Seeing movies like this it always astonish me where the local Melanesian and Micronesian tribesmen were hiding while Americans and Australians were fighting the Japaneses. The Micronesian islands are so small that there were few bolt-holes to hide in...
Australia saw and continues to view McCarhur as a poseur who would not listen to good reconnaissance. He was an actor who just got in the way. Genius only at publicity for self.
@Jack Inderbockz - I've always thought the same thing. He had a day's advance notice of the initial attack on the Philipines and he still had no CAP and his planes were all lined up like shooting gallery targets when the Japanese attacked. Then he took off for Australia.
Don't know what the carping is all about. Say's clearly on the title "McArthur's genius takes island's....". Mac was always a target for the left. But his campaigns after he got to Australia had a low casualty rate compared to most other's. And he had enormous distances to go with a shoestring budget. At least he should be given credit when it's merited.
"The left didn't exist in 1945". ??? I think you need to start reading about history prior to 1945. Many of FDRs programmes in the 30s were far left. And Woodrow Wilson was the original Progressive Leftist as far as US Presidents go. TR was progressive in a different way. And Europe was loaded with lefties. MacArthur really earned their hate when he dispersed the Bonus Marchers. He was an easy target and was accused of many undemocratic plans.
@@douglasturner6153 No your confused, TDR was a Socialist, he wanted to go even further, he even wrote a Constitution for Post War Japan. New Zealand introduced Universal Health Care in 1936, America is now backward not to have it. MacArthur was known as Dug Out Doug on Corregidor because he never left the safety of the Tunnels.
@@greggiles7309 So FDR was a lefty you admit. Doesn't matter. But it was MacArthur not FDR who oversaw Japan's new Constitution post war long after FDRs death. New Zealand is a relatively small and homogeneous mainly rural population. Those kinds of plans can work in places like NZ or Sweden and Norway. You need many more options and diversified choices to be effective and economical in a place like the US. And lots of competition. Govt can't be the answer. And their rules and regulations are the main reason for higher costs and less coverage. Look at the mess they've made with all the wrong decisions about Covid.
His delaying actions from Seoul to Taejon to Taegu leading to the Pusan Perimeter was masterclass. That was so underrated by him. Taejon was a sad but necessary sacrifice of 1,200 KIA U.S. troops. Otherwise the North Koreans would have taken Pusan.
My mother worked on his staff during WW2. American and Australian troops succeeded in the New Guinea and Admiralty islands DESPITE MacArthur. He was locked in the WW1 doctrine of set piece manoeuvres and digging in, didn't know how to use armour and artillery to support fast incursions. Subordinate commanders, my father being one of them, did their own thing and when it invariably succeeded, he took credit. He was a vain, peacock, to use an Australian expression. He genuinely thought he would become president. Truman sacked him for incompetence in Korea.
That's why the Australian boys went looking for him in Brisbane lol haha how funny would of been if our forefathers found him and jumped on he's head lol haha
MacArthur had the full confidence of your Prime Minister, the President of the USA, and the Chief of the US Army. Not one Australian could claim the same. Get over it. MacArthur thought in strategic terms, not tactical terms. MacArthur knew to get troops and supplies from the US he needed a victory, no matter how many got killed. MacArthur knew of the US Navy's war plans for the Pacific, and those plans did NOT include Australia... Aussie's should see the film Emperor to get a more informed view of MacArthur...
MacArthur was shameless when he said " I shall return "to his dying men and Philippine soldiers holed up in Corregidor. A brave general would never say that and would stay put with his men until death. If he died on Japanese sword, bullets or bombs then a real brave hero indeed.
There are portions of the film that are blurred but the audio continues clearly. If these portions are censored visually, I would like to know if an uncensored film is available. Does anyone know if an original exists?
Too nice video..showing how much US troops acted with excellent discipline and completely systematically activities in correct times and correct operations 👍🦅🇺🇸⚓👍
@@andreasleonardo6793 Yes, US might was definitely the deciding factor but other nations were fighting and dying and giving everything they could and their sacrifice should never be overlooked. I am Canadian and we were in it for the entire war and our soldiers were massacred in Hong Kong and Singapore. Although we added little in the Pacific our brothers from Australia and New Zealand certainly did.
@@vwager I posted the comment and then started reading more comments and a little further down there was a post confirming that it is indeed Ronald Regan.
Admiral King wished to avoid the Philippines while MacArthur wished to liberate the Philippines. To get a better informed view of MacArthur, watch the film Emperor... MacArthur operated in strategic matters far better than tactical matters.
Ironically, it was King and Nimitz that ignored their own advice and went after strategically unimportant targets like Peleliu and Iwo Jima that consumed more lives than MacArthur's campaigns did in the entirety of 1943 and 1944.
I believe the true genius and strength in the Pacific Theatre was Admiral Nimitz, and that MacArthur used those ideas and plans to make a name for himself.
