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VE DAY 80 YEARS ON ‘I helped defeat the Nazis - but I couldn't even tell my own mum’
Ruth Bourne's war work was so secretive not even her own parents knew about it - but while they saw her as a giggly teen, she ...
Europe will mark V-E Day's 80th anniversary as once-unbreakable bonds with the US are under pressure
Europe will mark Victory in Europe Day's 80th anniversary as once unbreakable bonds with the US are under pressure.
Trump says he’ll rename Veterans Day to Victory Day for World War I
Veterans Day began as Armistice Day to mark 11:11 a.m. Nov. 11, 1918, when the Allies and the Central Powers agreed to end ...
Trump says he wants to rename Veterans Day to ‘Victory Day for World War I’
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he wants to rename Veterans Day, a federal holiday on November 11, to “Victory Day ...
The day London went ‘barmy.’ An East End boy remembers the end of World War II in Europe
As Europe marks Victory Day over Nazi Germany, Londoner John Goldsmith still remembers the rationing, the blackouts and the ...