Letter: Ensure freedoms fought for continue into future

Residents to mark 80 years since VE Day with special event

Wigan will be joining in the national celebrations of the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day later this year.

Letter: Ensure freedoms fought for continue into future

May 8, 1945, V-E Day. Just think, 80 years ago we celebrated the conclusion of war in Europe. As we honor the more than 185,000 brave Americans that gave their all, it is important to remember why they were there…

Only five years stood the Rhine Bridge near Gernsheim. On 19 March 1945 it was blown up among others on the orders of Adolf Hitler. The approaching U.S. army did not stop this.

War through the eyes of Erica  – London Daily Digital

Ealing council authorities were fortunate to possess several local diaries that covered some or all of the Second World War. Three are by men of varying ages, and one is by a young woman called Erica  With the approaching 80-year anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day, archivist Dr Jonathan Oates looks at the diaries of a local woman, Erica Ford, and her insights into everyday life during the Second World War.  Ealing council authorities were fortun…

Barnet Council invites residents to host VE day parties

May 8th this year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of Word War II in Europe

The Municipality of Milan presented today at Palazzo Marino “Time of Peace and Freedom. Eighty Years of Liberation”, the project of actions and events born within the scope of Milan is Memory for the 80th Anniversary of April 25th. A title chosen to celebrate this important anniversary but also a logo created for the occasion that will distinguish the over 70 events scheduled for this year. The calendar includes events, meetings, conferences and…