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FILE - Recently released British prisoners of war meet up with a parachute recce party while marching towards Allied lines, in Germany May 4, 1945. German authorities have recently released 8,000 British prisoners of war. (AP Photo/Eddie Worth, File)

The world marks the 80th anniversary of V-E Day with parades and memorials. Here’s what to know

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday May 5 2020, Marion Nivard, 15, a student at Saint-Louis Middle School in Cabourg, shows a photo of WWII veterans, including Bill Ridgewell, in Varaville, Normandy.As V-E Day approached, Nivard and her classmates in the Normandy region thought of 94-year-old Bill Ridgewell and other vets living in isolation because of the COVID-19 pandemic — just as they were. The teens decided to swap stories with the men about their lives under lockdown. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

French teens, Normandy vets swap stories of life in lockdown

By DANICA KIRKA and ALEX TURNBULL - Associated Press

Illustration on Victory Day in Russia by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

PETER ZWACK: Russia’s tone-deaf military celebration

By Peter Zwack