Actually the real genius of the Pacific war was Admiral King, the Admiral the British HATED... It was Admiral King back in 1934, long before the war, who developed the US Navy's central Pacific campaign...
It was widely reported that Dugout Doug was sitting in a pew in the first row scratching himself the day Mumsy was getting married. What is certain is that no one in the higher levels of the US Army ever used the word genius when discussing Doug. General Eisenhower, when asked if he had served with MacArthur, replied "I spent 4 years studying drama under General MacArthur". (he was Doug's assistant in the 1930's)
Unfortunately the facts about MacArthur's achievements never mention his abhorrent loss of lives among his soldiers. His belief was simple: "Throw enough manpower at them and eventually we will win." Unfortunately for his men, this General had the highest casualty rate by as much as 300% over every other group in the same theater. McArthur never cared about anything except his image as a leader who won, even if that meant a lot of soldiers had to die for it. He was arrogant, conceded and Narcissistic. He wanted total control over all armed forces in the pacific event though the majority (by a huge amount) was naval and not land. He is and always will be un-praiseworthy.
@@jgonzalez101 No, Admiral Nimitz followed the orders of Admiral King... Admiral King developed the central Pacific war plans to defeat Japan during 1934...
That's an absurd claim - that he "had the highest casualty rate by as much as 300% over every other group in the same theater". More men were killed and wounded on Iwo Jima and Okinawa, under the command of Nimitz, than ALL the casualties suffered by US forces during the 9 months it took to liberate the Philippines. I get not liking the guy, but have some objectivity, please.
16K KIA U.S. troops vs 420K KIA Japanese troops during 1944-45 Philippines campaign and 12K KIA U.S./Australian troops vs 130K KIA Japanese troops during the 1942-45 New Guinea campaign. Someone is drinking the USN propaganda kool-aid
@@briantrudell8248 What James said! He had a knack for causing trouble in the chain of command and just making the process of war more difficult. However I find that this trait is double edged, and can also be a contributing factor within his success. For me many of his flaws come down to whether or not you want to talk about his military career or how he was as a "man". So depending on what matters more to you, he could be seen as good or bad, but most likely like everyone..both:)
I kinda feel sorry for Whitman. His was a brain tumor effecting his moods and he knew something was going wrong. I've read of others with similar behaviors (uncontrollable writing, headaches and uncontrollable rages)
@@petethundabox5067 Pete, you get a cookie ! Congrats. You're the only person answering in the forum who knew of, or even cared enough to find out who Charles Whitman was. Don't get me wrong. Whitman was not a hero. But as a contrast to MacArthur who had few shining notes in his muddied carrier, he had a bright side too !
You know, I'm something of a military genius myself. I could also have prevented the deaths of thousands from the vantage afforded me by the sacrifices made in those days. 1944 was nothing; long live 2021! Get over yourselves, people. Have some respect for the dead and try to remember that history favors the plans that worked.
General Douglas MacArthur was not a genius, he was “a tall poppy”. The first American forces sent into Buna, were totally unprepared and ill equipped. I am the son of a survivor, of the New Guinea Campaign.
Sour grapes. He was a genius. Buna Gona was fighting against a vastly superior Japanese force compared to 10 months later. Higher adversity should be expected then. Hindsight is 20/20. Cartwheel was genius
@@GM-fh5jp Yes i noticed that after i had made my comment, you learn something new everyday, i had no idea Spits were in South Pacific during that time period.
Odd how this War carries on even unto today and amongst people who have no idea of the scope and scale of World War 2. *"Marines win Battles. Armies win Wars"* and never was that more true than in this...the opening Campaign to defeat the *ENTIRETY* of the Empire of Japan. Anyhow who thinks the USA having Chaing Kai Shek and the KMT as political Allies would be sufficient to the task needs to have their head examined. This Campaign could be won and would be won mano a mano USA versus Japan...on exactly the terms Japan wanted that to be. All of Western Europe...when not killing American Sailors and Merchant Marine off the Coast of the USA could have cared less about this throwdown. I would agree that MacArthur wasn't the genius here...but he sure knew how to pick said genius'. No small gift would be an understatement. Anyhow to say the Japanese cooperated in Macarthur's Plan of "I shall return" would be an understatement as well sending in everything they had into this Theater only to watch the entire Theater result in the biggest operational death toll ever recorded in Military History that being *in the service of the Emperor* and not in the service of General Douglas Macarthur. *THIS AIN'T THE GERMAN ATTACK UPON VORONEHZ* , capiche? Comprende? Achtung, baby? So yeah you're darn right to think Macarthur was bombing around the entire Pacific as if he owned the place. *THAT'S BECAUSE HE DID.*
@@nogoodnameleft There are none so blind as those that will not see. What genius? what was heroic? As Eisenhower famously stated, McC was a fraud, a liar and a narcissist and to top it all, a poor General.
