| Title: |
The Day the War Ended (VE Day 1945) |
| Publishing data: |
UK (HarperCollins); USA (Holt), 1995, hardback and paperback. Paperback reprinted in the USA 2003. |
| Summary: |
An account of where people were, and what they were doing and thinking, when the war ended for them, focussing on the events of April and the first week of May 1945. |
| Notes About This Book: |
based on archival, newspaper and personal testimonies, including the author's correspondence with 208 people who corresponded with the author about their personal recollections. 62 illustrations - photographs and cartoons - and 15 maps prepared by the author for this volume. All source references at the bottom of each page. Facsimile of a surrender leaflet dropped by the Allies to German troops. |
