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The story of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur is the feature of this episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series. Learn about MacArthur's career-long efforts to learn about people and lands in the East and Pacific, and how this knowledge helped him fight there and guide the Japanese toward democracy. Learn how his moral commitment to return to the Philippines shaped U.S. military strategy in the Pacific. The film covers his forced...
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"The Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Gandhi & Churchill goes beyond the mythologies of the World War II general to illuminate his strengths and weaknesses, placing his career against a backdrop of history while discussing how he shaped his character to meet national needs,"--NoveList.
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Groom tells the intertwined and uniquely American tales of George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, and George Marshall. These three remarkable men-of-arms who rose from the gruesome hell of the First World War to become the finest generals of their generation during World War II redefined America's ideas of military leadership and brought forth a new generation of American soldier. Against the backdrop of the most dramatic moments of the twentieth century,...
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The definitive account of General Douglas MacArthur's rise during World War II, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals.
World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed the course of World War II. Macarthur at War will go deeper into this transformative period of his life than previous biographies, drilling into the military strategy that Walter R. Borneman is so skilled at conveying, and exploring...
World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed the course of World War II. Macarthur at War will go deeper into this transformative period of his life than previous biographies, drilling into the military strategy that Walter R. Borneman is so skilled at conveying, and exploring...
6) The typist
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Assigned to post-World War II Japan in the first year of the occupation, military typist Van finds his distinctly Western values tested by the culture, his duties as a babysitter for General MacArthur's son, and startling news from his young war bride.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. General MacArthur is driven to the New Guinea front.; a B-24 bomber sinks a Japanese ship off the island. 2. Coast guard horsemen patrol the Atlantic coast. 3. Chiang Kai-shek reviews a UN parade in Chungking; mule trains cross Tibet with supplies for China. 4. Australians test U.S. Jeeps. 5. Tanks are given final tests and loaded on ships.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Australian troops capture Madang, New Guinea. 2. A navy dirigible patrols for German submarines. 3. The Shah of Iran and his family. 4. A cannon is fired from a B-25 bomber; bombs are dropped. 5. Animals are rescued from an irrigation viaduct. 6. Fighters of the 8th Air Force down German planes. 7. Roosevelt inspects the 7th Army in Sicily.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Transport planes carry U.S. troops across the New Guinea mountains and infantry units advance through jungle areas. 2. President Roosevelt and Henry Wallace greet President Batista of Cuba in Washington, D.C. 3. Merchant seamen graduate and pass in review. 4. A farm family in the U.S. makes machine tools in their home; chromium is mined in the Pacific Northwest. 5. Coastal batteries...
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. An amphibious assault on the Admiralty Islands and troops fighting on Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. 2. Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek inspect an airbase in China. 3. Ten dirigibles are used to train pilots in California. 4. Servicemen on leave visit the Taj Mahal and the ruins of Pompeii. 5. Fighters of the 8th Air Force down German planes.
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"From master storyteller and historian H.W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world. When asked by a reporter about the possible use of atomic weapons in response to China's...
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An acclaimed military historian presents this powerful history of four military leaders--Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, George Marshall and Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower--who exhibited unparalleled military leadership that led the U.S. victoriously through two World Wars.
18) MacArthur
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Biographical drama of the controversial general, from 1942 in the Philippines to his dismissal by Truman for insubordination in 1951.
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American General Douglas MacArthur sends eight members of the Korean Liaison Office on a secret mission behind North Korean lines to carry out Operation 'X-ray.' This covert operation must succeed so that MacArthur can launch the daring Incheon Landing Operation.This is a fictionalized version of the historical CIA/military intelligence operation 'Trudy Jackson.'
20) Emperor
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Immediately after Emperor Hirohito's World War II surrender, General MacArthur suddenly finds himself the de facto ruler of a foreign nation. He challenges his expert on Japanese culture, General Fellers to provide evidence in ten short days to decide if the Japanese Emperor, worshipped as a god by his people but accused of war crimes, should be punished or saved, as the fate of a nation waits.