Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day — the day Nazi Germany surrendered to Allied forces.
The surrender didn’t end World War II because the war against Japan continued in the Far East. However, it was a moment of celebration for the servicemen and women who battled Adolf Hitler’s armies, as well as civilians across Europe who had been bombed, invaded and subjugated since the invasion of Poland in 1938.
