Due to the forceful advancement of the japanese military, general
douglas macarthur was forced to withdraw from
(a) the philippines
(b) korea
(c) french-held indochina
(d) pearl harbor
(e) manchuria

Due to the forceful advancement of the Japanese military, General Douglas MacArthur was forced to withdraw from the Philippines. A veteran officer during World War I, McArthur became the Philippine government’s defense advisor. After being viewed by Japan as a leader of resistance, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to fly to Australia with the fear of him being captured as a prisoner of war. After a series of almost encountering a Japanese battleship in the Philippine seas, McArthur had finally reached Australia on March 21, 1942 declaring that he ‘shall return’.

The answer is option a. boundary line drawn by pope alexander iv in 1493.