‘We Have Had Our Last Chance’
It has often been said that those who fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it. In this concise, hard-hitting booklet about Gen. Douglas MacArthur and World War ii, lessons abound. But have we learned from those lessons?
Betrayal in the Pacific
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was one of America’s most outstanding generals in World War ii. One of his biographers, William Manchester, said, “Unquestionably he was the most gifted man-at-arms this nation has produced.” In 1941, the Philippine Islands were an American possession, and MacArthur was in charge of America’s military protection there.
Ten hours after Pearl Harbor was attacked, Japan began warring against the Philippines, undoubtedly because they belonged to the United States. After this attack, America began one of the cruelest deceptions in World War ii, deceiving the Filipinos, MacArthur and its own American troops.
It is abundantly documented that President Franklin Roosevelt led the Filipinos to believe that America was quickly coming to their aid. What’s more, Roosevelt continued to deceive General MacArthur, the Filipinos and American soldiers for months—while they were being slaughtered!
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