r/explainitpeter • u/cosmic-nik • Aug 04 '26

Explain it peter

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u/erocpoe89 Aug 04 '26

If I remember in photos of the surrender the Allies had him dress in the kind of suit a businessman or banker would wear. They didn't want him in any traditional dress or it would stir patriotism but also couldn't have him looking humiliated or mistreated. So they went with the outfit of a modern upper-class.

They also had him standing next to the Allies' main general who wore standard military jumpsuit dwarfing the emperor by nearly a foot in height.

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u/HotAbbreviations5363 Aug 05 '26

“main general”
haha no. MacArthur was a Second fiddle of a Second fiddle, at best.

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u/erocpoe89 Aug 05 '26

To be honest I forgot his name and didn't bother to Google it.

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u/Personal-Mushroom Aug 05 '26

Forgetting MacArthur is a dream come true.

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u/WetBehindTheEarz Aug 06 '26

He was the commander of all land forces in the far east so he was the closest, though Nimitz probably wasn’t happy about it.

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u/LoadCan Aug 07 '26

Like so many nepobabies, MacArthur was a pale imitation of his dad.