How George C. Marshall Built an 8-Million-Man Army From Just 174,000 in 5 Years

How George C. Marshall Built an 8-Million-Man Army From Just 174,000 in 5 Years George C. Marshall never fired a single shot in World War Two, yet he built the machine that made every American victory possible, often at the cost of his own peace of mind and his own family. If you had been forced to choose between a bigger army and a working economy back home, betting the entire war on ninety divisions instead of two hundred, could you have made that same cold calculation and lived with it? Did anyone in your own family serve under the system Marshall quietly built from almost nothing, or hold the line during the Battle of the Bulge when his gamble was tested? Tell us their story in the comments below, we read every single one. #GeorgeCMarshall #WWII #WorldWarTwo #MilitaryHistory #EisenhowerLegacy #AmericanArmy #BattleOfTheBulge #PentagonHistory 🔔 Subscribe here:    / @pattonswarstories   💬 We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts or tell us which World War II story you'd like to see next in the comments below. Thank you for being part of the Patton's War Stories community. #Patton #WorldWarII #MilitaryHistory #WWII #WarStories