MacArthur's Return to the Philippines
General Douglas MacArthur was the man who led American troops to the Philippines in 1942 for an invasion after the infamous day that Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. The fighting was brutal and he was forced to leave by F.D.R in March of that year despite his protests against leaving his men behind. Because he didn't want to leave in the first place he vowed to return and that he did on October 22, 1944, little over two years after having to leave his men in the Philippines.
His men had suffered greatly and many had died after a loss at the city of Bataan and having to suffer through what is known as the Bataan Death March where thousands of men died from lack of food, water, and the conditions in which they were marched in and the distance they had marched. MacArthur and more Allied troops stopped the march and managed to save some of his remaining men whom he had left years earlier.
General MacArthur's return to the Philippines was important in World War II because it symbolized the dedication that all the men had to their countries they were fighting for, and their fellow soldiers and officers that were fighting along with them. He honored his promise to return to his men and managed to weaken the Japanese forces yet a little more in order to help win the war for the Allied cause.
His men had suffered greatly and many had died after a loss at the city of Bataan and having to suffer through what is known as the Bataan Death March where thousands of men died from lack of food, water, and the conditions in which they were marched in and the distance they had marched. MacArthur and more Allied troops stopped the march and managed to save some of his remaining men whom he had left years earlier.
General MacArthur's return to the Philippines was important in World War II because it symbolized the dedication that all the men had to their countries they were fighting for, and their fellow soldiers and officers that were fighting along with them. He honored his promise to return to his men and managed to weaken the Japanese forces yet a little more in order to help win the war for the Allied cause.