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| 1880 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Douglas MacArthur |
| 1903 | Education | |
| West Point Graduates from West Point |
| 1925 | Major General | |
| Appointed Major General |
| 1930 | Chief of Staff | |
| 4th Aug Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| 1935 | Adviser | |
| Appointed Military Adviser to the Philippines |
| 1941 | Commander | |
| Appointed Commander of the US Army Forces in the Far East |
| 1942 | Battle of Bataan | |
| 9th April Bataan MacArthur is evacuated but Allied prisoners are forced on the Bataan Death March |
| 9th April Bataan The US surrenders to the Japanese on Bataan |
| 1945 | Commander | |
| 5th April Appointed Commander of the Army forces against Japan |
| 1945 | Constitution | |
| Draws up a new constitution for Japan |
| Granted extraordinary powers in Japan which he uses as a benevolent dictator |
| 1945 | Supreme Commander | |
| 15th Aug Appointed Supreme Commander for Allied Powers |
| 1945 | Surrender | |
| 15th Aug Inititiates action with Japan for the cessation of hostilities |
| 30th Aug Atsugi Air Base Arrives by plane at Atsugi airodrome to take the formal surrender of Japan |
| 3rd Sep Formally accepts the surrender of Japan on the aircraft-carrier Missouri |
| 1945 | Trial | |
| 22nd Sep Instructs the creation of an international war tribunal to try Japanese war criminals |
| 1950 | Battle of Ossan | |
| 5th July Ossan A UN force ias forced to retreat by the Nth Koreans |
| 1950 | Battle of Pusan | |
| 5th Aug River Natkong The Nth Koreans break across the River Naktong but are driven back again 12 days later |
| 1950 | Battle of Sudong | |
| 26th Oct Sudong The ROK 26th Division encounter strong Chinese resistance at Sudong |
| 1950 | Battle of Yechon | |
| 21st July Yechon The US retakes Yechon |
| 1950 | Capture | |
| 25th July Yongdok The Nth Koreans capture Yongdok, only 1/4 of Sth Korea is under UN control |
| 23rd Aug Tokyo From his Tkyo HQ MacArthur poposes plans for the US capture of Inchon |
| 28th Aug Tokyo The JCS gives its approval for the Inchon landings |
| 13th Sep Inchon US destroyers & cruisers shell enemy positions 2 days before the landings |
| 15th Sep Inchon The US forces launch a surprise landing at Inchon 150 miles nth of the Pusan perimeter |
| 16th Sep Kimbo Airport The 5th Marines capture Kimbo Airport, Sth Korea's largest airport |
| 22nd Sep River Han The US reaches the Han River near Seoul |
| 23rd Sep Inchon Nth Korean units begin withdrawing to the nth |
| 27th Sep Pusan Communist supply lines are broken |
| 27th Sep Seoul MacArthur formally restores Seoul to President Rhee as the seat of government |
| 27th Sep Pusan Nth Korean forces around the Pusan perimeter retreat |
| 27th Sep Seoul Seoul is captured by the 1st Cavalry Division & the 7th Infantry Division |
| 27th Sep Seoul The 2 week struggle to take Seoul ends, 130,000 nth Koreans had been captured |
| 1st Oct Pyongyang 1 October-24 November, the North Koreans are driven North as far as the Yalu River |
| 11th Oct Wonsan The ROK 3rd Division captures the Nth Korean port of Wonsan |
| 20th Oct Pyongyang Captures Pyongyang for the UN |
| 20th Oct Pyongyang Pyongyang is captured by the ROK & US 187th Regimental Combat Team |
| 26th Oct Wonsan US Marines secure the port of Wonsan |
| 1950 | Chromite | |
| Sep Launches Operation Chromite to achieve victory in Sth Korea before the winter |
| 5th Sep Tokyo The Inchon landing force sets out from Japan to invade Korea, 260 ships & 70,000 men |
| 12th Sep Sasebo MacArthur boards the Mount McKinley |
| 1950 | Commander | |
| 8th July Appointed Commander-in-Chief, United Nations forces in the Korean War |
| 26th Sep Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1950 | Conference of Wake Island | |
| 15th Oct Wake Island MacArthur underplays the dangers of Russian & Chinese involvement in the war |
| 15th Oct Wake Island President Truman & General MacArthur confer at Wake Island on the course of the war |
| 15th Oct Wake Island The 1st & last meeting between Truman & MacArthur, fails to produce agreement |
| 1950 | Evacuation Hungnam | |
| 23rd Dec Hungnam X Corps is evacuated from Hungnam |
| 1950 | Invasion of Korea | |
| 27th Sep 38th Parallel MacArthur is authorized by the Pentagon to cross the 38th Parallel |
| 27th Sep President Truman authorizes General MacArthr to operate nth of the 38th Parallel |
| 1st Oct MacArthur asks the nth Korean Commander-in-Chief to surrender, he refuses |
| 1st Nov Unsan Chinese troops overwhelm the 6th ROK Infantry Division |
| 24th Nov River Yalu Flies to Nth Korea to supervise the drive to the River Yalu |
| 5th Dec 5-15 December, the Chinese invade Korea & force the X Corps to evacuate |
| 1950 | Invasion of North Korea | |
| 1st Oct 38th Parallel Sth Korean & UN troops move Nth across the 38th parallel into Nth Korea |
| 1950 | Mobilization | |
| 26th June Tokyo Sends a report to the JCS predicting the collapse of the Nth Korean |
| 29th June River Han Doubts if the Sth Korean Army can hold the Han River |
| 29th June River Han Inspects Sth Korean troops & asks the Joint Chiefs of Staff to send US ground troops |
| 19th July Pledges a "superhuman effort" to pour in men & guns to drive out the Nth Koreans |
| 19th July Pohang Dong US troops land at Pohang-Dong but are pushed back after having formed a defensive line |
| 15th Sep Inchon Lands a UN force behind the lines to cut Nth Korean supply lines, only 20 marines die |
| 29th Sep MacArthur is authorized by the UN to advance his forces into North Korea |
| 1st Oct 38th Parallel Sth Korean & UN troops move Nth across the 38th parallel into Nth Korea |
| 16th Oct Wonsan 16-26 October, the UN forces at Inchon are moved to the east coast as far as Wonsan |
| 5th Nov Reports the massing of Chinese troops in North Korea |
| 1950 | Siege of Seoul | |
| 28th Sep Seoul The 2 week struggle to take Seoul ends, 130,000 nth Koreans had been captured |
| 23rd Dec Seoul Plans to defend Seoul from a communist invasion |
| 1950 | Siege of Yalu River | |
| 26th Oct River Yalu The ROK reach the Yalu River & discover a Chinese force ready to invade Sth Korea |
| 1950 | United Nations | |
| 8th July Appointed Commander-in-Chief, United Nations forces in the Korean War |
| 1951 | Capture | |
| 14th Mar Seoul Counter-attacking Allied forces retake Seoul |
| 1951 | Dismissal | |
| 11th April Manchuria Dismissed after publicly demanding the right to bomb Chinese targets in Manchuria |
| 1951 | Invasion of Korea | |
| 1st Jan 400,000 Chinese & 100,000 Nth Koreans open a major offenisive |
| 1951 | Mobilization | |
| 26th Jan Launches a counter-offensive against the Chinese & Nth Koreans |
| 1964 | Death | |
| Death of Douglas MacArthur |
