On 8 may 1945 war in europe came.
Winston churchill ww2 ve day. Ve day broadcasts 8 may 1945 winston churchill announced the end of the war in europe with a speech broadcast from downing st but the war in the far east continues. Ve day or victory in europe day saw the allied powers formally accept nazi germany s surrender. This was the moment the british prime minister at the time winston churchill told the nation. Churchill s ludicrous plan to extend ww2 after germany s surrender exposed winston churchill had a plan to extend world war 2 after germany s surrender to quash soviet influence.
Winston churchill s ve day speech in full on the day ww2 ended in europe prime minister winston churchill announced the nazi surrender to the british people on may 8 1945 to mark the end of ww2. Europe is preparing to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the defeat of the nazis and the end of world war ii on friday despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Ve day here s when sir winston churchill s iconic ww2 speech will be broadcast live pret a manger set to reopen over 70 shops for takeaway and delivery full list most popular. Subscribe and to official bbc youtube https bit ly 2ixqein stream original bbc programmes first on bbc iplayer https bbc in 2j18jyj extracts of winston churchill s ve day speech have been.
Sir winston leonard spencer churchill 30 november 1874 24 january 1965 was a british politician army officer and writer. At 3pm on 8 may 1945 winston churchill took to the airwaves to announce to the people of britain that nazi germany had surrendered to the allied forces deeming the occasion victory in europe day.