063were mostly on the enemy side.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_651507\" style=\"width: 728px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-651507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A US Coast Guard manned\u2064 landing \u200dcraft, transporting\u200c supplies to Hollandia during \u2062World War\u200b Two, Dutch New Guinea,\u200c circa 1943-1945. (Photo\u2063 by US Coast \u2064Guard\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Again and\u2062 again throughout 1944, MacArthur\u2019s\u200c unexpected \u2062and incisive blows, each landing closer and closer to\u2062 the Philippines, would unnerve his \u200bJapanese opponents in Tokyo, Singapore,\u2063 or Manila trying to discern his \u200dnext move. But it did\u200c them little good. In \u200ba \u2064two-month period, for example, MacArthur\u2019s forces\u200b advanced over 1,400\u2062 miles at the\u2064 cost of a mere\u2063 1,400 casualties \u2014 \u200bone \u200bper \u2062every\u200b mile of ground. The very \u2062opposite of the \u200bWestern\u2063 Front slaughter he sought to avoid.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_651559\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-651559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">General Douglas MacArthur Military Funeral Procession, Washington, D.C., USA,\u2064 photograph by Thomas J.\u200d O\u2019Halloran, April 8, 1964. (Photo by: Universal History \u200dArchive\/Universal\u200c Images Group via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In command of one of\u2063 the most \u2064impressive amphibious forces \u200cever \u2063assembled when he landed on\u2064 Luzon in the Philippines in January 1945, MacArthur proceeded to completely baffle and \u200bout-maneuver the\u200d Japanese \u200cgeneral Yamashita, catching the enemy columns in \u2064motion, demonstrating that when it came to dodge, parry, and\u2062 thrust, MacArthur was a\u200c master.\u200d By September 1945 the \u200cSupreme\u2062 Commander Allied\u2062 Powers in the Pacific (SCAP) was receiving the Japanese surrender, having advanced over three thousand miles from Port Moresby to Tokyo \u2064Bay, wherein he \u200dlaid out a positive and magnanimous vision of \u2063the future for \u200cthe \u2062defeated Japan that stunned the Emperor\u2019s delegates in \u2064its magnanimity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the war,\u2064 MacArthur became\u200b the de facto\u200d U.S. pro consul\u2062 of Japan. In a remarkable demonstration\u2063 of benevolent\u2063 statesmanship\u200b towards a once brutal foe, MacArthur \u200bembarked on \u200da brilliant post-war reconstruction and liberalization\u200c of devastated Japan. Much of the\u2062 success\u200b that has been post-war Japan is owed to SCAP\u2019s six-year\u2064 rule. In fact, no enemy has been so defeated and \u2064yet so rehabilitated in so short a \u200btime.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_651551\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-651551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">circa 1945: American soldier General MacArthur with Japanese Emperor Hirohito (1901 \u2013 1989) at\u200b the United States Embassy in Tokyo. (Photo by Keystone\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His time in Tokyo between 1945-1951 should be the \u200bcrowning achievement of MacArthur\u2019s life. And yet, just when he thought his fighting days were over,\u2062 the North Korean attack into the South in June 1950 gave him what he called \u201cMars\u2019 last\u200b gift \u200dto an old warrior.\u201d \u200cAnd here, the now seventy-year-old MacArthur\u2019s vision and daring \u2062prevented a UN rout. After stabilizing the front around Pusan on the southern tip of\u2062 the Korean peninsula, MacArthur then in a month\u2019s time \u2064conceived and conducted one of the most\u200b daring and brilliant military operations in the history of warfare. He landed US Marines 110 miles\u200d behind the North Korean lines \u2062at Inchon, a port known for severe tides, an inlet that became daily mudflats,\u2063 fortified islands, and high sea \u2063walls rather than \u200dproper beaches. In fact, as \u200done naval officer put it, \u201cMake a list of \u200damphibious \u2018don\u2019ts\u2019 and Inchon has them all.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u200d was MacArthur\u2019s choice of\u200d just such an unlikely location that made Operation Chromite a blinding success that\u200d sent the surprised and bewildered North \u2064Koreans retreating back \u200dacross the 38<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u200d parallel \u200dinto\u200d the north with the \u200cUN in pursuit. The \u200dvictory would not last, however, as the massive Chinese counterattacks in November 1950 threw the \u2064UN back down \u200bsouth\u2063 and left MacArther stunned and flailing for excuses. But \u200dthere was\u2062 plenty of blame to go around, both in \u200chis HQ in Tokyo and the White House and Pentagon who were all caught flatfooted. Still, his eventual sacking by Truman who was fed up with\u200c MacArthur\u2019s \u2064public opposition to \u200bWashington\u2019s war policy was a sad way to end a remarkable career.