Max mobilization
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Max mobilization
What is the largest percent of a country's population that can be safely militarized. By safely Militarized, I mean there must be enough civilians to operate the Industries and keep the economy running. I believe by the end of WW2 Germany had about 8 million men in the Army/Lufwaffe/Kriegsmarine, so I think 10% is about the upper limit for mobilization.
Re: Max mobilization
IIRC your right.Setzer wrote:What is the largest percent of a country's population that can be safely militarized. By safely Militarized, I mean there must be enough civilians to operate the Industries and keep the economy running. I believe by the end of WW2 Germany had about 8 million men in the Army/Lufwaffe/Kriegsmarine, so I think 10% is about the upper limit for mobilization.
Sun Sep 07, 2003 3:45 pm 666th post.
It depends on where they're going. An army on the defensive will always be able to raise more troops than one on the offensive.
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Impossible to determine a blanket percentage. So many different political and economic factors affect the ability of a government to mobilize. The degree of industrializaton affects the ability of the government to equip its freshly mobilized troops, and the degree of control a government can execute over its populace affects the numbers it can drum out. The political situation that sparked a military mobilization can vastly affect a nations mobilization rate as well.
For an interesting look at American military mobilization, take a look at this paper i found.
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/documents/mobpam.htm
For an interesting look at American military mobilization, take a look at this paper i found.
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/documents/mobpam.htm
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Depends heavily on the technology level, economic structure and nature of the war.
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