75 years ago today the Third Reich formally threw in the towel.
[video=youtube;s8yO_TseTxo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8yO_TseTxo[/video]Although officially the Brits were still helping the US fight the Japanese, for all practical purposes the war was over for them.
[video=youtube;PpDplSS2QoA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpDplSS2QoA[/video]Key quote from a Brtiish veteran recalling having just captured a village when informed that the Nazi government had surrendered: "Somebody handed me a bottle of brandy, I saw very little of the rest of VE day..."
Among the lesser military events occurring on 08 May, 38 years ago today I graduated from college and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. 38 years!
(I have no idea what's up with the big gaps after the videos,).
[video=youtube;s8yO_TseTxo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8yO_TseTxo[/video]Although officially the Brits were still helping the US fight the Japanese, for all practical purposes the war was over for them.
[video=youtube;PpDplSS2QoA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpDplSS2QoA[/video]Key quote from a Brtiish veteran recalling having just captured a village when informed that the Nazi government had surrendered: "Somebody handed me a bottle of brandy, I saw very little of the rest of VE day..."
Among the lesser military events occurring on 08 May, 38 years ago today I graduated from college and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. 38 years!
(I have no idea what's up with the big gaps after the videos,).