What is the basis of the MacArthur’s reference, “…the Japanese people have met the recent challenge of war, unrest, and confusion surrounding them from the outside and checked communism within their own frontiers without the slightest slackening in their forward progress”? Responses AThe Japanese economy struggled to recover from American occupation. The Japanese economy struggled to recover from American occupation. BCommunists controlled the occupation of Japan in the years following World War II. Communists controlled the occupation of Japan in the years following World War II. CCivil war raged in Japan between the communists and the nationalists during American occupation. Civil war raged in Japan between the communists and the nationalists during American occupation. DMany nations surrounding Japan were overtaken or substantially influenced by communists in the years following World War II.

DMany nations surrounding Japan were overtaken or substantially influenced by communists in the years following World War II.