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The Second World War ended in 1945, after the surrender of Germany and then Japan. Victory in Europe (VE Day) was celebrated on 8 May, and victory over Japan on 15 August. On VE Day there were thousands of street parties, fancy dress parades and bonfires held across the country.
The Great War and World War Two were perhaps the most traumatic times in recent history. The fighting and hardships affecting the whole of Europe, the Pacific and having a knock on effect through out the world. This project aims to collect and preserve the memories of people who have lived through the war.
Feb 17, 2011 · The evacuation of Britain's cities at the start of World War Two was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people in Britain's history.
Dec 17, 2020 · World War Two had great impacts on so many people, but what were the impacts and memories of people after the war? In this memoir-based article, Alice Cullinane explains the experiences of her grandfather who grew up in Liverpool, England in the years after World War Two.
Sixty-eight years later and David couldn’t remember his results. Separate playgrounds. An aspect of education that has changed in the last 75 years is who is allowed to learn what. David went to...
Feb 4, 2020 · Children’s experience in Britain, forced to interact with the adult realities of the Second World War (1939 to 1945), is a largely untold story. In 1939, in England and Wales, the majority were very young.
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Nov 20, 2005 · To answer my own question, it is important to remember what happened in the war at the grand scale, and perhaps even more so the impact it had at a local and more personal level.
