General Macarthur Receives Japan's Highest Honour (1960)
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American newsreel item.
General MacArthur receives Japan's highest honour, New York, United States of America (USA).
MS General Douglas MacArthur and Japanese Consul General Mitsuo Tanaka. MS cameramen and press photographers. General MacArthur is presented with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers by Mr. Tanaka. CU General MacArthur gives speech of thanks to Japanese people (natural sound). CU Mr. Tanaka pan back to MacArthur.
Date on dope sheet is June 1960.
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No greater admiration can be given to a man when he's honored by a former enemy.
@@paulhicks6667 That the Japanese Emperor wasn't tried as a War Criminal was a matter of Political Practicality. If he had been tried, it would've caused more Political Problems with Japan than it was worth. The real power with War making decisions was with the Japanese Imperial General Staff (both the Civilian and Military Leaders). They were the real decision making power. The Japanese Emperor was just a "rubber stamp," though Hirohito did have the moral responsibility for the conduct of the Pacific War.
The Last Shogun.
The Japanese are an Honorable People, they know when they are defeated. They Fall in Line, and have Loyalty to their Victors.
Douglas MacArthur was for all practical sense, simply a Shogun. Made no difference he was foreign. He Won, he Ruled. The Emperor simply went back to Bei a Figurehead.
If Emperor Showa had been put on trial for revenge, it would have shocked the Japanese people. It was predicted that the one million Japanese soldiers who returned home would stage a large-scale rebellion. Therefore, GHQ knew that it was impossible to put the Emperor on trial for revenge. Also, Emperor Showa never begged for his life. ``I leave my life in the hands of the Allies,'' he said. MacArthur was shocked.
Philippine and Japan shared one common man, our liberator Gen. MacArthur
Dont forget South Korea. He lead the counter attack to take back the South. He pushed the North Korean all the way to the Chinese border. Once Truman relief him of duty, the North Korean started winning again and pushed back. That’s why we have 2 Korea now. They should have let him win the Korean war.
@@dannyn.3539 Well that's what happens when you push for nuking China...
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Japanese and American relations today are built on post-war actions like these. We can argue the politics at the time or of the time today. But it's hard to argue that the current relationship isn't strongly influenced, however genuine, to moments in history like this.
Because of Japan loosing the war is the reason why the birth rates are low. The men are domesticated because they don't act like Samurais anymore.
Japan is infected with Burocratic Freemason filth and has corrupted the youth. That's why Ethno-Nationalism is rising up again there as it is in Europe and the USA. You just don't hear about it over there.
He sounds and speaks exactly as I imagined. This is the first time I've listened to him speak.
MacArthur is a fascinating figure. He was a _massive_ egomaniac, and this frequently made it difficult for other Allied commanders to work with him. At his best, he was brilliant; and at his worst, his mistakes were disastrous (e.g. the defense of the Philippines in 1942, and his miscalculation that the Chinese would not jump in during the Korean War). Australian General Thomas Blamey said that "The best and the worst things you hear about him are both true." British Field Marshal Alan Brooke, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, who was known to have rather little respect for the skills of senior American generals like Eisenhower, Bradley, or Patton, admired MacArthur, especially for his grasp of strategy, and opined that MacArthur was superior to all of his contemporary American and British generals in his grasp of tactics, operative mobility and grand strategy. British military historian Basil Liddell Hart concurred.
Whatever his faults, MacArthur was absolutely the right man to head the postwar occupation of Japan. His magnanimous treatment of the Japanese, and his protection of the emperor from any war crimes trials may have been down to genuine compassion for a beaten enemy, or it could have been pure strategic calculation, seeing the need to build Japan back up as an ally to counter the U.S.S.R., and the communists in China who were gaining ground in their civil war with Chiang Kai Shek, but whatever the reason, I think the postwar American occupation of Japan stands as one of our nation's finest hours, when we had a chance to behave like rapacious conquerors, just as the Japanese themselves had done in China, but we chose instead to rebuild Japan and try to work for a peaceful, prosperous future with a former enemy.
