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US Vogue May 1945 ❤️❤️❤️

Model wearing a swimsuit designed by Tina Leser in Celanese rayon jersey.

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Today in History: May 8

1945: Victory in Europe (VE) day celebrated

Cities across the U.S. and Great Britain celebrated the end of World War II in Europe; a formal and unconditional surrender of all German troops was signed the day before. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin insisted on the Germans signing a separate surrender pact with the Red Army in Berlin, which was done in the early hours of May 9 and that’s why in Russia, it is marked on May 9.

The defeat of Germany in 1945 was without a shadow of doubt a historic event for Britain and its allies. Although the war with Japan was still raging in May 1945, the defeat of Hitler meant that war in Europe would now be replaced by the scarcely less difficult challenges of peace and reconstruction. The evidence of eyewitnesses in 1945, in Britain as elsewhere, is that although rejoicing was wholly justified, the mood was relieved and temperate. Few thought victory was in itself the solution or the end of all problems and difficulties. They were right.

The issues in May 1945 were mainly about the future. The national mood was expressed in the words “never again”. Europe lay in ruins for the second time in 30 years. Millions had died on the battlefield and in bombed cities. Europe’s Jews had come close to extinction. Russia, which fought the decisive campaign against Hitler, also suffered many more military and civilian deaths than the other victorious allies. America was the decisive and richest victor in the west. The British empire was on its way into history.

VE Day should continue to be remembered in the national and international calendar. As in May 1945, the real questions facing Britain are not about the past. They are about the future.

C Flight pilots, Altona, May 1945: John Turnbull M.M.; Frank Pritchard; Lyell Munro M.B.E.; Mike Chavasse; Harry Eastgate M.i.D.; Ben Hargeaves D.F.C.