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Those who died in the Service of their Country
The Long Road to ‘Victory in Europe’
The long and torturous road to ‘Victory in Europe’ commenced on 3 September 1939, when Britain declared war against Nazi German: following the Germany invasion of Poland and continued until the 4th May 1945, when Field Marshall the Viscount Bernard Law Montgomery, accepted and signed, the formal German document of unconditional surrender at Lunerburg Heath.
However, it is generally accepted that the War in Europe did not end, officially, until Winston Churchill, the then British Prime Minister declared ‘Victory in Europe’ on 8 May 1945. (Now known internationally as VE Day)
The links below, particularly the informative BBC database, will help you to follow that ‘Long Road’.
May/September 1940: The Battle of Britain
7th December 1941: USA joins the war effort
The British airborne landing at Arnhem.
Operation “Market Garden”
17/25 September, 1944
The Dunkirk evacuation
26 May to 4 June 1940
Field Marshal
The Viscount Montgomery
of Alamein
“Monty”
South East Asia
Commander Combined Operations
Lord Louis Mountbatten
The DUKW (Duck)
The workhorse of all British WWII amphibious landings.
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