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The day peace broke out : the VE-Day experience
Brown, Mike, 1950-2025
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At 3 p.m. on 8 May 1945, Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a long-awaited speech in which he officially declared the war in Europe to be over. After six bitter years of conflict, however, perceptions of how victory over Nazism was to be celebrated and what post-war Britain should look like were very different from the visions of the people and the politicians in 1939. Illustrated with photographs, adverts, posters and cartoons, 'The Day Peace Broke Out' describes the VE-Day celebrations in Britain and across the world through the memories of those who were there, combined with contemporary newspaper and magazine articles. Mike Brown charts the nation's progressive change of heart from defeatism to growing confidence of certain victory.
Main title:
The day peace broke out : the VE-Day experience / Mike Brown.
Author:
Brown, Mike, 1950-, author
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2025.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781803999517 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.5341940.534 BROW
Language:
English
BRN:
8615685
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