they drafted people
Military build up
Payment for war damages
The build-up of the U.S. military was an example of preparedness.
After the Civil War, the US military built the frontier because of the American westward expansion.
Germany's military was reduced to a minimal national guard and forbidden to build it up again. The US pledged to defend Germany if it was attacked.
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so that when ww3 happened it would be easier to win
Ronald Reagan believed a major military build up by the US would lead to an implosion of the political system in the Soviet Union.
Build a strong military to prevent attacks from other countries.
Ronald Reagan
They declared war on Japan, Italy and Germany, the axis powers. They were able to declare war themselves rather than be dragged into war with the UK commonwealth. They sure did not like what was happening either. Unfortunately, they were in the same boat as the US. They were just getting over the Great Depression. They had a small military force and not a lot of military equipment. They had to do the same as the US. Build up everything.
Operation Desert Shield in 1990, was the US Military build up, and verbal directive to Iraq to leave Kuwait. Operation Desert Storm in 1991, was the US military use of force to remove Iraq from the country of Kuwait. Which was done by Feb 1991.