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Old December 11th, 2007, 12:08 AM
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Default Re: Could the US have achieved this
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Originally Posted by PzJgr View Post
I would agree. Not while conducting a war on two fronts. I believe that the Air Corps alone numbered about 2 million I believe. According to the US Census a total of 16.1 million served in the armed forces during WWII.

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That's 16 million out of a population of 140 million in 1945 Source . Do the math, that 11.4% of the total population. As I asked in another thread, please validate your claims.
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