General MacArthur was virtuous, generous to the defeated, and saved monarchy and helped economic recovery. 🇯🇵🤝🇺🇸🙌
The MacArthur Shogunate
Awesome! Previously unseen > Thx for sharing!
The Last Shogun
Calm down it's not nice that deep shoguns were like the mafia stupid comparison goofy
The very best America has produced a benevolent General that knew how to treat the vanquished.
MacArthur is an interesting character. He deserves (and certainly takes) a great deal of credit for the successful political liberalization of Postwar Japan. His inflexible stance against Russian attempts to occupy Hokkaido (which would have been opposed not just by MacArthur as military governor of Japan, but by the US government and State Department, as well as the British government and Foreign Office) spared Japan the kind of sociopolitical and economic split that Germany would endure for 40 years, and the Nation of Japan had enough sense to recognize that fact along with the economic boom Japan underwent in the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Macarthur is the American Shogun.
No
@@denny414 why
@@itorapadas shoguns ran the country like the mafia or the mob shoguns were dictators this is just a general he didn't run anything he was just passifying Japan the same way the generals responsible for post war Germany were they were there for security while their respective countries and politicians made sure the new governments were in sync with the occupiers calling him shogun is like calling the general in charge of US forces in post nazi Germany kaiser or fuherer dont be ignorant and stop romanticizing history cause it makes you feel superior
@@itorapadas general's are responsible for security and their troops you're acting like he was a politician and lawmaker and president of Japan he was getting his orders from Washington and the president 🤣
@@denny414 Im not acting. Let's base it on historical accounts of Macarthur's "rule" of Japan, he was more than a military leader. He was indeed the political shogun of Japan, executing strategic and tactical political decisions.
By the force of his personality and confidence, he maneuvered political decisions, even those directed by Washington, to preserve the Emperor system, avoid its abolition. By unleashing his own charisma, he brought the Emperor forcibly and quite quickly into a status of constitutional monarchy, which is not possible if he merely acted as a traditional US general. Macarthur's rule during American occupation of Japan very much reminded the Japanese population of their yesteryears, when a shogun was the chief executive of Japan, while the Emperor was traditionally relegated as figurehead, a symbolic representation of the Japanese state.
A great man and a great military Commander
The American shogun
I am tearing up. What a great man.
MacArthur may have not been the best military commander like Patton but he turned Japan from a destroyed nation into one of the greatest and richest democracies in the world and gave the Japanese people mercy, hope, and compassion. Putting aside Imperial Japan's war crimes and atrocities during the war, the Imperial Japanese soldiers themselves are probably the greatest, bravest, and courageous soldiers and warriors that the USA had ever fought with in its entire history so far. The Imperials despite being outmatched by the US Military with superior weapons, equipment, and logistics still fought with tenacity and courage. They at least deserve to be honored for that. You can't control where you're born and how much propaganda gets forced into you. These young men just happened to be born and fought for an evil regime but their service should be remembered and honored. Same with the Germans and Italians. RIP to all soldiers who fought and died in the bloodiest and largest war in human history.
You've so easily dismissed the effects of an exceptionally brutal Japanese aggression suffered in the Asian theater by hundreds of millions of civilians. But worse, your woeful ignorance of great crimes is overshadowed by your worship of bald power, regardless its use for evil ends. "Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?"
the cause they fought for was so disgusting that any praise for their courage can go straight out the window. They don’t deserve honour for battlefield courage any more than the followers of bin laden did. Their “courage” in wartime was possible only because of their intense ignorance and hatred about the outside world. Deluded individual.
@@thomasdykstra100 nothing more than sino-communist lies.
MacArthur was a great commander. In the Pacific he proved adept at conducting war of maneuver, and he showed brilliance again early in Korea, especially with the landing at Inchon. The problem, however, was that MacArthur's mistakes could sometimes be as great as his masterstrokes. He frankly bungled the defense of the Philippines in 1942, and the only thing that kept him from being cashiered was the propaganda need for the U.S. to show _someone_ to the public as a hero at that stage of the war, when things were going so badly. He miscalculated disastrously again in Korea when he convinced himself the Chinese would not enter the war. Patton was great in the offense, but he never showed the brilliance and tactical flexibility MacArthur sometimes did in his campaigns. Of course, he never really had the opportunity to, as he never rose to nearly as high a level of command.
