Here is a Snapshot of what the Celebrations of the 80th anniversary of VE Day were about on May 8th 2025 and some of our People's contribution to it.
Lord Lovat at Pegasus Bridge June 1944......
As the Poster suggests - the historic Meeting of American and Soviet Troops at the Elbe.....
More Meetings - Scotland meets USSR Allies......
.......and to show that Victory was owed as much to the many Women who fought. British and Soviet Men and Women celebrate......
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Comrades in Arms.......
Several Allied Headlines on the day ...... starting with Britain......
America .......
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France .......
The Soviet Union .......
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I could mention 100's of others ....... all brilliant
On the Day ..... Street Scenes .....
Churchill addresses the Crowd in London....
Trafalgar Square ......
New York ......
Paris .....
Moscow ......
And to show none of it would have been possible without each other ..... The famous Handshake Poster of some of the Allies who fought .......
Happy VE Day - 1945 - 2025!!!!!!!!
I posted this as we commemorated the 80th Anniversary of VE day not just because I felt it was important to remember it at this very difficult time, but also to stave off some rather peculiar Erroneousness in the HBO TV Series "Band of Brothers" involving Autobahns.
ReplyDeleteWhoever was in the TV Shows Research Office must have read different Books on the Subject to those we did because ours told us that the Proto SAS, Tito's Partisans and the People who captured the Pegasus Bridge on D Day were the Allies.
As we are about to celebrate the 82nd Anniversary of the Allied Landings at Normandy I thought I'd relaunch the Post - particularly as one of our People - Simon Fraser AKA Lord Lovat - was one of those People.
Maybe you should watch the 1962 Classic "The Longest Day" where Lovat was played quite appropriately by Camelot Associate Peter Lawford.