> ...this will not change ever. I'm sure the Europeans thought the same thing barely a hundred years ago. Army size, August 1914: Russia: 5,971,

> ...this will not change ever. I'm sure the Europeans thought the same thing barely a hundred years ago. Army size, August 1914: Russia: 5,971,000 Germany: 4,500,000 France: 4,017,000 Austria-Hungary: 3,000,000 Italy: 1,251,000 Great Britain: 975,000 Japan: 800,000 Romania: 290,000 Bulgaria: 280,000 Greece: 230,000 Turkey: 210,000 Serbia: 200,000 United States: 200,000