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On Thursday evening, a VE Day concert is taking place at London's Horse Guards Parade to conclude the national commemorations ...
Joan Hall, who served four years in the Women’s RAF and celebrated VE Day in London, told the British Legion that “It was a once in a lifetime feeling of jubilation. The crowds and noise [were ...
This year marks 80 years since VE Day, the anniversary of Germany’s surrender marking the end of the Second World War in Europe in 1945. It’s a long time since, though there are still 70,000 veterans ...
Royals joined veterans to commemorate VE Day at a remembrance service in Westminster Abbey and a star-studded concert.
Queen Elizabeth's recollections of VE Day were resurfaced for the 80th anniversary, including how she snuck out of the palace incognito with Princess Margaret to join the celebrations.
The thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey began with a two-minute silence, which was also observed across the country, to remember Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender, which took effect on May ...
Nearly 30,000 ceramic poppies are on display at the Tower of London to mark 80 years since the end of World War Two in Europe. The red poppies have been positioned to resemble a cascading "wound" at ...
LONDON (AP) — Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day — the day Nazi Germany ...
Historic landmarks across the country will be illuminated tonight in a second day of VE Day 80th anniversary ... Sites to be lit up will be famous London bridges, like London and Millennium ...
Among those gathering in London were servicemen and women. The services celebrate VE-Day, some in 'non-regulation' headgear, London, 8th May 1945. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images ...
Joan Hall, who served four years in the Women’s RAF and celebrated VE Day in London, told the British Legion that “It was a once in a lifetime feeling of jubilation. The crowds and noise [were] like ...