What does "VE Day" stand for?

Tom, a big thankyou to your Dad for his bravery to fight for us all.

My father fought in Europe. After VE day he, like others, were asked if he would go to the Pacific. He signed up, but the Americans said they had it under control. So most did not go.

While Truman was probably right in his thinking, no Americans in their homeland had been invaded , shelled or bombed , so maybe Europeans and the British can be forgiven for their unbridled joy at that time. My RAF father had been flying over Germany but did indeed then go to India to continue the fight.

My grandfather was a Japanese POW in Borneo and was murdered by them after they had surrendered. He was in Sandakan prison and they forced the POW's on a death march. Any POW's that could not walk were murdered where they fell. The POW's were mostly British and Australian troops captured in the fall of Singapore. Only 6 survived out of several thousand.

Player #25874027, but many lost their sons and brothers in the US. My Dad and my uncles fought in the Pacific. It was a brutal war for everyone.

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Player #25874027, over 2,000 died at the Pearl Harbor attack.

Jonesy, how very sad. The inhumanity of war has cost us all a great deal.

Jonesy, and by Australian you mean ANZAC - Australian and New Zealand troops