VE Day (Victory in Europe) is celebrated every 8 May and is the day on which Allied forces formally announced the surrender of Germany, which brought the Second World War to a close in Europe
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French President Emmanuel Macron stands in front of a wreath of flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier during a ceremony under the Arc de Triomphe to mark the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II, 8 May, 2021, in Paris. AP
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French President Emmanuel Macron lights up the flame at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier during a ceremony under the Arc de Triomphe to mark the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II, 8 May, 2021, in Paris. AP
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Paris’ traditional WWII commemorations began on the Champs-Elysees avenue, with the president laying a wreath at the statue of Charles de Gaulle, the wartime French resistance leader and later founding president of France’s Fifth Republic. AP
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Flowers, to commemorate the end of World War II, 77 years ago, placed in front of the tomb of the Soviet War Memorial at the district Treptow in Berlin, Germany, 8 May, 2022. AP
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A woman lays down a flower as she arrives at a Soviet War Memorial to commemorate the end of World War II 77 years ago, at the district Treptow in Berlin, Germany, 8 May, 2022. AP
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Activists display a banner reading ‘Ukraine - you are not alone’ at the Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten in Berlin on 8 May, 2022 during commemorations to mark the 77th anniversary of the 1945 victory against Nazi Germany. AFP
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A visitor looks at pictures of the destruction of World War II and Russia’s war in Ukraine displayed at an exhibition at the Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten in Berlin on 8 May, 2022 during commemorations to mark the 77th anniversary of the 1945 victory against Nazi Germany. AFP

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