VJ Day is commemorated every August 15th. This year for the 80th time. August 6th 1945 – the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima leaving 140,000 dead.…
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50 years ago today (more or less) An arbitrary date. Sadly wars do not end with the announcement of a ceasefire. It’s more messy than that. But that’s…
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I was 4 years old on May 8th 1945. I remember my mother's tears turning to joy, so different from anguished tears of women waving their men off…
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Every Remembrance Sunday, like many of you, I watch the ceremony centred on the Cenotaph in London and through the magic of television we see moving ceremonies happening…
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