Victory in Europe
Posted on Wednesday 2nd May 2012Extracted from VE Day: A Day to Remember and reproduced by permission of Pen and Sword Books Ltd.






A was was released; the most important message of the entire European part of the Second World War; a message millions had fought and struggled for so long to hear:
It was all over.

Winston Churchill
Further Reading
VE Day - A Day to Remember
(Hardback - 208 pages)
ISBN: 9781844151844
by Craig Cabell
Only £19.99
The authors have compiled a collection of memories and anecdotes from celebrities and members of the public covering their experiences of the Second World War and the day that Victory over the Nazis was declared. We hear from not only those in the Armed Forces but civilians. The book catches the mood of jubilation and exhilaration yet also the great sadness of the huge waste of human life and resources. Hard times still lay ahead.
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