Marion Nivard, 15, shows a photo of WWII veterans, including Bill Ridgewell, in Varaville, Normandy, May 5, 2020. As V-E Day approached, Nivard and her classmates in the Normandy region thought of the ...

King Charles is set to lead the nation in marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day with a series of events, including music and ...

VE Day is observed on May 8 every year ... However, it was not the official end of World War II, as many European soldiers still had to fight in Japan. The end of the war came on August 15 ...

The war hero was among the veterans who joined the UK's oldest armed forces charity, the SSAFA, to begin an 80-day countdown ...

A group of Dorset veterans will drive 1,800 miles in WWII jeeps, retracing their regiment’s D-Day to VE Day route to honour ...

Sadly millions had died, but the millions who had been saved were able to celebrate the end of a six year world war and the VE Day parties went on for quite some time!

Finally, after six long, dark and weary years, Britain could rejoice. It was May 8, 1945 and on what became known as VE Day marking the end of the Second World War, 10,000 people gathered to ...

There have been calls for people to stop and reflect on the human cost of war, as the UK gears-up to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day in exactly 80 days. Lady Walmsley, vice chair of SSAFA ...

tragedy and resilience as the country celebrates the VE day 80th Anniversary. Phillip Day, 87, lived with his family during WWII in Blandford. He remembers the street of the area filled with army ...

Victory in Europe (VE) Day commemorating the end of WWII in Europe in 1945, Children of Fallen Patriots Day, and the anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden. Many locations also celebrate a ...