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Britain celebrates 80th anniversary of WWII

Queen Camilla, joined by Prince William, Prince George, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, appears on the Buckingham Palace balcony to watch the flypast during the 80th anniversary parade commemorating V-E Day in London, Monday. (Image: AP) Source link

VE Day: UK celebrates 80 years since end of WWII with pride and pageantry

VE Day celebrations (Photo: AP) The United Kingdom kicked off four days of national celebrations on Monday to mark 80 years since the end of World War II in Europe, known as Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Festivities began with a grand military parade, street parties, and a Royal Air Force (RAF) flypast over central […]

France marks 80th anniversary of Nazi surrender, WWII survivors reflect on their haunting memories

Holocaust survivors participate in a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the return of the deportees, in Paris (Image: AP) In May 1945, during World War II, the Nazi forces of Germany officially surrendered, marking the end of the war. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender to Allied forces. As […]

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic: Serbian president plans to join Putin’s WWII victory parade in Moscow despite EU warning

File photo: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (Picture credit: AP) BELGRADE: Serbia’s populist president said Wednesday that he hasn’t changed his mind about attending Vladimir Putin’s victory day parade in Moscow next month despite great pressure from the European Union over his decision. European officials have warned Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that his visit to Moscow […]

A US Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII. Here’s why | World News

PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII: A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed the pilot, but none of the battleship’s crew members were badly hurt. The Missouri’s captain ordered a military burial at sea with […]