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MacArthur was not fired over nuclear weapons issue. This issue comes from a newspaper interview he did years later
American forces crossed the 38th parallel on October 7, intent upon destroying North Korean forces. They captured the capital [[Pyongyang]] in mid-October. The first Chinese counterattack was at Unsan on October 25. China broke off this offensive on November 6. By the time UN forces had reached the Yalu on November 21, China had sent hundreds of thousands of troops south from Manchuria, supported by Russian built [[MiG-15]] fighters that were superior to any UN aircraft then in-country. The UN offensive was halted and by December UN forces were in retreat. In January, the Chinese captured Seoul.
American forces crossed the 38th parallel on October 7, intent upon destroying North Korean forces. They captured the capital [[Pyongyang]] in mid-October. The first Chinese counterattack was at Unsan on October 25. China broke off this offensive on November 6. By the time UN forces had reached the Yalu on November 21, China had sent hundreds of thousands of troops south from Manchuria, supported by Russian built [[MiG-15]] fighters that were superior to any UN aircraft then in-country. The UN offensive was halted and by December UN forces were in retreat. In January, the Chinese captured Seoul.
=== Stalemate ===
=== Truman dismisses MacAuthur ===
In March 1951, a UN operation recaptured Seoul. In April, General MacArthur, disagreeing with [[Harry S. Truman|President Truman]]'s concept of limited war, suggested publicly a massive nuclear bombardment of the whole of northern China and was sacked by President Truman. The subsequent Chinese spring offensive was halted, but only after the Battle of the Imjin River, where the British 29th Brigade, whose situation had been misunderstood by the American sector commander, was surrounded and partially overrun, suffering many unnecessary casualties - eventually making the total death toll for the US military comparable to that of [[WWII]]. (The situation had been reported as being "a bit sticky", which is British Army terminology for "extremely dangerous")
In March 1951, a UN operation recaptured Seoul. In April, General MacArthur asked for permission to bomb Chinese bases in Manchuria and to use KMT forces from Taiwan. When President Truman rejected both of these proposals, MacArthur went public with his criticisms and Truman dismissed him. (The dispute was not about nuclear weapons, although it is remembered this way in popular history.)
=== Aftermath ===
=== Aftermath ===