@@bobg1069 Eisenhower, Nimitz, Marshall, and Ernest King were all REMFs who never served a single second in combat. Look at MacArthur's WWI combat record: 2 Distinguished Service Crosses, 7 Silver Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts as well as 2 French Croix de Guerres, Legion d'honneur, and Military Medal. Bravest of the brave and the Fighting Dude, not "Dugout Doug". Corregidor veterans confirm MacArthur went out to join them and suffer when the Japanese bombed Corregidor daily. Other 5 star generals and Admirals of WWII never ever saw combat up close or faced death like Mac ever in their lifetime, let alone WWII.
Good narration by Ronald Reagan. However, the title chosen by the OP is questionable. MacArthur was no genius. He was just lucky that he had a bunch of very smart people guiding his footsteps in the campaign to retake the islands. In reality, MacArthur was an egotistical fool. If he had been a genius, he would have created a defense in the Philippines that would have defeated the Japanese when they first invaded. He wouldn't have allowed his planes to be positioned in such a way that they could be destroyed wholesale on the ground. He wouldn't have positioned his ground forces on a peninsula that wasn't defensible. He wouldn't have had to run away to Australia to start over again. No, MacArthur was no genius. In fact, the US was lucky to still win the war in the Pacific with him leading part of the forces. Like I said, he had very good people serving in positions that helped turn the tide of the war in the Pacific, but that was NOT through MacArthur's efforts.
@@fergusmallon1337 True, but the TH-cam video, and the title proclaiming MacArthur a genius, was published on May 21, 2021. Nowhere in the propaganda film did they declare him a genius. The title of the propaganda film was, "Westward to Bataan"
Stupid. im a historian from the Philippines. The Philippines received little support from the US even though you colonized our country against our own wishes
Is this the same bloke that deserted his own troops, many of who died in Japanese prisons, who made disparaging remarks about the Aussies in PNG whilst 5000 of his own troops ran away like scared rabbits, some hero, NOT.
He was ordered by FDR to retreat to Australia. He was considered too valuable. It's sad that troops were left behind to defend alongside the Filipinos. However, such are the horrors of war.
General Macarthur was the outstanding military commander of WW2. This was the opinion of Field Marshal Alan Brooke (later Viscount Alanbrooke) Chief of the Imperial General Staff, a man not easily impressed. (UK)
Grandeur feat for Gen. Douglas McArthur in saving the Admiralty Islands with the assistance from allied forces. His unswerving fame will be imbedded in the 🇺🇸 history archives for many decades.
Those caps @19:00 maybe (Joe) Swing caps for the 11th airborne. Or all airborne Army in the Pacific i wonder like these engineers. look like USMC headgear but also railroad engineer cap. And is that Ronald Reagan narrating?
Here is the General who was contracted to defend the phil and yet he surrendered it without even the enemy landing in our territory the phil. True the planes got knock out but there were 3 millions filipinos in manila that time .
@@kitzquitasol7277 Wut? They fought 6 months before giving up PH? Planes got knocked out because Quezon was hoping till the last moment that PH could remain neutral.
@@mengelmoesNL japan attacked Manila Dec 8 1942 and surrender april 9 1943. 5 months they fought not in the streets of Manila but in the jungles of Bataan Manila was declared OPEN CITY before even the arrival of the Japanese army from Lingayin and the south
@@kitzquitasol7277 Which made total sense... only with hindsight would one know that in the end Manila would be destroyed completely. Not going to urban warfare is a strategic decision, not surrender.
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1944 was the bloodiest year of the war, and saw major offensives in just about every theater of the war. Just off the top of my head, the Pacific front had the ending of Operation Cartwheel, the campaign of Western New Guinea, the Marshall Island Campaigns, the capture of the Marianna Islands, the Battle of Peleliu and the Philippines campaign. -The Eastern front had the Dnieper-Carpathian offensive, the Uman-Botosoni offensive, the Karelian offensive, Operation Bagration, the Lviv offensive, the Baltic front and the Hungarian front. - The Italian front had the 5 month long battle of Monte Cassino, the Anzio landings and the battle for the Gothic line. - The Western front began this year and by the end of it, the Allies had captured almost all of France and Belgium. Towards the end of the year, the Germans would launch their final major offensive in the entire war. - In the China-India-Burma front, Operation U-Go would be the largest offensive in the India-Burma front, while Operation Ichi-Go would be the final major Japanese offensive of the war, as well as its last successful campaign.
@@extrahistory8956 No. If you think of Axis forces as a disease, the 'height' of the disease is when it reached its greatest point of expansion, once it starts contracting it can no longer be called 'the height' of anything.
General MacArthur was a God, an mortal one,who beat the japanese all the way home with fire and brimstone, after midway the japanese Navy as a fighting force no longer exist...
Some say if Chinese invaded the Philippines, the Chinese has been in the Philippines before Magellan lost its navigation and ended up in mactan Island. And then the Japanese and now the koreans.
