VJ Day in Evington Village
Here are some pictures of the gathering of local people to remember VJ Day in Evington Village.
‘Lest We Forgot’ was the message from speaker, Cllr. Zuffar Haq.
It is difficult to estimate the death toll in the Far East during World War 2 because there are various sources, but it is likely to be around 25 million. Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 9th August 1945 caused massive casualties and contributed to Japan’s surrender.
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Photographs by Sarah Brookes (Ginns and Gutteridge).
