# @gettyimages on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJagEs0NYfS
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30300246-gettyimages-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-09T01:17:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

## Caption

May 8 marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, or Victory In Europe Day, which is celebrated each year, marking the day the Allies formally accepted Germany's surrender in 1945 and commemorating the end of the Second World War in Europe. l May 8, 2025 l #GettyImages #VEDay80 

1) Members of poppy Scotland observe a two minute silence in Central Station to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day in Glasgow, Scotland. l 📸: mitchelljeff 

2) France's President Emmanuel Macron and Chief of the Defence Staff of France General Thierry Burkhard ride atop a military vehicle as they review troops during a ceremony for the 80th anniversary of VE Day. I 📸: pierre_suu

3) Detail of John Fiddler,100, from the Merchant Navy looking at a postcard during a tea party at The National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire. I 📸: ryanjenks2404

4) Station staff and members of the public observe a two minute silence in Central Station to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day in Glasgow, Scotland. l 📸: mitchelljeff

5) 44 Veterans pose for a picture at The National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire. I 📸: ryanjenks2404

6) People wearing clothing from the 1940's era walk towards Westminster in London, England. l 📸: leonnealphoto

7) World War II Veterans stand next to the wreaths during the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. The Friends of the National World War II Memorial and National Park Service held a ceremony to allow World War II veterans to place wreaths at the Freedom Wall. l 📸: kbartkowski

8) A woman lays flowers at the massive, East Germany-era Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, also known as VE Day in Berlin, Germany. l 📸: seangallup

9) Minister for Veterans and People Alistair Carns lays a wreath at The National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire. l 📸 : ryanjenks2404

10) A young woman stands over carnations left by visitors at the Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park in Berlin, Germany. The Soviet Red Army took Berlin in April of 1945 after a succession of among the costliest battles of the war. l 📸: seangallup

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