No he wasn't. He never called to use nukes. You believe that because Truman psycophants since the 1950s have tried to destroy MacArthur's good name. MacArthur called for a blockade and conventional bombing of Manchuria. Truman wanted American soldiers to be killed by Chicom troops in non-Chinese territory and to sit there and get slaughtered. MacArthur wanted to bomb the army bases in China with no nukes. The Americans didn't kill Chinese first. The Chinese first started killing Americans and the garbage Truman ordered the military to stand down and just take it.
No, nothing new because it is the original. This film, though factual, was made for an America at war. It is part of that war like my Dad's armor-piercing anti-tank shell that I use as a doorstop.
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Old soldiers never die they just fade away.
Thank youuuu! I learned a lot and RIP to those who sacrificed their life
My father was in the 5th airforce and this was a great video to watch
Yes my father was drafted at age 36 and drove landing craft for the invasions of New Guinea and the Philippines
thats a good one
My dad fought here. Franklin Dowell RIP.
Great war videos. Greetings from Mindanao
Beautiful ❤️ I could watch this all day watching the bravest in action getting rid of the the pest in the woods...
"pest""bravest"?
Tactical Airpower seems to be a prominent factor in operational planning in these early months, and remained so through the post-war years.
It was part of the Nazies BlitzGrieg invasion of Poland etc, it should not have been that lost on MacArthur.
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Seeing movies like this it always astonish me where the local Melanesian and Micronesian tribesmen were hiding while Americans and Australians were fighting the Japaneses. The Micronesian islands are so small that there were few bolt-holes to hide in...
When America was free and her men were indeed men! Note: That's future President Ronald Regan narrating this film.
Excellent video it like your part of the infantry and seeing the realities and horrors of jungle warfare in WW2.
Australia saw and continues to view McCarhur as a poseur who would not listen to good reconnaissance. He was an actor who just got in the way. Genius only at publicity for self.
@Jack Inderbockz - I've always thought the same thing. He had a day's advance notice of the initial attack on the Philipines and he still had no CAP and his planes were all lined up like shooting gallery targets when the Japanese attacked. Then he took off for Australia.
very true.
Sour grapes and jealous of s hero and genius🤣🤣
Thanks
30:56 😅😅😅 they truly were shorter back in the day! Little green army men, yet they are twice the man as any man alive today.
Don't know what the carping is all about. Say's clearly on the title "McArthur's genius takes island's....". Mac was always a target for the left. But his campaigns after he got to Australia had a low casualty rate compared to most other's. And he had enormous distances to go with a shoestring budget. At least he should be given credit when it's merited.
The left didnt exist in 1945, because Commies was an ally, clearly your drinking trumps Koolaid,
MacArther was the safest commander in WW2.
"The left didn't exist in 1945". ??? I think you need to start reading about history prior to 1945. Many of FDRs programmes in the 30s were far left. And Woodrow Wilson was the original Progressive Leftist as far as US Presidents go. TR was progressive in a different way. And Europe was loaded with lefties. MacArthur really earned their hate when he dispersed the Bonus Marchers. He was an easy target and was accused of many undemocratic plans.
@@douglasturner6153 No your confused, TDR was a Socialist, he wanted to go even further, he even wrote a Constitution for Post War Japan.
New Zealand introduced Universal Health Care in 1936, America is now backward not to have it.
MacArthur was known as Dug Out Doug on Corregidor because he never left the safety of the Tunnels.
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So FDR was a lefty you admit. Doesn't matter. But it was MacArthur not FDR who oversaw Japan's new Constitution post war long after FDRs death. New Zealand is a relatively small and homogeneous mainly rural population. Those kinds of plans can work in places like NZ or Sweden and Norway. You need many more options and diversified choices to be effective and economical in a place like the US. And lots of competition. Govt can't be the answer. And their rules and regulations are the main reason for higher costs and less coverage. Look at the mess they've made with all the wrong decisions about Covid.
His delaying actions from Seoul to Taejon to Taegu leading to the Pusan Perimeter was masterclass. That was so underrated by him. Taejon was a sad but necessary sacrifice of 1,200 KIA U.S. troops. Otherwise the North Koreans would have taken Pusan.
My mother worked on his staff during WW2. American and Australian troops succeeded in the New Guinea and Admiralty islands DESPITE MacArthur. He was locked in the WW1 doctrine of set piece manoeuvres and digging in, didn't know how to use armour and artillery to support fast incursions. Subordinate commanders, my father being one of them, did their own thing and when it invariably succeeded, he took credit. He was a vain, peacock, to use an Australian expression. He genuinely thought he would become president. Truman sacked him for incompetence in Korea.
