The Olympic legend, who served in the Army for 10 years, is encouraging Brits to take part in the upcoming VE Day ...

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

World War II veterans are being urged by the Royal British Legion (RBL) to register for events commemorating the 80th anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day this year. Victory in Europe (VE ...

Shrewsbury Abbey is set to mark the end of World War II in Europe with a fantastic weekend of events this summer.

In spring 1945, war with ... Day’ but Churchill suggested ‘Victory in Europe Day’ to reflect the fact that the war continued in the Far East. One stumbling block was if VE Day fell on ...

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 ... Stephens House & Gardens, a Grade II listed Victorian mansion which ...

VE Day stands for Victory in Europe Day which took place on Tuesday, May 8, 1945. At 3pm, Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced on the radio the war in Europe had come to an end, following ...

World War II veteran Felix Maurizio is turning 100 in February 2025. Maurizio served in the U.S. Navy and returned to Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day in June 2024. Bill Maurizio via ABC ...

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 ...

videoRationing in the UK This short film explains rationing in simple terms, offering a glimpse of a world ... what VE Day and VJ Day were, and the events that led to the end of the war.