Since the end of World War II, the dollar has been the ... argue that the dollar had overtaken the British pound [PDF] as the leading reserve currency as early as the mid-1920s, while others ...

World War II ... to the end of World War II, anchored most notably by D-Day. On June 6, 1944, the Allies began an invasion, landing with 156,000 American, Canadian and British soldiers on ...

Since World War II, the dominant global reserve currency has been the U.S. dollar ... USD/JPY (U.S. dollar/Japanese yen), and GBP/USD (British pound/U.S. dollar). Although the U.S. dollar is ...