What is VE Day 76?

Celebrate 76 years since the end of the war in Europe and support SSAFA, the UK’s oldest national tri-service military charity.

What is VE Day 76?

2021 marks the 76th anniversary of VE Day - the moment that the guns across Europe fell silent and the war with Nazi Germany came to an end. After six years of conflict, which saw losses on the front line and the home front, hostilities officially ended at one minute past midnight on the 8th May 1945. Celebrations erupted all over the nation, and the day has become enshrined in history as VE Day.

It is our duty to keep the events of the past alive in collective memory, including future generations- this is how we ensure that such a conflict never happens again. It is our hope that the nation takes a moment to reflect on the significance of this date, as a milestone that changes the course of history for the whole world.

- Sir Andrew Gregory, Chief Executive, SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity


Find out more about VE Day

If you want to find out more about VE Day, those who were there to celebrate it, and the legacy it has had on British society, then please check out our very special VE Day 75 coffee table book, published last year in conjunction with SJH Group.

Find out more about the VE Day 75 book here.