Conclussion

In conclussion I can say that Macaurthur wae a great man.Not only did he command his men to liberate an entire country during one of the greatest wars in history but he also survived the war.With all the things that happened he some how survived it.He also fought in several other wars and has recived several medals for acts of bravery and valor on the battlefield.

Timeline: A Summary of important events in Macaurthurs life

January 2 1880: Macaurthur is born
September 1893: Macaurthur goes to the west texas military accademy
September 1 1939: World war 2 begins
December 8, 1941: Japan invades the Phillippenes
 March 12 1942:Macaurthur retreats to Austrailia
 October 20 1944:Macaurthur returns, King Two begins
 July 5 1945: Macarthur signs Japanese surrender instrument aboard USS Missouri
 April 5 1964(1964-04-05): Macaurthur dies
Present day: Macaurthur has a memmorial in the United States.

Symbols of Courage

Macaurthur has recived several medals includeing the Medal of Honor for several acts of bravery on the battle field.The medal of honor is the highest military honor that American troops can recive.Its is rewarded to  Personnel  who preform acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. The Medal of Honor is presented by the president of the United States in the White House. There have only been 3565 people who recived the medal. 

The 3 types of medals awarded

The Makeing of a Hero:Macaurthurs Early Life

General Douglas Macaurthur was bor on January 26 1880 at Little Rock Arkansas. His father Aurthur Macaurthur was a U.S army captain.His father was awarded a medal of honor for his actions with the Union army at the battle of missionary ridge during the American civil war, he would later recive one during world war 2.Macaurthur attended the West Texas Military Academy in 1893^] where he was awarded the gold medal for "scholarship and deportment".Macaurthur participated in several shcool teams.His final year avrage of 97.33 out of 100.Macaurthur entered Westpoint in June 13 1899. Macaurthur will later become super intendent of the U.S military academy at west point in 1919.

Ground Zero:The Bombing of Heroshima and Nagasaki

On the 6th of August 1945 the U.S army dropped an Atomic bomb on Heroshima and another one on Nagasaki.The bombs were equivelent to 20,000 tons of TNT. The weapons were able to cause Japan to surrender but unfortunately the bombs also killed thousands of inocent civilians. Here  are the details. On Monday August 6 1945 at 2:15 a.m a B-29 Superfortress nicknamed Enola Gay took off from Tinian the twelve man crew on board made sure the misson was a secret.For the plane to carry such a heavy payload the plane was modified with new propellers, stronger engines and faster opening bomb bay doors only 15 bombers were modified like this. The bomber was acompanied by 2 other bombers with cameras and several  measureing devices.at around  3:00  the crew began to arm the bomb codenamed Little Boy. Little Boy was created using uranium-235. Uranium-235 is a radioactive isotope of uranium. At around 8:15 a.m the B-29s bombbay doors open.Little Boy explodes 1900 feet above the city and only missed the target the Aioi bridge by approximately 800 feet.

some of the crew members and the B-29 that droped the bomb

the atom bomb known as Little Boy

The World War 2 Creature

Even if the Americans had the  firepower to fight back the had another way of fighting, a very interesting way of fighing.They used phycological warfere. they tricked the Japanese into thinking the country was infested with blood suking creatures called Aswang.The Americans took  the bodies of fallen soldiers,drained them of blood,put 2 puncture holes in the bodies and left them where the enemy could see them.This tactic worked well on a terrorist group in the area before the war and it also proved to work against the Japanese. There are rumors that in order to increase the effect an actual creature was ceated and let loose in to the jungle.People in Mexico say the chupacabra is one of the creatures from world war 2. Is it true? I dont know. If it is how did it get to Mexico? Again i dont know. It was an interesting way of fighing but it is very unlikely that a creature like that exsists but who knows? maybe it does exist, lurking somewhere in the dense jungles of the Phillippenes.












sources: descovery chanel and answers.com

German weaponry -problems for the allies

On the battle field with hundreds of extremely well trained soldiers 4 main things almost ensure  your your survival those things are  training.rations,ammo and weapons. I will be focusing on weapons and not just any weapons I will talk about the most powerful and deadly weapons of world war 2.

