Churchill waves to crowds in Whitehall on the day he broadcast to the nation that the war with Germany had been won, 8 May 1945. Image in Public Domain. Source: IWMCollections IWM Photo No.: H 41849

–Submitted Article, Sooke Legion

The Sooke Legion will live-stream a short service commemorating VE Day/Battle of the Atlantic on Sunday, May 3 beginning at 11 am on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SookeLegion/

Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day (United Kingdom) or V-E Day (North America), is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces on 8 May 1945. (-Wikipedia)