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Victory in Europe (VE) Day Commemoration

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2021, Events
About This Project

“On May 8, 1945 – known as Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day – celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe.

“The war had been raging for almost five years when U.S. and Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. The invasion signaled the beginning of the end for Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. In less than a year, Germany would surrender and Hitler would be dead.

“But in his speech to the nation on V-E Day, President Harry S. Truman cautioned that Allies must “work to finish the war” by defeating the Japanese in the Pacific.”*

SOURCE: https://www.defense.gov/Experience/VE-Day/

*That defeat did come later that year. The Empire of Japan surrendered On September 2, 1945.

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