@@Hibernicus1968 macarthur’s intention was to defeat Mao’s Chinese communist and take them under the control of the US even using nuke weapon in Korean war. He had a big picture. But Truman scared too much Soviet actually Soviet scared the US too. If macarthur did so, it had been much easier to solve the current conflict with China. And it would be good for the US, Japan and Korea.
I thank him for saving the monarchy.
Sir, General MacArthur did what was right not only for the Japanese Monarchy, but also for the People of Japan. I so much appreciate that the Late Emperor Hirohito so honored General Douglas MacArthur. Long May The Friendship of Our Two Countries Always Exist. My Best Wishes To The Imperial Japanese Family, the Japanese People, To You and Your Family!!!!! GOD Bless You All. 🙂
He made the right decision. But it's said that much of the American military wanted Hirohito hung for war crimes and crimes against humanity. He certainly was guilty of such offenses many times over. Much of the military rank and file were said to be furious with MacArthur's decision to keep Hirohito around as his puppet But he was too useful to be discarded.
General MacArthur was truly more than a general. He proved to be a statesman as well and the right man for the job in post-WWII Japan. He treated the Japanese with respect & concern for their needs and treated them as equals.
He was the last Shogun.
Yea true
God bless MacArthur from France
Japan was very fortunate that the US choose MacArthur instead of some other general especially since many among the US elites wanted the monarchy to be abolished. But MacArthur rightfully recognize its spiritual significance to the Japanese people. It's a very rare thing when the US being in an obvious stronger position decides to respect the native culture instead of imposing their own values
This happened the year my father was born. What different world we live in.
The last Shogun
Today's Japan is the direct consequence of the decisions by Gen Macarthur.
had he decided to remove the emperor, Japan would most likely have fallen into a civil war with the Soviets overtaking the best part of the archipelago.
without Macarthur's respectful occupation, Japan would have never become America's strongest ally in the far east
every Japanese town and village should have a Macarthur square.
No, they really shouldn’t
What they need is a samurai square or something that is culturally Japanese not a gaijin statue.
MacArthur wasn't perfect by any means. My grandmother on my mom's side lived under Japanese occupation in the Philippines until the liberation in 1945. But if there's one thing MacArthur got absolutely right, it was the post-war reconstruction of Japan. His leniency with the occupation and decision to keep Hirohito is the reason Japan became the economic superpower it is today.
he could NOT remove the emperor. that was part of the surrender deal with japan.
@@sacboy3977They should, the atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese government on its own people were beyond measure.
I was born 1 month after this in July of 1960, even though WW11 had been over for 15 years I was brought up to hate Japanese, in Boston back then it was very conservative and hostilities against Germans, Russians were also part of my upbringing, 1st grade in 1966 they told us that because Boston was on the east coast we'd be one of the 1st cities hit with nuclear missiles, we'd do drills hiding under our desks.
WW11?
I'm German, and yeah conditioning can do a lot to someone. If you're taught to believe something, that's what you'll believe.
The Germans deeply loved Gen. Lucious D. Clay for keeping Berlin alive during the blockade.
Thank you , Macarthur without you there would be no gaming console like playstation and nintendo 😂😂😂
Who would have seen this coming in December 7th, 1941?
Thx
I attended The University of Tokyo. The constitution of Japan was basically written by General Macarthur. He gave women the right to vote for the first time in their history, During the occupation 325 American troops were court martialed for their actions against the people of Japan and breaking the law.
Lloyd Austin never got such a cool sash from Iraq.
Bush received a pair of shoes.
Gaijin Shogun
If Emperor Showa had been put on trial for revenge, it would have shocked the Japanese people. It was predicted that the one million Japanese soldiers who returned home would stage a large-scale rebellion. Therefore, GHQ knew that it was impossible to put the Emperor on trial for revenge. Also, Emperor Showa never begged for his life. ``I entrust my life to your judgment on behalf of the Allied Powers,'' he said. MacArthur was shocked.
