US Military Personnel (1939-1945)
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1939Army: 189,839
Navy: 125,202
Marines: 19,432
Total: 334,473
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1940<span>Army: 269,023</span>
Navy: 160,997
Marines: 28,345
Total: 458,365
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1941Army: 1,462,315
Navy: 284,427
Marines: 54,359
Total: 1,801,101
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1942Army: 3,075,608
Navy: 640,570
Marines: 142,613
Coast Guard: 56,716
Total: 3,915,507
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1943Army: 6,994,472
Navy: 1,741,750
Marines: 308,523
Coast Guard: 151,167
Total:9,195,912
1944Army: 7,994,750
Navy: 2,981,365
Marines: 475,604
Coast Guard: 171,749
Total: 11,623,468
1945Army: 8,267,958
Navy: 3,380,817
Marines: 474,680
<span>Coast Guard: 85,783</span>
Total: 12,209,238
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In the early 1600 Ming China was conquered by the Manchus. In 1644 they conquered the Chinese empire and established the Qing dynasty.
It was the "Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act" that was a disaster because when European nations responded with tariffs on American goods global trade plunged by roughly two thirds
<span> from 1929 levels.</span> This was viewed as exacerbating the Great Depression.
