MAX HASTINGS: VE Day saw wild rejoicing but it was tempered by melancholy over the millions who died
At 3pm on May 8, 1945, Winston Churchill broadcast to the British people. The man without whom Hitler might well have triumphed recalled his nation’s long and lonely struggle; then, the gradual accession of great allies. ‘Finally,’ he said, ‘the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.’ Mindful of … Read more