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While millions rejoiced across a devastated Europe as the guns finally fell silent on VE Day, British paratrooper Peter ...
The royal family are set to take part in the commemorations just days after the Duke of Sussex’s bombshell interview.
Four days of celebrations kick off at midday, with a military procession watched by the King and Queen, followed by a Red ...
It was only after the May 8 surrender that the full horrors of Nazi rule came to light, including that six million Jews had ...
A former head of the Royal Navy in Scotland has recalled how he spent VE Day fearing the Second World War would continue for years in the Far East.
How did London celebrate VE Day and the end of the Second World War in 1945? - Today will see military parades, tea parties, ...
With the 80th anniversary of VE Day on the horizon, communities across the Winchester district are preparing to remember the fallen.
Eric Howden is the driving force of the Redcar branch of the Royal British Legion, even selling poppies to workers down Boulby Potash Mine.
It was inevitable that VE Day 80 would carry an added freight of poignancy. This was the last big anniversary when the Allies ...
Britain provided a convenient bolthole for many European monarchs as the Nazis marched across the continent... with some ...
When are the VE Day celebrations ahead of the two minutes silence? - Festivities already began this bank holiday weekend with ...
The council said new homes were desperately needed and stressed that the vision document was only a starting-point ...