Melania Trump leads poignant tributes as US marks VE Day
MELANIA TRUMP took to Twitter to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
VE Day: Melania and Donald Trump lay wreath in Washington
VE Day saw the cessation of hostilities in Europe at the end of the second world war. VJ Day would occur three months later after Japan surrendered, ending hostilities across the world. Mrs Trump tweeted: “In honor of #VEDay75, @POTUS and I joined some of our nations hero’s at the World War II Memorial to lay a wreath in commemoration of the brave men and women who lost their lives fighting for our freedom.”
The tweet was accompanied by pictures from the commemoration.
The United States was initially neutral during the Second World War.
But after Nazi Germany gained massive territorial gains, Washington began shipping food, money and munitions to help with the British war effort.
On December 7 1941, over 2,300 Americans died during a surprise Japanese bombing raid on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
After the attack Japan declared war in the US, a decision which was reciprocated by Congress.
This resulted in Germany and Italy, fellow Axis powers, declaring war on Washington bringing the US fully into the conflict.
According to some sources, before VJ Day, the US would suffer 407,300 military and 12,100 civilian deaths.
Many historians view US entry to the war as vital in allowing the Allies to win a war of attrition against the Axis powers.
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Many historians view US entry to the war as vital in allowing the Allies to win a war of attrition against the Axis powers.
The US, UK and USSR were able to wear down Nazi forces and drive them back to Berlin, forcing their surrender.
Mrs Trump is, of course, a native Slovene.
Slovenia would spend much of the conflict occupied in part by Germany, Italy, Hungary and Croatia, which was during this period a Nazi puppet state.
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After the war, Slovenia would become part of Yugoslavia.
Donald Trump did not make any remarks when he made his commemorations to mark VE Day.
General Jack Keane spoke to Fox News during the wreath-laying ceremony.
General Keane explained: "We have done this for generations in honoring our dead.
"This is a remarkable moment for America.
“We have never ever forgotten to honor those who sacrificed to help this country be the great country that it is."
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic commemorations across the world were scaled back.
French President Emmanuel Macron led a small ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe.
He laid a wreath and relit a flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Champs Elysees.