shortly thereafter , a peace treaty was signed between the third reich and the united states whose main points recognized the following : the american military was to be limited to a 100,000 man standing army , light tanks were the only armor allowed in the american forces , a navy set at the limits of the 1922 washington naval treaty , and their air force was not to employ bombers reparations were to be paid to germany german inspectors were to be allowed into american territory to ensure that the treaty was being followed the united states was to drop all trade barriers with germany the united states was forbidden from developing atomic weapons dulles did his best to reorganize the united states until 1945 , having refused to run in the 1944 election .