Why Did George C. Marshall "Purge" Hundreds Of Officers Before The U.S. Entered World War II?

Описание: In late 1941, months before the United States officially entered World War II, a quiet but ruthless decision was already reshaping the future of the American Army. Behind closed doors in Washington, General George C. Marshall began removing hundreds of officers from command not for misconduct, not for politics, but for one reason alone: they were not ready for modern war.
At the time, the U.S. Army was small, outdated, and mentally stuck in the last war. Promotions were governed by seniority, not ability. Many generals were aging, slow to adapt, and deeply resistant to mechanization and mobile warfare, even as Blitzkrieg reshaped battlefields across Europe. Marshall understood a brutal truth: sending millions of young Americans into combat under obsolete leadership would be a death sentence.
What followed was one of the most controversial reforms in U.S. military history. More than 600 officers were quietly retired, reassigned, or removed in peacetime. Careers ended overnight. Political pressure mounted. Congress objected. Even the Supreme Court was drawn into the dispute. Marshall did not bend.
Instead, he cleared the way for a new generation Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, Ridgway leaders who would later command the Allied victories across Europe and the Pacific. Through harsh personnel reviews, massive war games like the Louisiana Maneuvers, and an unforgiving merit-based system, Marshall rebuilt the Army’s command structure before the first American soldier fired a shot.
This is not a story of battlefield heroics. It is the story of leadership decisions made before war begins decisions that determine whether an army survives or collapses. George C. Marshall never led troops in combat, but his willingness to cut away “rotting wood” may have saved countless lives and helped shape the modern American military.
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