Summary
Following Germany's surrender, VE Day drew a line in the sand at the end of the Second World War, but for many British soldiers still in the field - and their families back home - the war was not over.
The hundreds of thousands of men serving in Europe and North Africa were demobilised gradually on a 'first in first out' basis and many were not home until 1947.See the full content of this document
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War Did Not End On Ve Day
Initially the focus was on getting prisoners of war back and air squadrons brought them across the Chan...
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