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VJ Day: Royals Lead Commemorations As UK Marks 75th Anniversary

Second World War veterans also attended the ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.

Cover image: People celebrate VJ Day in 1945 on Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace (Picture: EMPICS Archive/PA).

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Cover image: Richard Edser experienced multiple kamikaze attacks by the Japanese during the war (Picture: Dick Goodwin/ The Taxi Charity).

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Cover image: The Red Arrows fly over the London Eye for the 75th anniversary of VE Day in May (Picture: Red Arrows).

How Is VJ Day 75 Being Commemorated?

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'It was a great relief': When the Duke of Edinburgh watched Japan's 1945 surrender

VJ Day: Band Of The Coldstream Guards Member Tells Grandfather's Story

Lance Sergeant Andy Skelton will remember his grandfather's escape from a POW camp when his group performs for Burma Star Veterans at the Royal Hospital Chelsea this Saturday.

Cover image: Both the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall are taking part in the commemorations (Picture: PA).

Royals To Lead VJ Day 75 Commemorations

A schoolgirl hangs an origami crane from a maple tree at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.

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Japanese soldiers hiding in a cave in the battle of Iwo Jima

VJ Day And The War In The Pacific

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Illustration of Gurkha soldiers in Burma during World War 2

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VJ Day: The POW

Families of former Far East POWs are calling for greater recognition

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VJ Day Fighting With The British Pacific Fleet Veteran Jack Gordon Credit Forces News

VJ Day: Veteran talks of his experience of fighting with the British Pacific Fleet

Mordaunt Cohen was in Burma as part of an anti-aircraft unit defending RAF air strips

VJ Day: The Burma Veteran

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The extraordinary story of a prisoner of war and the duck he refused to leave behind

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Field Marshal Slim described as 'so very special' by Second World War veteran of Burma Campaign

1944 Roy and Mary Holley on their wedding day in 1944 CREDIT Mary Holley

The separation won't last forever: Timeless advice for separated military couples

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Welcome to the Jungle: Comparing jungle warfare uniforms from VJ Day to now

Red Arrows flypast VJ Day

Royals and Red Arrows commemorate 80th anniversary of VJ Day

Viscount Slim with sword of Japanese Imperial commander

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Footage from the Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill in Okinawa, Japan, in May 1945

Brute force was only option: Former Royal Marine reacts to footage of bloody WW2 battle

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The devastation of the atomic bombings

The UK Government and the charity have collaborated to host a service at the National Memorial Arboretum (Picture: National Archives and Records Administration)

Take your place to commemorate 80th anniversary of VJ Day, RBL urges WW2 veterans