King Arthur's Journey
Thinking his career was over, MacArthur was recalled to active duty four years later in the summer of 1941. He became the commander of the US forces in the Pacific. A Japanese invasion of the country drove MacArthur's troops away. However, in the next few years MacArthur led a series of successful attacks on the Japanese military. He was frequently critical when his superiors decided to focus military resources on Europe rather than the pacific. In 1945, the end of the war, President Truman appointed Douglas to supreme Allied commander. He was placed in charge of the formal surrender of Tokyo and for the next 6 years he remained in Japan to oversee the rebuilding of the country. In 1950 he drove back the North Korean army in their invasion