1943-1950

This post came to me from Richard Havers, author and friend, living in Scotland. I asked his permission to repost it here and he kindly agreed. It’s not an “American Story” unless you realize how entirely England and America became one during the Second World War. –ETHAN RUSSELL One day in March 1944 my Mother, […]

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This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See our link policy) I found the John Adams book to be so motivating that I began to read biographies of our Presidents to fill out the timeline from Adams until today, with no clearly defined road map but […]

PLAN Are we the country of the Marshall Plan, or the country of Abu Ghraib? We have been both. (From ETHAN RUSSELL:AN AMERICAN STORY ) This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (See out link policy)

This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. (Text below from Wikipedia) The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the U.S. […]

In June 1940 Germany invaded France, and in the United States peacetime conscription was introduced. Then in June 1941 Hitler invaded Russia, at which point Russia became became our ally. FROM AN AMERICAN STORY This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders.

In 1947 the HUAC begin there infamous probe into Hollywood, a probe made possible by J Edgar Hoover and the FBI. “Hoover was more than willing to assist with the committee’s investigations, which was fortunate, since no congressional committee had the resources available to the FBI… The committee investigated the film industry three times, in […]

After Japan’s surrender in August 1945 the Army was once again demobilized and its size is reduced to 554,000 troops. By the war’s end, an estimated 60 million people have died. Russia loses over 14% of her population, over 23 million people. Germany, including Austria, loses between 6,750,000 to 8,800,000, or between 8.0% to 10.5% […]

Then in 1939, Germany invades Poland and then, when Germany invaded France, peacetime conscription was introduced. By the time of Pearl Harbor the U.S. Army numbered 1,640,000. Then in June 1941 Hitler invaded Russia, and they became our ally. The U.S. Army expanded to 8,300,000 men.

Then in 1940, when Germany invaded France, peacetime conscription was introduced. By the time of Pearl Harbor the U.S. Army numbered 1,640,000. Then in June 1941 Hitler invaded Russia, and they became our ally. The U.S. Army expanded to 8,300,000 men. FROM AN AMERICAN STORY