Trump Pays Tribute to Americans Who Fought in WWII on 75th Anniversary of V-E Day

Trump Pays Tribute to Americans Who Fought in WWII on 75th Anniversary of V-E Day
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump stand in front of a wreath during a Victory in Europe Day 75th anniversary ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Washington, on May 8, 2020. Tom Brenner/Reuters
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump laid a wreath at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. today to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day) that marks the end of World War II. Seven World War II veterans, ages 96 to 100, joined them at the ceremony.

Seventy-five years ago Nazi German troops throughout Europe unconditionally surrendered to the Allied Powers spelling the end of a global war that started in 1939 with the German invasion of Poland and claimed the lives of 60 to 80 million people.