The VE Day, 8 May 1945

ID: 691 ~ Source: Imperial War Museum ~ Creator: Horton W.G. War Office official photographer. ~ Date: May 8, 1945
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Hicks witnessed only one of many VE Day celebrations that occurred across the world. This image shows Churchill waving to crowds in Whitehall on the day he broadcast to the nation that the war with Germany had been won.

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By Crawford Hicks
“V-E Day was the day that Germany signed the armistice. I was in Reims, France. Reims, France was right next door to Lucky Strike and I was in Reims that day, that night when the armistice was signed and bedlam, bedlam. Edna was in London when the…