US War on Colonialism - 1929

Googling around a bit, in this article Rick Atkinson puts it that "The U.S. Army ranked 17th among armies in size and combat power, just behind Romania. It numbered 190,000 soldiers."

According to such criteria, I think Finland then overtook the US by the end of October 1939, when the field army was mobilized to counter the threat of war with the USSR. The early Winter War period was thus likely the only time before or since Finland has eclipsed the US as a military power.:D

Dude, you've seen the "Finland: be afraid, be very afraid" motivational posters, right? Finland has always been the preeminent military power on earth. ;)
 
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