3-052-836 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Mr. Churchill's V.E. Day Broadcast', 1945 (1955). Mr. Churchill broadcast end of hostilities of WWII, one minute after midnight, although 'ceasefire' had been sounded along the front. Millions of people rejoiced in the news that Germany had surrendered, relieved the intense strain of total war was finally over. From "Churchill: The Man of the Century - A Pictorial Biography", edited by Neil Ferrier. [L.T.A. Robinson Limited, London, 1955] (Colorised black and white print).