Here's How America Became a Military Superpower during World War II
The size of the U.S. military exploded in World War II, as army numbers alone soared from 174,000 to over 11 million.
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During World War II about 16,000,000 personnel served in the U.S. Military: approximately 11,200,000 in the Army, 4,200,000 in the Navy, and 660,000 in the Marine Corps.
On 1 July 1939, the strength of the active Army was approximately 174,000, three quarters of whom were scattered throughout the continental United States; the rest stationed overseas.
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