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| VE Day 75th anniversary: As war ends in ...euronews.com |
what happened
75 years ago?
"(…) It was the moment that people across Europe had long been waiting for.
War had raged for nearly six years, but by now the Western Allies had swept into Germany, and the Red Army had taken Berlin. Hitler was dead and Germany had surrendered.
Vast crowds gathered outside the British Parliament and all over central London to hear the prime minister's speech relayed by loudspeaker, officially announcing the end of the war in Europe. (…)
Hostilities will end officially at one minute after midnight tonight, Tuesday the 8th of May (1945)," Winston Churchill declared. "The German war is therefore at an end... We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing. Today is Victory in Europe Day".
VE Day came 11 months after D-Day when Allied forces landed in Normandy on the northern French coast. London and southern England had been under German bombardment until close to the end.(…). (in https://www.euronews.com/2020/05/08/ve-day-75th-anniversary-as-war-ends-in-europe-no-wonder-people-went-crazy)
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