The attached YANK MAGAZINE article tells the story of what New York was like when everyone learned that the Second World War had reached an end:
“…On, on, on it went into the night and the next night as the biggest city in the world went its way toward picking up the biggest hangover in its history. It was a hangover few would ever regret.”
Click here if you would like to read an article about the VE Day celebrations in Europe.
Click here if you would like to read about the VE Day celebrations in the United States.
Click here if you would like to read an article about 1940s fabric rationing and the home front fashions.
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