In the Soviet Union, too, VE Day was on 9 May due to the different time zones.At 3pm on VE Day, Churchill made a national radio broadcast. White’s hosting gig came about, in On May 8, 1541, south of present-day Memphis, Tennessee, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River, one of the first European explorers to ever do so.

It meant an end to nearly six years of a war that had cost the lives of millions; had destroyed homes, families, and cities; and had brought huge suffering and privations to the populations of entire countries. He joined the army at the relatively advanced age of 33 in 1916 to fight in World War I. The future monarch, Princess Elizabeth, and her sister Margaret had been allowed to leave the palace and take part – anonymously – in the party-like atmosphere.

With the announcement of the surrender on May 7, Paris exploded into celebration. The drift toward war with Mexico had begun a year earlier when the U.S. annexed the Republic of Texas as a In 1975, John Sebastian, former member of the beloved '60s pop group the Lovin’ Spoonful, was asked to write and record the theme song for a brand-new ABC television show with the working title Kotter.

While the King and Queen were waving to the crowds for the last time that evening, their daughters were secretly mingling with the jubilant crowds below them.

“We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing,” Churchill said, “but let us not forget for a moment the toil and efforts that lie ahead. At Berlin on 8 May, therefore, a further document was signed – this time by German Field Marshal William Keitel. Honor to the United Nations, which mingled their blood, their sorrows and their hopes with ours and who today are triumphant with us.” Fireworks over the Kremlin celebrating the end of World War II.

In Britain, the strain of air raids, the strictures of wartime life and the impact of rationing all left their mark on a weary population who knew there were more difficulties yet to endure.For members of the Allied forces who were still serving overseas on VE Day, the occasion was bittersweet. But there's always been one big question surrounding this particular image: what was the story behind those two women smiling for the camera in the Trafalgar Square fountains on 8 May 1945.On 7 May 1945 the formal act of military surrender was signed by Germany, ending the war in Europe. "We've got bubble machines, party hats, whistles, glow sticks and bunting," the 30-year-old bar worker says. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine during The eighth of May spelled the day when German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms: In Prague, Germans surrendered to their Soviet antagonists, after the latter had lost more than 8,000 soldiers, and the Germans considerably more; in Copenhagen and Oslo; at Karlshorst, near Berlin; in northern Latvia; on the Channel Island of Sark—the German surrender was realized in a final cease-fire.

He also paid tribute to those who could not join in the celebrations, saying: ‘Let us remember those who will not come back…let us remember the men in all the services, and the women in all the services, who have laid down their lives. Listen to our four minute soundscape and reflect on the experiences of those who witnessed the events of VE Day in 1945.It's an iconic photograph - one that has been used across the world to highlight the celebrations on VE Day, the end of the Second World War in Europe.

8 May 1945 – VE (Victory in Europe) Day – was one that remained in the memory of all those who witnessed it. Licensing hours were extended so that people could toast the end of the war with a drink (or two), and dance halls stayed open until midnight.The news that the war was over in Europe quickly spread around the world, and people of the British Empire and the Allied countries wanted to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany.In the United States of America, the victory was tempered with the recent death of President Roosevelt, who had led his country through the war years. For centuries, the city had served as the coronation site for French kings, beginning in the Middle Ages and continuing through the coronation of Charles X in 1825.

Stella and Bruce Nickell Claiming that its athletes will not be safe from protests and possible physical attacks, the Soviet Union announces that it will not compete in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. New Zealanders therefore had to go to work on 8 May and wait until the following day to celebrate. During the World War I, nearly 80 percent of Reims had been destroyed, while during the second conflict Allied war planes heavily bombed the Nazi-occupied city.