Seventy years ago today the allies declared Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) and officially called an end to hostilities against the Nazi empire.
Here is how The New York Post brought the nation the news 70 years ago…
70 years ago today: The @nypost cover announces the Allied victory in Europe http://t.co/WQniLQzPq5 #VEDay70 pic.twitter.com/vwRDToqkkd
— New York Post (@nypost) May 8, 2015
Not on Twitter, obviously.
Of course, no retrospective of photos is complete without the single most famous image of all from that wonderful, joyous day…
But the whole world was celebrating…
Hitler was down and out, Tojo was next to fall, and WWII came to an end.
