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- 1How Venice's lost war gave birth to the bond market●Venice’s failed war against Constantinople led to the first bond market
Medieval Venice, defeated in its war against Constantinople, needed to pay off war debts and forced its wealthy citizens to lend the state money in exchange for interest payments. Historians trace the first government bonds to this forced borrowing in the 12th century. Commenters find it striking that one of the world's foundational financial instruments emerged from military failure rather than commercial innovation.
- 2WWII Combat Veteran Stanley Berman Shares His Story●The Long Blue Line: World War II Combat veteran Stanley Berman tells his story
The US Coast Guard has published the story of Stanley Berman, a World War II combat veteran, as part of its Long Blue Line series. The feature recounts Berman's wartime service and experiences in combat, adding a personal account to the service's recorded history as the number of living WWII veterans continues to decline.
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Italy's Forestry police have sanctioned nine relic hunters caught searching for artefacts from the First World War on a glacier in the Italian Alps. Authorities warn that melting ice is exposing war remains and memorabilia, which are protected heritage, and removing them is illegal. The case has renewed attention on the looting of high-altitude battle sites from the White War between Italy and Austria-Hungary.