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  • Douglas MacArthur was one of the most well-known
    men in the world at the end of World War II.

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  • After serving in many different capacities in the
    US military, he was the commander in the
    Philippines when the Japanese attacked in
    December 1941. There is much debate whether he
    was ordered to leave or skedaddled before the
    fall. But that was overshadowed by his
    announcement as he left-

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  • I shall return.

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  • And in 1944, he did just that.

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  • On August 11th, 1945, General MacArthur was named
    the Allied Supreme Commander, which entitled him
    to accept Japan's surrender.

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  • He held a very large public ceremony, which left
    no doubt that the Japanese had finally lost.
    MacArthur and the United States were occupying a
    country which had previously never been defeated
    in war.

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  • This is MacArthur signing the surrender of the
    Japanese to the Allied Powers. The signing was a
    public ceremony, as opposed to the private
    signing of Germany's surrender to Eisenhower.
    MacArthur saw to it that the ceremony took place
    at a time when military representatives from many
    countries, including China, Russia, Britain, and
    the Philippines, could attend in full uniform.

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  • MacArthur wanted to make it clear that there was
    no doubt that the Japanese had lost. He gave a
    speech that showed that other counties needed to
    be involved in restoring peace to Japan. This was
    critical to the adjustment of a country that had
    never lost a war before.

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  • MacArthur had many goals. He wanted to destroy
    Japan's military power, punish war criminals,
    build the structure for a new representative
    government, revise the Japanese constitution,
    hold free elections, enfranchise Japanese women,
    free political prisoners, liberate farmers, set
    up a free labor movement, support free economy,
    eliminate police oppression, develop a free and
    responsible press, liberalize education, and
    disperse the central political power in Japan.

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  • MacArthur treated the Japanese people very
    kindly, carefully making sure there was no
    interference with their cultural lives.

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  • The emperor of Japan came to have a conference.
    MacArthur, before the meeting, told the Emperor
    that they were to take one picture. This
    photograph, which was published in the Japanese
    newspapers, was very shocking.

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  • It shows MacArthur in an open shirt with "No neck
    tie," as the Japanese press said, towering over
    the little man who was the "larger than life"
    Emperor. The Emperor, appeared little in
    comparison to MacArthur, the symbol of America.
    The picture also signified that MacArthur would
    stand by the Emperor.

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  • The most daunting task that MacArthur faced was
    the writing of a new Japanese constitution. At
    first, MacArthur elected a committee of Japanese
    leaders to revise the old constitution. However,
    when a draft was presented to MacArthur, it had
    little change to the existing laws. MacArthur
    ordered political experts to prepare a draft
    guided by his principles.

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  • The task was completed quickly and reviewed by
    the Japanese committee, which again expressed its
    dislike. MacArthur forced both committees to meet
    together and wouldn't let them end the meeting
    until an acceptable constitution was drafted. The
    meeting lasted nearly 48 hours

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  • The constitution eliminated the emperor's
    political power. MacArthur, as Supreme Commander,
    was able to enfranchise Japanese women, give
    workers the right to unionize, force landowners
    to sell their land to the farmers that worked the
    land, set up reform programs for schooling, and
    break up companies that had monopolized business
    in Japan.

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  • By 1950, MacArthur had successfully instated
    democracy in Japan. The occupation didn't end
    until 1952, but MacArthur left Japan in 1950 to
    fight in the Korean War. In September of 1951 a
    treaty was signed between Japan, the U.S. and 47
    other countries, officially ending the military
    occupation and restoring full independence to
    Japan.
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