We really didn’t have the resources, at the time Douglas MacArthur wanted to concentrate all American military activity to preventing the spread of communism in Asia, basically eastern Europe was viewed as a lost cause but Asia could still be saved, so large amounts of US military were being used to deal with the Korean Civil War and stabilizing Japan to ensure it doesn’t have communist uprising like in Korea.
Unfortunately Truman refused MacArthurs demand to militarily intervene in the Chinese Civil War to ensure the Communist lose. kinda sad to think how close Douglas MacArthur was to preventing the PRC from existing, only to be stopped because Truman was spineless.
I actually just thought of this but ignoring the USSR and concentrating on Asia, would’ve been the best call because if Truman went through with what MacArthur wanted, China would’ve been reformed under democracy and Mao would’ve been publicly executed and then in the 90s when the USSR collapses we could’ve been potentially living in a world with no communism or at least no major communist powers.
We really didn’t have the resources, at the time Douglas MacArthur wanted to concentrate all American military activity to preventing the spread of communism in Asia, basically eastern Europe was viewed as a lost cause but Asia could still be saved, so large amounts of US military were being used to deal with the Korean Civil War and stabilizing Japan to ensure it doesn’t have communist uprising like in Korea.
Unfortunately Truman refused MacArthurs demand to militarily intervene in the Chinese Civil War to ensure the Communist lose. kinda sad to think how close Douglas MacArthur was to preventing the PRC from existing, only to be stopped because Truman was spineless.
Truman wasnt spineless. If you follow the money you will see that he was a puppet. Just like the Republican and Democrat parties are today.
I actually just thought of this but ignoring the USSR and concentrating on Asia, would’ve been the best call because if Truman went through with what MacArthur wanted, China would’ve been reformed under democracy and Mao would’ve been publicly executed and then in the 90s when the USSR collapses we could’ve been potentially living in a world with no communism or at least no major communist powers.