That's why the Australian boys went looking for him in Brisbane lol haha how funny would of been if our forefathers found him and jumped on he's head lol haha
He wanted to use nukes,
MacArthur had the full confidence of your Prime Minister, the President of the USA, and the Chief of the US Army. Not one Australian could claim the same. Get over it. MacArthur thought in strategic terms, not tactical terms. MacArthur knew to get troops and supplies from the US he needed a victory, no matter how many got killed. MacArthur knew of the US Navy's war plans for the Pacific, and those plans did NOT include Australia... Aussie's should see the film Emperor to get a more informed view of MacArthur...
MacArthur was shameless when he said " I shall return "to his dying men and Philippine soldiers holed up in Corregidor. A brave general would never say that and would stay put with his men until death. If he died on Japanese sword, bullets or bombs then a real brave hero indeed.
@@ronclark9724 mac was a egotistical narcissist that was the worst general in ww2, his arrogance had no limits
There are portions of the film that are blurred but the audio continues clearly. If these portions are censored visually, I would like to know if an uncensored film is available. Does anyone know if an original exists?
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His nick name in the Philippines was Dug out Doug, because he never left the safety of the Bunker.
Just read about hin in www and in mexico
A very very brave man at earlier stages of his life
Too nice video..showing how much US troops acted with excellent discipline and completely systematically activities in correct times and correct operations 👍🦅🇺🇸⚓👍
Don't forget the Ausies. The US did not save the world alone.
@@fergusmallon1337 yes ..but majority of army union from USA...with respect for all allies partners
@@andreasleonardo6793 Yes, US might was definitely the deciding factor but other nations were fighting and dying and giving everything they could and their sacrifice should never be overlooked. I am Canadian and we were in it for the entire war and our soldiers were massacred in Hong Kong and Singapore. Although we added little in the Pacific our brothers from Australia and New Zealand certainly did.
@@fergusmallon1337 usa is great
It sounds like Ronald Regan narrating.
I was just thinking the same thing... wonder if the credits are posted somewhere?
@@vwager I posted the comment and then started reading more comments and a little further down there was a post confirming that it is indeed Ronald Regan.
Island jumping was Kings and Nimitzs plan. MacArthur wanted to hit too many islands and then the Philippines.
Admiral King wished to avoid the Philippines while MacArthur wished to liberate the Philippines. To get a better informed view of MacArthur, watch the film Emperor... MacArthur operated in strategic matters far better than tactical matters.
Ironically, it was King and Nimitz that ignored their own advice and went after strategically unimportant targets like Peleliu and Iwo Jima that consumed more lives than MacArthur's campaigns did in the entirety of 1943 and 1944.
First! I love this series!
I believe the true genius and strength in the Pacific Theatre was Admiral Nimitz, and that MacArthur used those ideas and plans to make a name for himself.
Actually the real genius of the Pacific war was Admiral King, the Admiral the British HATED... It was Admiral King back in 1934, long before the war, who developed the US Navy's central Pacific campaign...
This was no movie it was real fighting!
It was widely reported that Dugout Doug was sitting in a pew in the first row scratching himself the day Mumsy was getting married. What is certain is that no one in the higher levels of the US Army ever used the word genius when discussing Doug.
General Eisenhower, when asked if he had served with MacArthur, replied "I spent 4 years studying drama under General MacArthur". (he was Doug's assistant in the 1930's)
MacArthur was a succes of his own marketing, not a success of his military genius.
Maybe he was the kind of guy who was smart enough to surround himself with capable deputies.
His military record was atrocious. Millions died due to his blunders
Imagine what they're feeling at 2:54
Unfortunately the facts about MacArthur's achievements never mention his abhorrent loss of lives among his soldiers. His belief was simple: "Throw enough manpower at them and eventually we will win." Unfortunately for his men, this General had the highest casualty rate by as much as 300% over every other group in the same theater. McArthur never cared about anything except his image as a leader who won, even if that meant a lot of soldiers had to die for it. He was arrogant, conceded and Narcissistic. He wanted total control over all armed forces in the pacific event though the majority (by a huge amount) was naval and not land. He is and always will be un-praiseworthy.
Absolutely agree with you.
Admiral Nimitz was the true Leader and Strategist in the Pacific Theatre. He also cared deeply for those he lead.
@@jgonzalez101 No, Admiral Nimitz followed the orders of Admiral King... Admiral King developed the central Pacific war plans to defeat Japan during 1934...
That's an absurd claim - that he "had the highest casualty rate by as much as 300% over every other group in the same theater". More men were killed and wounded on Iwo Jima and Okinawa, under the command of Nimitz, than ALL the casualties suffered by US forces during the 9 months it took to liberate the Philippines.
I get not liking the guy, but have some objectivity, please.
16K KIA U.S. troops vs 420K KIA Japanese troops during 1944-45 Philippines campaign and 12K KIA U.S./Australian troops vs 130K KIA Japanese troops during the 1942-45 New Guinea campaign.
