“Now We’ve Won The German War, We Must Win The Peace”
The end of the war in Germany marked the beginning of the rebuilding of Europe, but in the Far East WWII still raged
James Wharton is the North of England reporter at BFBS Forces News and a former soldier in the British Army. A veteran of Iraq, he served both operationally and ceremonially during a ten-year career in the Household Cavalry. After leaving the military, he retrained at the BFBS Academy before earning a degree from the University of Warwick.
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