History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1801 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Demobilisation
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The idea
At the war's end the United States shrank its armed forces from twelve million in June nineteen forty-five to one and a half million by June nineteen forty-seven.
In practice
Servicemen warning they would vote Republican unless they were home for Christmas nineteen forty-six.
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The anchor notes that even the reduced force was larger than any the nation had kept in peacetime.
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