COLD WAR AND BEYOND
Oct 06, 2022
3 minutes
Inevitably, the end of World War II signalled a significant downsizing of the US Navy, both in personnel and in the number of ships of all types. Costs were prohibitive, and the immediate need for a navy of more than 1,200 warships did not appear justifiable. Within three years, the size of the US Navy shrank to less than one-quarter of its wartime strength.
However, the emergence of the Cold War and a commitment by the communist Soviet Union to rival the US
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