VE Day anniversary: Church bells ring across UK - BBC News
VE Day held on 8 May, 1945, celebrated the end of war in Europe
The British government had been planning the celebration from late 1944. The code word 'MOUSETRAP' alerted ministers when VE Day was imminent
Bunting was taken off rations, pubs stayed open late and searchlights were used to light public monuments
Churchill broadcast to the nation at 3pm from Whitehall. Listeners later heard their first weather forecast since war had begun
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