“An Army in Transformation” The U. S. Army 1945 – 1948 – Leo J “An Army in Transformation” The U.S. Army 1945 – 1948 – Leo J. Daugherty III, Ph.D. Senior Command Historian U.S. Army Cadet Command & Fort Knox

The Post-World War II U.S. Army 1945 - 1948

U.S. Army/National Guard/Army Reserve Strength 1945 - 1950 1945 1946 1947 1948 -1950 U.S. Army 591,000 600,000 684,000 552,000 National Guard 324,761 U.S. Army Reserve 186,541 USAR (Inactive) 390,961

U.S. Army Tactical Organization 1945-1948 2 Battalions of two batteries each 2 Infantry Regiments

Model Retained after 1945 U.S. Army Infantry Regiment 1943 2 Infantry Battalions

The U. S. Army 1945 – 1948 ` A World War II Army” M4AE8 Tanks M-26 Pershing Tanks M1 Garand/.45 Caliber Pistols .50 and .30 Caliber Machine Guns 60-mm/81 -Mortars 105-mm Howitzers 155-mm Howitzers

The Armed Forces of the USSR 1945 - 1948

“In 1947, the Russian (Red) Army in Eastern Europe had 10 Mechanized Armies with a strength estimated between 3,500,000 and 4,000,000 men.” - Major Hal D. Steward, Infantry Journal - 1947 Estimate

Soviet Expansion 1945 - 1949

Each Soviet Mechanized Army had Three Corps

Each Soviet Mechanized Corps had one Motorized Division and two Rifle Divisions - 1947 x x

`A Better U.S. Army – 1949-1950’ Soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 5th Regimental Combat Team in action on the Pusan Perimeter, Korea June 1950