VE Day 80: We Were There
VE Day 80: We Were There
As the nation marks 80 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe, the BBC has gathered first-hand accounts from the last veterans - many now more than 100 years old. Rachel Burden traces their stories through six years of conflict to the joy and celebration of VE Day in London and across the UK, hearing from former servicemen involved in the defeat of Germany and the liberation of the concentration camp at Belsen, as well as Jamaican volunteers who crossed the Atlantic to serve with British forces
VE Day 80: We Were There airs on BBC Two Northern Ireland at 9:00 PM, Thursday 1 May. (Subtitles, new, audio description.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
General
Rachel Burden
Presenter
Simon Lister
Producer
Matthew Shaw
Executive Producer