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The '''Greatest Generation''', also known as the '''G.I. Generation''' and the '''World War II Generation''', is the [[Demography|demographic]] [[Cohort (statistics)|cohort]] following the [[Lost Generation]] and preceding the [[Silent Generation]]. This generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://time.com/5618238/democrats-age/|title=Is It Time to 'Pass the Torch?' The Generational Dilemma of the 2020 Democratic Primary|access-date=December 22, 2019|date=July 30, 2019|archive-date=2021-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222113500/https://time.com/5618238/democrats-age/|url-status=live}}</ref> They were shaped by the [[Great Depression]] and were the primary generation composing the enlisted forces in [[World War II]].