VE Day, May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe: WWII The Greatest Generation, Victory over Fascism

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- On May 8, 1945, WWII came to an end in Europe as the Allies declared victory after 6 long years of war. (2020). During WWII, an estimated 70 million people were killed. More than half of them were civilians. Only 10% of Americans who served in WWII are alive today. (V-J Day, Victory over Japan, the Pacific, Aug. 15, 1945, is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in WWII, in effect bringing the war to an end).

YouTube comment, "We live every day in debt to those men and women. The Greatest Generation."
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- Wiki, Greatest Generation. The Greatest Generation, also known as the G.I. Generation and the World War II Generation, is the demographic cohort following the Lost Generation and preceding the Silent Generation. The social generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927.
They were shaped by the Great Depression and were the primary generation composing the enlisted forces in World War II. Most people of the Greatest Generation are the parents of the Silent Generation and Baby Boomers, and, in turn, are the children of the Lost Generation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Generation

- Victory in Europe Day: Time of Celebration, Reflection. On Victory in Europe Day, or V-E Day, Germany unconditionally surrendered its military forces to the Allies, including the United States. US Dept. of Defense
https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Experience/VE-Day/

- VE Day, A Look Back at the Historic Celebrations
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/world/2024/05/07/ve-day-a-look-back-at-the-historic-celebrations/73607258007/