What did Fort Leavenworth do during World War II?
The Command and General Staff College was the only higher-level school the Army kept open for the Second World War. The post made additional contributions as an induction and discharge center and host to a greatly enlarged Disciplinary Barracks. Learning from the mistakes of the past, the Army not only kept CGSC open for WWII, it greatly expanded the number of students and the number of courses taught. Beginning in January 1940 classes were shorted to the barest of essential subjects and the class day lengthened so the students could graduate and go on to an expanding Army. Class length for the premier course was ten weeks. Separate classes were organized that further refined the curriculum based on the next assignment of the students. Finally, the number of students assigned to each class was expanded to the maximum that could possibly be accommodated with the combined result that Leavenworth trained the thousands of commanders and staff officers for the largest Army our nation has ev
