Seventy-nine years ago today, the Brown Socialists of Germany were defeated. My parents married in July when they knew they would survive. Here are some videos of how the UK, Canada, and the US celebrated.
VE Day in London - 1945, a newsreel from 1945.
VE Day began with Mr Churchill's broadcast officially announcing the end of war in Europe. Londoners took to the streets in celebrations which continued for nearly two days.
Outside Buckingham Palace the crowds chanted 'we want the King' and were rewarded by the Royal Family appearing on the balcony. At nine o'clock in the evening the King broadcast to Britain and the Commonwealth.
VE Day Buckingham Palace (1945)
VE Day in London - 1945
How Canadians celebrated VE Day in 1945
At 6 a.m. on May 8, 1945, President Harry Truman announced the end of the war in Europe.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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