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In 1941, Gen. Douglas MacArthur was forced to surrender the Philippines, but made his famous promise of I shall return.. Three years later, he made good on his promise to liberate the islands. Island hopping was the strategy used by the United States command.
MacArthur, Douglas (1880â1964) US general. A divisional commander in World War I, he became army chief of staff in 1930, and military adviser to the Philippines in 1935, retiring from the US Army in 1937. Recalled in 1941, MacArthur conducted the defence of the Philippines until ordered out to Australia.