Someone is drinking the USN propaganda kool-aid
Corregidor fired all of its guns before surrendering.
Well,well,well if it was not Doug....though his name means a lot towards us Filipinos ..we cannot deny numerous positive and negative facts about him.
What do you mean? I'm just curious of the good and negative story about him. Thanks for sharing
Doug had great ability, and an ego to match.
@@briantrudell8248 What James said! He had a knack for causing trouble in the chain of command and just making the process of war more difficult. However I find that this trait is double edged, and can also be a contributing factor within his success. For me many of his flaws come down to whether or not you want to talk about his military career or how he was as a "man". So depending on what matters more to you, he could be seen as good or bad, but most likely like everyone..both:)
@@robertjohnson1973 thanks I see what you mean more clearly
@@robertjohnson1973 It's like what they said about him: "The best and worst things about him are all true."
Fired at the end!
Heads up: Oscar winning clip at 29:20.
Is this remastered? Nice quality.
American Caesar by William Manchester, and Bill was not a fawning worshipper. Pretty high compliment.
I saw the documentary series -- narrated by John Huston,
Nakadaan na sila, ok👌🐦🐝
Let the have it right on chin,heard the british commentator said that,it was just funny 😂🤣
watched today 2021 May 31th.
Even Charles Whitman had his good points. He was a Marine, and an Eagle Scout.
I kinda feel sorry for Whitman. His was a brain tumor effecting his moods and he knew something was going wrong. I've read of others with similar behaviors (uncontrollable writing, headaches and uncontrollable rages)
@@petethundabox5067 Pete, you get a cookie ! Congrats. You're the only person answering in the forum who knew of, or even cared enough to find out who Charles Whitman was. Don't get me wrong. Whitman was not a hero. But as a contrast to MacArthur who had few shining notes in his muddied carrier, he had a bright side too !
@@elli003 LOL yeah I understood. Whitman wasn't a hero of mine either. I just like to understand the why's and prefer the truth.
I read Raboul was heavily defended.
Used to be 2nd..always. lol haha. Great documentary though.
General Brass hat did do a great thing in post war Japan. Other than that...................
You know, I'm something of a military genius myself. I could also have prevented the deaths of thousands from the vantage afforded me by the sacrifices made in those days. 1944 was nothing; long live 2021!
Get over yourselves, people. Have some respect for the dead and try to remember that history favors the plans that worked.
Sounds like Reagan
Is this really Mr Sowell? If so you rock my man! And are a genius imo
@@briantrudell8248 not the real Mr sowell unfortunately just a huge fan.
Good on ya he is great
Yep, that's Dutch narrating!
@@marcustulliuscicero.5856 Believe he's a real Reagan fan too.
Is that Ronald Reagan narrating? 👍🏻😎
My thought to...sure sounds like him, with same intonation.
Yes, that's him.
It certainly is Ronald Reagan
Yes it is !
I think it is him
General Douglas MacArthur was not a genius, he was “a tall poppy”.
The first American forces sent into Buna, were totally unprepared and ill equipped.
I am the son of a survivor, of the New Guinea Campaign.
Sour grapes. He was a genius. Buna Gona was fighting against a vastly superior Japanese force compared to 10 months later. Higher adversity should be expected then. Hindsight is 20/20.
Cartwheel was genius
Ask any American soldier who served in Korea and they won't have the same opinion of McKartha as this film depicts.
Nah. They liked him. Ask any soldier if they liked Ike and Bradley during Dec 1944.
He clearly proved his ingenuity in Korean war,that's why he was relieved.oooops!!!
LOL! Like many genius types, Mac was a bit crazy I think.
At about 9:30 the narrator talks about Spitfires attacking the beaches, Spitfires? how about F6F's or something the Navy would operate.
They were Spitfires in the footage.Note the elliptical wing.
@@GM-fh5jp Were they RAAF?
@@GM-fh5jp Yes i noticed that after i had made my comment, you learn something new everyday, i had no idea Spits were in South Pacific during that time period.
@@jeffswoyer9898 Yes I believe so.
@@jefferyrichards3165 Yep and there was even a version that operated off British carriers. It was called....drumroll....the Seafire. 👍
Odd how this War carries on even unto today and amongst people who have no idea of the scope and scale of World War 2.
*"Marines win Battles. Armies win Wars"* and never was that more true than in this...the opening Campaign to defeat the *ENTIRETY* of the Empire of Japan.
Anyhow who thinks the USA having Chaing Kai Shek and the KMT as political Allies would be sufficient to the task needs to have their head examined.
This Campaign could be won and would be won mano a mano USA versus Japan...on exactly the terms Japan wanted that to be.
All of Western Europe...when not killing American Sailors and Merchant Marine off the Coast of the USA could have cared less about this throwdown.
I would agree that MacArthur wasn't the genius here...but he sure knew how to pick said genius'.
No small gift would be an understatement.
