VJ Day: The Story Behind The Iconic Kiss Photograph
How was the famous kiss image captured? And who are the people in it?
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VJ Day How Is VJ Day 75 Being Commemorated?
The Red Arrows will fly over Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and London for the first time since the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
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VJ Day VJ Day: WWII 'Forgotten Army' Memorial Given Listed Status
The Chindit Memorial in Victoria Embankment Gardens, central London, remembers the forces who helped turn the tide of the war against Japan.
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VJ Day Sunk, captured, tortured and starved: Surviving life as a Japanese POW
A heartbreaking tale of survival during the Second World War
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WWII Lives that mattered – the black experience of WW2
A new book examines the black lives involved in Britain’s Second World War effort
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Gurkhas Welcome To The Jungle - Exploits Of The Gurkhas In Wartime Burma
VJ Day and the Gurkhas’ role in defeating Imperial Japan
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VJ Day VJ Day: The POW
Families of former Far East POWs are calling for greater recognition
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VJ Day VJ Day: Remembering the war in Asia and how Britain and its allies fought back
How did Japan became involved in World War Two?
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VJ Day VJ Day: The India Veteran
The haunting memories of a veteran from the "Forgotten Army"
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News New £5 Coin Marks 75th Anniversary Of WWII's End
The coin is being launched by Royal Mint and the Imperial War Museum.
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VJ Day VJ Day: The Hell Ship Survivor
The horror of living in conditions so cramped you could barely lie down
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VJ Day VJ Day: Veteran talks of his experience of fighting with the British Pacific Fleet
The lasting impact of VJ Day on Second World War veterans
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VJ Day VJ Day: Veterans' Voices
Hear from veterans of the 'Far East' conflict
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VJ Day VJ Day: Working On The Death Railway
The horrors POWs faced working on the infamous 'Death Railway' in Burma
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VJ Day VJ Day: Liberating Hong Kong
We hear from a veteran who helped free Hong Kong from the Japanese
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VJ Day VJ Day: Working The Mines
August 15, 2020, marks 75 years since the end of World War II