Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his family left the Philippine island of Corregidor on this day in history, March 11, 1942. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to leave the island after ...
In the darkest days of World War II, Gens. Douglas MacArthur and Jonathan Wainwright faced unsurmountable odds. Only one of them, however, was responsible for their dilemma. Against the threat of ...
If in 1946 or after any hungry nation makes a grab for the 7,083 islands that will then be the free and independent Philippine Republic, she will find her hands full. Whipping through the water at 60 ...
In 158 pages of text and 53 pages of footnotes, James A. Villanueva gives us an information-dense yet readable overview of the logistics, politics, and intelligence of the anti-Japanese guerilla ...
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MacArthur’s Philippine Debacle: Hero or Failure?
This episode dives into one of World War II’s most controversial moments—the fall of the Philippines and General Douglas MacArthur’s leadership. We analyze the missteps that led to Japan’s swift ...
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was a conniving glory hound who sold out his second-in-command, Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, according to this incisive chronicle. Historian Horn (Washington’s End) recaps the 1941 ...
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