World War II: 70 Years On

Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of Germany's unconditional surrender in Europe.  The war in the Pacific would end a few months later and, for better of worse, usher out the greatest depression in history and usher in a whole new era of the most unprecedented economic prosperity the world has ever seen, still continuing seven decades later.  We have our veterans to thanks for all this and today's posting from Barry Ritholtz is a salute to them, and a stark reminder that the WWII era veterans are a quickly vanishing breed, 16 million at the end of the war down to just 2 million in 2010 and half that again now.  What follows is a wonderful graphic that sums up the whole picture and remind us how lucky we are to have the legacy of all those brave souls.
World War II: 70 Years On

by Barry Ritholtz - May 9th, 2015, 3:00pm

Source: United States Census