The German Luger

The Luger-If you can think of one sidearm that represents the German army during the second world war it would be the 9 mm Luger. It was the German counter part of the American colt .45. Although not as powerful as the 45 at the hands of the Germans this was a deadly weapon

tank fist

German Pnzerfaust- For a tank column driving through a old town sounds easy right?Not if the town is filled with Germans with mobile anti tank rockets. Panzerfaust translates in to "tank fist". and would ruin any tank commander's day.   

 

M2 Flamethrower-The flamethrower was used by American and German forces. The flamethrower was powered by jellied gasoline the shoot out a 200 foot long jet of fire. If you were being chased by a guy with this you would not get very far.



German king tiger- the king tiger was one of the most feared tanks of the war. It was capable of taking out several Shermans( the main american tank during world war 2). Its armor was 7 inches thick and had a anti armor  turret. and had a top speed of 25.8 mph.

German -MG42 The MG42 was the German counterpart of the American Browning m 1919.The MG was put in bunkers to protect the shooter and also on vehicles to make it mobile.

About world war 2

A world war 2 propaganda poster 

Naval battle of midway

During world war 2 , there were fights on 2 sides of the world, The Atlantic side and the Pacific side. On the Atlantic the Russians,Americans and the British along with their allies like Canada were fighting the Germans.On the Pacific side the Americans were fighting the Japanese and their allies like Australia  were fighting the Japanese. I will be focusing on the battles in the Philippenes on the Pacific side. Japan invaded the country in December 1941 shortly after Japan declared war on America. The United states controlled the the Philippenes when they attacked. The American-Filipino army was defeated by April 1942 but guerrilla forces continued to fight. Because of  the number of islands the Japanese did not occupy all of them.

Guerrilla forces in the Philippines

When the U.S army was defeated and even when Macaurthur retreated to Australia, Guerrilia forces still continued to operate and fight the invaders in the country. The rebels were some villagers and former army troops who evaded capture during the fall of Bataan and Corregidor. The rebels made contact with Macaurthur's headquarters in Australia.They were told not to start any major operations until the actual invasion.The rebels were sabotageing enemy vehicles and camps, ambushing enemy troops and most importantly , collecting information for the invasion. During the occupation the country had guerrilla  transmitting and receiving stations stations all over the country, Durring , guerrilla attacks became more frequent.They also fought along side the advancing American forces and carried out recon missions for the Americans on the Leyte landings and Samar invasion.    

The Invasion of Leyte: King Two

Intense fighting on Leyte island in 1944

MacAurthurs operations on Leyte island 

Under the  command of MacAurthur the the invasion of Leyte (code named King Two) began on October 20 1944 and ended on December 31 1944. The invasion was the first step to freeing the entire Philippene archipelago from 3 years of Japanese occupation.There is now a memorial on Paolo beach in Leyte.      

The memorial on Paolo beach

The emblem of one of the warships that attacked  Leyte

The allied forces heavily bombed several areas  in the pacific

Terror in the Philippenes

The dragon of the U.S army during world war 2

The battles fought in the Philippenes during world war 2 were violent and destructive. The U.S army used man made fire breathing dragon known as the flamethrower and the Japanese flew planes full of explosives into enemy ships. How would you feel if you were a general in these conditions? If you knew your battalions of troops were reduced to a few hundred ,all hiding in the jungles avoiding being killed or captured? would you panic? MacAurthur was one of those generals. The Japanese were winning the fight and thousands of soldiers were sent on a  extremely long walk from San Fernando to Balanga this was known as the Bataan death march. Hundreds died before they could even reach the concentration camp. MacAurthur had to retreat to Australia with the promise he will return.When he did the counter attack began.   

a Japanese suicide pilot flying into a destroyer 

introduction

macaurhur was one of the generals fighting in the pacific during world war 2. The japanese had the U.S outnumbered and they were loseing the war in the philippenes. Macaurthur  had to retreat to austrailia with the promise he will reurn. His return marked the start of the counter attack that took back the philippenes.