# Pacific War: McArthur vs Nimitz: Who Was Right?

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**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [March 30, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacific-war-mcarthur-vs-nimitz-who-was-right/296959 "2005-03-30T16:08:58Z")
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### Author: ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacific-war-mcarthur-vs-nimitz-who-was-right/296959/79 "2021-03-20T20:13:24Z")

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> [@TokyoBayer](#):
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> This is completely wrong. Nimitz did not believe that.

Altho **TokyoBayer** and myself have sometimes disagreed on some of the finer points of the War in the pacific (with either TokyoBayer ending up with him being right and me being wrong or simply a matter of opinion on “what ifs”), he is likely the pre-eminent expert here on the SDMB on the IJN and the Pacific front.

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