ARLINGTON, Clinton said Americans would stand up to “the forces of darkness” at home and abroad thanks to the courageous ‘example of the generation that fought and won World War II, In a 50th anniversary VE Day commemoration at Fort Myer Amy base, Clinton. Thanked that “extraordinary generation” the world over for defeating tyranny, adding: “Because of all you did, we live in a moment of hope, in a nation at peace.”
MOSCOW: President Boris Yeltsin, in a moving and politically charged speech commemorating Russia’s role in defeating Nazi Germany, called for a new global security system and warned the West not to isolate his country. Yeltsin, his voice at times cracking with emotion, honored the more than 26 million Soviet people who perished in World War II. Earlier, he laid a wreath in their memory and fully rehabilitated Soviet wartime commander Georgy Zhukov.
PARIS: Tens of thousands of Parisians, outraged at being kept away from a VE Day parade, jeered and booed startled World leaders on the Champs Elysees. Only as elect “happy few” witnessed the ceremonies. Bystanders shouted “Salauds” (bastards) amid storms of whistles and hooting when the foreign dignitaries, including nearly 50 heads of state, sped down the avenue after a modest military parade restricted to the immediate area around the Arc de Triomphe. LONDON: Queen Elizabeth and her mother, the wartime queen, joined flag-waving Britons for a giant sing along in front of Buckingham Palace to relive the biggest party London has seen, 1945’s Victory in Europe celebrations. Princess Margaret joined her mother and elder sister on the palace balcony to reenact the famous scene, 50 years ago almost to the minute, when a crowd delirious with relief cheered them out to celebrate peace in Europe.
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