Largest Armies in the World
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wrote on 19 Apr 2021, 11:18 last edited by
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wrote on 19 Apr 2021, 13:19 last edited by
Fascinating! In the early 20th century Ethiopia had a larger army than we did. But boy, Russia sure hung in there for a long time.
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wrote on 19 Apr 2021, 13:22 last edited by
It's not the size of your army that counts, but where you try and put it.
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wrote on 19 Apr 2021, 14:51 last edited by
A couple of interesting things...
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In the 1880s, the US had a smaller military than places like Portugal. Even in the Spanish American War, we had less than 40,000 soldiers.
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In 1949 (yes, 1949), Japan had the largest army in the world as in 3x the size of the US Army.
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