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_651557\" style=\"width: 872px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-651557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of US President Harry S Truman (1884 \u2013 1972)\u200d and US military commander General Douglas MacArthur \u200b(1880\u2062 \u2013 1964) on Wake Island in the \u2064pacific. Truman dismissed MacArthur from the Korean command a \u200byear \u2063later. (Photo by MPI\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Great commanders sometimes also make great mistakes. MacArthur was \u200bno exception to this rule. \u200cHe inexcusably allowed his air force in the Philippines to be destroyed on the ground\u2062 12\u2064 hours after the Pearl Harbor attacks. He also failed to \u200banticipate \u2062just how fierce the Japanese would \u200bdefend Manila in 1945. He agonized as the city was razed and 100,000 innocent Filipinos were massacred by the 20,000 Japanese left \u2062behind to blow up the \u2063docks. (In one of \u200dhis darkest moments, MacArthur later blamed Yamashita\u200c for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duss-boosts-omar-tweet-praising-court-decision-to-investigate-israeli-war-crimes\/\" title=\"Duss Boosts Omar Tweet Praising Court Decision to Investigate Israeli \u2018War Crimes\u2019\">war crimes committed<\/a> by those who mutinied \u2063and disobeyed \u2063his \u2062direct command to abandon the city intact; SCAP \u200dwrongly hanged him for it). And there was his widely\u200d separated positions of his \u200bEighth Army and X Corps deep in frigid North Korea despite Beijing\u2019s repeated warnings that an attack would\u200b materialize if they approached the Yalu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And there \u200cis no doubt his paranoia and bottomless thirst for glory led to\u200b petty and even mendacious \u200cacts, as relayed in his self-serving communiques\u200b that often downplayed his losses, shined inordinate glory on himself, \u2063and seemed to \u200bbelittle his Australian allies. \u2062Given his performance on the battlefield, this behavior was unnecessary and tarnished the very reputation he was trying\u200d to bolster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But his many successes as a commander in World \u200bWar I, World \u200dWar II\u200d and the first months of The Korean War cannot be denied. And no American general better understood an enemy as \u200bhe \u200bdid the Japanese \u2014 and\u2064 it showed in his results. \u2062John\u200c Gunther wrote: \u201cMacArthur took more territory, with less loss of life, than any military commander since Darius the Great.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><strong>America\u2019s Top \u200d11 Generals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americas-top-11-generals-11-curtis-e-lemay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RELATED: #11 Curtis E. LeMay<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americas-top-11-generals-10-matthew-ridgway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RELATED: \u2064#10 Matthew\u200b Ridgway<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americas-top-11-generals-9-nathanael-greene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RELATED: \u2064#9 \u2062Nathanael Greene<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americas-top-11-generals-8-george-patton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RELATED: \u200d#8 George Patton<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americas-top-11-generals-7-robert-e-lee\">RELATED: \u2064#7 Robert E. Lee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americas-top-11-generals-6-admiral-chester-nimitz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RELATED: #6 \u2062Admiral Chester Nimitz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americas-top-11-generals-5-thomas-stonewall-jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RELATED: #5 Thomas\u200c \u2018Stonewall\u2019 Jackson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americas-top-11-generals-4-william-t-sherman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RELATED: #4 William T. Sherman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americas-top-11-generals-3-ulysses-s-grant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RELATED: #3 Ulysses S. Grant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><em>Brad Schaeffer is a commodities \u200btrader, \u2064columnist, and author of\u200d two \u2064acclaimed novels. His newest book, the \u200dfact-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Life-Pits-Rough-Tumble-Exchange\/dp\/B0CKPNCMQW\/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1331509151681009&#038;hvadid=83219665089301&#038;hvbmt=bp&#038;hvdev=c&#038;hvlocphy=97755&#038;hvnetw=o&#038;hvqmt=p&#038;hvtargid=kwd-83219680392082%3Aloc-190&#038;hydadcr=18892_13467888&#038;keywords=brad+schaeffer&#038;qid=1698162015&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIFE IN\u2063 THE PITS: My Time as\u2063 a Trader on\u200c the Rough-and-Tumble Exchange Floors<\/a> will \u200bbe \u200dpublished in \u2062December and is \u200ccurrently available for\u200d pre-order. You can also find more of Brad\u2019s articles on <a href=\"https:\/\/bradschaeffer.