In honour of the 80th anniversary of the Second World War’s conclusion, Britain will gain a new bank holiday next year, complete with a long four-day weekend.
The major celebration will be marking the heroics of the ‘Greatest Generation’ who fought against Hitler and the Nazis in Europe and Africa, and Imperial Japan in Asia.
According to reports, a four-day jamboree will take place in either May or August as part of an event-packed year.
According to the Express, a decision about the celebration’s date has not yet been made, but an announcement is anticipated soon.
Victory in Europe Day is observed on May 8, the day Nazi Germany unconditionally submitted to the Allies, and August 15, the day Japan submitted, so bringing the Second World War to a close.
It’s understood plans are being examined by the Government which could see May 9 and May 12 wiped free to permit nationwide celebrations – or August 22 added to the traditional summer bank holiday on August 25 to create a four-day weekend.
The dates are intended to provide the country with a historic chance to honour the Second World War soldiers who are still living today.
This made me laugh because most kids don’t even know what the war was about, some don’t even know it existed.
It all has to do with history and the significance of the crimes, which our schools must teach. To prevent these crimes from being permanently forgotten, the first step should be taken in our classrooms.
Even though millions of individuals participated in the war, just 70,000 of them are still living as of 2024. Some of them visited Normandy earlier this year to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
This is believed to be the final significant chance for people to express their gratitude to those who served in the Second World War, as the number of members of the Greatest Generation continues to decline.
Geoff Roberts, 99, a veteran of Operation Market Garden, said: ‘I think it’s very important in these current times we remember those that gave their lives for our freedom and peace in Europe.
‘We should never forget them. Maybe an extra bank holiday will help to remind people about what’s happened in the past.’
While listening to the fight raging on the beaches and in Normandy, Marie Scot, now 98, was 17 on D-Day and worked in a covert underground bunker, relaying coded communications from the top brass to their men landing on the beaches.
Speaking of the next year’s bank holiday celebrations, she told the Express: ‘An additional bank holiday would be an opportunity to thank all those wonderful people who made such a spectacular victory possible because, without them, the future could have been very dire indeed.’
The most splendid generation who battled not just for their country, but for the fate of their children would be turning in their graves if they saw how this government is now treating their children, and now pensioners.
Many of them must feel deeply betrayed since this is not what they fought for.
Sadly, our fallen soldiers would be turning in their graves since we are facing a lethal foe that we are not even permitted to discuss in public, and our civilisation will cease to exist in many years.
I have no issue with anyone who arrives on our shores legally and integrates. Skin colour is irrelevant, but I do not accept those who are wedded to a misogynistic ideology that is hostile and at odds with Western society on so many levels.
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