Anyhow to say the Japanese cooperated in Macarthur's Plan of "I shall return" would be an understatement as well sending in everything they had into this Theater only to watch the entire Theater result in the biggest operational death toll ever recorded in Military History that being *in the service of the Emperor* and not in the service of General Douglas Macarthur.
*THIS AIN'T THE GERMAN ATTACK UPON VORONEHZ* , capiche?
Comprende?
Achtung, baby?
So yeah you're darn right to think Macarthur was bombing around the entire Pacific as if he owned the place.
*THAT'S BECAUSE HE DID.*
title should be...."how general macarthers staff and soldiers won the admiralty islands"
Hey rabbit, would you prefered to have montegomery???? Dah, there was the real dud.
'MacArthur's genius', do me a favour, the guy was a nightmare and useless.
Sour grapes. Hilarious how jealous you are of a genius and hero.
@@nogoodnameleft There are none so blind as those that will not see. What genius? what was heroic? As Eisenhower famously stated, McC was a fraud, a liar and a narcissist and to top it all, a poor General.
@@bobg1069 Eisenhower, Nimitz, Marshall, and Ernest King were all REMFs who never served a single second in combat. Look at MacArthur's WWI combat record: 2 Distinguished Service Crosses, 7 Silver Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts as well as 2 French Croix de Guerres, Legion d'honneur, and Military Medal. Bravest of the brave and the Fighting Dude, not "Dugout Doug". Corregidor veterans confirm MacArthur went out to join them and suffer when the Japanese bombed Corregidor daily. Other 5 star generals and Admirals of WWII never ever saw combat up close or faced death like Mac ever in their lifetime, let alone WWII.
@@nogoodnameleft You are right about Mac.
Is that Ronald Reagan's voice?
Good narration by Ronald Reagan. However, the title chosen by the OP is questionable. MacArthur was no genius. He was just lucky that he had a bunch of very smart people guiding his footsteps in the campaign to retake the islands. In reality, MacArthur was an egotistical fool. If he had been a genius, he would have created a defense in the Philippines that would have defeated the Japanese when they first invaded. He wouldn't have allowed his planes to be positioned in such a way that they could be destroyed wholesale on the ground. He wouldn't have positioned his ground forces on a peninsula that wasn't defensible. He wouldn't have had to run away to Australia to start over again. No, MacArthur was no genius. In fact, the US was lucky to still win the war in the Pacific with him leading part of the forces. Like I said, he had very good people serving in positions that helped turn the tide of the war in the Pacific, but that was NOT through MacArthur's efforts.
Mac wasn't perfect, but he was better than you make him out to be.
This film was made during the war and it was important to believe that the Generals were all geniouses.
@@fergusmallon1337 True, but the TH-cam video, and the title proclaiming MacArthur a genius, was published on May 21, 2021. Nowhere in the propaganda film did they declare him a genius. The title of the propaganda film was, "Westward to Bataan"
@@billmandaue2168 True, but they made you click on it
Stupid. im a historian from the Philippines. The Philippines received little support from the US even though you colonized our country against our own wishes
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The narrator sounds like Ronald Reagan.
I haven't read through all these comments, but is that Ronald Reagan narrating this video?
Is this the same bloke that deserted his own troops, many of who died in Japanese prisons, who made disparaging remarks about the Aussies in PNG whilst 5000 of his own troops ran away like scared rabbits, some hero, NOT.
He was ordered by FDR to retreat to Australia. He was considered too valuable. It's sad that troops were left behind to defend alongside the Filipinos. However, such are the horrors of war.
Nope, different guy.
Sounds like you’ve got an ax to grind . But militarily his tactics were old school and ego based and cost way too many lives.
What great military leader, throughout history, hasn't had an ego?! It's almost a prerequisite.... And as far as the cost in human life; that's war.
I didn't see any credits as to who was narrating. It sure sounded a lot like Ronald Reagan to me.
Ronald Reagan.
General Macarthur was the outstanding military commander of WW2. This was the opinion of Field Marshal Alan Brooke (later Viscount Alanbrooke) Chief of the Imperial General Staff, a man not easily impressed. (UK)
Grandeur feat for Gen. Douglas McArthur in saving the Admiralty Islands with the assistance from allied forces. His unswerving fame will be imbedded in the 🇺🇸 history archives for many decades.
General Macarthur is Save The Philippines To Japanese Army
Can anyone confirm one thing for me...is the voice in this video came from the later on President Ronald Reagan?
Is Ronald Reagan the narrator? It sounds like him.
A totally it was Admiral Chet Nimitz genius FIRST that paved the way for MAC
Yamashita is more genius
The first Japanese attcking of America
Those caps @19:00 maybe (Joe) Swing caps for the 11th airborne. Or all airborne Army in the Pacific i wonder like these engineers. look like USMC headgear but also railroad engineer cap. And is that Ronald Reagan narrating?
