After Japan’s surrender in August 1945 the Army was once again demobilized and its size is reduced to 554,000 troops.
By the war’s end, an estimated 60 million people have died. Russia loses over 14% of her population, over 23 million people. Germany, including Austria, loses between 6,750,000 to 8,800,000, or between 8.0% to 10.5% of their populations.Great Britain .94% and the U.S .32%.
The U.S. is the indisputable economic and military beneficiary of the war, its mainland unscathed and its economy and industrial capacity enormously expanded.FROM AN AMERICAN STORY
