VE Day - 65th Anniversary

On 8th May 1945 the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.

The Second World War had lasted almost six years and killed over 60 million people. It would be a further three months before Japan surrendered and the world could truly say it was at peace.

Every involved country will hold its own personal remembrances, but for Britain, who stood alone and got hammered in the Blitz during the dark days of 1940 when imminent invasion threatened, the event has perhaps a greater significance.

If the nation had fallen during the Battle of Britain, Europe would be under the iron grip of Nazism. The United States would have focused on their Japanese war, and there would have been no free country from to launch the liberation of Europe on 6th June 1944 - D-Day.

Remember this anniversary of VE Day. Stand and reflect.

We thank our allies for their support. We thank all those who made it possible.