BBCNEWS Toy Empire August 16, 2020
The prince of wales has led british commemorations of the allied victory overjapan 75 years ago, which ended the Second World War. 50,000 british and commonwealth troops died in the war againstjapan, half in prison camps. Some of their relatives joined surviving veterans at Britains National memorial arboretum for a ceremony to remember them. Sian lloyd was there. 96 year old joan burfield, known as johnny since her navy days, one of the remaining few who remember vj day because they were there. She was then a wren, aged 21, stationed in the far east and tasked with decoding signals, one of a ...