McArthur the most Brilliant U.S.A. General will Ever Have...
Host may have mentioned it's narrated by Ronald Reagan...
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A factual account narrated by Ronald Reagan flavored with optimism when things were looking grim.
Credibility is a precious and powerful commodity.
Oh cumon the guy was a nutter and a VERRY POOR LEADER
That sounds like it is narrated by Ronald Reagan.
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The announcer sounds like Ronald Reagan
The narrator is Ronald Reagan
Dougout Doug was a sham.
I doubt his generalship for his decision to leave Manila defenseless what a stupid idea he had
Nawalan sya ng bayag lunaban ..di nga na itago mga eroplano samantala may 8 hours difference ang pearl harbor at manila
Here is the General who was contracted to defend the phil and yet he surrendered it without even the enemy landing in our territory the phil. True the planes got knock out but there were 3 millions filipinos in manila that time .
@@kitzquitasol7277 Wut? They fought 6 months before giving up PH? Planes got knocked out because Quezon was hoping till the last moment that PH could remain neutral.
@@mengelmoesNL japan attacked Manila Dec 8 1942 and surrender april 9 1943. 5 months they fought not in the streets of Manila but in the jungles of Bataan
Manila was declared OPEN CITY before even the arrival of the Japanese army from Lingayin and the south
@@kitzquitasol7277 Which made total sense... only with hindsight would one know that in the end Manila would be destroyed completely. Not going to urban warfare is a strategic decision, not surrender.
Wre is my share
Is that Ronald Reagan doing the narration?
Is that Ronald Reagan narrating?
Pompous but great military stratagest .
Truman should have let him finish CCP in Korea which he would have
Voice over by Ronald Reagan.
Did MacArthur use just for men?
Is this narrated by Ronald Reagan?
Too much American propaganda it starts hurting my head , America never fought alone in the Pacific!!
Would rather learn about the eastern Front ..
Have you tried whining about it on a foreign site?
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"In 1944, during the height of WWII" .... 1944 is the 'height' of ww2?? Dumb.
1944 was the bloodiest year of the war, and saw major offensives in just about every theater of the war. Just off the top of my head, the Pacific front had the ending of Operation Cartwheel, the campaign of Western New Guinea, the Marshall Island Campaigns, the capture of the Marianna Islands, the Battle of Peleliu and the Philippines campaign.
-The Eastern front had the Dnieper-Carpathian offensive, the Uman-Botosoni offensive, the Karelian offensive, Operation Bagration, the Lviv offensive, the Baltic front and the Hungarian front.
- The Italian front had the 5 month long battle of Monte Cassino, the Anzio landings and the battle for the Gothic line.
- The Western front began this year and by the end of it, the Allies had captured almost all of France and Belgium. Towards the end of the year, the Germans would launch their final major offensive in the entire war.
- In the China-India-Burma front, Operation U-Go would be the largest offensive in the India-Burma front, while Operation Ichi-Go would be the final major Japanese offensive of the war, as well as its last successful campaign.
@@extrahistory8956 No.
If you think of Axis forces as a disease, the 'height' of the disease is when it reached its greatest point of expansion, once it starts contracting it can no longer be called 'the height' of anything.
Nobody liked MacArthur.
General MacArthur was a God, an mortal one,who beat the japanese all the way home with fire and brimstone, after midway the japanese Navy as a fighting force no longer exist...
Some say if Chinese invaded the Philippines, the Chinese has been in the Philippines before Magellan lost its navigation and ended up in mactan Island. And then the Japanese and now the koreans.
This guy was ready to start a nuclear war
No he wasn't. He never called to use nukes. You believe that because Truman psycophants since the 1950s have tried to destroy MacArthur's good name. MacArthur called for a blockade and conventional bombing of Manchuria. Truman wanted American soldiers to be killed by Chicom troops in non-Chinese territory and to sit there and get slaughtered. MacArthur wanted to bomb the army bases in China with no nukes. The Americans didn't kill Chinese first. The Chinese first started killing Americans and the garbage Truman ordered the military to stand down and just take it.
Too much over-dramatic dialogue, not enough maps and/or graphics, same old clips I've seen 100 times. Absolutely nothing new here.
Thanks for the critique, Joe. I won't bother to watch. It's on to Hercule Poirot for me now. Bye.
No, nothing new because it is the original. This film, though factual, was made for an America at war. It is part of that war like my Dad's armor-piercing anti-tank shell that I use as a doorstop.
I'm not looking a history angcle Mac, I'm very late so I need need your warriors my paradise is destorve the other for sheets skills what's else I diclear world war non stop if your lost my request all this are shet! Jesus Christ, god called me always ok angcle Mac I need your migthy to check point entire to stop war ok ahhh.... Shet!
Henry Fonda successful actor; failed parent. Just kidding.
You shouldn't be kidding. I have no idea why she wasn't charged with treason.