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World World 2 Facts: Did You Know These 29 Interesting Details?

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America’s Military was Ranked 19th in the World Before World War II

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The most famous Recruitment Poster from WWII.
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Before World War II, The United States was not the military leader like we know today. In fact, in 1939, when England declared war on Germany, the US Military was ranked 19th at roughly 174,000 members, smaller than Portugal’s. It wasn’t until Franklin D. Roosevelt came into leadership and decided it was time to build that military up that this would all change. By 1945, the number of active-duty soldiers would be over eight million, the largest military build up ever recorded.