JD is 100% correct. Today there are about 470,000 active duty soldiers. In the summer of 1940 the active Army was about 265,000. Even in 1941 when the Army was allowed to increase it's size it still fell well short of the 8 1/2 million soldiers they would eventually need. Total US army strength, active, NG and reserve in 1941 was about 1,500,000 men.
About 170,000 soldiers today are considered front line combat troops. In 1940 about 177,000 were combat troops. Today's equipment requires a lot more support then it did back then. The 170,000 today actually have much greater abilities because of the newer weapon systems.
Getting back to JD's comment. In 1940 the isolationist movement was alive and well and many Americans thought the war in Europe was a European matter and that we should not get involved.
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