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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).

Nearly Half Of British Public Do Not Know About VJ Day, Poll Suggests

Burma Railway 1943.

Sunk, captured, tortured and starved: Surviving life as a Japanese POW

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The devastation of the atomic bombings

John Sutton former WWII POW ARCHIVE DATE UNKNOWN CREDIT FAMILY HANDOUT/COURTESY OF JOHN SUTTON'S FAMILY

VJ Day: My grandfather weighed just 5.5 stone when he returned from POW camp

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

VJ Day: Veterans Recall Dodging Kamikaze And Sniper Attacks

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?

Prince Philip recalling being in Japan on VJ Day during an interview in 1995 120820 CREDIT BFBS

'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.

Hiroshima: Children Make Peace Symbols To Mark Bombing's 75th Anniversary

nuke bomb explosion

How Did The Atomic Bomb Work?

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

VJ Day And The War In The Pacific

mushroom cloud following nuke strike

The Means To 'Flatten Other Countries' - Britain's Nuclear Future

Illustration of Gurkha soldiers in Burma during World War 2

Welcome To The Jungle - Exploits Of The Gurkhas In Wartime Burma

Lima Charlie: Should We Still Commemorate VJ Day And Other Acts Of Remembrance?

VJ Day Frank Williams TJ POW

VJ Day: The POW

Families of former Far East POWs are calling for greater recognition

Bill Marshall Japan POW Speaking 2015 To Forces News

VJ Day: The Hell Ship Survivor

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

John Sutton former WWII POW ARCHIVE DATE UNKNOWN CREDIT FAMILY HANDOUT/COURTESY OF JOHN SUTTON'S FAMILY

VJ Day: My grandfather weighed just 5.5 stone when he returned from POW camp

The Queen (Picture: MOD).

VJ Day: Queen Thanks Those Who 'Fought So Valiantly'

WWII veteran and former Japanese prisoner of war Jack Ransom 070820 CREDIT BFBS

VJ Day: The Atom Bomb Saved My Life But I Can't Forget The Civilian Toll

Cover image: People celebrate VE Day in 1945 in Trafalgar Square, London (Picture: EMPICS/PA).

VJ Day: Military Museums To Hold Virtual Commemorations

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Burma Campaign Veterans Say Goodbye To Star Association

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

VJ Day: Veterans Recall Dodging Kamikaze And Sniper Attacks

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?

Cover image: The Chindit Memorial in Victoria Embankment Gardens, London.

VJ Day: WWII 'Forgotten Army' Memorial Given Listed Status

Burma Railway 1943.

Sunk, captured, tortured and starved: Surviving life as a Japanese POW

VJ Day Frank Williams TJ POW

VJ Day: The POW