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‘We Were There’ review: Veterans of ‘forgotten war’ in the Far East have their final say in VJ Day documentary

One of the most poignant moments in the documentary VJ Day 80: We Were There (BBC2, Wednesday, August 13) is also one of its most understated. It’s a simple on-screen coda listing the names of 10 ...
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WWII: Britain’s forgotten role in VJ Day

For the thousands of British servicemen captured during the fall of Singapore and Malaya in 1942, VJ Day marked liberation ...