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Substack<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are \u200dthose of the author and do not necessarily represent those\u2064 of The \u2063Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> Casualties. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tucker-interview-racks-up-massive-views-addresses-debate-skip-indictments\/\" title=\"Trump and Tucker interview goes viral, discusses debate skip and indictments.\">stark contrast highlights<\/a> the effectiveness of MacArthur&#8217;s strategy \u200bin minimizing losses while achieving strategic objectives.<\/p>\n<h2> What \u2062specific \u200dtactics did MacArthur employ \u200bto ensure the effectiveness of his strategy in minimizing casualties during\u2063 warfare?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  General Douglas MacArthur, known for his successful \u200bmilitary leadership during World War II \u2064and the Korean War, employed several \u2064specific tactics to\u200d minimize\u2062 casualties \u200dduring warfare. These tactics aimed to \u2063maximize \u2062the effectiveness of his strategy while reducing unnecessary loss of life. Some of the tactics MacArthur employed include:<\/p>\n<p>1. Amphibious\u200b Assault Operations: MacArthur developed and refined\u200d the strategy of conducting amphibious assaults, in which troops are transported by sea\u2063 and landed on the enemy&#8217;s coastline. This approach allowed\u200b for careful planning\u200d and \u2062coordination, \u2063minimizing casualties by selecting suitable landing \u2064areas and timing\u2062 the assaults to exploit the element of surprise.<\/p>\n<p>2. Tactical \u2062Withdrawal: During the early stage of the Pacific War, \u200cMacArthur employed a &#8220;fighting withdrawal&#8221; strategy, retreating \u200din the\u200b face of a superior enemy \u2064force to buy time, regroup, and reinforce \u200bhis troops. This \u2062strategy required disciplined soldiers and careful coordination, helping to minimize casualties\u200c while maintaining \u2062the overall effectiveness of the Allied forces.<\/p>\n<p>3. Combined \u200cArms Approach: MacArthur emphasized the \u200dutilization of combined\u2063 arms \u2064forces, which integrated infantry, armor, artillery, and air support. By combining\u2062 the strengths\u2063 of different units, MacArthur\u200c aimed to enhance efficiency and effectiveness while minimizing \u2062unnecessary risks and casualties.<\/p>\n<p>4. \u200dIntelligence and Reconnaissance: MacArthur heavily relied on accurate intelligence and \u2062thorough\u200d reconnaissance to gather information\u2063 about enemy positions, strengths, \u200cand weaknesses. \u2064This \u2062data allowed him\u2063 to plan and\u200c execute \u2063precise attacks, reducing \u200bcasualties by avoiding unnecessary \u200dconfrontations and selecting advantageous targets.<\/p>\n<p>5. \u200dAir and\u200d Naval Support:\u200c MacArthur recognized the importance of \u2063air and\u200c naval support in\u2062 achieving battlefield superiority and reducing casualties. He coordinated closely with the air force and navy to \u2063provide \u2063continuous air cover, interdiction strikes, \u200band naval\u200b bombardments, suppressing enemy\u2064 resistance and minimizing the risk faced by ground troops.<\/p>\n<p>6. \u2063Psychological Warfare: \u200dMacArthur employed psychological warfare tactics to disrupt enemy morale and \u2063reduce resistance. \u200dBy\u200b broadcasting propaganda messages, conducting leaflet drops, and other psychological\u2062 operations, he aimed to\u200d encourage\u200c enemy surrender or discourage aggression, ultimately leading to \u2063fewer \u2062casualties on both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, MacArthur&#8217;s tactics prioritized\u200c the safety of his troops while maintaining the effectiveness of\u200c his strategic goals. Through careful planning, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-budget-director-shalanda-young-refuses-to-give-mccarthy-credit-for-spending-deal\/\" title=\"Shalanda Young, Biden's budget director, denies McCarthy credit for spending deal.\">efficient resource allocation<\/a>, and precise execution, \u200che aimed \u200bto minimize unnecessary casualties during warfare.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, the United States has produced many remarkable generals and admirals, but only a few have stood out as world-class strategists and leaders of troops. As Veterans Day approaches on November 11, let\u2019s remember and celebrate them. Here is my list of America\u2019s finest 11 commanders. 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