World War II was a global conflict involving nearly every country in the world. But who was on each side—and why?

There is insufficient attention paid to the long history of the Roma within European culture.

Ed Bearss, a US Marine who was severely wounded in combat in 1944 and went on to become a great Civil War historian, passed away on September 15, 2020, at the age of 97. He stood for the finest values and traditions of the US Marine Corps.

“We didn’t come here to set any fashions in music. We merely came to bring a much-needed touch of home to some lads who have been here a couple of years.” – Glenn Miller

The Bretton Woods conference in summer 1944 saw the global rise of the American Economic Empire—the empire of the dollar.