US EditionEurope will mark V-E Day’s 80th anniversary as once-unbreakable bonds with the US are under pressure
- Europe will mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day on May 8, 2025, amid tensions in trans-Atlantic relations.
- This commemoration follows decades of unity based on the Allied victory over Nazi Germany and enduring bonds formed west of the Iron Curtain.
- Veterans like 91-year-old Marcel Schmetz and 100-year-old Charles Shay embody this history through personal experiences and memorial initiatives in the Ardennes and Normandy.
- Despite gratitude, political frictions have arisen from U.S. Trade sanctions, NATO funding disputes, and critical rhetoric, with Hendrik Vos warning these strains are "bound to leave scars."
- The anniversary highlights both a solemn tribute to wartime sacrifices and concerns over the fragile state of once "unbreakable" trans-Atlantic alliances.
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Europe Will Mark V-E Day's 80th Anniversary as Once-Unbreakable Bonds With the US Are Under Pressure
Central in Trump's criticism of European NATO allies is that they have happily hunkered far too long under U.S. military supremacy since World War II and should start paying much more of their own way in the alliance.
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