I aplied for a job as the next Emperor of Japan.
So far no reaction.
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Atomic heart award?
lmao They're honoring MacArthur so he doesn't finish what he started 20 years ago with more magical disappearing cities.
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Duggles did it.
More like a pay-off for Hirohito not being tried and hung? These baubles are worthless, other than the MOH by LINE TROOPS with actual heroic and selfless deeds behind them. (I would not have approved the MOH for Mac for running away from Corregidor in 1942. That is what every general would have done, if given the chance. The MOH should be earned under fire in armed combat. Personally armed.) For the Germans, it was the Knight's Cross. For the Brits, Victoria Cross?
mac getting the MOH was a stunt... also a april fools joke by GCM who endorsed it and to have macarthur receive it... on april fools day
Mac deserved it and more. He saved the US and was the greatest WWII Hero
@@GMZohar14 nope thats not even remotely true. his theater the SW pacific was basically a side show. at least it was not as big of a side show compared to the burma theater commanded by stilwell who didn't even have a proper command structure. the real action was in ETO and the POA theater (pacific ocean area) so the man of the hours were admiral nimitz and general eisenhower.
@@GMZohar14 Not on that date, he wasn't. He lost all his air force, unnecessarily, and made mistake after mistake in preparation in the Philippines. He stated publicly he didn't think the Japanese would attack for several more years. He lost his whole army on Bataan. None of this was heroic or deserving of an MOH, which should be reserved for individual extraordinary valor in combat.
Keep in mind that this was when the MOH was passed around like candy by the time ww2 came about some officers can be seen with multiple MOHs (a great example would be Gen. Smedley Butler)
Leave your Conspiracy Theory here:
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0:30 Japan be like: Thank you for bombing our country!
Hiroshima & Nagasaki citizens in 1945: Am I a joke to you?
10 million Chinese civilians murdered by Japan be like
More Japanese would have died if they didn’t get nuked
They respected him out of fear for their own lives. It was not a healthy respect. Had MacArthur had his way, Japan would have been hit by more nukes. Thankfully that did not happen
If only he knew what has happened to the usa military now.
Not a MacArthur fan. Neither are the Bonus Marchers.
I'm a big fan.
This is the man who knowingly covered up war crimes done by Japanese doctors that rivaled Mengele what a hero. No wonder the Japanese loved him.
They should gave him a Medal 🏅 for loss of Philippines 🇵🇭 in 1942
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Wow, what a disgrace for Japan to be reduced to such lows.
Japan is much better now than ever before.
You don't consider the Pacific Front a Low?
How is it a disgrace? MacArthur was the man in charge of his former enemies after the war and instead of completely vanquishing his enemies he helped rebuild them and brought them back to the world's stage as an ally and now they're one of the world's great powers.
At least Japan was one state unlike Germany
@@Ihateironyanddumbusernames true MacArthur and thr America's could have just destroyed and left Japan in rubble
Thanks for your very warm greetings - Japan after hiroshima bombing 😂
The U.S. military burned nearly 1 million Japanese to death by air raids on the Japanese mainland and dropping atomic bombs. I bet Macarthur is now suffering from thousands of years of fiery hell. I really hope so.
That was war before smart bombs. Alternative?
wait, what about Japan's crimes? Isn't they did the warcrimes in other nations in Asia?
@@Mardellox You don't know the real history. Try to watch "Japanese Samurai: who contributed to Indonesian independence".
ok there lib
Have you ever researched the Japanese invasion and occupation of just China alone? Have fun!
fake award from a fake emperor.
the samurai are taking the country back.
You are a nerd who will never accomplish anything. Do not talk down to your betters.
The MacArthur Shogunate also conquered South Korea. He was a legend.
Don't like this. Don't like this one goddam bit.
A coward seeking fame who abandoned his soldiers.
no he is not
As history records, FDR ordered McArthur to leave the Philippines for Australia. Both he and his father were MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS.
Biggest evil person
Great man, but for for the wrong side of the war.
USA needs truck drivers