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The United States joined [[World War II]] in December 1941 after the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] [[attack on Pearl Harbor]]. Some 11 million Americans were to serve in various Army operations.<ref name= debruyne>{{citation |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf |author=Nese DeBruyne, Congressional Research Service |date=18 September 2018 |title= American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics |at= Page 3, note j — |quote=World War II: 10.42 million (1 December 1941-31 August 1945)}}. Other sources count the Army of Occupation up to 31 December 1946. By 30 June 1947 the Army's strength was down to 990,000 troops.</ref><ref name="amh-v2">{{citation |publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]] |chapter-url=https://history.army.mil/books/AMH-V2/AMH%20V2/chapter4.htm |title=American Military History |volume= 2 |chapter=Chapter 4: "GRAND STRATEGY AND THE WASHINGTON HIGH COMMAND"|quote= 10.4 million |page=122}}</ref> On the [[European Theatre of World War II|European front]], U.S. Army troops formed a significant portion of the forces that landed in French North Africa and [[Tunisia campaign|took Tunisia]] and then [[Allied invasion of Sicily|moved on to Sicily]] and later [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|fought in Italy]]. In the June 1944 [[Normandy landings|landings in northern France]] and in the subsequent [[Western Front (World War II)#1944–45: The Second Front|liberation of Europe]] and defeat of [[Nazi Germany]], millions of U.S. Army troops played a central role. In 1947, the number of soldiers in the US Army had decreased from eight million in 1945 to 684,000 soldiers and the total number of active divisions had dropped from 89 to 12. The leaders of the Army saw this demobilization as a success.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Points Were All That Mattered: The US Army's Demobilization After World War II |url=https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/points-system-us-armys-demobilization#:~:text=The%20US%20Army%20finally%20ended,684%2C000%20on%20July%201%2C%201947. |website=The National WWII Museum New Orleans | date=27 August 2020 |access-date=November 4, 2022}}</ref>

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